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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Music
Fall Out Boy @ The Garage
Even the sturdy brick walls of The Garage creak under the strain Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
MusicThe Earlies - The Enemy Chorus
If it was a little more original then it'd be a great record Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicCold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
Less Reagan-era missile crisis and more moralistic tales Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicVarious - ShockRock
Down on Yourself' rocks, but this is countered by an inferior version of 'NY Excuse' Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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XFM Column
How Soon Is Nul? Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Cat Power - The Greatest
I don't think it's too early to call this one a classic. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Clubs
SI Begg & Cursor Miner, Inner City Acid, Soundhaus, Glasgow, Jan 13
Double helping of mangled beats Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Kessler @ King Tut's
Souls who choose to face up to the tiresome force of the bleak city and wrestle from it the vitality that pulsates within Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Curios? Sunday Joint - A Little Curios?
Leader Line: Another week, another weekend, and while many Edinburgh punters go on the quest for dimmed lights and ear shattering beats on the traditional Friday or Saturday night they should be aware that there are always other options out there.
Pull Quote: ""The childlike qualities are at the heart of my ethos... the idea of directly integrating play into a social setting for adults."" (Malx) Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Steg G and Freestyle Master - Wayward Son EP
The 2 star hip-hop offering of their Wayward Son EP: a procrastination of at least two songs, if not ten Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
One Hell of a Time
Die hard Bayern Munich fan and qualified football coach, fashion icon and occasional Versace model, prolific producer, club owner, and record label kingpin. Helmut Josef Geier AKA DJ Hell is more than just a DJ: The Skinny talk electro-house, that minimal house craze, where it all began and where it's going with Europe's hottest DJ. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Lee Patterson @ Whistlebinkies
So vivid are his depictions of Edinburgh life that you can almost taste the sea breeze as he recites his tales of Leith Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Some wonderful songs... completely encumbered by the personnel. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicBeehoover - The Sun Behind The Dustbin
Think traditional doom meets psychedelia, remove guitars almost entirely and you're probably somewhere near. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
P.Diddy - 'Tell Me' featuring Christina Aguilera
A genre that has become an innocuous mish-mash of tried and tested beats, rhymes and rhythms. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007