Art :: Preview 03 Dec 2008
Mark Herbert: Kill Your Timid Notion (KYTN) has toured London and Bristol and will arrive at the CCA in Glasgow for the 6 and 7 December. A combination of innovation in film, music and theatre, this event promises to be a thoroughly out of the ordinary event that a...
Music :: Preview 02 Dec 2008
Marta Nelson: Just in time for Christmas, Gogol Bordello, your favorite Eastern Europeans based in New York, are descending on Glasgow. With a sound like a cross between a Klezmer band and The Clash, Gypsy-punk is not a genre that seems to have a lot of competition ...
Theatre :: Preview 01 Dec 2008
Mhairi Graham: Sleigh bells, snow, a poor, misled child and a frosty leading lady: it’s time for the festive tradition, the Christmas Production. Except The Snow Queen at the Arches, is not your average work of Christmas fluff. Hans Christian Anderson’s c...
Fashion :: Preview 01 Dec 2008
Rachael Macintyre: Founded in 2007 by indie entrepreneurs Jo Gurney (of label Stella My Star) and Tracey Burns (of T-Boo), Glasgow Craft Mafia is part of the larger, original Craft Mafia which was initially fashioned in Austin, Texas in 2003. With the aim to promote alte...
Music :: Preview 01 Dec 2008
Lauren Mayberry: Having only played four UK dates last year, former Belle and Sebastian vocalist Isobel Campbell and the increasingly ubiquitous Mark Lanegan - one of the most successful voices to emerge from the 90s grunge scene, also performing with Queens Of The Sto...
Comedy :: Preview 01 Dec 2008
Edward Whelan: Amnesty International has been working since 1961 to uphold the rights of women, children, refugees and to end torture and execution. Not hilarious stuff, which is why Amnesty held its first comedy benefit event, back in 1979, to raise awareness withou...
Theatre :: Preview 28 Nov 2008
Susannah Radford: It all begins with a wardrobe. With a little magic and some imagination that's all you need to create new worlds and great adventures. This Christmas, C S Lewis' classic is lovingly brought to the stage by Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre. The Christmas s...
Music :: Preview 28 Nov 2008
Chris Buckle: Last time Herman Dune played Glasgow, I Wish That I Could See You Soon was the pearl in their heart-warming set. Well, with a new album comes a new tour, and while their time away hasn't been too long, a few things have changed for the band. While the ...
Music :: Feature :: Preview :: New Blood 28 Nov 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: We See Lights Who are We See Lights? "We See Lights are from lots of places," they say, including Airth, Bo'ness, Edinburgh and Milngavie, and have been about in various incarnations for a while. It's only been the last year, though, in which they've...
Music :: Preview 27 Nov 2008
Chris Buckle: After 18 years and nine albums, Stereolab continue to fly just under the radar with a status as critically acclaimed darlings and cult favourites that they seem content to occupy. Whilst latest album Chemical Chords contained their most immediately saf...
Music :: Preview 26 Nov 2008
Lauren Mayberry: Joan Wasser, the everyday plebeian name of Joan As Police Woman, has some incredible musical credentials. With former links to Jeff Buckley, temporary membership of Antony And The Johnsons during the making of their Mercury award-winning I Am A Bird No...
Chris Buckle: Yuletide-themed sofa adverts are all very well, but the Christmas build-up only truly begins when the Pogues arrive in town for their annual festive shindig. Expect a crowd of ruddy-cheeked men, dewy-eyed with nostalgia and Guinness, belting out every ...
Marta Nelson: It’s no surprise that Glasgow band Be A Familiar count Sufjan Stevens and Broken Social Scene as inspiration. The seven piece ensemble occasionally emulate the orchestrations of their aforementioned muses but have a surprisingly tight and energe...
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...
Music :: Preview 25 Nov 2008
Gillian Watson: David Gedge brings the latest incarnation of his cult-favourite '80s concern north of the border for the first time in a year. Although they've cultivated an unfair reputation for being gutless Smiths also-rans, the Weddoes put on, in fact, a blisterin...
Film :: Preview 25 Nov 2008
Gail Tolley: There's a whole host of film treats happening across Scotland in December. If you're looking to indulge in some Christmas nostalgia head to the Glasgow Film Theatre for two festive classics: It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas. Whilst in Edinbu...
Euan Ferguson: From 1978 to 1992, Factory Records was more than a label: it was a design ethos and way of life in Manchester. The need for an outlet for their musical output led to the FAC51 Hacienda, the best known nightclub of the acid house era. Equally famous and...
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...
Theatre :: Feature :: Preview 25 Nov 2008
Gareth K Vile: On the first day of 2009, while the majority will be nursing hangovers or spending quiet time with their families, Edinburgh’s Royal Mile will play host to many of Scotland’s most exciting performers. From old lags like Mischief La Bas, who...
Music :: Preview 24 Nov 2008
Gillian Watson: Perhaps the most indie and legendary of Glasgow's indie legends, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee caused a justifiable stir this summer when they reformed The Vaselines to perform at Sub Pop's 20th birthday celebrations after almost two decades in the wi...
