The Skinny February 2007 by The Skinny

LISTINGS

GLASGOW LIVE JARVIS, ABC, Live music, 8pm, £17.50 JIM DEAD, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2 RED SNOWMAN, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, tbc SHOCK ROCK TOUR, ARCHES, Live music, 8pm, £8.00 YOUNG JAMES LONG, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £6.00

World, 8pm, £12.00 THE TWANG, ABC2, live music, 8pm, £6.00

WED 28 FEB

SAXON, GARAGE, The New Wave of Metal lives!, 7.30pm, £17.50

WED 21 FEB

TILLY + THE WALL, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £8.00 CANDIRU JAZZ, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music,

ALTERKICKS, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 TEXTURES, BARFLY, live music, 8.30pm, £6.50 ALEXISONFIRE, ABC, live music, 8pm, £12.50 MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE,

8pm, £2

live music, 8pm, £2

HAMMERFALL WITH KROKUS AND THE POODLES,

MULTI-COLOURED SPEAKEASY, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO

QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Live music, 8pm, £15.00

LANE, live music, 8pm, free

NONE MY EQUAL, BLOC, live music, 8pm, tbc KID CARPET, DOWN THE TINY STEPS AND YOKO OH STOP-STARTS, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, tbc NO!, CLASSIC GRAND, Live music, 8pm, £6.00 MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE, Live THE BEES, ABC2, live music, 8pm, £12.00 music, 8pm, £2 REUBEN, ABC2, Live music, 8pm, sold out THE OCEAN FRACTURE, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, tbc

THURS 22 FEB

WE’RE GETTING A MAKE-OVER!

THE FRATELLIS, CARLING ACADEMY, Local lads storming the world, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT AIR TRAFFIC, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 CHERRY GHOST, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 KARINA & FRIENDS, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2 RICHMOND FONTAINE, ABC2, Live music, 8pm, £12.50 THE KILLERS , SECC, Threatening to become the new U2, 8pm, *sold Out * WEALTH OF NATIONS, THE SLEEPWALKERS, BARFLY, indie/ rock, 8pm, £5

FRI 23 FEB

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THE FRATELLIS, CARLING ACADEMY, live music, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT

AIM, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £11.50 INDIGO GIRLS, ABC, Country rock duo, 8pm, £20.00 PATRICK WOLF, ORAN MOR, live music, 8pm, £10.00 SINNERBOY , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc THE GRIM NORTHERN SOCIAL, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £7.00

WING AND A PRAYER, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

ACHREN, MAN OF THE HOUR, CONQUEST OF STEEL AND BEYOND THE FOREST, CATHOUSE, Live music, 9pm, £5.00

SAT 24 FEB

FAIRPORT CONVENTION, GARAGE, Folk super-group, 7.30pm, £17.50

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MARTIN STEPHENSON AND ANITA CAMERA, WOODEND TENNIS + BOWLING CLUB, Gentle folk-country, 7.30pm,

£10.00

AVETT BROTHERS, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 LOST ALONE, BARFLY, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH DAVE MATTHEWS, CLYDE AUDITORIUM, live music, 8pm, £27.50

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BAD MEDICINE / 5 WHEEL DRIVE , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

BUSWELL AND SUSPIRE, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £6.00

THE FRAMES, ORAN MOR, live music, 8pm, £14.00

SUN 25 FEB

BLEEDING THROUGH, GARAGE, live music, 7.30pm, £12.00

THINK:FIRE, CATHOUSE, emo, 7pm, £6 THE GRATES AND THE BLOOD ARM, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £8.00

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DECAPITATED WITH BLINDEAD, PHAZM AND HATE, SOUNDHAUS, live music, 8pm, £12.00

NAZARETH, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £15.00 SMN & ROCKERS BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

MON 26 FEB

NON OPERATIONAL, CATHOUSE, Emo, 7pm, £5 MIKA, ABC2, live music, 8pm, £7.00 SMN & ROCKERS BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

TUES 27 FEB

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AMY WINEHOUSE, CARLING ACADEMY, live music, 7.30pm, £16.00

THE BLUFFERS, CATHOUSE, indie/rock, 7pm, £5 THE HOLLOWAYS, KING TUTS, London ska-rock mash up, 8.30pm, £8.50

HEELIEGOLEERIE, THE LOT, live music, 8pm, £6 AU REVIOR SIMONE, NICE N SLEAZY, live music, 8pm, £6.00

CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY, ORAN MOR, live music, 8pm,

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MAGIC CARPET CABARET, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE, BLOC, live music, 8pm, tbc

THE GOSSIP, ABC, The most popular feminist band in the

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, NEW FROM NASHVILLE - FEATURING JACE EVERETT AND JULIE ROBERTS, THE CLASSIC GRAND, New Country, 8pm, see Celtic Con-

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Sitar and loops, 8pm, £2

TUES 6 FEB

8pm, £2

TUES 13 FEB

GRACE AND CLOCKS, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm,

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, NEW IRISH TRADITION, ST

NME INDIE RAVE TOUR , THE KLAXONS, CSS, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND,

ANDREW’S IN THE SQUARE, Irish folk, 8pm, see Celtic

BARROWLAND, Tomorrow’s stars today, 7.30pm, £13.00

8pm, £2

8pm, £6

WED 14 FEB

music, 8pm, £2

core, 8.30pm, £10.00

tween pastiche and ferocity, 8pm, £7.00

ORAN MOR, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

Free

traditionalist, 8pm, SOLD OUT

8pm, £6.00

live music, 8pm, £2

nections Website for details

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

£6.00

ANDY MILLER, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music,

SENSES FAIL , GARAGE, Live music, Please note change of SANDY BRECHIN, THE LOT, Live music, 8pm, £6 THE DRAYMIN, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, tbc CELTIC CONNECTIONS, THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND venue, 7.30pm, £8.50 WITH SUPPORT, ABC, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Con- ANDREW WARREN CEILIDH BAND, THE LOT, Ceilidh, Connections Website for details

nections Website for details

THE VATERSAY BOYS, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, THE WAILIN’ JENNYS WITH BRUCE MOLSKY & MARY ANN KENNEDY, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic

Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, UNUSUAL SUSPECTS WITH DAVID MUNNELLY, CITY HALLS, Live music, 9pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

SUN 4 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : BODHRAN AND SPOONS WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Workshop, 1.30pm, see Celtic Connections

Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IMPROVER WHISTLE WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: LOMOND FOYER, Live music, 1.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MANDOLIN FOR PLAYERS, CONCERT HALL: CLYDE FOYER, Workshop, 1.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INNCITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm,

ALLAN Y MCDOUGALL, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live DAN SARTAIN, NICE N SLEAZY, Rockabilly alternating be-

EDDI READER, ABC, Ex-Fairground Attraction, now a

HAFDIS HULD, ARCHES, Pure pop with a bizarre twist,

MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE,

KESSLER, ARCHES, Hotly tipped melodic rockers, 8pm,

MULTI-COLOURED SPEAKEASY, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO

£6.00

WED 7 FEB

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY *CANCELLED*, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, £18.50

SONIC BOOM 6, BARFLY, rock, 7pm, £7.50 DAMN ARMS, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 THE MACABEES, KING TUTS, Jerky cockney indie, 8.30pm, £7.00

CANDIRU JAZZ, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

IZO FITZROY, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, tbc MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE, Live music, 8pm, £2

THURS 8 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DJEMBE WORKSHOP, CON-

see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, WHISTLE FOR BEGINNERS, CONCERT HALL: LOMOND FOYER, Live music, 11am, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

£7.00

SIMON MCLEAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, CELTIC CONNECTIONS, NEW VOICES: : CALUM tbc MACCRIMMON, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Live MIKE O’DONNEL, BARFLY, Indie-acoustic, 8pm, £5 music, 1pm, see Celtic Connections Website for GYM CLASS HEROES, CATHOUSE, Live music, 9pm, details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, TASTE OF THE FEST HOSTED BY ISHBEL MACASKILL, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 2pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

£8.50

FRI 9 FEB

BRAND NEW, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, £13.50

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’S OPEN STAGE DUKE SPECIAL, KING TUTS, Crafty song-writer, 8.30pm, £7.00 HOSTED BY GIBB TODD : WINNERS 2007, CONCERT STATE OF QUO , ROCKERS, Tribute, 8pm, tbc HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Celebratory concert, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details THE SILENCERS, ABC2, Live music, 8pm, £15.00 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS WHISPERS IN THE ATTIC, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live HOSTED BY ALY BAIN AND JERRY DOUGLAS, CONmusic, 8pm, free CERT HALL: TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS, Live music, 7.30pm, THE HAUNTED , CATHOUSE, Live music, to be rescheduled see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DAVID MUNNELLY WITH LAURA MCGHEE, CLASSIC GRAND, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

EMERGENZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, HARRY MANX AND MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE

no new date yet, 9pm, cancelled

SAT 10 FEB

SPUNGE, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £10.00 THE HEDRONS, KING TUTS, Thrusting punk quartet, 8.30pm, £6.00

COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS, CLASSIC GRAND, Pop psychedelia, 8pm, £6.00

SUITE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Web- FREEFALL , MARCEL WOODS, RANDY KATANA, SIsite for details MON FOY AND ALAN BELSHAW, ARCHES, Mixed Bill, CELTIC CONNECTIONS, KATHLEEN MACINNES WITH 8pm, £12.00 NO DICE / TONS OF SLOB , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, SUPPORT, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 8pm,

see Celtic Connections Website for details

tbc

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, KLEZMATICS WITH MOISHE’S BAGEL, CITY HALLS, Traditional Jewish music with an

SUN 11 FEB

edge, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

7.30pm, £17.50

EUROPE, CARLING ACADEMY, Venerable Euro-metal,

MIKE ESTES (LYNYRD SKYNYRD) AND SKINNY MOLLY, FIONN REGAN, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 RATTLESNAKE REMEDY, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00 THE DECEMBERISTS WITH LAVENDER DIAMOND,

ABC, Fantastical songs full of sea captains, legionnaires,

chimney sweeps and seekers of all kinds, 8pm, £11.00

6 HOURS OF HATE FEATURING BRUTAL TRUTH, NARCOSIS, TOTAL F**KING DESTRUCTION AND MORE, CATHOUSE, Intense metallic assaults, 9pm, £12.00

MON 5 FEB

£5.00

CHARITY ANTI FASCISM NIGHT, SPLINTER / BOMBSKARE , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

MON 12 FEB

GOOSE, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 AEREOGRAMME, CLASSIC GRAND, Local rock on the verge of huge success, 8pm, £8.50

BOWLING FOR SOUP WITH WHEATUS AND SON OF (+44), CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, £15.00 DORK, QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Party Punkers, 8pm, BLOOD RED SHOES, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00 SOLD OUT THIRTEEN SENSES, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, EMERGENZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS , , ROCKERS, live £11.00

LARRAKIN LOVE, QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Stompig melodic pop, 8pm, £10.50

SCOTTISH MUSIC NETWORK PRESENTS... , ROCKERS, Bill of undiscovered talent, 8pm, tbc

...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD,

GLASGOW SONG WRITERS , BLACKFRIARS, Folk, 8pm,

, ANEMIC, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00 THE NOISETTES, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 CERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Workshop, 11am, see Celtic DOUBLE VISION TOUR , AYNSLEY LISTER AND IAN Connections Website for details PARKER, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £12.50 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, LEARN THE SMALL PIPES IN A JOE D’URSO + STONE CARAVAN , ROCKERS, Live music, DAY, CONCERT HALL: BUCHANAN SUITE, Workshop, 11am, 8pm, tbc see Celtic Connections Website for details MR HUDSON AND THE LIBRARY, NICE N SLEAZY, Live CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MANDOLIN FOR BEGINmusic, 8pm, £6.00 NERS, CONCERT HALL: CLYDE FOYER, Workshop, 11am, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, ABC2, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

HELL IS FOR HEROES, KING TUTS, Driving melodic hard-

music, 8pm, tbc

STEREO GLOW, THE RIP OFFS, RECLINER, QMU, live music, 8pm, £4

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Sitar and loops,

ISSUE SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN February 07 January 07

LANE, live music, 8pm, free

TOKYO POLICE CLUB, NICE N SLEAZY, live music, 8pm, £7.00

THE HOLD STEADY, CATHOUSE, live music, 9pm, £6.50

THURS 15 FEB

PINK GREASE, BARFLY, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 SHINY TOY GUNS, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 KESSLER, MCCHUILLS, live music, 8pm, Free NEW ORDER ( PETER HOOK) DJ SET, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £10.00

