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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Books
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
An inspiring, innovative anthology compiled by one of the most exciting activists on the scene today Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Leon Jean-Marie - Scratch/Make It Right
Scratch / Make It Right showcases the young Londoner's talents mixing everything from Bill Withers to Nirvana and many more inbetween. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Dr Rubberfunk - Taking Over
If it's not broken do not fix it and that is very much the case for Dr Rubberfunk, keeping to what he knows best by creating music out of mixing samples and live instrumentation. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Zero dB, Freq, The Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 16
There was some great dancing to be had, albeit with what felt like one of the most uncertain crowds seen in the Subby since that night the door staff gave us all a fiver. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Danton Eeprom, Mind the Gap, The Arches, Glasgow, Feb 16
The elegant Danton is a treat live, and deserves a far greater crowd for his deep, melodic brand of futurist electro Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
V/A - Eight Ball Mixtape Vol. 2
An underground hip-hop directory of UK headz to watch, here the Scottish scene stands proud with the best the rest of the island can offer Read more »| 12 Mar 2007
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Clubs
CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy) - Off the Hook (Sub Pop/Warners)
From the get go you are immediately immersed into CSS' world, have a listen to the song for yourself and try to refrain from singing along with the chorus. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Damian Lazarus, WEA, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Mar 14
The mastermind behind label City Rockers and more recently Crosstown Rebels, is bringing his unique brand of deep and dirty electro-house to We Are... Electric Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Azymuth, Four Corners, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, March 2
For an explosive, exhilarating, booty-shaking, ""beat-breaking mash-up of all things global"", immerse yourself in the vibrant, all-encompassing experience of Four Corners. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Prometheus - Corridor of Mirrors
Full rhythmic fire or just cooling the embers? Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Infinite Livesz vs. Stade - Art Broot Fe De Yoot
Imagine ODB impersonating Rick James, reading William Burroughs cutups of Dr Seuss books and fetish porn, to a soundtrack by Pole and Can, and you're almost there. As rewarding as it is challenging. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Apathy & Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome
Ap and Celph's relentless trading of beatdowns, particularly their undermining of so-called 'conscious rappers', is a much more intelligent deconstruction of hip-hop than Eminem's self-pitying white trash schtick. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Nafees - The Art of Keeping It
Nafees delivers blistering, socially-conscious rhymes with impeccable rhythm and timing Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Azuli World Tour with Kurd Maverick, Musika, The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Mar 24
As a young, talented multi-instrumentalist equipped with a fine musical ear, Gian soon found himself being drawn to all genres of electronic dance music and over the years finally found his niche in house music. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
Popup Set Compass for South by Southwest
You want to just make it like a fantastic gig at the 13th Note on a Tuesday night. That's what I always want from my gigs. - Damien Read more »| 12 Mar 2007