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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Hospitality, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sept 29
many clubbers frequently travel hundreds of miles to catch the vibe at the unique parties Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Soom T-ing Unique
A truly inspiring artist, whose range of music will have something for everyone and retains all of the grit, honesty and energy that makes her Glaswegian to the bone Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Pete Rock - Underground Classics
A chilled, soulful vibe predominates - Pete Rock is a hip-hop purist. Samples are dusty and worn, the scratches understated and funky, rhymes tending towards the slick rather than the harsh. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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LeToya - LeToya
This is bimbo hell and should be consigned to the flames. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Jamelia - Walk with Me
She deserves to take herself more seriously as a female artist and aim higher than pop starlet material and image. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
energetic, melancholic wonder Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Music
Tut's: Loki
It upsets me when I've worked so hard to change perceptions, and one person can just wipe it all away. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Walkmen @ The Liquid Room
it's a close call, but tonight arguably belongs to the introduction of their Texan touring buddies Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Zips - Guitars 4 Hire
Grumpy Old Men? Lyrically maybe, but still doing exactly what it says on the tin. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Five O'Clock Heroes - Bend to the Breaks
40 minutes and 21 seconds of catchy and well crafted if not exactly life changing pop songs. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Top 6
Top 6FC Kahuna @ We Are… Electric, Cabaret Voltaire, Oct 11, free b4 12 or members/£2Electro, house, ska, funk – is it electric? Then this club wi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Dimitri from Paris and The Unabombers, Ultragroove, Cabaret Voltaire, Sept 23
Dimitri started early and had the music savvy flocking towards the decks. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Aim, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Oct 27
British hip-hop has long been regarded as a rather London-centric genre with limited wider relevance or appreciation, and only a few artists have really broken free from that stereotype. One exception is Manchester based producer Andy Turner, AKA Aim. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mr V - 'Welcome Home'
Just when you start to relax into the groove, it ups and moves onto the next track. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Justin Timberlake - 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'
Initially adorned with alternative funk/hip hop flavours and a sharp pop attitude, it degenerates into R&B balladry fit for your average screaming, hysterical, oversexed girlie.
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006