THE IMPOSSIBLE FLOWERS & FRIENDS, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

BOUNCING SOULS WITH DRAFT AND TAT, CATHOUSE, live music, 9pm, £11.50

FRI 16 FEB

ADAM F , GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, live music, 7.30pm, £10.00

TEANNAICH CEILIDH, POLLOCK HALL, Live music, 7.30pm, £7

BREAKPOINT, THE SERIES, BARFLY, indie/rock, 7pm, tbc WRECKED, THE ATOMICS, SOUNDHAUS, emo, 7pm, £5 LITTLE BARRIE, KING TUTS, 1960s blues-rock updated with sincerity, 8.30pm, £8.50

BETTER CRACK CLUB, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, free

Bloc

BIG FACE, BARFLY, live music, 8pm, tbc JUNIOR BOYS + RUSSIAN FUTURISTS, ABC, live music, 8pm, £7.00

ROCKETFOX EP LAUNCH NIGHT , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

THE BYRDZ (TRIBUTE BAND), THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

THE EARLY YEARS, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £6.50

SAT 17 FEB

THE HUSSYS, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00 AFT TOUCH N’ GO , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc BLACK KEYS, ABC, Lo-fi blues, 8pm, £14.00 MUTE MATH, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £7.00 NELLY FURTADO, CLYDE AUDITORIUM, Cheerful latino funk, 8pm, £23.50

WOLFESTONE, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £12.00 SHIRRELL, SOUTHPAW, BARFLY, indie/rock, 8pm, £5

SUN 18 FEB

FORWARD RUSSIA, GARAGE, Intense and awkward, 7.30pm, £8.50

JAMES MORRISON, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT

CAPDOWN, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £9.00 EMERGENZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS , , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

JUST JACK, ABC, Live music, 8pm, £7.50 TO-MERA , CATHOUSE, Live music, 9pm, £7.00

MON19 FEB

BABYSHAMBLES, BARROWLAND, The perpetual game of cat and mouse continues., 7.30pm, £18.50 CLAIRE PROMOTIONS , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc PIGEON DETECTIVES AND RIPCHORD, ABC2, Live music, 8pm, £6.00 REGINA SPEKTOR, QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Electric songwriter from Russia, 8pm, £15.00 SANDI THOM, ORAN MOR, Live music, 8pm, £12.50 YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

TUES 20 FEB

BABYSHAMBLES, BARROWLAND, Live music, 7.30pm, £18.50

STEPHEN BRODSKY (CAVE IN), KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00

CROWDIE HOUSE CEILIDH BAND, THE LOT, Live music, 8pm, £6

GLASGOW SONG WRITERS , BLACKFRIARS, Live music, 8pm, Free

LISTINGS

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CONTRIBUTORS Steve Adams, Nazhat Ahmed, Yasmin Ali, Graeme Allister, Liam Arnold, Anna Battista, Finbarr Bermingham, Rob Bochnik, Jamie Borthwick, Ally Brown, Maris Cather, Stephen Carty, Colin Chapman, Philippa Cochrane, Dave Cook, Charlotte Cooper, Jimmy Cosmos, Gemma Couper, David Coyle, Paul Crawford, Heather Crumley, Chris Cusack, S. D, Dalai Dahmer, Declan Dineen, Tom Donohue, Craig Dorrall, Natalie Doyle, Rachel Edwards, Sam Eichblatt, Apollo Fabienne, Neil Ferguson, Duncan Forgan, Lucy Gallwey, Simone Gray, Paul Greenwood, Gabriella Griffith, Jasper Hamill, Billy Hamilton, Nick Herd, Ben Howe, Barry Jackson, Ema Johnson, Wilbur Kane, Morag Keil, Hamza Khan, Margaret Kirk, Andrea Krudde, Omar Kudos, Joe Lewis, Ted M, C C Mapletoft, Marc from Alphabet Video, DB Matthews, Trevor Mawhinney, Milo McLaughlin, Sean Mcnamara, Colan Mehaffey, Sean Michaels, Gary Milne, Nick Mitchell, Paul Mitchell, Lara Moloney, Lauren Mooney, Nosh, Jonny Ogg, Struan Otter, Graeme Park, Julie Paterson, J D Pyz, Dave Reid, Judith Robertson, Christy Scott, Jon Seller, Graeme Strachan, Karen Taggart, Cedric ThierryMieg, Fraser Thomson, Garry Thomson, Xavier Toby, Gareth K Vile, Peter Walker, Lindsay West, Ryan Van Winkle, David Winton, Daniiel Wood, Alex Woodward

PHOTOGRAPHERS Charlotte Rodenstedt, Lisa Divine, Lorenzo D’Alberto, Callum Barr, Ed Fisher, Cara Buchan, James Gray, Mike Byrne, Jack Waddington, David Winton, Alex Oakenfield, Neil Douglas, Jethro Collins, Blair McNeil, Adrian Barry.

EDITORIAL Hello. Another smashing issue. But before we immerse ourselves in the happy distraction of opinions on art and music and culture, a political problem: In December, the nation was shocked and saddened by the serial murder of five sex workers in Ipswich. Public attitudes had clearly evolved since Peter Sutcliffe’s reign of terror – no longer were sex workers seen as merely disposable women. In the aftermath of such a horrific tragedy, it seemed perhaps we might finally have a realistic discussion of the sex industry and the laws that contribute to sex workers’ vulnerability. Instead, the Scottish Parliament has just made a U-turn on the Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Bill: rejecting the original proposals, MSPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the existing laws against soliciting, and, for the first time, criminalising sex workers’ clients. This will bring our legislation in line with England’s.

MON 26 FEB

BRAKES PLUS LA RENO AMPS AND THE KBC, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £8

What was most despicable was that politicians paid lip service to the Ipswich murders, even though their only ‘solution’ is to foster the same climate in which they occurred. The recommendations of the Expert Working Group on Prostitution, based on a year’s worth of research, were scrapped. At first glance, it might sound reasonable to criminalise the punters, especially if you subscribe to the belief that all prostitution constitutes violence against women. But sex workers themselves are all too aware of the difference between a violent client and an ‘ordinary decent punter’, and this difference is a lot more significant to them than to those who have the privilege of pontificating about it from outside the industry. Evidence from places where clients are criminalised – such as England, Sweden and the USA – shows that the sex industry is only driven further underground. Clients, not wishing to attract police attention, are in a rush to get out of the area, leaving sex workers less time to negotiate

and make a risk assessment before getting into vehicles. Police crackdowns simply mean that sex workers work longer hours in more isolated places. And with fewer punters to choose from, they can’t be so picky about who to do business with, which services they’re prepared to offer, or how much they’re going to charge. The focus on reducing demand has taken precedence over tackling poverty, debt, homelessness and addiction. It seems that ideology – a blanket ban in the false hope of eradicating prostitution – is more important to our leaders than a genuine concern for women’s safety. And we can all rest assured that the next time a fatality occurs, they’ll wring their hands again over the ‘inherently’ violent nature of the industry, because that’s more politically safe than improving working conditions.

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free GUITAR HERO NIGHTS!, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, An evening of axe wielding mania, 21:00, £4 WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 27 FEB

ALLY BAIN AND PHIL CUNNINGHAM: BELLOWS AND BOWS, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk, 20:00, £17-£12 AN EVENING WITH JOAN BAEZ, USHER HALL, Folk, 19:00, £30-£27.50

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

package, 7.30pm, £15.50

LING ACADEMY, The next big things together in a single

WED 28 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ROSANNE CASH “BLACK CADILLAC” WITH RODDY HART, CONCERT HALL: AUDITO-

CABARET VOLTAIRE, Dance Pop, 19:00, 22:00, £4

nections Website for details

FOALS PLUS DISCO DRIVE AND DANCE LAZARUS, GRACE EMILYS PLUS TINY ROBOTS, THE SOUTHERN BAR,

GLASGOW LIVE CELTIC CONNECTIONS, FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Punk, rock, club, fetish rockabilly and glam. It’s all there and it’s all dangerous.

Thanks to Dance House, The Skinny have a pair of tickets for this Scottish premiere, on Fri 23 Feb, to give away. To win a pair of tickets, just answer this question:

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, STRING SISTERS WITH BOX CLUB, CITY HALLS, Live music, 10pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IAIN ANDERSON IN CONVERSATION : ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Exploring the roots of a folk legend,

12.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Folk , 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, KAREN MATHESON WITH JAMES ROSS TRIO, CITY HALLS, Live music, 7.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING AUTOMATIC, THE VIEW, HORRORS, MUMMRA, CARLING ACADEMY, The

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next big things together in a single package, 7.30pm, £15.50 GOATFEST 2, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ACOUSTIC AFFAIR WITH MICHAEL HARGAN, SPECIAL GUEST MARK GEARY AND SUPPORT FROM THE HAZEY JANES, ST ANDREWS IN

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THE SQUARE, Acoustic music, 8pm, see Celtic Connec-

tions Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CASCADE WITH NEIL YATES: NEW ORIGINS, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Folk ,

8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details DONALD GILLIES, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

FRANK TURNER AND DIVE DIVE AND BEANS ON TOAST, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £6.00 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, FRED MORRISON “UP CLOSE”, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, OLAV LARSEN WITH WILLIAM DOUGLAS & THE WHEEL, THE CLASSIC GRAND, Live

CYBORGS BY LEWIS HOSIE

music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SONGS & MUSIC OF SCOTLAND: : PERTHSHIRE AND THE TRAVELLERS, HOSTED BY DORIS ROUGVIE, UNIVERSAL, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

THE BRIAN JAMES GANG + SUPPORT , ROCKERS, Damned guitarist , 8pm, tbc

FRI 2 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CEILIDH WITH THE SCOTT HARVEY CEILIDH BAND, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 10.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details BTTF

ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

Monkey Stroke Bear

Piss

THE SKINNY LISTINGS

Live music, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

SETH LAKEMAN, THE LIQUID ROOM, Folk, 19:30, £12.50

THURS 1 FEB

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL,

NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING THE VIEW, THE AUTOMATIC, THE HORRORS AND MUMM-RA, CAR-

WYND PLUS MAYA 29 AND DANCING MICE,,BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD,Indie Rock,21:00,,£4

Fri 23 Feb, 20:00. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

see Celtic Connections Website for details

20:00, £8

Covers,TBC,,Free

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TION HALL, Exploring the roots of a folk legend, 12.30pm,

7.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IAIN ANDERSON IN CONVERSATION : SHEILA STEWART, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBI-

HEELIEGOLEERIE, THE LOT, Ceilidh, 20:00, £6 KENT DUCHAINE, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk,

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET,Classic Rock

COMPETITIONS

music, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Free

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC,

JEANETTE LINDSTROM, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 RAB NOAKES, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE,

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS SCHOOL CONCERT, CONCERT HALL: AUDITORIUM, Live

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES : WITH HARRY MANX, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, Live music,

Alternative Rock, 21:00, Free

/nine

Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, JOHN MCCUSKER “UNDER ONE SKY”, CITY HALLS, Live music, 10pm, see Celtic

www.skinnymag.co.uk

RIUM, The daughter in black, 7.30pm, see Celtic Con-

Bannerbaws

LISTINGS

THE SKINNY

AFTERHOURS (MILAN), BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00

LIOR, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, BACK OF THE MOON, DÀIMH AND BUILLE, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details BLACK ROSE , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, LÚNASA WITH IN TABERNA, ABC, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Web-

Henrys

site for details

READING THE LEAVES, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £1

PIPELINE, SUICIDE UNDERGROUND, SOUNDHAUS, Live music, 8pm, £5

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SPIRIT, SALM AND SACRED SONG, ST ANDREW’S IN THE SQUARE, Church music, 8pm,

see Celtic Connections Website for details THE JANES, CLASSIC GRAND, Jim Gellaty supported anthemic rock, 8pm, tbc THE PEATBOG FAERIES, CLASSIC GRAND, Frenetic Celtic passion, 8pm, £14.00 THE VATERSAY BOYS, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00 WOODENWAND + SKY HIGH BAND, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £6.50

Eye Did This

SAT 3 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ACCORDION TECHNIQUES, CONCERT HALL: CLYDE FOYER, Live music, 1.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : GOSPEL WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Workshop,

1.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS CEILIDH WITH THE SCOTT HARVEY CEILIDH BAND, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Ceilidh, 10.30pm, see Celtic Con-

nections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, BURNS SONG WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : LOMOND FOYER, Workshop, 11am, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : ACCORDION WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : CLYDE FOYER, Workshop, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 11am, see Celtic Connections

Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, LEARN THE SMALL PIPES IN A DAY, CONCERT HALL : BUCHANAN SUITE, Workshop, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MARK SHERIDAN: LANDSCAPES, CONCERT HALL: STRATCHCLYDE SUITE, Live music, 1pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, WHISKY MASTERCLASS, CITY HALLS, Alcohol, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website

for details

ABERFELDY AND LIOR, GARAGE, Live music, 7.30pm, £14.00

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH WITH COLD WAR KIDS AND ELVIS PERKINS, BARROWLAND, Another hotly tipped band face the second album challenge, 7.30pm, £12.50 FORTUNE DRIVE, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00

AFT BIG LICKS / NITE FULL METAL RACKET , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

FUTURO, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £5.00 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MICK WEST BAND, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connec-

January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

THURS 1 FEB

Dutch Death Metal, 19:30, £10

WORLD, Rock, 21:00, £4

Pop/Ska/Hip-Hop, 19:00, 22:00, £6.00 RUMBA CALIENTE, THE LOT, Jazz, 23:00, £8.00

11 (£3 After)

THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk and Blues, 20:30, £14, £12 (£10)

WEE FOLK CLUB: WOODY GUTHRIE NIGHT, ROYAL OAK,

GYPSY JAZZ RENDEZVOUS, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £6 JOE VITERBO PLUS JA PLASTER, ALWAYS READ THE LABEL AND CALL ME CHARLIE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERNEVILLE STAPLES’ SPECIALS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Ska legend, 19:30, £9

PURESSENCE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £9

OUT OF THE BEDROOM, THE CANON’S GAIT, Open mic night, 20:00, 23:00, Free

FRI 2 FEB

BALLENTINES PLUS TIE FOR JACK, OUR BELOVED AND ANDY KNOX, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, £3 BILLY NO MATES PLUS ROUGHMUTE, I STAND ALONE,

AFRICAN SOUL REBELS, USHER HALL, World Music, MIYAGI AND FRIENDS, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE 20:00, £18.50, £13.50 OBE PLUS FUTURISTIC RETRO CHAMPIONS, HOBO, MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free THE BONGO CLUB, Indie Rock, 22:00, 3:00, Free Before MR HUDSON AND THE LIBRARY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, TAM WHITE, SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA,

SAT 10 FEB

THE DANGERFIELDS PLUS THE SQUARE PEG, THE SPI-

THE CONTRADICTIONS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4 Folk, 20:30, £3

MON19 FEB

DERS WEB, Metal, 20:00, £TBC

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free

21:00, £4

TUES 20 FEB

THE REMNANT KINGS PLUS ARCA FELIX AND BEATNIX PRESTIGE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock,

WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL ONE WORLD PEACE CONCERT, THE QUEEN’S HALL, A festival to celebrate unity in

CRAZY VINCENT PLUS STARSTUDDED 78 AND ESKIMO BRIT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock,

diversity of spiritual and cultural traditions in Scotland., 18:30, £8

ANGUS LYONS AND RUARIDH CAMPBELL, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk Rock, 20:00, £5 BLOC PARTY, CORN EXCHANGE, Indie Rock, 19:00, £15 CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC,

DAVID BERKMAN QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £10 RAB HOWAT BAND, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, House

SUN 11 FEB

JACKIE TREEHORN PLUS BEARKNUCKLES, BANNER-

CROWDIE HOUSE , THE LOT, Ceilidh action, not the re-

THE THREE TUNS, Punk Pop, 20:00, £5

21:00, £4

Band, 16:00, Free

THE ALVAS AND FRIENDS, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free

THE FEELERS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Kiwi Rockers, 19:00, £15

SAT 3 FEB

THE ENERGY PLAN PLUS UNKNOWN HAGANA AND CONFLICT DIAMONDS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND THE WHEEL, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, £TBC

WOLFMOTHER, THE CORN EXCHANGE, Blues Rock, 19:30, £14

SUN 4 FEB

…TO THE RESCUE PLUS THE VALKYRIES, HOBO, THE BONGO CLUB, Indie Rock, 22:00, 3:00, Free Before 11

(£3 After)

DUNEDIN CONSORT AND PLAYERS, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Vocal Ensemble, 19:30, £15-£9 (£12-£7) SKAVILLE UK, CITRUS CLUB, Ska, 20:00, £7

THE DARLINGS PLUS DEAD ON THE LIVE WIRE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Pop Rock, 20:30, £4

TIM O’LEARY AND CAMMIE ROBSON, WEE FOLK CLUB, THE ROYAL OAK, Folk, 20:30, £3 BANNERMAN’S OPEN MIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Open mic afternoon, 16:00, Free

MON 5 FEB

DAN SARTAIN, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Garage Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £7

ISOBEL, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £3

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 6 FEB

ANDREW WARREN CEILIDH BAND, CEILIDH CLUB, THE LOT, Ceilidh, 20:00, £6

BLOOD RED SHOES, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Alternative Pop, 19:00, 22:00, £5

BREABACH, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 20:00, £5

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC, Free

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 7 FEB

ALYN COSKER TRIO, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £6 ARCHIE FISHER, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

FREDERIC RZEWSKI, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Composer and pianist, 19:45, £10

JAKIL, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Pop Rock, 21:00, £4 OJOS DE BRUJO, USHER HALL, Spanish Folk, 20:00, £13 THE BLUESFATHER PLUS NICK TREPKA, ALASDAIR CLARKE AND ANNA K. JAROSZ, BLUE WEDNESDAY, THE FOREST CAFÉ, Blues, 20:00, 23:00, Free

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

VITAMIN FLINTHEART PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, THE SOUTHERN BAR, Alternative Rock, 21:00, Free

THURS 8 FEB

CAM AND THE HP, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free

DUKE SPECIAL, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Folk, 19:00, 22:00, £7

FIONNA DUNCAN QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 ULTRA VIOLET PILOT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

FRI 9 FEB

BOMBSKARE AND ESPERANZA, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Ska, 21:00, £5.00

JAKOB KARLZON TRIO, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 LED ASTRAY PLUS THE STRANDS, THE LIQUID ROOM,

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MAN’S UNDERWORLD, Metal, 21:00, £4

SCOTT GARDINER, WEE FOLK CLUB, ROYAL OAK, Folk, 20:30, £3

Free

formed Kiwi pop rockers, 20:00, £6

MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER WITH KATHRYN TICKELL, TIM GARLAND AND AUSTIN FERNANDEZ, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Jazz, 20:00, £10, £8 (£4)

VIKTORIA TOLSTOY, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Jazz, 20:00, £15, PIGEON DETECTIVES, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Rock, 19:00, £12 (£13, £10)

BANNERMAN’S OPEN MIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Open mic afternoon, 21:00, Free

MON 12 FEB

22:00, £6.00

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 21 FEB

¡FORWARD, RUSSIA!, THE LIQUID ROOM, Alternative FLORESTAN TRIO, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Chamber Ensemble, Rock, 19:30, £8.50 19:45, £17-£10 (£15-£9) …TO THE RESCUE PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, THE SOUTHERN GRACE PLUS CLOCKS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Pop, BAR, Indie Rock, 21:00, Free 19:00, 22:00, £6 ECHO PARADE PLUS NT AND THE PEOPLE AND THE INCENDIARY BATS PLUS SADIE HAWKINS DANCE, PEOPLE WHO USE THEM, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Progressive Rock, 21:00,

£3

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 13 FEB

BADLY DRAWN BOY PLUS MALCOLM MIDDLETON, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Tea-cosied Folkster with Homegrown

Folk Pop Guru, 19:30, £15

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC, Free

MICHAEL MARRA, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 20:00, £8 SANDY BRECHIN, THE LOT, Folk, 20:00, £6 WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 14 FEB, EAMONN COYNE BAND, EDIN-

BURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5) MIYAGI PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, THE SOUTHERN BAR, Folk, 21:00, Free

Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

PHIL BANCROFT QUARTET , THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 THE MCCALMANS, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

THURS 22 FEB

JAN ALLAN PLUS BRIAN KELLOCK QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £8

LITTLE GREEN MACHINE PLUS OBSIDIAN AND THE DASTARDLYS, INDIE RING, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Alternative Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £4

THE APHRODISIACS PLUS WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND THE WHEEL, LOVVERS AND DIAMOND SEA, THIS IS MUSIC, An evening of Indie and Folk Rock, 20:00, £5 THE GRIM NORTHERN SOCIAL, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie Rock, 19:30, £TBC

SWEDISH JAZZ KINGS, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £8 THE LONG BLONDES, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie Pop,

THE HUSSY’S, HERIOT-WATT STUDENTS UNION, Pop Rock,

THE ROHYPSTERS PLUS THE SPHYGS AND LYCANTHROPE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Psychobilly / Pop

WORLD, Indie Pop, 21:00, £4

Punk, 21:00, £4

FRI 23 FEB

19:30, £9.50

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

THURS 15 FEB

COHOLIC PLUS TAYLOR KAYNE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

LAURA MACDONALD PLUS MARTINA ALMGREN QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £8 THE EATERS, SILENI, MECHANICAL BEASTS, NEVERZONE, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Leftfield Hip-hop, 20:00, £4 THE KAYS LAVELLE AND FRIENDS, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free

FRI 16 FEB

BLACK KEYS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Blues Rock, 19:30, £14 FLATLINER PLUS THIRD WING, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Hardcore, 21:00, £4

MY ELECTRIC LOVE AFFAIR AND ELECTOYDS, WEE RED BAR, Indie/Shoegaze, 18:00, 22:00, Free

SHINY TOY GUNS AND THE APHRODISIACS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, US Pop Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £7

STEVE KETTLEY’S ODD TIMES, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 THE DEAD BEAT CLUB PLUS KIERAN DOCHERTY, KAT HEALY AND ALAN DAVIDSON, THE MERCAT, Folk Rock, 21:00, Free

SAT 17 FEB

EDDI READER, USHER HALL, Scottish Folk, 19:30, £18.50 INDAFUSION PLUS STARRY WISDOM CULT AND SWEET CHIN MUSIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie

Binkies

21:00, Free

THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERDEUCE BAND NIGHT, WEE RED BAR, Indie, 18:00, Free BROKEN RECORDS PLUS BUSWELL AND BOYFRIEND/ GIRLFRIEND, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Folk, 21:00, £4

LSB, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 RUMBA CALIENTE, THE LOT, Jazz, 23:00, £8 THE FEELING, CORN EXCHANGE, Indie Pop, 19:00, £15 THE XTRAS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Melodic Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £TBC

SAT 24 FEB

DIAS QUARTET PLUS THE DREAMLINERS, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Jazz, 19:45, £5

CONTENTS

6 14 16 19 20 21 22 26 28 42 50

LIFESTYLE

Space Oddities Go Away - Ice Climbing

LGBT

History Unspoken LGBT Films

FILM

Hot Fuzz Dirty Dancing

DVD

Blackalicious

GAMES Death to the PS2?

BOOKS Aye Write Festival

THEATRE Free dissociation To Kill a Mockingbird

ART

Monsters & Matadors Art in the real world

SOUNDS Aereogramme Malcolm Middleton

BEATS DJ Hell Amon Tobin

THE SKINNY

LISTINGS EDINBURGH LIVE

6 10

14 15

Ice Climbing, p10 16 18

Dirty Dancing, p18

22 24

26 27

Aereogramme, p28

28 32

42 51

LISTINGS

Edinburgh & Glasgow Art, Comedy, Theatre, Club and Live Music listings

DJ Hell, p42

LITTLE GREEN MACHINE PLUS THE DEBUTS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

MAN OF THE HOUR PLUS ACHREN, STUDIO 24, Metal

THE SKINNY RATING SYSTEM EXPLAINED

Mayhem, TBC, £5

NAZARETH, THE EXCHANGE, POSTPONED, TBC, £15 SIDELOCK, THE MAURITIUS COMMAND, FIRING BLANKS, RATIO, DETONATOR, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, THE MYSTIC FLOORBOARDS AND INSPIRED LUNACY, THE BATTLEFIELD, CABARET VOLTAIRE,

1 Skinny: Anything that receives one Skinny is probably best avoided. Chances are it will suck the will to live straight out of you. In other words, god awful baws.

