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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Clubs
Tokyoblu 4th birthday party, Ego, Edinburgh, Aug 25 (FOR SKINNYFEST 2)
Tokyoblu have been wowing London with their successful gigs, and have accrued more members; now standing at eight (think quadrupled Basement Jaxx). They will be performing original house music live. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Mylo, El Presidente, Voltage, ABC, Glasgow, August 31 (FOR SKINNYFEST 2)
Two years of constant performing have left the bean-headed island dweller with a host of admirers in the upper echelons of the house and electro fraternity Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
SKINNYFEST2: My Robot Friend @ Cabaret Voltaire, Aug 6
Its not often you get to see a technicolour robot jerking off to cyber-electronica
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Clubs
Free Party 86, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Aug 4
The crowd got going around 1am but without the enthusiastic frenzy it could have been Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Africa's Heartbeat
Proceeds from performances are used to fund children's welfare projects in their respective communities. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: The Sunshine Underground @ Cabaret Voltaire
will undoubtedly be shaking the walls of your local indie club in the near future Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Music
T on the Fringe: The Sunshine Underground, Cabaret Voltaire, Aug 9
will undoubtedly be shaking the walls of your local indie club in the near future Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Mark Ronson @ The Liquid Room
Pop songs get a funky makeover in uber-cool NY producer's live action Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Lambchop @ The Liquid Room
A bit like somebody hammering a nail on the head Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Iain Archer @ Cabaret Voltaire
the smugness emanating from his contemporaries is notably absent here... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Soweto Gospel Choir (SkinnyFest)
Surely this is what the Festival's all about? Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Rain Pryor (SkinnyFest2)
Rain Pryor - Jazz singer. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Martha Wainwright @ George Square Theatre
Martha Wainwright's music mixes light humour and dark emotion without pretension or dilution Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Howard Jones - The Acoustic Nights (SkinnyFest2)
The hits, received with enthusiastic applause, are the best parts of the performance: that he has not written anything as concise as Like to Get to Know you Well suggests stagnation. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Grafitti Classics (SkinnyFest2)
Their musicianship is precise and impressive- the violinists astonish on the Romanian melody 'The Lark'- and the gags move things at a rapid pace. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006