Heads Up :: News 02 Oct 2008
Dave Kerr: Born To Be Wide - the Edinburgh based Scottish music scene social - tonight (2 Oct) hosts a panel discussion amongst gig bookers hailing from all over the country, dubbed 'How To Get A Gig'. Participating in the seminar will be Solen Collet (Cabaret V...
Heads Up :: Comedy :: News 29 Sep 2008
Lizzie Cass-Maran: The comedy community breathed a sigh a relief last night as comic Scott Agnew scooped the top prize in HaHa Comedy’s Scottish Comedian of the Year 2008, following last year’s controversy over accusations of injustice and bias amongst the ju...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 15 Sep 2008
Dave Kerr: A statement from a spokesman for Pink Floyd has confirmed that founding member, keyboardist and sometime vocalist Rick Wright has died at the age of 65. The musician is understood to have been battling against cancer, though his family do not wish to ...
Heads Up :: News 12 Sep 2008
Johnny Langlands: The former site of the Revolution nightclub and ill-fated Gig on Edinburgh's Lothian Road is set to re-open its doors as the Picture House this weekend. Playing the first show in the newly refurbished venue will be local indie rock heroes Idlewild. Ro...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 09 Sep 2008
Dave Kerr: Following the recent announcement of warm up gigs to be headlined by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in mid-September, further details of The Tennent's Mutual's forthcoming 'Season One' live music programme have been revealed. Set to take place across ...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 26 Aug 2008
Nick Mitchell: He may be in the midst of promoting his 80s-styled Neon Neon collaboration with Boom Bip, but Super Furry Animals fans will be pleased to know that frontman Gruff Rhys is already planning not one but two albums of new material with his Cardiff cohorts....
Heads Up :: News 20 Aug 2008
Dave Kerr: Edinburgh's Born To Be Wide is to host a festival special on Thursday (21 Aug), with all guest DJs taking the form of Fringe festival participants. In something of a coup for the Scottish music scene social, enigmatic alternative rock queen Kristin Her...
Heads Up :: News 19 Aug 2008
Chris Buckle: In the wiki-torrent age of infinite information updates, it's always nice when a record (or two) appears like a curveball and manages to announce itself seemingly out of the blue. First Los Campesinos! unveiled plans for an impending second album mere...
Heads Up :: News 15 Aug 2008
Jason Morton: Making good on their promise for the integration of beer, democracy and music, Tennent's Mutual announced today a trio of warm up gigs set for the months of September and October. Headlining two dates - one at the Glasgow CCA on Sat, 20 Sep and anothe...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 11 Aug 2008
Ally Brown: Isaac Hayes was best known in his later years as the voice of Chef from South Park, the school cook and town lothario who always broke into inappropriate song when giving advice to the children. Under this guise he had a 1998 UK No.1 with the song Choc...
Heads Up :: News 06 Aug 2008
Anna Polonyi: Iggy Pop and his Stooges are equally as famous for their gritty, no holds barred performances as their timeless blend of proto-punk, and we've seen the 61 year-old Iggy naked perhaps a few too many times. "Domesticated" as he claims to be, the now clea...
Heads Up :: News 05 Aug 2008
Johnny Langlands: In a common show of unity amongst a triumvirate of corporate titans, Sony BMG have teamed up with the geniuses behind GMTV and The Sun to present an opportunity for Michael Jackson fans to nominate the hits for an album due out at the end of August. A...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 29 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Malcolm Middleton is set to participate in a rare online web chat this Thursday, 31 Jul at 8pm. The event will be hosted by the Tennent's Mutual (previously reported here) where fans are given control over deciding the line up for a string of dates to ...
Heads Up :: News 25 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Perennial Bay Area thrashers Metallica have announced the running order and song titles for their forthcoming ninth studio album Death Magnetic. Speaking about the impetus behind the album’s title, James Hetfield explained, "It started out as ki...
Finbarr Bermingham: Whilst not all of the nominees just announced for this year's Mercury Music Prize are household names, there are no surprises in the nature of those put forward. Established indie staples, British Sea Power and Elbow are joined by Arctic Monkeys' side ...
Film :: Heads Up :: News 22 Jul 2008
Erin McElhinney: The internet is buzzing with reports that Christian Bale, the latest actor to assume the role of Gothan City's caped crusader, has gone from red carpet to jail cell - almost literally. Present last night at the European premiere of the latest movie in...
Film :: Heads Up :: News 18 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Are you Sarah Connor? No? Then perhaps you'll be interested in the return of the Terminator. Yes, filming for the forthcoming fourth installment of the franchise - dubbed Terminator Salvation - recently got under way, and no sooner can you say 'da da d...
Heads Up :: News 16 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Fresh from steamrolling T in the Park and disgruntling BBC viewers with a media blackout at the weekend, Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha's new band One Day As a Lion have made their first track available for streaming here. As previ...
Heads Up :: News 15 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Fresh from celebrating Jay-Z’s recent performance at Glastonbury, those Mancunian pillars of the British rock’n’roll old guard, Oasis, are set to release their seventh album on 6th October via their own independent Big Brother Recordi...
Heads Up :: News 14 Jul 2008
Jess Travis: With a career marked by unconventionality, Radiohead continue to keep both fans and critics on their musical toes with a new technological treat: the camera-free music video. 'House of Cards' combines Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar technologi...
