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The latest music, comedy and arts news from Scotland.
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ArtDaubing and Befriending Birds: This Week in Scottish Art
The Whisky Bond's Annual Party this Saturday is the big event this week, while there are new shows at Collective, Glasgow Sculpture Studios and the Glasgow Project Room, plus one-offs and last chances in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
MusicA Week in Records: Lee Bannon, Sleaford Mods, Prefuse 73...
As the music world is battered into line with a new international album release date each Friday, our Music team present a weekly digest of five recommendations, from Ninja Tune stalwart Lee Bannon to latter-day firestarters Sleaford Mods Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
MusicViet Cong, Josh T. Pearson and Mikal Cronin with Strings & Horns join Utrecht's Le Guess Who? 2015
Sets by Deerhunter, Faust, Destroyer and a strand curated by drone godfathers SunnO))) head up the brilliantly eclectic line-up for the four-day Le Guess Who... Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
BooksComma Press launch new literary platform MacGuffin
Comma Press has launched MacGuffin, a new self-publishing platform for fiction, essays and poetry. The Manchester-based imprint – who specialise in sho... Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsLiverpool Psych Fest: New wave of artists announced
The Skinny is delighted to exclusively announce the acts playing the Cardinal Fuzz Sonic Attack stage at Liverpool Psych Fest in September. Manchester three... Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
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
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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 -
FestivalsEdinburgh 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 -
ClubsWolstenholme 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 -
FestivalsStewart 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 -
ArtAction 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 -
MusicMogwai 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 -
MusicJohn 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