Inter-school battle of the bands, 19:00, 22:00, £5 THE FRATELLIS, CORN EXCHANGE, Pop Rock, 19:30, £16

2 Skinnys: Boring. Bog-standard or hugely derivative. Only for hardcore aficionados of the genre.

THE SEARCHERS PLUS WAYNE FONTANA, THE MERSEYBEATS AND JOHN WALKER OF WALKER BROTHERS, SOLID SILVER 60 SHOW, USHER HALL, 60s Pop, 19:30, £22

3 Skinnys: A good, solid rating. You’ll have a fine time but you won’t be bowled over.

SUN 25 FEB

ADRIAN BYRON BURNS, WEE FOLK CLUB, ROYAL OAK, Folk, 20:30, £3 OSTR, THE LIQUID ROOM, Hip-hop, 19:30, £10 THE SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION PLUS THE STAN- FAIRPORT CONVENTION, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk Rock, 19:30, £15 TONS AND BLUEFLINT, BABYTIGER, THE VILLAGE, Folk, THE VIVIANS PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, HOBO, THE 20:30, £4 Rock, 21:00, £4

TOBIAS FROBERG, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Swedish Indie,

4 Skinnys: Excellent stuff. Unmissable if you’re into this sort of thing.

BONGO CLUB, Indie Rock, 22:00, 3:00, Free Before 11

19:00, 22:00, £TBC

(£3 After)

SUN 18 FEB

WORLD, Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

5 Skinnys: A rare honour indeed; a must-see for all and sundry. Sublime.

TOURETTES PLUS THE FIRE AND I, BANNERMAN’S UNDER-

LISTINGS

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YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, 17:00, Free GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, 21:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, £7, free b4 12am OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, 22:00, £6, free b4

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI Ouwrooo! In the deep dark winter, try letting a bit of the wild i nto you r l i fe. Fu r, claws, teeth - the good stuff. Don’t even acknowledge the winter blues: ride the climate like a one-soul pack o’ wolves, and get enthusiastic about the cold.

SPACE ODDITIES

Flex in the City by Ema Johnson

This month we’ve a feature on ice climbing (wath-fk?) and a Scoot to the fantastic Dunalastair Hotel in the remotest reaches of Perthshire. It’s not all about going away, though: we’re also profiling the new Oddities range from top Edinburgh designer Vixy Rae, with contemporary urban designs informed by the Scottish wilds. The fashion shoot is more urbane, with bright styles inspired by the ‘new rave’ aesthetic - perfect for clubbing, or creating a diversion (if you get into a scrape).

SPECTACULAR NEW CLOTHES FROM A HOT SCOTTISH TALENT

On this page we have the first of our instructional guides for those of you at a loss as to how to carry your favourite mag (life’s tough - we’re here to help). Methods are demonstrated by Stu of superb Edinburgh sitcker shop Sticker Monkey. Email letters@skinnymag.co.uk with ideas for poses, or with pics of innovative carry-styles of your own. Until we’ve seen ‘the snowboard’, ‘the oven glove’ and ‘the parachute’ we won’t be satisfied. /RJT

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI THE SKINNY ON TOUR BARTHOLOMEW & SKINNY IN VIETNAM

Vi x y Rae, the designer and shop owner of Edinburgh’s Odd One Out, has just unleashed her own fledgling label Oddities. And with the spectacular line drawings of recent St Martin’s MA graduate Suzi-Q adorning the cloth, this is certainly not a case of the Emperor’s new clothes.

Design,” who Vixy gushes, are reminiscent of her favourite artist combo Kozyndan, “ ...and Gemma Brown” an Edinburgh based artist who produces incredible wallpaper designs. Each shirt will be sold lovingly in its own unique gift wrap and packaging.

The philosophy behind the Oddities range gracefully embodies the ideal of a Scottish wilderness with an achingly modern twist. “We are not an outwardly patriotic label. We feel that there is a huge difference between calling yourself ‘great Scottish design’ and ‘great design from Scotland’. We consider ourselves the latter because we are not carrying the flag for our country. Like Timorous Beasties before us, we are unashamed of where we come from, but our Scottish identity isn’t all we have. Our designs can travel to any country and still be relevant, so that someone in New York could just as easily relate to our need to bring the wilds into the city.”

Odd One Out will also be given a facelift that will

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE ODDITIES RANGE GRACEFULLY EMBODIES THE IDEAL OF A SCOTTISH WILDERNESS WITH AN ACHINGLY MODERN TWIST. include a gallery space for the collaborators to show their wares. The plan is to complete this by March this year. With the recent recruitment of in-house graphic designer and renaissance man Dominic Flannigan, Odd One Out will open its doors to the public in the most intimate way: “People just love seeing you actually working on your ideas. With us doing most of our work instore, people can share the experience and tell us their own ideas.”

Indeed Oddities is already selling all over Europe, and has secured agents in Japan, Germany and Norway. Berlin’s innovative concept store The Apartment has also put an order on the table. “The Apartment is a dream stockist. It exhibits clothing like art installations, and as you explore the rooms upstairs they have fridges stocked with clothes for you to buy!” Vixy explains excitedly.

Next season will see Oddities plucking the best of what London’s creatives have to offer. “We would also love to squeeze in a trip to the Japanese trade shows. All in all, 2007 is about continuing to make Oddities something unique and covetable.” Suzy Q is also working on an Oddities own tartan, the so-called GeoRepeat.

2007 will kick off with the Guest Artist series: a concept that will run eight limited t-shirt designs by four selected Scotland-based artists, and will only be sold in the Edinburgh store and their ten best stockists abroad. “We have chosen only the best illustrators, typographers and friends to star. Namely Tommy Perman (Surface Pressure, Found), Colin Faulkes (Lucky Me), who’s done these amazing ASBO Ts” Vixy laughs, “Nth

Individuality has always been fundamental to the Oddities brand, which is why Vixy has just turned down Topshop’s offer of a concessional space in its London store. “I got really excited and carried away when I was first approached by Topshop. But when I really thought about it, the more it appeared to conflict with the reasons I wanted to start my own collection in the first place. I was very flattered, but I just had to turn them down”.

It seems the offer has only made Vixy more determined for Oddities to become a success in its own right. Designers are becoming more wary of the way the high street appears to be taking a golden goose approach. The infamous Roland Mouret dress being a prime example. Much in the way local grocers are crippled by supermarkets. Oddities is something you just have to be part of. Whether it’s owning the purse, the bag, or the complete luggage collection - featuring SuzyQ’s cityscapes and stars. Or a scarf adorned by SQ’s now famous owls. Or a T’ with an ornate stag staring out at you. Not to mention Oddities’ own offspring, Oddlings: a mini label for all your Cutesy Colins (kiddies). Be aware: you will want to own all of it. The new Oddities range definitely puts the ‘collect’ back into collection. I have just sneak-peaked the online store, which feels like an enchanted forest and has made my wish list already. Ladies and gentlemen... get in there first. WWW.ODDITIESCLOTHING.COM

JAM FRIDAY, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, 22:00, £2 SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO MISFITS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, punk, rock, CLUB, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social danc- retro & a tequila girl, 23:00, £2 ing at 9, 19:00, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both NIGHT TRAIN, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), 20:00, Free VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club play- OUTLINES, EDINBURGH UNI INDIE SOC. DJS, CITY ing chart, 23:00, £4 CAFÉ, Indie club, 21:00, Free HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm PLANET EARTH, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with 22:30, £5 TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, RED ALERT, WEE RED BAR, Jungle, DnB & breaks, 22:30, 12am £5 (£4) 19:00, Free SALSA CARIBE!, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special SUN 18 FEB WED 21 FEB wooden dancefloor, 21:00, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of perCHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, SEQUENTIAL, MOVING FUSION, DJ KID, SLOWMOsonal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm 21:00, £5 (£4) TION NINJA & WEAK HUNT, STUDIO 24, Drum & bass, BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & 22:30, £10 11.30pm club classics, 22:00, £tbc SUGARBEAT, KRAFTY KUTS, DJ A SKILLZ, UTAH BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE, INDI-GO, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & alternative, 22:30, SAINTS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, 2nd breakbeat & mashup MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, 22:00, £4, £2 b4 £2, £1 students birthday, 22:30, £tbc 12am INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ TOKYOBLU, 7 PIECE BAND, LITTLE GROOVES, NIALL CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, 22:00, Free MCKERVEY & FUTUREB, EGO, House, disco party, BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to 23:00, £10 (£9), £9 (£7) b4 12am visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm house, 21:00, Free UNKNOWN PLEASURES, TEVIOT UNION, Indie club, CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, THE BONGO CLUB, Diverse THE PIT, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, 23:00, Free 21:00, £3 (£2) selection of music, free internet & games, 16:00, £3, STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & free b4 11pm Pre-club with indie & rock, 19:00, Free DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin TOASTER, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, 23:00, £3, free broken beats, 17:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, b4 11.30pm & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 23:00, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard 20:00, £7, free b4 12am FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip rock, 20:00, Free THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, 21:30, Free hop, breaks, funk & open mic, 20:00, Free WE ARE … ELECTRIC, GARY MAC & TOMMIE SUNJEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, 22:00, FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, SHINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech-house & £6, free b4 12am LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1 breaks with rotating guests in the back, 23:00, £2, free

MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco,

KAYOS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, 20:00, Free SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), OBE & THE FUTURISTIC RETRO CHAMPIONS, THE BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, 22:30, £3, free b4 11pm SIENTELO!, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, 23:00, Free SOUL CLUB, STU GALLAGHER, JIM SIM, ANDY DENNISON, GEORGE WALLACE & SHAGGY, HIBS SUPPORTERS CLUB, Northern soul alldayer, 12:00, Free SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, BARAKA, Open decks night, 20:00, Free TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly club, 23:00, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, 20:00, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, 20:00,

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Trade Union members/ECCF members ZOOT SWING, SWINGERS, CAFÉ ROYAL, Swing dance classes, beginners 7pm, improvers 8pm followed by big-band swing jazz & neo-swing beats, 19:00, £4.50 (£3.50), free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, 20:30, Free KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, 22:00, £3 JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk anthems, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, 21:00, Free

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WHAT NEXT,

COCTEAU LOUNGE (DOWNSTAIRS AT EGO),

Indie, artrock & agit-pop, 23:00, £3 BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, 20:00, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

THURS 22 FEB

ALTER EGO, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie, rock n roll & electro, 23:00, £5 (£3) BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ BAR, Live afrobeat, latin & ska, 22:00, Free CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, Vintage cheese, student anthems & requests, 23:00, £2,

MUNGO’S HI FI, KENNY KNOTS & AFRIKAN SIMBA, THE BONGO CLUB, Dub & reggae sounds, 23:00, £5 SALSA DISCO, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, 22:00, Free SOULED OUT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, FRAZER MCGLINCHEY & GUESTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Soul, disco & dance, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, 19:00, Free SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, 21:00, £5 (£4), £3 members

TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £4 (£3) TRAFFIC, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, 23:30, Free THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, 21:00, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

FRI 23 FEB

CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music ANTICS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, from the past 15 years, 17:00, Free 23:00, Free CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come funk & RnB, 22:00, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, 20:30, DE LUXE, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with resident DJs, Free 23:00, £3, free b4 12am DELICIOUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, EVOL, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative 23:00, Free beats & rock, 22:30, £5 THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & FAKE, STUDIO 24, Electro clash, new rave, punk funk & grime, 22:00, £5 electro house, 23:00, £5 FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House FAST, THE BONGO CLUB, Punk, disco, electro, garage, music all night long, 22:30, Free rock, dance party, 23:00, £5 MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, 22:00, Free house, 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm REWIND, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, 22:00, £2, ladies free b4 12am 22:00, £6 SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of

TUES 20 FEB

b4 12am/members

SAT 24 FEB

2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip hop for under 18s only (14-17), 18:45, £5 ASSEMBLY ROOMS CEILIDH, ALIVE & JIGGIN & CALLER KEN GOURLAY, ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Ceilidh!, 20:00, £10 ALLSORTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese & party, 23:00, £2, free b4 12am EDEN ANGELS, LITTLE MISS MIX IT, LUCKY LUCIANO, BARRIE MILLAR, DAVE MYERS, NICOL EDWARDS, House, electro & techno, 22:00, £5 THE EGG, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, punk, ska & more at the Art College’s long running institution, 23:00, £5, £4 students/members

