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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Music
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Some wonderful songs... completely encumbered by the personnel. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Beehoover - The Sun Behind The Dustbin
Think traditional doom meets psychedelia, remove guitars almost entirely and you're probably somewhere near. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
P.Diddy - 'Tell Me' featuring Christina Aguilera
A genre that has become an innocuous mish-mash of tried and tested beats, rhymes and rhythms. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Captain Flashback - Crazy Horses
Mixing bass, breakbeat, guitars and psychedelia, they've certainly created a unique, energetic sound, with catchy riffs and bouncing beats that get stuck in your head. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Martin 101 - Dangerous Cat EP
While other artists take inspiration from previous decades and give it a modern twist, Martin 101 is simply a creepy, comical eighties throwback Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Indigitous 5th Birthday, Studio 24, Edinburgh, 2 Feb
Minimal tech-house and the funkier tones of psy-trance will be getting a blasting Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Clubs
Skinnyman, Soul Biscuits, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 19 Jan
Some of the very best, fresh and inspirational acts in the UK hip-hop scene; a truly unforgettable night for all involved Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Partnership of Sound - Four Years Later
Mr Clutch and Lawds, along with MC Redeem, deliver smooth monologues, focusing on abstract images and half-rhyme word trickery rather than the 'moon-June-spoon' grunts of thug rap. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Onur Özer - Red Cabaret EP
Red Cabaret (Overture)' employs a hundred effects, but centres itself on a fuzzy diminuendo/crescendo reminiscent of space-ship effects from Blake's 7 or Dr. Who Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Tracey Thorn - It's All True
While it is more unique than general pop releases, the song has a whiney, moaning character but none of the sparkle of EBTG's major hit, 'Missing' Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Dabrye - Two/Three Instrumentals
The Stand' and 'That's What's Up are infused with the buzz-saw electronics of his usual moniker, but the stuttering samples and snap-clap percussion mark this as a hip-hop record, with a straightforward four-four boom-bap buried deep beneath the layers Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Happy Birthday To Cab!
Cabaret Voltaire's continuing innovation and support of the local scene and its commitment to bringing the finest international talent to town make it a valuable local institution Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
The Dials @ Whistlebinkies
a bread n' butter gig on a rainy Friday night Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Creative Writing - Poems by Judith Robertson
WeatherWords passed over me.They slid from your once 'oh-so-perfect' mouthfragmenting and forming scattered bundles on the floor.You picked the bundles up, s... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Alphabet Video
Red road is probably the best British film in recent years. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007