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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MusicBeck - Modern Guilt
With Danger Mouse on production duties, Modern Guilt is at its best when the rhythm is allowed to dominate Read more »| 02 Jul 2008 -
MusicLeila - Blood, Looms and Blooms
If you dig up the dead, expect it to smell a little Read more »| 02 Jul 2008 -
MusicGustav - Verlass Die Stadt
Verlass Die Stadt is a curious patchwork of an album. Some songs are sung in English, others in German. Total Quality features plucked violas, orchestral vio... Read more »| 02 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Mark Mendes @ Musika, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 12 Jul
Musika clearly have an ear for quality when you look at the list of guests from previous nights - Booka Shade, Deadmau5, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso... Read more »| 02 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Andrew Divine @ Club For Heroes, Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 25 Jul
At 15 years old, Glasgow School of Art’s popular soul and funk night Divine is Glasgow’s longest running regular club night. Maybe that’s w... Read more »| 02 Jul 2008 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen - July, 2008
Nick Mitchell raids the promo sack to review this month's new singles, from Yorkshire hoodies to the former Mr Pamela Anderson - plus the good stuff... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008
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Music
Camille - Money Note
For those looking for a French avant garde beat-boxed house-pop hybrid - and frankly who isn't? - this is perfect stuff. Taken from the recently released and... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
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Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
In an age where even dance music appears to have become a self-important parody of itself, it's refreshing to hear an album as diverse, thrilling and 'out th... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Music
Alamos - Captain Indifferent Says 'Whatever'
It’s hardly a stretch to imagine Steve 'In Utero' Albini busting out the marshmallows when Uncle Fritz and the Brothers Keiller set his Chicago recordi... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
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Biffy Clyro - Singles 2001-2005
An easy access course into the history of Biffy Clyro for perhaps a less experienced clientele Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
MusicRatatat - LP3
Any track may have elements of reggae or Bhangra or hip hop, but it's still distinctively Ratatat Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Art
The Back Garden Biennale
You could say this is the rom-com of art exhibitions: a fluffy, bubbly affair with a well-meaning message at the end of it Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
World On the Beat - July, 2008
May might have been gorgeous, and June had its moments, but what can be hotter than July? Stevie Wonder perhaps, but since his September shows in the UK are ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
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House of Techno - July, 2008
Glasgow's The Ivy prove that you can rock out in a pocket-sized venue in July, with Miso bringing both Maurizio and Angela Parker into a space the size of your bedroom Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Departure Lounge 5th Birthday Bash @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 25 Jul
Expect a packed dancefloor Read more »| 01 Jul 2008