Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Music
goNORTH @ Dundee, 5 Jun
The majority of the bands we’ve scurried around the streets of Dundee to catch today can surely only have a swift ascent to look forward to Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
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N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds
The world hasn't exactly been waiting with anguished impatience on their return Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
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Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Slug and Ant have created a potent fusion of synthesized funk with third person narratives Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
Clubs
Beat Battle @ Soul Biscuits, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 4 Jul
8 Mile was so six years ago; these days you bring hi-tech machinery and a shitload of killer samples to face off against other beat makers Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
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Roland Appel - Talk To Your Angel
Talk To Your Angel is the impressive end product of Roland Appel’s efforts since he struck out on his own Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
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Binary Zero - From Here You Can See Everything
Binary Zero prove here that having a good name does not mean you automatically create good music. Whilst the main rhythms and solid basslines are initially p... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008
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Music
Moguai - I Am X
Club compilations are very much a hit and miss affair, too often dominated by record companies looking for a quick cash-in. This is an honourable exception;... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Music
Craig David - Officially Yours
This is being hailed as David’s return to form [WTF? Can I get a rewind? Ed]. That’s not to imply that his recent releases have been bad in any ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Music
Rock Ness 2008 @ Dores, 7-8 Jun
You stand more chance of seeing Nessie in the zoo than you do a decent band at Rock Ness 2008 Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Music
jOnO - Sentimental Anarchist
If it's easy to suspect but difficult to prove that many singer-songwriters disguise a lack of insight with poetic or verbose lyricism, that's not an allegat... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Music
Scarlet Blonde - There Is No Black & White
This is without doubt one of the most hyperactive records of recent times. Nary a second after hitting play, your ears are assaulted by a blitz of b... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
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Joan As Police Woman @ Classic Grand, 10 Jun
On record, there’s a hark of genius about Wasser, but for all of her talent, tonight doesn’t burn quite as brightly as it should have Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
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Tokyo Police Club @ King Tut's, 10 Jun
Tokyo Police Club lead a transatlantic assault on King Tut's Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
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Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust
stuck, nipple deep, in MOR hell Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Music
Sonny J - Disastro
Another of the MySpace generation of success stories, Sonny J is one of the few to successfully make it from the basements of social networking to major labe... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008