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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House of Techno - January
Go break some new year's resolutions Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicMississippi Witch - Black Gamble
Bursting with raw blues power. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta - Ragged Garden
Proves the matrimony of chalk and cheese can be done with subtlety and beauty. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicDean Owens - Whisky Hearts
Difficult to get worked up about.
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MusicBritish Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
The enigmatic Brighton four-piece have regained their edge. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Aidan John Moffat - I Can Hear Your Heart
Moffat still has some maudlin tales of drunken sex trysts to get off his chest. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Xtravaganza Mix - Mixed by Alex Gold & Pete Gooding
This compilation is sure to bring back good memories for those who've been to Space, and inspire those who haven't to make the trip Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Actress Hands - Boys Need Jazz
The lyric ""Despite the stitches on your jawline, didn't we have fun last night"" is surely a design for life Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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V/A - Soma Compilation 2007
Soma always delivers the goods Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Pyrelli - Vitamin A: A Twist of Fate
The self-aggrandizing rhymes are often lazy in their subject matter, adopting the braggadocio of mainstream US rap'n'bullshit rather than the hyper-intelligent storytelling of Wiley and Dizzee Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Obsidian - Millimetre
It taps into the droning power of Mogwai that lifts the listener beyond the everyday Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Iko Itzu - The Electronic Fighter
With a little more focus there could be either a cross-over hit or an underground anthem on this album, but it's too unsure of what it wants to be Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Atjazz - Full Circle
A collection that sidesteps musical fashions and is all the better for it Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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A State of Mind & Skrein - Pre-emptive Nostalgia
Diversity is key, down to the finest detail Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Akufen and Guillame & The Coutu Dumounts, Freq, Sub Club, 5 Oct
A rapturous applause and a surge of outstretched hands towards the DJ booth suggests that this is a successful event indeed Read more »| 06 Jan 2008