HEADSPIN, DJ FORMAT, THE BONGO CLUB, Hip hop & funky shit, 23:00, £10 (£8) £1 students, free b4 12am LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy GENETIC, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, 23:00, £2 music, 22:30, £6, £3 b4 11pm GOULAG BEAT, EGO, Old/new skool punk, rock & in£4, free b4 10pm LOUNGE, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of die, 23:00, £3 tunes, 20:00, Free MON 19 FEB GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & HAPPY MONDAYS, PO NA NA, Night for students & all night, 22:00, £3 (£2) funk cuts , 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm Industry folk, indie, rock & funk, 23:00, £3, free for HOUSEBOUND, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, EGO, Eclectic, students/industry & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, 22:00, £5 23:00, £8 HYSTERIA, THE BONGO CLUB, Psy-trance - juvenile diabe- JOHN DIGWEED, JOHN DIGWEED, CABARET VOLTAIRE, PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa tes fundraiser, 22:00, £5 Progressive house, trance and other stuff, 23:00, £tbc THE LATIN QUARTER, MEDINA, Salsa, funk & latin house, LUCKYME, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, 20:30, night with free classes from 10pm, 23:00, Free RETRIBUTION, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, 23:00, 22:00, Free Free MOJO, OPAL LOUNGE, Modern music & timeless classics, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am PONY CLUB, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £4 (£3) ROCK KARAOKE, OPIUM, Rock Karaoke, 20:00, Free SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

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house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, 23:30, Free

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CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT,

THE BONGO CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games, 16:00, £3, free b4 11pm DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, 23:00, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, 20:00, Free

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

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KAYOS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, 20:00, Free SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), THE VIVIANS & YOURBOY BLAIR, THE BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, 22:30, £3, free b4 11pm SIENTELO!, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, 23:00, Free SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, BARAKA, Open decks night, 20:00, Free TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly club, 23:00, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, 20:00, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

MON 26 FEB

PO NA NA, Night for students & Industry folk, indie, rock & funk, 23:00, £3, free for students/industry THE LATIN QUARTER, MEDINA, Salsa, funk & latin house, 22:00, Free MOJO, OPAL LOUNGE, Modern music & timeless classics, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am PONY CLUB, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £4 (£3) ROCK KARAOKE, OPIUM, Rock Karaoke, 20:00, Free

SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners,

8pm for the advanced, 19:00, £5 SHOTGUN, SUBWAY COWGATE, 70s Rock , 23:00, Free

TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, 22:00, £2, £1 Trade Union members/ECCF members ZOOT SWING, SWINGERS, CAFÉ ROYAL, Swing dance classes, beginners 7pm, improvers 8pm followed by big-band swing jazz & neo-swing beats, 19:00, £4.50 (£3.50), free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, 20:30, Free KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, 22:00, £3 JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk anthems, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, 21:00, Free

TUES 27 FEB

ANTICS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, 23:00, Free SEITEKI SATURDAYS, TOKYO, Funky house, 23:00, £6 DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, play your SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, 20:30, Free House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, 23:00, £8 DELICIOUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, SOUL CLUB, ANDY DENNISON, PAUL CLARK, BRIAN 23:00, Free SCOTT, MIKE RANKINE & GILLIE, MINTO HOTEL, NorthTHE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & ern soul, 19:30, £4 grime, 22:00, £5 SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, 16:00, Free SUBSTANCE, SNAILMAN (LIVE) & GAVIN RICHARDSON, HENRYS CELLAR, Electronic dance music, 23:00, Leith Festival £5, free b4 11.30pm

£5, £4 students/flyer

TEASE AGE,

CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alternative & soul, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

ULTRAGROOVE, JUSTIN LONG, TROUBLE DJS, GARETH SOMERVILLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Chicago house & freestyle, 23:00, £10, £8 b4 12am, nus YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, 17:00, Free GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, 21:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, £7, free b4 12am OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, 22:00, £6, free b4 12am

CREATIVITY SOUGHT This year’s Leith Festival (2-11 June 2007) is looking for new and local talent to take part in this year’s event. The Festival has many strands from Visual Arts to Contemporary Dance and Electronica to Traditional music. We pride ourselves in providing a platform for new and local talent - so why not get involved?

SUN 25 FEB

ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of personal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE,

Contact us at: Leith Festival Office, 22 Duke Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 8HQ. T 0131 555 4104, www.leithfestival.com, office@leithfestival.com. January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, 19:00, Free SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, 21:00, £5 (£4), £3 members

FRI 9 FEB

AWOOGA! VS. VAPORS, MR. BISCUITS & BOB DISASTER, WEE RED BAR, Electro, hip hop & breaks, 22:30, £5 (£4)

CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music from the past 15 years, 17:00, Free CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, funk & RnB, 22:00, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm DE LUXE, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with resident DJs, 23:00, £3, free b4 12am EVOL, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative beats & rock, 22:30, £5 FURBURGER, THE FUNKI DIVA, DEJAYBIRD, BOY TOY & DEBI T, TWIST, For girls who like girls, 22:00, £4 GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to house, 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, 22:00, £6 JAM FRIDAY, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, 22:00, £2 MINGIN’, ALAN JOY, STUDIO 24, Sexy, dirty house, 23:00, £5 MISFITS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, 23:00, £2 NIGHT TRAIN, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), 20:00, Free OUTLINES, EDINBURGH UNI INDIE SOC. DJS, CITY CAFÉ, Indie club, 21:00, Free NOT SO DIRTY, TOMMY K & RED, Funky house & techno, 22:00, £5 NUKLEAR PUPPY, LISA LASHES, EGO, Hard house from the ugly bird, 22:30, £15 PLANET EARTH, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with 22:30, £5 RESTLESS, KEV FRASER & FLIPMODE, STUDIO 24, Funky techno, electro & breaks, 22:30, £5 SALSA CARIBE!, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special wooden dancefloor, 21:00, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm SOLESCIENCE, RALPH LAWSON, DICKY TRISCO, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House music all night long, 23:00, £7 UNKNOWN PLEASURES, TEVIOT UNION, Indie club, 21:00, £3 (£2) XPLICIT, SHY FX & CHASE & STATUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Drum & bass, 23:00, £6 TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & broken beats, 17:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, £7, free b4 12am THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, 21:30, Free JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, 22:00, £6, free b4 12am

SAT 10 FEB

DADDY LOWDOWN, TOM FINDLAY & GARETH SOMERVILLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Electro house funk, 22:00, £15 VEGAS, FRANKIE SUMATRA, BUGSY SEAGULL & DINO MARTINI, EGO, Retro, soul, ratpack, 22:00, £10, £7 for well dressed

YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, 17:00, Free ZEUS, LEE O SAYER, LICK IT, LEATHERFACE & RANDOM, MARINERS, Gay club night for the boys & their friends, 21:30, £6 (£5), £4 b4 10.30pm GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, 21:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, £7, free b4 12am OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, 22:00, £6, free b4 12am

SUN 11 FEB

ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of personal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE, MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, 22:00, £4, £2 b4 12am

CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT,

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1 Centro card

KAYOS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, 20:00, Free SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), THE ACUTE & THE DAMN SHAMES, THE BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, 22:30, £3, free b4 11pm SIENTELO!, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, 23:00, Free SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, BARAKA, Open decks night, 20:00, Free TASTE, JON PLEASED, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gayfriendly club, 23:00, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, 20:00, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

MON 12 FEB

HAPPY MONDAYS,

2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip hop for under 18s only (14-17), 18:45, £5 SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO ALLSORTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese & party, CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners, 23:00, £2, free b4 12am 8pm for the advanced, 19:00, £5 THE EGG, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, punk, ska & SHOTGUN, SUBWAY COWGATE, 70s Rock , 23:00, Free more at the Art College’s long running institution, 23:00, TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOL£5, £4 students/members TAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, 22:00, £2, £1 GIVE IT SOME, RED 6, THE BONGO CLUB, Funk, soul, jazz & rare groove, 23:00, £6, £4 b4 12am

LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy music, 22:30, £6, £3 b4 11pm LOUNGE, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of tunes, 20:00, Free MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & funk cuts , 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa night with free classes from 10pm, 23:00, Free RETRIBUTION, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, 23:00, £5, £3 students

SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & ASTROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Magic Bone, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm SEITEKI SATURDAYS, TOKYO, Funky house, 23:00, £6 SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, 23:00, £8 SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, 16:00, Free TEASE AGE, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alternative & soul, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm ULTRAGROOVE BACARDI B-LIVE NIGHT, SUGAR

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TUES 13 FEB

ANTICS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, 23:00, Free DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, 20:30, Free

DELICIOUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, 23:00, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & grime, 22:00, £5 FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

music all night long, 22:30, Free

MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, 22:00, Free REWIND, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £2, ladies free b4 12am SPEEDATER VALENTINES EVENT, SPEEDDATERS, GRAPE, 25-35 male & female, 19:00, £19.95 SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, 23:30, Free

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social dancing at 9, 19:00, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club playing chart, 23:00, £4 HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, 19:00, Free

WED 14 FEB

CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, 21:00, £5 (£4) HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & club classics, 22:00, £tbc INDI-GO, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & alternative, 22:30, £2, £1 students

INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, 22:00, Free PARTY LION AKA LOVE LION, SHONA 3000 & ANDY SEMTIC, WEE RED BAR, Indie & eclectic, 22:30, £4 (£3) PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to house, 21:00, Free THE PIT, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, 23:00, Free STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, Pre-club with indie & rock, 19:00, Free TOASTER, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, 23:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard rock, 20:00, Free VALENTINES DAY SWING BALL, THE DIMINISHED FIFTH SWING JAZZ BAND & DJ LENNY LOVE, EGO, Swing, 19:00, £tbc WE ARE … ELECTRIC, GARY MAC & GUESTS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech-house & breaks with

rotating guests in the back, 23:00, £2, free b4 12am/ members BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, 20:00, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

THURS 15 FEB

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, 21:00, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

FRI 16 FEB

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LISTINGS EDINBURGH CLUBS

HEADS UP!

Art and Soul

2 TIMES PARTY, DJ JONNY TWO TIMES, THE BONGO CLUB, Funk, disco, heydays hip hop & more, 23:00, £5,

AN ALTOGETHER ECLECTIC COLLECTION

3345 LIVE, MY MATE’S ODD, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Live house band, 23:00, £7, £4 b4 12am/members BEATROOT, AUDIOJACK, RICKY PALYS & RYAN TURNER, COCTEAU LOUNGE (DOWNSTAIRS AT EGO), House & electro - pimps n hos fancy dress, 22:30, £7, £6 b4

From 7 February to 11 March, Edinburgh hosts the Fourth International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. As in recent years, this celebration marks the convergence of events centred on arts, culture, education and audience participation, all underpinned by common themes of spirituality and peace within a shared ethos of openness and diversity.

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£2 b4 12am

12am

BIG TOE’S HI FI, BARBA POPPA CHOPPA, C-SIDE, JOCKASS, MC SPLIFKA & B-DAWG, WEE RED BAR, Reggae, dub, dancehall & hip hop, 22:30, £5 (£4) CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music from the past 15 years, 17:00, Free CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, funk & RnB, 22:00, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm DE LUXE, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with resident DJs, 23:00, £3, free b4 12am ERUPTOR, PRIMAL T & DIJIMIJ, STUDIO 24, Heavy techno & tribal beats, 23:00, £5 EVOL, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative beats & rock, 22:30, £5 GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to house, 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, 22:00, £6 JACKHAMMER, BILLY NASTY, EGO, Techno, 23:00, £10 JAKN, PETE DONALDSON, MILKOVIC & DIRKATRON, STUDIO 24, Techno in all forms, 22:30, £7 (£6) JAM FRIDAY, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, 22:00, £2 MISFITS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, 23:00, £2 NIGHT TRAIN, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), 20:00, Free PLANET EARTH, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with 22:30, £5 SALSA CARIBE!, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special wooden dancefloor, 21:00, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm SO IT IS, WARNER POWERS, CLAUDIO & GUESTS, FAITH, Funky house, 22:00, £5 (£4) UNKNOWN PLEASURES, TEVIOT UNION, Indie club, 21:00, £3 (£2) TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & broken beats, 17:00, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, £7, free b4 12am THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, 21:30, Free JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, 22:00,

Among the main festival organisers is the Edinburgh International Centre for World Spiritualities, working in close partnership with allied organisations. The event has been made open to all principal faith and spiritual traditions in Scotland. EICWS holds among its principles that the event is non-political in standpoint, and takes no fixed position on any political, ethical or cultural question or commentary. This is designed to discern a range of opinions between cultural and ethnic traditions and also within each separate tradition.

