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The Dirty Dozen – February 2012
Remember Remember speak their minds on the February singles
On the Bog: The GZA
Wu-Tang's Gary 'GZA' Grice tells us how he spends his downtime and stays tight-lipped on Liquid Swords II
Umberto: Night Stalking
We don't know what film Umberto will score at GMFF, but odds on it'll be some freaky shit. Errors...
Parallel Worlds: Errors vs Alex Frost
Glasgow-based artist Alex Frost and Steev from Errors have teamed up to make a portrait in the form of...
Justice: "We're just trying to keep it raw and minimal"
Gaspard Auge explains why the French duo won't let technology define them
Mark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
Returning this month with his first 'solo' album since 2004, Mark Lanegan assembles his band for a Blues Funeral...
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music
Our Memories Dress Me in A Dead Lust
Crocus
Mr. M
Lambchop
Animal Joy
Shearwater
The Guide
Young Fathers
We Will Always Be
Windy and Carl
Die Hard
Die Hard
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 January
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ SWG3, 28 January
RM Hubbert & Friends / Tattie Toes @ Stereo, 27 January
Fake Fish Distribution
Icarus
film
books
So Much Pretty
Cara Hoffman
Edinburgh Street Furniture
David Brandon
The Last Holiday
Gil Scott-Heron
Exile
Jakob Ejersbo
Poems of Youth and Turbulence
Peter G Mackie
The Boys: The Big Ride
Garth Ennis, Russ Braun, Darick Robertson and John McCrea
Body of Work
Edited by Giles Foden
Scotland The Best 2012
Peter Irvine
One Model Nation
Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Jim Rugg
Bye Bye Babylon
Lamia Ziade
art
Beholder @ Talbot Rice
The Turner Prize @ Baltic
Lost Lake, Chalk Burst @ Generator Projects
Against Anti-Intellectualism @ SWG3
Warp And Woof @ CCA
Christian Newby @ Transmission
Dundee Masters Show @ DJCAD
Ruth Ewan @ DCA
Peles Empire @ Sierra Metro
The Indirect Exchange of Uncertain Value @ Fettes College
theatre
The Shoogle Project
The Little Match Girl Passion @ Tron
Spain @ Citizens
Howard Marks is Mr. Nice
CH-CH CHANGES @ Citizens Theatre
Miranda @ Cottiers
Pirates of Penzance @ Surgeon's Hall
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off @ The Lyceum Theatre
Scottish Ballet Autumn Season
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Mariinsky Opera @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
comedy
Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2012: Quarter-Finals
Mark Thomas: Manifesto
Goon
Michael Dowsee
Sarah Millican - Chatterbox DVD
Adam Hills: Inflatable DVD
Tim Vine: The Joke-A-Motive
Jason Manford: Jason Manford Live DVD & BluRay
The Pajama Men: Last Stand To Reason DVD
Dylan Moran: Yeah Yeah DVD
Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra: Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD & BluRay
Recommended events
music
- 4Feb
Wee Dub Festival: Session #2 (Dub Mafia, Captain Slackship's Mezzanine Allstars, DJ Astroboy)
Bongo Club, Edinburgh19:00 – 22:00; £7 (£10)Multi-venue dub, reggae and roots celebration, offering up the Scottish debut for Bristol D'n'B heavyweights Dub Mafia.
- 4Feb
Black Keys
Corn Exchange, Edinburgh19:00 – 22:00; £21Akron-formed duo made up of Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney, doing funky things to the blues-rock genre.
- 4Feb
Wee Dub Festival: Session #3
The Caves, Edinburgh23:00 – 03:00; £10 adv. (£13 door)Multi-venue dub, reggae and roots celebration, with dub-meets-reggae pioneers Zion Train doing their inimitable live thing.
- 5Feb
Wee Dub Festival: Session #4 (Esperanza, Lucky 7 DJs)
The Third Door, Edinburgh19:00 – 22:00; £5 adv. (£8 door)Multi-venue dub, reggae and roots celebration, headered by the mighty eight-piece explosion that is ska tinkerers Esperanza.
comedy
- 4Feb
The Secret Policeman's Ball (Graham Mackie, Chris Forbes, Sian Bevan, Barry McDonald, Des O'Gorman, Keir McAlister, Scott Gibson, Jay Lafferty)
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow19:30 – 22:00; £5Annual student-run comedy benefit, with a whole host of comedy talent pitching in to help raise funds for Amnesty International. Go support the cause, ayes.
