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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Dance Like A Two Year-Old: Kid Koala's Back!
by line/ Your Mom's favourite DJ talks beats, comics and embroidered mats.
pull Q/ ""It's kind of like I'm running this strange dating service for vinyl..."" àKid Koala
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Tom Middleton, Layo & Bushwacka!, XFM Weekender, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, July 29
The crowd were more interested in beer than beats by this point Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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I Love Acid @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Aug 6
it was clear that the rave was going on 'til 5 Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Gay Against You (live), Fast, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Aug 11
They wholeheartedly and shamelessly commit themselves to their dramatic performance Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Fake @ Studio 24, Edinburgh, Aug 11
A fun-filled night for lovers of all things electronic (or even just lovers of music) where you are bound to hear something that will satisfy Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ClubsLost Idol - Utters from a Cluttered Mind
A wonderful musical journey Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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ClubsKid Koala - Your Mom's Favourite DJ
The hip-hop equivalent of having your tummy tickled. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Gagarin - Ard Nev
The mere mention of 'avant-grime' evokes a nasty prospect - the broadsheet-friendly dilution of a vital and still nascent underground scene. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Books
The Last Man Who Knew Everything - Andrew Robinson
Thomas Young, the anonymous polymath who proved Newton wrong, explained how we see, cured the sick, and deciphered the Rosetta Stone, among other feats of genius Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
MusicKasabian - 'Empire'
Despite their own lofty claims, Kasabian's second album is not the best guitar album of our times. Far from it, in fact. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Music
The River Detectives - Blue Collar love Song
An appendage to the genre without being a notable addition. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait [Vagrant]
Dashboard Confessional find a formulaic three-chord trick that works and run with it Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Needles: No More Beans In Aberdeen
A struggle can be a good thing for a musician àyou'll either create something out of nothing or sit at home watching telly and eating beans Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
MusicRooster - Circles and Satellites
Slightly more credible than Busted, Circles and Satellites is consistent, but too generic to have any real highlights Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Books
Lost Girls
Alan Moore rewrites three children's classics as stories of sexual awakening, to create a work that confronts every taboo in the book. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006