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
Wait Until Spring, Bandini, by John Fante
Fante deserves a much wider audience, however belated Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Books
Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow
A very unique book: an epic poem about werewolves in modern-day Los Angeles Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Books
Reporting, by David Remnick
Double-filtered excellence Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Books
Diamond Dove, by Adrian Hyland
Hyland's story, while hugely entertaining, also deals with serious issues that face rural Australia today Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Funk La Planet Allstars feat. Toni Smith - Summertime
It's inoffensive, mainstream armchair dance music Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ClubsElektrons - Get Up
Block party style beats and brass stabs combine with Pete Simpson's soulful tribute to the Electric Chair, as Jurassic 5's Soup adds his rhyme skills Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Clubs
Skitz - Requiem Of The Gods
Unfortunately the second half is deficient in originality, as Dynamite MC's ability to stay on topic is watered down by the over-saturated crunk instrumental Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
The Flying Lurinskys (live), JakN, Studio 24, Edinburgh, 28 Sept
Taking old school rave and cementing it onto banging techno loops with some hints of electro, TFL will be literally destroying the club with their material Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Akufen (DJ Set), Guillaume, & The Cotou Dumonts (live), Freq, Sub Club, Glasgow, 5 Oct
Soon to have you chanting 'techno, techno, techno' like it was the 90s again. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ClubsKeb Darge and Cut Chemist - Lost and Found, Rockabilly Jump Blues
Jack Rabbit Slim has nothing on this Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Luminescent Orchestrii @ Cossachok
They respect their sources, while injecting them with a furious energy Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Guillemots @ The Liquid Room
For every step forward they take one back Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Art
William Eggleston - Portraits 1974
the artist's decision to delay the processing of his film could be seen as an
exercise in power Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Elektrons, Ultragroove, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, TBA
In this audio melting pot expect to hear some of the finest contemporary sounds, from the grime MCs of London to the soulful sounds of Sheffield with some futuristic disco thrown in for good measure Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
JoJo De Freq, Inner City Acid, Soundhaus, Glasgow, 8 Sept
In the infamous and played out words of Big Brother's Tracy, 'Av it! Read more »| 08 Sep 2007