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
Pelican & High on Fire @ Oran Mor
There's no denying the entertainment value of a band who use the catchline: 'The blood we bleed is black indeed' Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Sons and Daughters - This Gift
This is pop that's been led astray, casting off its superficial skin to reveal a dark, sexual core Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicBlack Mountain - In the Future
Black Mountain knock one clean out of the park Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Shy FX, Noisia & more, Xplicit's 3rd Birthday, Potterrow, Edinburgh, 25 Jan
For what stratosphere are they next destined? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Marshall Jefferson: The Stuff of Legends (print version)
SF: For the last DJ profile in our Bacardi series, we end on a definite high - an interview with the godfather of house as we know it, Marshall Jefferson. Read on to find out how a pushy salesman sparked production, what genre clubs are doing for dance music and where the industry goes from here.
PQ: ""You always think that you can step in and shake things up a bit, I think that was my intention."" Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
LTJ Bukem: Logical Productions
SF: The Skinny tracks down LTJ Bukem amidst increasing production work and gigs across the world to talk about his new mix album and DVD.
PQ: 'It's just going back to the way it was before, putting out lots of new stuff for people to hear on 12"".' Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Clubs
2008 in Yon Scrying Bowl
SF: Looking to the future and flourishing of ideas, we've received many tips for greatness this year and formulated a few of our own from the grapevine and good ol' fashioned critique. Read on for our 2008 predictions!
PQ: ""All that music seems to have subconsciously amalgamated into a giant electronic music wad from which bits get extracted when it comes time to add rhythm"" - Let's Go Outside Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Theatre
Goldilocks
The ritualised call and response of the whole pantomime form lends itself with chilling precision to the inculcation of values. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
No Country For Old Men
So close to being a great movie you can taste it Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
One More Grain - Having a Ball
The thing that gets you first is the voice Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Just can't seem to do a damn thing wrong Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Stephen Fretwell - Now
Don't let this put you off exploring Fretwell's more interesting side Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
2008 Preview
As the celluloid highs (arise the Last King of Scotland) and lows (good luck forgetting Good Luck, Chuck) of 2007 fade to black, another batch of hopefuls ar... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
The Seventh Seal
Deserves its place on any 'films to see before you die' list Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen) - 1921
A silent classic. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008