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Digitalism

Digitalism @ The Liquid Room, 23 Aug

Music :: Live Review 28 Aug 2008

Nick Mitchell: 9pm is really too early for an act like Digitalism to take the stage. The German duo are like the Chemical Brothers without the indie pretensions, or Daft Punk without the space-age sheen, and their high-octane electro-clash is tailored more to post-mi...

Gary Otton

Garry Otton: Radical Historian

Deviance :: Feature 28 Aug 2008

Nine: “Oh my god, he’s so easy to get drunk,” says Garry Otton, of himself. “Half a glass and he’s anybody’s.” We’re having dinner and a bottle of Chablis at the Slug and Lettuce in Edinburgh’s Omni centr...

Lock up your daughters (launch party)

Lock Up Your Daughters #1

Deviance :: Feature :: Review 28 Aug 2008

Gareth K Vile: Kicking off with a delicious rant that blasts the queer movement for inertia and liberalism, Lock Up Your Daughters summons old school punk energy that drove through queercore and riot grrrl before collapsing in Ladyfest. It’s a hefty read, shar...

DanceBase Double Points

Dance Base

Theatre :: Feature 28 Aug 2008

Gareth K Vile: A great deal of fun comes from a cursory glance at Dance Base's autumn programme. Pole dance workshops vie for attention next to Taoist Tai Chi; a Rambert masterclass rivals a Very Red moving and grooving session for all levels. The range of classes - ...

Clouds - We Are Above You

Clouds - We Are Above You

Records :: Album Review 27 Aug 2008

Chris Cusack: Oh boy, this is macho music. Clouds swagger out onto their porch, shirtless, clutching a can of Miller. As enormous balls very nearly protrude from beneath their shorts, they wander, shoeless, to the end of their path where they sit most of the afterno...

Jubilee - In With the Out Crowd

Jubilee - In With the Out Crowd

Records :: Single Review 27 Aug 2008

Chris Buckle: Considering Jubilee is fronted by Aaron North - formerly of LA noiseniks The Icarus Line and industrial digi-rockers Nine Inch Nails - and completed by members of Wires On Fire and Queens of the Stone Age, their second single is surprisingly sedate. It...

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Art Late @ Stills, 28 Aug

Art :: Preview 27 Aug 2008

Rosamund West: The Edinburgh Art Festival is drawing to a close, but there’s still just enough time to catch up on any of the shows that you’ve missed. Art Late is a final trip around the programme now that the crowds have largely dispersed, a night-time ...

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