News
The latest music, comedy and arts news from Scotland.
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ArtCannons & Kickstarters: This Week in Scottish Art
This weekend sees art parties in Dundee and Glasgow, as well as new exhibitions and one-off events at Fruitmarket, DCA, and Generator plus a trip to London for some new GSA graduates. Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Food And DrinkScottish Food News – July 2015
This month's round-up is almost entirely liquid, with beer launches and festivals before a dry run for next month's Fringe madness Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Festivals45 Years and Ainslie Henderson win Edinburgh Film Festival awards
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years has won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Michael Powell Award for Best British Film, with the 2015 Festival aw... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival announces Best of the Fest line-up
The list of films for the annual Best of the Fest screenings to conclude the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival has been revealed, ahead of the Festi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsBook Around You: Our Edinburgh Book Festival Highlights
Tickets for the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival went on sale this week, ahead of this year's festival which runs from 15-31 August. Hot tickets f... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
Clubs
Wolstenholme Square plans revealed as Nation announces closing date
Nation, the Liverpool club which spawned the global clubbing institution Cream, will close its doors at the end of the year, as plans for the development of ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015
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Festivals
Stewart Lee to curate All Tomorrow’s Parties 2.0
Comedian Stewart Lee is to curate the second of ATP’s revived holiday camp weekend festivals in Prestatyn, North Wales next April. Lee's weekende... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
Art
Action Man: Battlefield Casualties short film released
A new short film based on artist Darren Cullen's Action Man: Battlefield Casualties artwork has been released online. The film, which features a voice... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
Music
Mogwai announce ‘Central Belters’ boxset
Mogwai have revealed plans for a career-spanning box set of rarities and classic tracks, entitled Central Belters. The thirty-five track collection comes as... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
Music
John Grant announces new album ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’
US singer-songwriter John Grant has announced details of his third solo album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, the follow-up to 2013’s Pale Green Ghosts. ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2015 -
Art
Rugs, Birds and Yes Men: This Week in Scottish Art
Hospitalfield opens its doors and takes a good look at its gilded interiors, while Dundee goes print-mad and Edinburgh exhibits Gary Fabian Miller, who finds himself without the medium he's spent three decades exploring Read more »| 23 Jun 2015 -
Music
New Order announce new album ‘Music Complete’
New Order will release their first studio album in a decade this autumn, with Music Complete due for release this September. The new album will be the ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2015 -
Music
Mogwai announce food bank drive for 20th anniversary gigs
Glasgow post-rockers Mogwai have announced plans for a charity donation drive at their 20th anniversary shows at the Glasgow Barrowlands this weekend. Ahead... Read more »| 19 Jun 2015 -
Music
Watch the SAY Award 2015 announcement, plus performances from Golden Teacher and more
The Scottish Album of the Year Award, or SAY Award, for 2015 will be awarded in Glasgow tonight – watch a livestream of all the build-up to the announc... Read more »| 17 Jun 2015 -
Art
Witches, Unluck and Elephants: This Week in Scottish Art
Gray's School of Art gets its degree show underway, there are new exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, plus the chance to see some "devotional fetish-objects" – get all the details in our Scottish art round-up. Read more »| 16 Jun 2015