Heads Up :: Preview 25 Nov 2008
Ariadne Cass-Maran: Desperate for a career in the arts? In possession of a railcard, or, if resident in Glasgow, legs? Trot over to the GoMA Creative Careers Weekend at the Gallery of Modern Art and take advantage of a unique opportunity to pester the best in the business...
Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 25 Nov 2008
Michael Gillespie: Dziga Vertov, one of the true pioneers of experimental cinema (he made Man With A Movie Camera, after all), was once quoted as saying that the analysis of narrative cinema was comparable to the analysis of the “contents of one’s own arse&r...
Art :: Heads Up :: Preview 21 Nov 2008
Dave Hynes: Open Field is a group exhibition presenting a mixture of completed work and impromptu performances by the artists who took part in The Caravan Residencies, with some live free events open to the public. There is a wide variety of disciplines being exh...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 21 Nov 2008
Euan Ferguson: Ever since Geldof and co assembled the cream of the 80s for Live Aid 23 years ago, charity and music have gone hand-in-hand. We’ve been spoilt for choice recently in Scotland, especially with the month-long Oxjam celebrations. Joining the benevo...
Dave Hynes: Urban Reflections is a hefty new exhibition at the Stills Gallery, which offers “five different artistic positions” on the “urban experience”. Love them or hate them, large cities are a focus of human endeavour and power; how we...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 17 Nov 2008
Euan Ferguson: Winters in Scotland are tough. We all sometimes need something to help us through these miserable, wet months. So imagine this: waking up in rolling, unspoilt countryside on a sun-kissed day, a calm breeze blowing as gentle sounds from a distant stage ...
Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 11 Nov 2008
Gail Tolley: If you’re planning to heard north this month you’d be wise to check out this year’s Inverness Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, it offers a varied programme with a focus on top British talent. The bill includes several Scottish ...
Art :: Heads Up :: Preview 07 Nov 2008
John Routledge: Not many would describe the East Neuk as the artistic centre of Fife, but in this unassuming collection of small seaside towns there’s a surprising abundance of art: so much so that the artists residing in the area have got together to organise a serie...
Heads Up :: Preview 01 Nov 2008
Hannah Morgan: The artwork of the legendary tattoo artist 'Sailor Jerry' is to be exhibited at King Tut's from 10-12 November. Glasgow will be the second city to host the exhibition in the UK. Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins is an iconic American folk artist, and wide...
Heads Up :: Preview 31 Oct 2008
Edward Whelan: One dull afternoon in the pub, some five years ago, two friends decided it was time to reintroduce the world to the moustache. And to hell with it, they said, let’s raise some money for charity while we’re at it. And so Movember, the month ...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 29 Oct 2008
Chris Cusack: When you think about it, it’s really rather morbid that every November we all meet to cheer on a re-enactment of some dude being burned alive 400 years ago. The fact that we herd groups of children to this macabre spectacle is doubly confounding....
Heads Up :: Preview 22 Oct 2008
Ariadne Cass-Maran: The current Guinness World Record for largest simultaneous dance is still, alas, held by the Hokey–Cokey, danced in Canada in 2002 by 197,569 primary school students. Surely a sillier dance could not possibly be attempted. But where there's a rec...
Art :: Heads Up :: Preview 20 Oct 2008
John Routledge: For those of you not already in the know, The Stills Gallery in Edinburgh is currently hosting the rather unique The Martha Rosler Library exhibition. The best way to describe it is as an interactive installation, but even this term doesn’t reall...
Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 16 Oct 2008
Dave Hynes: This week sees the sixth year of the Document film festival at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (Wednesday 15 to Sunday 19 October). Document is the UK’s only human rights documentary festival, one of only 18 of its kind in the world....
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview :: News 15 Oct 2008
Jorge Marticorena: You might want to hold on to your mug for this one. Los Campesinos!, No Age, and Times New Viking have just embarked on a wholesome journey across the isles, appropriately titled the Shred Yr Face Tour. The Scottish leg of the chaos/mayhem/fun times r...
Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 13 Oct 2008
Jason Morton: After conquering the charts and capturing the hearts of music-lovers nationwide, the next stop for the Arctic Monkeys will be your local cinema. For one night only, select cinemas in Scotland – the Cameo in Edinburgh, The Glasgow Film Theatre an...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 08 Oct 2008
Dave Hynes: Sound 2008 is a festival dedicated to new music based in various parts of North East Scotland (although it is concentrated around Aberdeen University) and is one of Scotland's true hidden gems in terms of exciting contemporary events. Now in its fourt...
Film :: Heads Up :: Clubs :: Preview 07 Oct 2008
Lizzie Cass-Maran: In association with Africa in Motion: the Edinburgh African Film Festival - see our preview in the Film section - The Bongo Club are playing host to the legendary Rita Ray. Ray is a world-class DJ and top buff of Afrobeat, desribed as a "combination o...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 01 Oct 2008
Ted Maul: With a sound that is only slightly edgier than Bob Holness in oven gloves, much touted Sheffield lads Little Man Tate nevertheless look set to provide a polished set of crowd-pleasers at Fat Sam’s in Dundee on 3 Oct. Bouncy riffs, cheeky lyrics, ...
Ewen Millar: With the four major cities in Scotland blessed with vibrant music scenes, it's easy to assume that the quadrant that exists between The Lemontree, The Barrowlands, The Doghouse and The Liquid Room represents the nation-state for all that is currently i...
