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
Annie Mac, Mixed Bizness, Sub Club, Glasgow, 12 Jul
Miz Mac unexpectedly opens with a bass heavy remix of Paul Simon's Call me Al, creating a spontaneous mini singalong Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
The Circus of Horrors
It's all done with a forked tongue firmly in cheek. - Dr Haze Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Zuba @ The Arches
Two bands chasing interesting directions, but their inspirations are not cohering.
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MusicSebadoh - The Freed Man
Enough to make you reach for the tape recorder and that battered acoustic Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Film
Friend Or Foe
Teen angst doesn't get much loopier than this. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Marc Mac, Headspin, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 11 Aug
A night not to be missed Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Legowelt, Seismic, Blackfriars, Glasgow, 12 Aug
Unless you're the sanctioned and certified handler of an army of cats, calling a song Total Pussy Control is not on. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Ed Chamberlain, Scrabble, Basura Blanca, Glasgow, 10 Aug
Ed's reliably tweaked style makes sure he has tunes in most electro record bags, even in today's shrinking vinyl market Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
DJ Randall, Xplicit, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 24 Aug
Randall has topped bills throughout the world Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
/Slashdot., The Hive, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, every Saturday
Resident DJs from nights across the city including Obscene, Bass Syndicate, Manga and Dogma Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Ny - Finally Some Female Grime!
Rhythm & grime is the latest genre to captured the mind's eye in music media south of the border. Twenty year-old Ny has merged the two elements of music together to create a potent style of her own. Like the 50 Cents of the world, Ny took to mixtapes in order to unleash her sound on the ears of the UK.
Pull Quote: ""If you listen to my CD, you can hear a range of influences... from Beres Hammond, to Peter Tosh, to Blondie, to Simon and Garfunkel - to me it's simply music."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Hexstatic - Arigato Mr Roboto
Robin Brunson and Stuart Hill are the VJ / DJ legends behind the Zen TV Tours and 2000's classic Rewind LP, but can even Hexstatic save us When Robots Go Bad?
Pull Quote: ""We weren't too concerned about what hardcore Ninja fans were going to think about it."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Plus One, Gettoblast, The Bongo Club, 5 Jul
Some jaw-dropping scratching and beat-matching rounded out a set that covered electro, hip-hop, grime and rock. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Krafty Kuts, Sugarbeat in the Gardens, Edinburgh, 13 Jul
After midnight Krafty Kuts appears, with a set displaying both his talents and failings Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Daniel Bell, Freq, Sub Club, Glasgow, 22 June
It's kudos in itself to snare the legendary Daniel Bell for a gig, but Freq accomplish the feat, enticing the fans who remember his valued contribution/invention of minimal techno and house in the early 90s, and those who want a lesson in streamlined funk and beats Read more »| 09 Aug 2007