East Festival Lecture, at the Usher Hall on 1 March, will illuminate his work. As well as its formal headline talks and lectures, the festival also runs educational presentations in informal formats, such as its range of workshops. Catering for a multitude of interests, these are available in subjects as varied as art, Middle Eastern cookery, language, listening skills and Arabic music. Some even carry CPD accreditation such as the art therapy workshop The Creative Spirit. Music, naturally, plays a major part in the festivities, and events in which it features will be those in which the festival can shed its more serious side. Among these are organised evening meals and opening parties and concerts to look forward to. The annual One

World Peace Concert (Queen’s Hall 10 Feb) is one for the diary, as is the Arabian Night Celebration (24 Feb). The many and varied concerts bring a chance to sample sounds that are unique to the Middle East such as the qanan, a complex and beautiful Arabic instrument played expertly by Abdullah Chhadeh (13 Feb), or the sounds of Beth Bahia Cohen (25, 26 Feb) whose work comprises her wide-ranging knowledge of World Music and far-flung indigenous instruments. Like any of its events, the Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace promises to be an altogether eclectic collection to educate, entertain and inspire. RUNS 7 FEB - 11 MARCH 2007 WWW.EICWS.ORG, BROCHURES AVAILABLE ONLINE

Such an ethos avoids the simplistic, schismatic and stereotypical representation of spiritual oppositions, and vouches for understanding and diversity. In an age where religious and cultural intolerance and misinformation go hand-in-hand, this forum provided by MESP is important work. The festival kicks off with six special screenings of a range of Middle Eastern films at the Edinburgh Playhouse. The programme boasts over 120 scheduled events, many of which are free, and nearly all of those ticketed include concessionary prices. There are a number of lunchtime lectures and weekend events, as well as events scheduled in the evenings across the four weeks. The Festival has secured top venues for its keynote speakers and concert highlights, and a number of smaller, intimate venues for daytime and community events. Guest speakers this year include renowned humanitarians, clerics and academics. The special guest is Jean Vanier, noted for founding groundbreaking humanitarian community-based care organisation L’Arche. Part of a special five-day visit, his talk for the 2007 Middle

Abdullah Chhadeh

Fairuz, on at the filmhouse

ALTER EGO, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie, rock n roll & electro, 23:00, £5 (£3) BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ BAR, £6, free b4 12am Live afrobeat, latin & ska, 22:00, Free BEDLAM BOUDOIR, THE BONGO CLUB, Disco, house & SAT 17 FEB old skool, 22:00, £4 (£3) 100% DYNAMITE, SOUL JAZZ, THE BONGO CLUB, Reggae, CLASH!, DJ NICK AKA & DOLBY ANOL, CABARET dub, jungle & funk, 23:00, £6, £4 b4 12am VOLTAIRE, Italo, ghettotech, punk disco, acid & camp, 2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip 23:00, £5, £4 nus hop for under 18s only (14-17), 18:45, £5 CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, VinAFTERDARK, NEIL BARTLEY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House & tage cheese, student anthems & requests, 23:00, £2, techno, 23:00, £10, £8 b4 12am, nus, ECCF £1 students, free b4 12am ALLSORTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese & party, THE COSTUME PARTY (DON’T BE SHY), CANDY KAY 23:00, £2, free b4 12am & THE DOGTOOTH GIRLS, WEE RED BAR, Indie & eclectic, BASICS, KEVIN CONN, DUNDEEDAVIE HUDSON, THE 22:30, £5, £3 in costume RAINMAKER - MARK STEWART & LAURENT MOMBEL, GENETIC, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, 23:00, £2 THE SPIDER’S WEB, Northern soul, original vinyl, 22:00, £5 GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes THE EGG, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, punk, ska & all night, 22:00, £3 (£2) more at the Art College’s long running institution, 23:00, HOUSEBOUND, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro & £5, £4 students/members disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, 22:00, £5 LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy LUCKYME, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, 20:30, music, 22:30, £6, £3 b4 11pm Free LOUNGE, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of NEUE LIEBE CABARET, PHYLLIS MARTIN, PAUL KEENE & tunes, 20:00, Free JENNIFER WILLIAMS, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ROOMS, Cabaret MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & - poets, singers, fire breathers etc, 20:30, £5 (£4) funk cuts , 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm ON REQUEST, EGO, Request tunes, 23:00, £3 MUSIKA, MARK KNIGHT, MARTIJN TEN VELDEN, RED STAR INSTITUTE, ACIDFAIRY, PHIL MITCHELL, INGARY BOWMAN & DEREK MARTIN, LIQUID ROOM, UpGEN & PYZ, RED, Electro house to techno, 22:00, Free front & dirty house, 22:00, £13.50 SALSA DISCO, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, OBSCENE, OBSCENE EGO, Drum & bass, 23:00, £5, £3 22:00, Free b4 12am SILENI, VARIOUS ARTISTS, HENRYS CELLAR, This & that, PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa 23:00, tbc night with free classes from 10pm, 23:00, Free SOULED OUT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, FRAZER MCRETRIBUTION, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, 23:00, £5, £3 students GLINCHEY & GUESTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Soul, disco & SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & ASdance, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am TROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Mosa Funk Club, THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm mash-ups & links, 19:00, Free SEITEKI SATURDAYS, TOKYO, Funky house, 23:00, £6 SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, 21:00, £5 (£4), SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, £3 members House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, 23:00, £8 TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR house, RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £4 (£3) 99, Early soul session, 16:00, Free TRAFFIC, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, TEASE AGE, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alter23:30, Free native & soul, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

LISTINGS

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

EDINBURGH CLUBS THURS 1 FEB

GLASGOW BARSPY

LA GARRIGUE

AD LIB

The SUBCLUB is poised to celebrate its 20th Birthday this March. The Skinny has learned that the jewel in their party hat is to be a live show from The Sugar Hill Gang. In other news, nightclub heavyweights CPL are selling off THE TUNNEL and CUBE to raise revenue for new units. Further whispers are of a potential invasion of Edinburgh. Meanwhile, at the highest point in Bath Street it seems a certain well polished nightclub is planning to expand over another two floors (the BUFF, dimwits). Did we hear: rooftop drinking in Glasgow? Those in search of late night drinking can now pop into Bath Street’s BUNKER, open ‘til 2am on a Thursday and 3am on the weekend. DJ sets from Dave Sinclair and XFM’s Mash will keep you up and alert. You should also check out the TERMINAL BAR on West Regent Street with their new pre-club night PartyParty, featuring Billy Woods of Outerdrive fame. Finally, Glasgow noisenight Deathkill 4000 is homeless again after ‘creative differences’ with their roost at BLACKFRIARS. Anyone willing to put them up should get in touch. We recommend the ADMIRAL...

La Garrigue serves food and wine exclusively from the Languedoc region of France. Although less well known than it should be, it has won awards since its opening in 2002. It’s easy to see why.

I’ve been looking for somewhere that knows what barbecue means and now I’ve found it. Ad Lib on Glasgow’s Ingram Street follows the American definition to the letter. Normally we’re treated to flame grilled meat dipped in BBQ Sauce, but stateside it means thin sliced, tender meat, slow cooked over smokey coals until it dissolves on sight. Here I was treated to perfectly prepared barbecue duck salad with the inventive addition of a twist of mango. It was a rare experience. My companion enjoyed a real burger complete with french fries, monterey jack cheese and a bottle of hot sauce. He was beaten by the huge experience, and died a happy chap. Normally American theme restaurants go for a diner theme and hot plated fast food, but in Ad Lib the decor has a feeling of an elegant club house: dark wood furnishings and candlelit atmosphere. The menu

Aperitifs of armagnac with sparkling wine, with a terrine of goats cheese, potato and cranberry, and a classy lamb pie set us up for the main course. Duck on roasted vegetables, and rabbit wrapped around black pudding, served on sauteed apples and potatoes, were both exquisite. A superb sticky meringue with chestnut jam and chocolate ice cream, and a lemon tart with a sugar crust finished a perfect meal. Presentation was flawless and the service was excellent, with our waiter keen to recommend and suggest dishes. I only wish we could have eaten more. Without a doubt, this is the best food I have eaten in Edinburgh. La Garrigue is well worth a visit. (Two courses for £21.50, desserts from £5.) [Rachel Edwards]

A TASTY WAY TO ENJOY A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY features fresh Scottish ingredients blended into soul food and all at a reasonable price. Lunch time ranges from around £5 for blackened free range chicken skewers to £8 for the unique choice of burgers, including Moroccan Lamb, Thai Coconut or Southern Fried Chicken variations. In the evening you can pull out the stops and plump offerings such as steak, pulled pork, dirty rice and my favourite, a side of cornbread. I’ll let the bourbon toffee and ice cream speak for itself. If you’ve never tried real American cuisine before, it’s time you did. It’s a tasty way to enjoy a little of what you fancy. [Graeme Park]

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DRAGONFLY, EDINBURGH

STAVKA, GLASGOW

INSIDE: Stencilled Seventies imagery, from Bruce Lee to

INSIDE: This classy Russian themed bar features the

Blaxploitation spin-offs, cover the walls to create a collaged, contemporary effect. Nicely done.

biggest screen in the city alongside a decadent restaurant and beautiful cocktail den.

PROVISIONS: Pretty Aussie girls will meticulously pour

PROVISIONS: Experimental cocktails poured by some

your cocktail and act like they fancy you. Be careful! They don’t.

of the city’s slickest Jesus-haired mixologists, and tasty grubbage too.

CLIENTELE: Haircuts, trainers, clothes.

CLIENTELE: Sexy, wealthy, excitable.

MAGIC MOMENT: Circle table in the windae. S’nice.

MAGIC MOMENT: The Saturday night bell ringing in

ATMOSPHERE: Like walking into a shit bar in London, where no-one’s got any chat, but good. In Dragonfly you’ll find that people are actually sweet as, even though you wouldn’t necessarily wear the same clothes.

OPENER: “What would you do, if I sang out of tune?

ATMOSPHERE: Like a wedding: you feel like you ought to know everyone, but actually you don’t know anyone, or even really why you’re here - except that it’s all strangely life-affirming.

OPENER: “You’ll never know... how I watched you from

DRAGONFLY, 52 WEST PORT, GRASSMARKET, 0131 2284543

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the most fun cocktail bar in the city.

Would you stand up and walk out on me-e-e?” (Best sung. From the balcony.)

that easy (though we will only be giving the champagne to the best entry). Work to a deadline of 23 February, or we’ll shun you and you won’t win the champers.

the shadows... as a chi-i-ild.” (Best sung. Confidently.)

LIFESTYLE LISTINGS

£5, £4 students/members

FEVER, FISHER & PRICE, EGO, House & techno, 23:00, £10 (£8)

LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy music, 22:30, £6, £3 b4 11pm LOUNGE, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of tunes, 20:00, Free LUVELY, LIQUID ROOM, Construction theme for house & pop dance, 22:30, £10 £1 students, free b4 12am MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM, THE BONGO CLUB, Dub, CLUB TOGETHER 4, EDINBURGH CLUB DJS + UTAH roots & reggae, 23:00, £7.50 SAINTS, TEVIOT UNION, DJs from Xplicit, Split, Trouble, MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & Headspin, Ultragroove, Solescience, Tokyoblu, Beatroot, Discokitten, We Are Electric & Fresh Air, 21:00, £6 funk cuts , 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm GENETIC, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, 23:00, £2 PARLIAMENT, SCOTT ORR, THE CAVES, Funky electro GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes house, 23:00, £tbc PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa all night, 22:00, £3 (£2) HOUSEBOUND, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro & night with free classes from 10pm, 23:00, Free RETRIBUTION, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, 23:00, disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, 22:00, £5 £5, £3 students I FLY SPITFIRES, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Live indie bands, SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & AS23:00, £5 TROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Washington LUCKYME, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, 20:30, Street, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm Free RED STAR INSTITUTE, ADA DIS, NEELU SARKAR, DAVEY SEITEKI SATURDAYS, TOKYO, Funky house, 23:00, £6 SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, DUTTON & CHEF DE PARTY, RED, Electro house, 22:00, House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, 23:00, £8 Free SALSA DISCO, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, 16:00, Free 22:00, Free TEASE AGE, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alterSOULED OUT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, FRAZER MCnative & soul, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm GLINCHEY & GUESTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Soul, disco & UFREAK, JAY STEINVEG, CARL LEGEND, LAURIE dance, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am DUNCAN & CACTUS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Techno, 23:00, THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, RESIDENTS & GUESTS, PIVO £tbc CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, 19:00, Free VELVET, MARINERS, Women’s club night for gay girlies & SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy their friends, 21:30, £6 (£5), £4 b4 10.30pm night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, 21:00, £5 YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi (£4), £3 members Records showcase - DJs & local talent, 17:00, Free SYNTHETIC, ROB STOW, THE PHYSICIST, THE BONGO CLUB, Techno , electro & breaks, 23:00, £3, £2 b4 12am GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky 21:00, Free house, RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £4 (£3) HOBBES, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE TRAFFIC, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, 23:30, Free £7, free b4 12am THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, 22:00, £6, free b4 breakbeats, 21:00, Free 12am JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, 20:00, £5, free b4 10pm

