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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Umek - Posing as Me
Slovenian master of techno Umek launches an all out electro-house assault in the floorfilling euphoric stomp of Posing As Me Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Shy FX, Xplicit, Bongo Club, Oct 20
His live shows represent every beat, break, and bassline in the scene Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Edit Undo/Off The Record, Soundhaus, Glasgow, Oct 4
The cream of the local scene and rock solid reputations make this an unmissable party.
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Club 2 Hot - The next generation
The kids are more up to date than any adults I know. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Pendulum, Xplicit, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Aug 25
Xplicit has filled the expanding gap, and its new marriage with The Bongo Club is straight out of a chick flick with a seriously happy ending. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Jazzy B (DJ set), Po Na Na, Edinburgh, Sept 13
With Freshers' week in full swing, one feels the party tonight is somewhere else. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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V/A - The DFA Remixes: Chapter 2
The guitar feedback and pounding congos are impossible to refuse àit just screams 'dance, bitch!' Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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V/A - Life & Lyrics OST
This is an unpolished, rough and ready, very enjoyable romp across the Atlantic and back again. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Penpushers - Poltergeeks
One in the eye for those who fail to see that Scottish hip-hop is in the ascendant Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mouse on Mars - Varcharz
The Berlin duo seem to have spent more time polishing their Warp and Rephlex vinyls and peeking over Kid 606's shoulder than they have spent sampling the sound their marimba makes when they hit it with a coconut. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Lee Van Dowski + Quenum - As Told On The Eve Of...
Lee Van Dowski and Quenum have engineered a coherent album of disparate styles that proves once and for all that there's more to Swiss music than yodelling Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Tilly & The Wall - Tapping To A Different Beat
...when people ask I say 'Folk-Pop Rock 'n' Roll with a tap dancer' àit always brings a smile to their faces Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Marcus Intalex, Split, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Aug 22
Big beats, big bass, big DJs, and a big crowd: big things continue to come from Split Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Tilly & The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels
Bottoms of Barrels' sees a soul searching child beautifully maturing in a world of heartbreak and sorrow Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Human Value - The Human Value
An update on Siouxsie & the Banshees' legendary goth-punk sound. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006