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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Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss
Lil' Mama's voice and command of the material here bodes well for future releases Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Muddyloop - Girl on Girl
If a horny guy growling about lesbian action is your thing, fair enough, but it's otherwise best avoided Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
Trance pop for the aficionados, at its best. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Wink - Higher State of Consciousness [Dirty South & TV Rock remix]
A new generation of clubbers can begin to experience its acid delight Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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u-Ziq - Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique
Duntisbourne... is by no means bad, on the contrary, it's just that for such a pioneer in his field we might expect a little bit extra from Mike Paradinas Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Steve Bug, Subculture, The Sub Club, Glasgow, 18 Aug
His set perfectly demonstrates the less is more ethic so evident at Pokerflat, stripping house back to its bare essentials, revealing raw power often lost by DJs trying to hard to please Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Wahoo - Take It Personal
An attempt to mix up styles, with varying results Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Sixtoo - Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man
The drums on Jackals and Vipers... range from distorted boom bap to heavy jazz, while the melodic components move lithely between John Carpenter horror dynamics, echo-led dub experimentation, raw funk, and post-rock atmospherics. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Sincere- So Sincere
Don't get it twisted, no one is going to win any awards for this movie or mixtape, however, it will give you a taste of British street music Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Shitmat - Grooverider
Never quite reaching the delirious levels of madness that Kid 606 or Aaron Funk achieve, Grooverider is nonetheless an entertainingly violent trip Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Randolph Matthews - Documented
He appears to want to be the new Paul Simon, but doesn't compare in quality, ingenuity or style Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Ali Love - Love Music
Successfully twisting the three-minute pop template to his own ends Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Aldo Vanucci - Straight Lift
Vanucci's bootlegging background has served him well in assembling this hugely enjoyable Straight Lift Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
XFM Column - September
I can't even shake out a 4/4 on a yoghurt pot filled with lentils Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Film
Scott Walker - 30 Century Man
Born Stateside as Scott Engel, the man who was to become Scott Walker was already making records before his teens. It was only when he came to Britain in the... Read more »| 08 Sep 2007