The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 26 April

SUNN O))) MAKE ENTIRE CATALOGUE AVAILABLE ONLINE
In a move which surely dwarfs that time The Beatles finally wised up and released their music to buy on the internet, seminal doom-rock and drone collective Sunn O))) have made their entire back catalogue available for the first time via Bandcamp – every album is available for a reasonable price, along with demos, live recordings, and collaborations with bands like Nurse With Wound, and more recently Boris (pictured with the band). Visit the band's page to check out the collection. Here's a rare track from a compilation entitled Does Your Cat Know My Dog? 

NEW MUSIC: DISCLOSURE, GHOSTPOET, DEMDIKE STARE, JACK WHITE, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, KODE9, BATHS

Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence are one of the breakout acts of this year – their new single as Disclosure features guest vocals from Eliza Doolittle. You & Me is taken from their much-anticipated debut album Settle, due for release on 3 June.

Ghostpoet releases his sophomore album Some Say I So I Say Light on 6 May - this week he unveiled a 'mini-mix' of tracks from the album, which was co-produced by Richard Formby (Darkstar, Egyptian Hip Hop). 

Industrial electronic drone duo Demdike Stare have a second edition of their Testpressing series of vinyl releases ready to release, although as yet no due date has been announced. Stream the two tracks from the forthcoming vinyl below, courtesy of Modern Love. 

As part of Record Store Day last week, Jack White installed a recording booth at his Third Man Records store, allowing anyone and everyone to come along and cut a track to vinyl. White himself used the booth to record a cover of a classic country track, Loretta Lynn's 1970 hit Coal Miner's Daughter. Listen below, and check out photos from the Third Man RSD celebrations on Instagram.  

Animal Collective this week revealed the first track from a fothcoming remix EP, Monkey Been To Burn Town, to be released on 28 May. Remixers include Shabazz Palaces, Teengirl Fantasy, and Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance, whose take on Monkey Riches is below.

Kode 9 will release his long-awaited Xingfu Liu 12" on 29 April. It showcases a new juke-influenced direction from the Hyperdub boss and dubstep pioneer. 

Finally, Anticon's Baths has a new album in the works – Obsidian is slated for a release on 28 May. The producer has unveiled the first track from the album, a piano and strings-led vocal cut with delicate instrumentation and intricate beatwork. 

SCOTTISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR: 2013 LONGLIST ANNOUNCED
The longlist for the 2013 SAY Awards was announced this week, with recongnition for more than a few Skinny favourites, from indie rock titans The Twilight Sad and experimental collective Errors, to hip-hop heroes Stanley Odd and mellifluous indie-dance ingenue Miaoux Miaoux. For a look at the full longlist, and links to our interviews from the past year with the nominated bands, take a look at our news post from earlier in the week.

FESTIVAL WATCH: BERLIN FESTIVAL, B'ESTFEST SUMMER CAMP
Two brief festival announcements – Berlin Festival (6-7 Sep), which already has a stellar lineup featuring Blur, My Bloody Valentine and Björk, among others, has added a few more acts to its lineup - they welcome Ellie Goulding, Left Boy, Pantha Du Price, Miss Kittin, Boys Noize, Charli XCX, and Booka Shade to thier bill. Details and tickets here.

Returning to the festival calendar for its sixth outing, Romania's B'est Fest (5-7 July - don't ask us what the apostrophe's for) proudly announces itself as taking place in 'Dracula country,' on the outskrts of Bucharest. They also boast some of the cheapest beer in the festival pantheon, apparently – less than 2 Euros for a cold one! Their lineup for 2013 includes Nas, Noisia, Chase & Status, Joker, Friction and Niamat, with the emphasis firmly on dubstep, hip-hop and bass in the acts announced so far. Details and tickets here. 

BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME FICTION FESTIVAL RETURNS IN SEPTEMBER
Scotland's crime fiction authors – from Ian Rankin to Val McDermid, from William McIlvanney to Denise Mina – are some of the best-selling and best-loved genre writers in the world, and last year's inaugural Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling was a star-studded celebration of their worldwide fame and success, seeing informative presntations and lectures from the likes of Christopher Brookmyre, whose murder scenes were analysed for accuracy by a forensic expert, and the above-mentioned authors, all of whom read from and discussed thier work. You can read our covergae of last year's event here.