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SUN 4 FEB

ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of perFRI 2 FEB ABSOLUTE, MARK SHERRY, BEN STEVENS, PAUL NIS- sonal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm BET, CALLUM M & SHAUN HOPE, STUDIO 24, Hard house BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm & techno, 22:00, £8, £6 b4 12am BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE, BASS SYNDICATE, AQUASKY, THE BONGO CLUB, BreakMEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, 22:00, £4, £2 b4 beats & DnB, 23:00, £8 (£7) 12am CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio from the past 15 years, 17:00, Free visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, THE BONGO CLUB, Diverse funk & RnB, 22:00, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm selection of music, free internet & games, 16:00, £3, DE LUXE, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with resident DJs, free b4 11pm 23:00, £3, free b4 12am DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin EVOL, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative beats house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, & rock, 22:30, £5 23:00, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip house, 22:00, £4, £3 b4 11pm hop, breaks, funk & open mic, 20:00, Free GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, 22:00, £6 LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1 INDIGITOUS, TRANCEHEADS, STUDIO 24, Psytrance & Centro card ambient electronica, 22:30, £8 KAYOS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, 20:00, Free JAM FRIDAY, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), TO THE RESCUE & 22:00, £2 THE VALKARAYS, THE BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for MISFITS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, punk, rock, justified sinners, 22:30, £3, free b4 11pm retro & a tequila girl, 23:00, £2 SIENTELO!, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with MODERN LOVERS, WHITEY (KAISER CHIEFS), COCTEAU chart tunes, 23:00, Free LOUNGE (DOWNSTAIRS AT EGO), Soul, ska & 60’s guitar SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, sounds, 23:00, £6, £4 b4 12am BARAKA, Open decks night, 20:00, Free NIGHT TRAIN, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), 20:00, Free TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALPLANET EARTH, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with 22:30, £5 ENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly club, SALSA CARIBE!, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special wood- 23:00, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm en dancefloor, 21:00, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, TROUBLE, ROB DA BANK, SURFACE EMP (LIVE), 20:00, Free TROUBLE DJS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Eclectic sets, 23:00, £6 DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, 20:00, UNKNOWN PLEASURES, TEVIOT UNION, Indie club, £4, free b4 10pm 21:00, £3 (£2) TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & MON 5 FEB HAPPY MONDAYS, PO NA NA, Night for students & broken beats, 17:00, Free Industry folk, indie, rock & funk, 23:00, £3, free for HOBBES, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE students/industry BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, 20:00, THE LATIN QUARTER, MEDINA, Salsa, funk & latin house, £7, free b4 12am 22:00, Free THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, 21:30, Free MOJO, OPAL LOUNGE, Modern music & timeless clasJEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, 22:00, sics, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am £6, free b4 12am PONY CLUB, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, SAT 3 FEB 22:00, £4 (£3) 2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip ROCK KARAOKE, OPIUM, Rock Karaoke, 20:00, Free hop for under 18s only (14-17), 18:45, £5 SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO ALLSORTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese & party, CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners, 23:00, £2, free b4 12am 8pm for the advanced, 19:00, £5 THE EGG, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, punk, ska & SHOTGUN, SUBWAY COWGATE, 70s Rock , 23:00, Free more at the Art College’s long running institution, 23:00, TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOL-

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22:00, £2, £1 Trade Union members/ECCF members ZOOT SWING, SWINGERS, CAFÉ ROYAL, Swing dance classes, beginners 7pm, improvers 8pm followed by big-band swing jazz & neo-swing beats, 19:00, £4.50 (£3.50), free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, 20:30, Free KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, 22:00, £3 JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk anthems, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, 21:00, Free TAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff,

TUES 6 FEB

INDI-GO,

THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & alternative,

£2, £1 students

22:30,

INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, 22:00, Free JEWEL & ESK VALLEY, JEWEL & ESK VALLEY STUDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Showcasing students from the music

department, 21:00, £3

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE EATING & DRINKING

PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to house, 21:00, Free THE PIT, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, 23:00, Free STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, Pre-club with indie & rock, 19:00, Free TOASTER, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, 23:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

ANTICS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard 23:00, Free rock, 20:00, Free DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come WE ARE … ELECTRIC, GARY MAC & GUESTS, CABARET play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, 20:30, Free DELICIOUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, 23:00, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & grime, 22:00, £5

FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House music all night long, 22:30, Free MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, 22:00, Free REWIND, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, 22:00, £2, ladies free b4 12am SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy mid-week rave, 23:30, Free

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social

dancing at 9, 19:00, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club playing chart, 23:00, £4 HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, 19:00, Free

WED 7 FEB

CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, 21:00, £5 (£4) HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & club classics, 22:00, £tbc

VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech-house & breaks with

THURS 8 FEB

£1 students, free b4 12am GENETIC, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, 23:00, £2 GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes all night, 22:00, £3 (£2) HOUSEBOUND, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, 22:00, £5 KARNIVAL, FUNK D’VOID, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Techno & house, 23:00, £6 (£4) LUCKYME, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, 20:30, Free SALSA DISCO, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, 22:00, Free

SOULED OUT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, FRAZER MCGLINCHEY & GUESTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Soul, disco & dance, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am

liquid

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with matric. After 12am

KILLER KITSCH,

BROWN BAGGIN’ IT,

THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, al-

ternative, chill, RnB & soul, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk COMPUTELOVE, TERMINAL BAR, Electronic sounds, 20:00, Free , 22:00, £2, £1 members ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to DAS BOOT, GRAEME FERGUSON, BLOC, Decade music & current crowd pleasers, 22:00, Free rock, 23:00, Free b4 12am T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON, KAR- ELECTROBALL, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk, 22:30, £tbc BON, Dance, 22:30, £5 (£4) FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, 21:00, Free AERIALS, DJ CASIO, CLASSIC GRAND, Lo-slung dirty FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLANdiscofunk freak out, 23:00, £tbc KET, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4) DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alternative music, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP FRIDAY FLING, CEILIDH BAND, CLASSIC GRAND, Live ceilidh with DJs, 23:00, £tbc ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street MUNGO’S HI FI, TIPPA IRIE, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD 80s dancehall , 23:00, £5 GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, 20:00, Free JOINTS & JAMS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night NOJ, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. in Glasgow, 23:00, £3 (£2) MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa class- OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old school tunes, 22:30, £6 es from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, 20:00, Free THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash & that,

23:00, £4 (£3)

WED 21 FEB

NEW FLESH,

FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap,

industrial & alternative music, 22:00, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm

PRESSURE, JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE, MATHIAS KADEN, ONUR OZER, COSMIC FORCE, SLEEPLESS CREW, DOUBLESPEAK DJS, THE ARCHES, Superb techno

OCTOPUSSY,

THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy

castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chapel???, 22:00, £4 TONGUE IN CHEEK, BAMBOO, Lounge, RnB & indie, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, 21:00, Free

THURS 22 FEB

*.*, THE BUFF CLUB, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, 23:00, £3 ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc BABAZA, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, 22:00, £6, free b4 11pm CHIX ON DEX, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, 22:00, £4, free b4 11pm

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM) & LAST GANG, THE

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, 21:00, Free

STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAWHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5)

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, free 4 students

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, 21:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde

SAT 24 FEB

£1 members

with matric.

SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record

ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), 11.30pm with matric.

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY 23:00, £6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am BEDLAM, QMU, Goth, 21:00, £4 & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, CHOICE, STEVE BUTLER, THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, The soul & motown, 20:00, Free HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB,

Southport Weekender tour, 23:00, £5

DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current

tunes, open decks downstairs, 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free Hip hop to nasty electro via the rest, 23:00, £3, £2 b4 9pm matric. card LOLLIPOP, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie , 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5) free b4 9pm GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, MISO, DAEDELUS & OCHRE, THE 13TH NOTE, Electronic £7 (£5) show, 20:00, £6 HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul, ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text electro & disco, 21:00, Free message at this interactive club night, 22:30, £3 PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAM- HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, £7, free b4 11pm BOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4 HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC 11pm/12.30am with matric PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth RnB, jazz & funk, 21:00, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am & funky house, 23:00, £2 students RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, INSIDE OUT, SCOTT PROJECT, THE ARCHES, Hard house & Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free trance, 22:00, £tbc RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC I LOVE THE GARAGE, THE GARAGE, Classics, 22:30, £7 BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3) (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am RUBBERMENSCH, ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00, KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & 22:30, £tbc rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP MELTING POT, SIMON CORDINER & ANDREW PIRIE,

THE SUB CLUB PRESENTS…, ANNIE MAC & BOOM MONK BEN, THE SUB CLUB, Radio 1 dance, 23:00, £7 (£5)

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

FRI 23 FEB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock & metal, 22:30, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco & house sounds, 22:00, £5, free b4 11pm

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THE RIVERSIDE, Deep disco & house, 0:00, £10

MELTING POT PRE-CLUB, SIMON CORDINER & ANDREW PIRIE, BAR SOBA, Deep disco & house, 21:00, Free NU-SCHOOL, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, 22:30, £6 OPEN DEX, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/CDs if you think you can do better, 21:00, £1, £2 non-members

PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free

PURPLE SNEAKER, MEHDI & ANIMA / JAMIE YOUNG, CLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00,

£tbc

SIREN, KT RED & JT HOOKER, BLOC, House, techno &

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Free REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

Free

SUN 25 FEB

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX,

ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

Playerz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

SITUATION S VACANT:

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

BOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAM-

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk,

FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW

snapshot of the ever-evolving house blueprint, 23:00, £8, £5 b4 12am VEGAS, THE FERRY, General retro flamboyance, 21:30, £9 (£7) VOODOO, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, 17:00, £6 (£3) DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, 21:00, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, 22:30, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB & classics, funky house in the Mao room, 22:00, £10 PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free

free b4 11pm

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY 1, 23:00, £5 (£3) & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play

& electro line-up, 22:00, £19 NUMBERS, A-TRAK, DJ CRAZE, KID SISTER & FLOSTRADAMUS, THE SUB CLUB, Turntablism, hip hop & more, RED & GOLD ROOM, ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7, 20:00, £10

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

boogie next door, 22:00, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/ 12.30pm with matric JUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk featuring live percussion by Duffy, 23:00, £3, free with matric OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, Maximum eclectic, 23:00, £6 (£5)

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00, Free

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

MON 26 FEB

BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institition playing underground classics, 23:00, £5 (£3), free for pub/club workers ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD FRESH, THE POLO LOUNGE, Popular gay venue with house & indie, 23:00, £5

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

with PIYP

TUES 27 FEB

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

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Scoots - DUNALASTAIR HOTEL, PERTHSHIRE ‘SCOOT’ – AN ADVENTURE YOU CAN EMBARK ON FROM EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW TO A SECRET LITTLE PLACE OF INTEREST

First rule of journalism (after “always have a pen handy”): make sure you have all the information. Not a scribbly handwritten list of directions cribbed off Google Maps that disagrees with the road atlas about where you’re going. So why are we here? Well, mostly to check out the romance of the Highlands in time for the February (ie Valentine’s) issue of The Skinny. “You can’t read maps – you can’t even read your own handwriting,” hisses the boyfriend as we wait to check in. Off to a flying start, then!

a stag’s head above the fireplace give it a surreal edge that elevates it far above the usual hotel restaurant. The waiting staff are comfortable enough in their roles to turn what could be an overly genteel atmosphere into an intimate one punctuated by occasional bursts of laughter and chatter from the couples lining both sides of the room.

Inside, there’s a warm fire and an equally warm check-in process that sees us swiftly delivered to our ‘Deluxe Blend’ room – there’s a sort of whisky theme going on but it’s not too overpowering. In other words, while there is a plaid carpet in our wing, the rest of the room has soothing pale green walls which tone with the carpet, white plasterwork features, dark wood, a leather armchair by the enormous fireplace and slightly Hogarthian prints on the walls: a sort of modern Victoriana, minus the chintz.

