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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Glasgow Breakcore: Not Much of a Club Thing?
It's basically spastic breakcore jungle that sounds like raves from 1992 Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Dixon interview
Hardcore teeth-cutting on the Atari Teenage Riot sound-system Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Freelance Hellraiser - Waiting for Clearance
Whether it's the sleek production, the uplifting lyrics or simply the craftsmanship of the tunes themselves, there is something for everyone here Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Chris Lake @ Progression, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, June 17
Known in the underground and global scene alike Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Greenskeepers (live) @ Solescience 2nd Birthday Party, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, May 12
A smile on your face was the order of the night Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Sharam Jey @ AfterDark, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, April 29
Not all superstar DJs lose touch with the music Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Max 404 @ Emergency's 2nd Birthday, The Universal, May 13
The dance floor remained frustratingly quiet but suddenly, as if a visiting disco-tour bus had just pulled-up outside, a throng of people wandered in Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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JakN @ The Venue, Edinburgh, May 6
Techno, hard-tek, tik-tek, and I-can't-believe-it's-not-tek Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Roc - Night Fold Around Me
Too many comparisons, not enough originality Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Nafees - Rappin' Doesn't Pay the Rent Yet
Nafees (20) is a seasoned performer. With Koncrete Beats providing some deep subs and tight fills, he sets himself out as a mainstream act with brains. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Hawnay Troof - Dollar & Deed
Dollar & Deed' will get in your face, steal your ears, and alienate your neighbours. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
ClubsFatboy Slim - The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder
The breakdown/buildup is Cook's specialty: there is little else to the well known tracks. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Dawn of the Replicants - Fix the air
The sense that it could all represent an ambitious psychological metaphor only adds to our own curious, skewed enjoyment Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Futureheads: Rise of the Machines
I've just moved back in with me mam in Sunderland if you're after a glamorous story Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
The Revenge of Gaia - James Lovelock
It is good science that will help us now, not this modern Jeremiad of hopelessness and gloom. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006