The festival makes a welcome return in September (13-15). The lineup of authors featuring at this year's event will be announced on 5 June – until then, whet your appetite by reading our exclusive interview with William McIlvanney, the original 'tartan noir' writer, whose influential novel Laidlaw is being republished by Canongate next month. The interview will run in the May issue of The Skinny – keep your eyes peeled!  

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: NEW EVENTS ADDED
The Manchester International Festival runs from 4-21 July, with an enormous wealth of cross-discipline events, talks and showcases taking place across the city. Some very special new events have been added to the calendar this week - author and DJ Dave Haslam will be in conversation with a range of artists, DJs and promoters throughout the festival, including Radio 1's Rob Da Bank and Neneh Cherry.

Kenneth Branagh's new production of Macbeth, which premieres at the festival, has just revealed that Alex Kingston will co-star alongside Branagh as Lady Macbeth - new performances have also been added, and special £12 tickets for several events have been made available for residents of the Greater Manchester area. Here's a video from the recent MIF launch - visit their main site for details of shows, and to book tickets.

TINDERBOX: ORCHESTRAL IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
Edinburgh arts organisation Tinderbox have a new project in the works with jazz collective, The Mike Kearney Ka-Tet. On Sunday 19 May, at Summerhall in Edinburgh, Kearney will lead an all-day improvisation workshop for young musicians aged 13-25, open to players of any instrument you can think of, from drums to xylophone, who have achieved a Grade 5 or above. There will be live visuals from Monkey Pirates, and a culminative live performance at the end of the day. The workshop costs £12/10 per participant. To find out more and book your place, contact admin@tinderboxproject.co.uk, and check out the Event page on Facebook. 

THE HAXAN CLOAK SPEAKS
Watch an interview with Bobby Krlic, aka Tri-Angle Records signing The Haxan Cloak, coming to you via Inverted Audio. Krlic discusses his process, his influences, and the importance of bass frequencies. The Haxan Cloak's sophomore LP Excavation (reviewed here) is out now. 

NEW VIDEOS: MYKKI BLANCO, WILD NOTHING, THEE OH SEES, SMALL BLACK, SILVERTONGUE X KONNSKY
New York's Mykki Blanco has been making waves with her confrontational blend of R&B and hip-hop – her new EP Betty Rubble: The Initiation is out on 21 May. The first video to be revealed is for the track Feeling Special.  

Wild Nothing also have an EP out – indie/ dream-pop maverick Jack Tatum's band will release Empty Estate on 14 May. This week they unveiled the animated video for lead track A Dancing Shell. 

The new video from Thee Oh Sees follows a serial killer on the prowl through a city at night. It's even more brutal than the video for their last track, Minotaur, and definitely NSFW. Toe Cutter / Thumb Buster is taken from their album Floating Coffin, out now.

Small Black deliver their follow-up to 2011's fantastic Moon Killer mixtape (still available for download) on 14 May. They have unveiled a video for lead track Free At Dawn, showcasing their shoegaze-meets-synth-pop sound. 

And finally, a very well-made video from two Edinburgh-based hip-hop artists – Rapper Silvertongue will be familiar to those who frequent the regular Nu Fire! sessions at Sneaky Pete's, and his bars have featured as a live addition to countless dubstep and drum & bass nights in the Scottish capital. Producer Konnskee meanwhile was the beatsmith behind several Edinburgh hip-hop acts, including Ill Papa Giraffe. Their new video for track The City also features DJ U-Turn, the 2005 Scottish DMC Champion. The track is available on iTunes from 29 April.

TONIGHT IN EDINBURGH: HADDOW FEST
Tonight (26 April) at The Liquid Room in Edinburgh sees the launch of a new showcase night from the people that brought you Haddow Fest. Stately Edinburgh-based indie-rockers Meursault are curating and headlining the first night, which will see the band perform alongside Lomond Campbell and River of Slime, AKA Ziggy and Kev from FOUND.