- 6Feb
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
The Stand, Glasgow18:00 – 20:00; £10The inimitable Mr Boyle presents a series of rather special warm-up shows for his up-coming tour, which he says will also be his last. Like, ever.
- 6Feb
Joe Heenan's Movie Madness
The Stand, Glasgow20:30 – 22:30; £4Movie quiz and knowledge test with comedic film geek Joe Heenan.
- 6Feb
Fit O' The Giggles
City Café, Edinburgh20:30 – 22:30; £3 (£2)Keara Murphy showcases a selection of new material from a host of acts taking in sketches, stand-up, mime, musical comedy, poetry, magic, and, well, pretty much anything else they damn well fancy.
clubs
- 4Feb
The Final Tango
Soundhaus, Glasgow21:00 – 03:00; £7 (£10 after 10)Soundhaus host their last ever party before the venue's demolition, with many a past face making an appearance especially – including Monox, Disco X, Innner City Acid, and more.
- 4Feb
Balkanarama (North Strand Kontra Band, Puff Uproar, Shimmering Sound Affair)
Chambre 69, Glasgow22:00 – 03:00; £8All singing, all dancing Balkan orgy with a rather special live set from the North Strand Kontra Band, plus belly dancing, live visuals and free brandy. As in, we're sold.
- 10Feb
Devil Disco Club (Discopolis, Battle Of The Zoo)
The Third Door, Edinburgh21:00 – 03:00; £5The Devil Disco crew relocate to The Third Door for their first party of 2012, joined by live experimental Edinburgh trio Discopolis and mysterious newcomers Battle Of The Zoo.
- 10Feb
Tribute
La Cheetah, Glasgow23:00 – 03:00; £10Myriad club nights (including Stay Plastic, Scrabble and Jelly Roll Soul) combine for an underground mix of techno, house and electro, with special guest Anthony 'Shake' Shakir joining the rammy this month.
theatre
- 4Feb
Luvos
Traverse, Edinburgh19:30 – 21:30; £15 (£11/£6 unemployed)Bizarre and brave piece from Austrian choreographer Editta Braun, exploring the human form at its most familiar and most alien. Part of Manipulate Festival.
- 4Feb
The Return of the Great Puppet Horn
Traverse, Edinburgh21:15 – 23:00; £15 (£11/£6 unemployed)Satirical shadow puppet show with hundreds of animated cardboard cut-outs playing out tales of the bizarre and comic, through speech, beat-box and, er, pole dancing. Part of Manipulate Festival.
- 6Feb
Barflies
Traverse, Edinburgh19:30 – 22:00; £15 (£11/£6 unemployed)Visceral look at the pains and glories of drunkenness, drawn from the short stories and poems of cult American writer Charles Bukowski.
- 10Feb
Missy Malone and Friends Burlesque Revue: Valentine's Special
Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh19:30 – 23:00; £20Glam burlesque star Missy Malone curates her one-night-only Valentine's Burlesque Revue; a cabaret spectacular with pals Leyla Rose, Fancy Chance and Desmond O'Connor. Woot Woot.
art
- 12Feb
Movie Poster Design Workshop
The Arches, Glasgow12:30 – 14:00; £5Interactive arts workshop on how to design movie posters just like the professionals, hosted by illustrator Erin McGrath and Park Circus designer Jen Davies. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival.
- 3Mar
Beats N Forts
Project Slogan, Aberdeen12:00 – 18:00; FreeDIY all-dayer, which commences with a group of artists sculpting fort-like structures live in the Project Slogan gallery. From cardboard. Yes.
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Shearwater – Animal Joy
I thought their music stopped being about love and loss around 2006? Well, I mean, it's always be...Posted by jkade | 06:12 on 04 February -
GFF 2012: Surrealism/Politics: Animations from Oberhausen
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Mark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
Sorry Hank but I think you'll be waiting a while for a Lanegan - Oliveri collaboration, good as t...Posted by Stu | 12:32 on 03 February
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