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
Tiefschwarz, We Are Electric, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Nov 22
Basti Schwarz timed the dosing of the other three with such command that the final hour was one to be remembered Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicThe Twilight Singers @ Oran Mor, 12 Dec
Bar-room keyboards tinkle in the softer moments, the band are by turns reflective and aggressive Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Big Nothing
Overacted to a cringe-worthy degree. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Top 6 Nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Top 6 EdinburghTweek @ Po Na Na, Dec 6, £0Bruno F-K and Ian Brandon return for another night, a completely free night may we add, of breaks, techno, el... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Ian Brandon & Bruno F.K., Tweek Me
Tweek Me is a new night from DJs Bruno F.K. (Majestica), Chris Spence and Ian Brandon (Split / Obscene), showcasing a mixture of different styles, from breakbeat and electro to deep house, with frequent detours into 'anything with a bad groove' (and that's bad as in baaad). The duo phoned in this festive top ten for your delectation... Enjoy. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Theatre
Frozen Theatre Preview
it manages to take an acceptably sensitive perspective on a nasty subject that would otherwise be difficult to watch Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Clubs
Derrick May, Radioactive Man (live), Quenum (live), Lee Van Dowski, Steve Bug, Magda, Slam, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 29 Dec (CORRECT VERSION - IGNORE V1 WITH MARCO CAROLA)
It'll keep you dancing until 2008.
Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
New Blood: Lights. Action!
We'll always be the outsiders, but we like that. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicTwilight Singers - A Stitch in Time EP
testimony to the fact that Twilight Singers specialise in providing drowsy narcoleptic acid jazz and straight up euphoric adrenaline shots to the heart Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone ft Swan Lake
5 songs you can legally download and listen to - free Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicTenacious D - Road Warriors
Authors of the greatest song in the world? Practitioners of the cock pushup? The D odyssey continues with their recently released debut film and accompanying... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Dan Bland (Gritty Product / Radio Magnetic)
The man behind Edinburgh's Gritty Product record label, home to B-Burg, Profisee and a plethora of local hip-hop headz, and a former resident at the much-missed Solid Steel nights at the Bongo, Dan Bland gives us a top ten from his Radio Magnetic show. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Alex Smoke vs. Tolga Fidan
Fidan carefully works his way around Smoke's delicate strings and soft woodwind refrains; burying, recovering and smothering them in shimmering cymbal breakdowns and percussive bass Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Theatre
Interview with Al Seed of The Arches
A situation that cannot be resolved or ignored: it concludes with a shrug of indifference Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Casino Royale
The best Bond in years. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006