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Mogwai: Hardcore 4 Life
“You know what, I’m half asleep,” yawns Stuart Braithwaite. Mogwai’s lead guitarist had best cram in some shuteye while he can; not o... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
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Scotland Gig Highlights – October 2013
As October begins and Halloween beckons, you've got two choices – stay at home for the whole month carving pumpkins and readying your costume... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 17 December
KILLING JOKE ANNOUNCE 35-YEAR 'BEST OF' AND WORLD TOURThe quintessential British post-punk / proto-industrial band Killing Joke formed in 1978, and released ... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Duglas T. Stewart on what it means to be a BMX Bandit
Duglas T. Stewart is the founder of BMX Bandits; a pop spokesman for love, magic and fairytales. Whilst BMX Bandits have shared members with many brilliant G... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Art
Save the Arches: RM Hubbert, Rob Drummond, Tam Dean Burn tell us why
The Arches' arts programme will continue as planned until June, after the Glasgow multi-arts venue announced that Creative Scotland and Glasgow Cit... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Music
Let's Get Lost: Lost Map Records
The world of independent Scottish record labels is a small one. People know each other by first name and a spirit of affable collaboration prevails. So when ... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Art
Our Top 5s for the Edinburgh Festivals
MUSIC 1. Doogie Paul Memorial Concert8 Aug, The Assembly Rooms, 9pm, £18 Some of the finest minds in contemporary Scottish music celebrate the life o... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Festivals
EIFF unveil Future Is History retrospective
Today the retrospective for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (21 Jun-2 Jul) has been announced, with a programme of films that are sai... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Sneakin' in After Hours
The Bongo Club Bongo favourites Mutiny and Technical Resistance have come together to present drum and bass duo The Panacea and Limewax for their Scottish d... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
Festivals
Festival Watch: T Break lineup announced for T in the Park 2014
The lineup for this year's T Break stage at T in the Park (11-13 Jul), showcasing unsigned and emerging bands at Scotland's largest outdoor festival, has bee... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Edge Festival 2010: Sneaky Pete's
First up at the Cowgate's live music hub are Irish songstrels Villagers on 6 Aug. Comparisons with Sparklehorse seem fair, and frontman Conor J. O'Brien is n... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Things To Do
Live music in Liverpool this week: 31 Aug-6 Sep
We dive into the listings to bring you the essential guide to gigs in Liverpool this week – plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements ... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Clubs
The gems, jests, and goddamns! of 2007
Boxcutter's Glyphic, Planet Mu's Sacred Symbols and, of course, Burial's Untrue have all impressed in 2007, despite the inordinate amount of hype surrounding... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Pronto Mama @ The Art School, Glasgow, 26 May
It’s the hottest day of the year, and the heat threatens to stifle the energy inside a packed Art School. Indeed it might have, if this wasn’t su... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
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Girls Will Be Boys
“The froth is ice, like, the head is ice.” Chet ‘JR’ White is marvelling at the frozen crest on the pint of cider he’s just bee... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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The Dirty Dozen - May, 2009
Lily Allen’s continuing success is a mystery to this writer. Granted, when she first emerged with her headstrong girl-about-town shtick, she seemed a b... Read more »| Updated about 16 years ago -
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Live music in Manchester this week: 9-15 Nov
We dive into the listings to bring you this essential guide to gigs in Manchester this week plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements and more. T... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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Live Music Highlights – August 2010
Formed off the back of a rural songwriting retreat some three and a half years ago, The Burns Unit are a Scottish-Canadian all-star collective that boasts Em... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Art
CCA Highlights Nov-Dec 2016
It’s November and Christmas is nearly upon us. Buchanan Street is starting to sprout red and green buboes. You’ve spent your day scouring St. Eno... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 25 October
STILL GAME LIVE AT THE HYDRO – MORE DATES ADDEDReuniting the original cast for the first time in six years, Still Game is coming to the stage... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Art
CCA Highlights May / June 2015
You there! Urbanite looking for artistic events to attend! Yes, you! From CCA’s third programme of the year, we’ve picked the highlights we think... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Music
Errors - Big in Finland
Errors are a band who have buzzed, fly-like, around the electrically charged bars of the Scottish music scene for a few years without igniting in a satisfyin... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Brian D'Souza (Auntie Flo)
Reading this month’s Scottish edition, you may well have noticed that The Skinny has reached its 100th issue north of the border – an impres... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Clubs
Rex the Dog: Canine It
Rex the Dog is the age-old tale of a man (Jake Williams) and his dog (Rex) coming together to create exceptional dance music. Canine and human, truly a partn... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 6-13 Apr: Counterflows Festival
After celebrating their half-decade anniversary last year, 'non-core' music festival Counterflows returns this week between 6-9 Apr, limbering... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Scotland 15-22 Jan: Celtic Connections, First Aid Kit + Future Shorts
Music 1. Celtic Connections' Opening Concert: Martyn Bennett's Grit Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 15... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Music
The Fratellis - Gone Today or Still Here Tomorrow?
The Fratellis debut album 'Costello Music' has already gone platinum, live shows are selling out in minutes, and fourth single Whistle for the Choir is curre... Read more »| Updated over 18 years ago -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – November 2015
Our month begins with a pair of familiar faces as no other than two of this year’s Skinny cover stars go head-to-head on the very same night in Manches... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Music
Randolph's Leap announce Glasgow all-dayer line-up
Glasgow indie-pop outfit Randolph's Leap have revealed the line-up for their latest I Can't Dance To This Music all-dayer in Glasgow this October The fourth... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Clubs
Glasgow clubbing highlights: 22-28 June
Sub Club relaunch weekend (24-26 Jun) Amid an ongoing 'safe space' debate playing out on social media, this week marks the Sub Club's return to the fold aft... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago