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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Egebamyasi has Acid Indeggestion (USE ME)
Leader line: Please bear with us as we enter the eggstremely strange and acidic world of Egebamyasi. Normal English will return in a few minutes.
Pull quote: ""What is missing is more records decks to eggsplode when bad records come on, or maybe the DJ could just blow up instead."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Zaimph @ Captian's Rest
Definitely a true free folk spirit Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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The Last King of Scotland
A riveting political thriller. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Richard Donner Returns - Superman II: The Donner Cut
Ever watched Superman II and had the nagging feeling that you were watching two clashing versions of the same movie woven together? If so, pat yourself on th... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Hellzapoppin'
The special effects are brilliantly innovative for their time, challenging the idea of the audience as 'fourth wall' Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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V/A - 'Split EP3'
Terse, twisted and terrific, this checks all the boxes needed for an electro EP. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007
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My Robot Friend - Rapture
The man who has more than a flirtation with the idea of being a robot is back, disassembling Rapture by cutting-edge pop meisters Blondie and re-composing in the style of robo-disco electro with Chicago house keyboard and painstakingly constructed 'dictionaraoke' vocals. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Lee Van Dowski & Quenum - Ultimate Desert Ambassador
Taken from their LP 'As Told On The Eve Of…', Ultimate Desert Ambassador is the product of two weeks in the remote Swiss alps, pulsing along with blunt and echoed stabs of sound; tinged with Hakan Lidbo and Hawtin's Closer To The Edit. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Avitas - Remixes Vol 1
A collection of energetic tech and vocal house, Balearic sun-kissed beats and funk flavours Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Music
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Still clappin, after all these years...(well, just the one) Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Music
Rock Against Racism @ The Cougar Lounge
The thugs and their dads were united by the lyric ""I'm in love, I'm in love, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.""
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MusicNeurosonic - Drama Queen
Like Linkin Park hooking up with The Backstreet Boys but even more unpalatable Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Mudbone - Fresh Mud
veering from dirty blues to the sort of rock synth that the 80s wants back Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
MusicLittle Man Tate - About What You Know (Yellow Van) (WEB REVIEW)
would be easy to label them as also rans before they've even began, but on this evidence the future is looking pretty good Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Panda Bear - Bros
A lovely sprawling twelve minutes of magic from Panda Bear
Read more »| 11 Jan 2007