And the food? Well, it’s mostly local Highlands stuff which shines all the more through a lack of gastro-fussing. For an entrée, we have the Wild Pigeon and Rabbit Terrine with an Apricot Coulis, which my boyfriend describes as having a surprising, consistent texture. “The pigeon had the succulent bitterness of a good cheese, balanced by the sweetness of apricot,” he adds, before I start worrying he’s turning into Keith Floyd and tell him to shut up. However, my Cured Gravadlax with a red onion salsa almost turns me into a poet too; the firm, unmistakably fishy salmon strips combined with dill and sharp, sweet salsa to create a memorable dish.

At the back of the hotel, there’s the Stables Bar, a traditional bothy pub with a fire which also welcomes animals – just be aware that as it’s part of the Dunalastair, hotel prices reign at the bar. The grandest feature however, is the dining room. Though billed as ‘baronial’, the giant antler chandeliers and antler wall sconces, intricately carved oak-panelled walls and

The main courses, Beef Fillet with Potato Fondant and Baby Vegetables, and Fillet of Haddock with Pea Puree, come out as mini-Mondrians: each element arranged geometrically on the plate. The boyfriend says the beef is divine, and then stops talking for the ten minutes it takes him to devour it. Mine is a parallelogram of seared haddock on a pedestal of peas, sur-

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rounded by four rectangular pieces of potato and four roasted plum tomatoes, floating on a sea of buttery cream sauce. It’s fish and chips with mushy peas – the deluxe version! It’s a great idea, and it works very well.

The driving having taken its toll (plus a pint of Tennents in the pub and a bottle of Pinot Grigio from the extensive international wine cellar with dinner) we head for bed. Not very rock ‘n roll, is it? However, this is what hotels are really about for people whose furniture usually comes in an Ikea flatpack: really big beds. The bed in the Deluxe Blend room is insanely large and comes with a vast leather headboard, setting the stage – literally – for whatever comes next, whether that’s dozing off in front of the telly or action of (ahem) a more athletic nature. “I’m reviewing everything,” I mumble to the boyfriend, scribbling notes prior to being claimed by the feather pillows, “including your performance.” Then I spill some sauvignon blanc on him and start snoring. As I said, not very rock ‘n roll, but at least we made up. Well, until the drive back. [Sam Eichblatt]

DUNALASTAIR HOTEL, THE SQUARE, KINLOCH RANNOCH, NEAR PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE, PH16 5PW TEL: 01882 632323, FAX: 01882 632371

THE SKINNY PRODUCTION MANAGER This is a key demanding role within the The Skinny’s day-today operations, working on a full time basis from the office in Edinburgh in close liaison with the Creative Director, Head of Sales and the Editors. Key responsibilities are in image and advert processing, and funding applications. If you can use Office and Photoshop, and think you might have what it takes, call 0131 467 4630 for more information, or email skinny@skinnymag.co.uk for more information.

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ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

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ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF

Horseshoe Films ACTORS WANTED:

ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE,

Inflatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free w

10 year-old boy, 16-26 year-old female, 20-30 year-old male. Paid work for three days with view to longer shoot. Previous acting experience good but not essential. Musical ability also not essential but helpful. All entrants welcome. Send CV and photos, please to; Stuart Richards, Horseshoe Films Ltd, 1 Pitcaple Gardens, Livingston, EH54 9HW. horseshoefilms@ aol.com, M 07743 763 056 (Regret material not returned.)

electro, 22:00, Free

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GLASGOW CLUBS

‘THERE ARE FEW THINGS SO SATISFYING AS THE SWING AND PENETRATION OF AN ICE AXE INTO THICK, CRUSTY ICE’

Go Away! ICECLIMBING

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS,

tronica, 21:00, Free

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

23:00, £6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am

MON 12 FEB

20:00, Free

music, 21:00, Free

BASS INVADERS, FANCY & SPOOK, THE HALT, Techno,

ACTION, SPASTICATED BAD BOYS, BLOC, Shatterproof

CLUB NOIR, BURLESQUE PERFORMERS, CARLING ACAD- BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institiEMY, Battle of the sexes - Valentine’s burlesque fun &

games, 21:00, £12 (£9)

DBLSPK, MILANESE, KONX-OM-PAX & HUDSON MOHAWK, BLACKFRIARS, Planet Mu’s rude boy with elec-

by RJ Thomson

tro, dubstep, grime & IDM, 23:00, £8

tion playing underground classics, 23:00, £5 (£3), free for pub/club workers ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD FRESH, THE POLO LOUNGE, Popular gay venue with house & indie, 23:00, £5

DIGITAL HARLOT, DR. BUTCHER, EFFIGY & DAWNIMAPOPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE TRIX, STRATHCLYDE UNION, New industrial EBM & digital Experience is big business these days. Plain materialism is old news. It’s no longer about what you’ve got, but what you’ve done, what you’re doing. Not just round the world trips, but mp3 players and sports cars: even when people try to sell you material things, it’s usually based on how they will change your experiences, not simply that you’ll be glad to have them. There are few experiences so distinctive and memorable as ice climbing. There’s just nothing like it. Traditional rock climbers don’t use a pair of axes, and ice skaters don’t use a pair of axes either. Factor in extreme cold, vertiginous drops, exhilaration and exercise, and you’ve got about the most fun you can have with a pair of axes (serious psychological disorders aside). Sensing this much, it was time The Skinny got involved.

over-clothes, sinister goggles, and a daft patterned scarf. Fears for our safety were entirely covered by Mike, who took the lead up the steep rocky ridge, and placed secure rope-fasts to cover any mistakes we made. We didn’t make any, in fact, and cautious readers should be reassured: technically, ice climbing isn’t that difficult, at least at the introductory level. More of a challenge is the physical business of hauling yourself up, straining your calves as you hold a position, and pulling out your grips (axe or crampon) before thrusting them back into the ice. Again, don’t be put off by this. Anyone with a reasonable level of fitness will be able to have a hugely rewarding day. There are few things so satisfying as the swing and penetration of an ice axe into thick, crusty ice. Looking

down a windswept, icy, treacherous cliff-face and knowing you got yourself to the top, might just be one of them. Ice climbing features heavily on the cringe-inducing ‘Live It’ ads for VisitScotland currently doing the rounds. Somehow they’ve managed to make the whole possibility of outdoor sport seem ridiculous. I think it’s the voice-over. But living anywhere in Scotland, you are privileged to be on the doorstep of one of the finest outdoor theme parks in the world: the Western Highlands. With a guide as assured Mike Pescod, nothing is out of your reach, even (especially) in the worst of winter. But don’t just take it from me. The Ben is waiting for you.

hardcore, 22:00, £5

DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current

with PIYP

tunes, open decks downstairs, 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5)

TUES 13 FEB

DOWN LOW MUSIC SHOWCASE, CONVEXTION (!), $TINKWORX, MARTIN RUBADUB & JACKMASTER, CLUB 69, Dubby Detroit techno, 23:00, £10

FREEFALL, MARCEL WOODS, SIMON FOY, ALAN BELSHAW, THE ARCHES, House, 23:00, £12 GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, £7 (£5)

HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul,

GETTING AWAY

We booked on a guided course courtesy of Abacus Mountaineering, who are based in Fort William (currently pitching itself as ‘Outdoor Capital of the UK’). Abacus’ chief selling point was a simple one: no matter your experience, they will tailor your expedition to match. From ‘I once went on a sledge’ beginners to those looking to perfect their ice climbing loop-the-loops, Mike Pescod and his partner Donald King have the expertise and, well, the experience to fit the bill. Offering competitive rates to match your party, it’s also safe to say they have the bill to fit the experience.

Scottish Citylink run four buses a day to Fort William from Glasgow. There are also four trains a day to Fort William on the famous West Highland line. Go to WWW.TRAINLINE.CO.UK.

STAYING AWAY

Enough of such cosy wordplay: to the chilly business itself. Having established our approximate level and ambitions for the day (I went with a friend – advised for story-sharing afterwards), Mike enthused in favour of a ‘classic’ Ben Nevis route: Number Three Gully Buttress.

The Corran Inn has roaring fires from early morning until the evening’s last dram, and serves a hearty Scottish breakfast. It’s five miles outside Fort William, but the bus will stop here if you ask, and is no bother for a taxi from the station.

A note here on ‘The Ben’: those readers who have climbed our nation’s highest mountain in summer, by the zig-zagging tourist route, may have memories of an enormous, rounded lump of rock and heather. Ben Nevis is in fact a draw to climbers from around the world because of its fearsome, and somewhat elusive, ‘North Face’. Walking up to the North Face early on a January morning is a bit like striding towards the great maw of the underworld, only inverted, and after it has been chewing on a mouthful of epic-scale glacier mints. In the enthusiastic and faultlessly reassuring company of our guide Mike, though, we couldn’t help but be excited to the point of distraction.

The Corran Inn, Onich, Fort William, Invernessshire, Scotland PH33 6SE tel. 01855 821235 WWW.CORRANINN.CO.UK

Fears for the cold were largely allayed by my get-up: I was dressed like a hitman from an unmade Austin Powers movie – all black

photos: Oli Kenyon

GUTTER TALK ROYAL MILE, EDINBURGH

photos: Jethro Collins

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

electro & disco, 21:00, Free HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, £7, free b4 11pm

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, 22:30, £tbc

NU-SCHOOL,

THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, 22:30, £6 OPEN DEX, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/CDs if you think you can do better, 21:00, £1, £2 non-members

PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free

PURPLE SNEAKER, RALPH LAWSON, CLASSIC GRAND,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

15:00, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

12am with PIYP

KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE,

ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free with matric. After 12am KILLER KITSCH, THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash & that, 23:00, £4 (£3) REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk , 22:00, £2, £1 members ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to rock, 23:00, Free b4 12am

T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON, KARBON, Dance, 22:30, £5 (£4)

WED 14 FEB

DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alterna-

tive music, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, 20:00, Free JOINTS & JAMS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night in Glasgow, 23:00, £3 (£2) MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, 20:00, Free NEW FLESH, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, inTALLEST NIGHT, IRREGULAR SLINKY, DAS CONTRAS, SAMBAYABAMBA, SIR REAL TINSEL, CHIEF & DOG & dustrial & alternative music, 22:00, £4, £2 from 10pmMC SOOM-T, THE FERRY, Jazzy funk ‘dedicated to a friend 11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm OCTOPUSSY, THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy who got the Guillian Barre syndrome’, 21:00, £8, £6 b4 castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chap10.30pm el???, 22:00, £4 VOODOO, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, TONGUE IN CHEEK, BAMBOO, Lounge, RnB & indie, emo & punk, 17:00, £6 (£3) 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, 21:00, WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, Free 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, 22:30, MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB & indie, 21:00, Free & classics, funky house in the Mao room, 22:00, £10 PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free *.*, THE BUFF CLUB, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, 23:00, £3 PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSORABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RSAMD, BrazilLEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00, ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc Free BABAZA, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, 22:00, £6, free REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00, b4 11pm Free CHIX ON DEX, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, 22:00, £4, free b4 11pm Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00, £tbc SHIFT, PHIL KIERAN, SOUNDHAUS, House & techno, 22:30, £5 SIREN, KT RED & JT HOOKER, BLOC, House, techno & electro, 22:00, Free SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly snapshot of the ever-evolving house blueprint, 23:00, £8, £5 b4 12am

THURS 15 FEB

SUN 11 FEB

CAROLINE, 31, GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SOPHIE, 20,

STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE OF ART

GARETH, 25,

STUDENT OF MUSIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

AGNES, 450+, WENCH

WALED, 27,

STUDENT

STUART, QUITE OLD , PUBLISHER

IF YOU WERE A BREED OF DOG WHAT

IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME, WHAT HELLO YOUNG MAN ! (INTERVIEWER

HELLO AGNES, IF YOU WERE INTERVIEW- SO WALED, IF YOU WERE A BREED OF IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME WHAT

WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK ME?

ING ME WHAT WOULD YOU ASK ME?

WINKS.) IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME,

I’d be a Shih Tzu. I think because I don’t know. You didn’t say the WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK ME? they are yappy and annoying. And questions would be this hard. What the hell are you doing? cute and fluffy and pretty. DOING ANYTHING THIS EVENING?

DOG WHICH WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

Why are you wearing your husband’s I hate dogs. trousers?

GREAT! NOW IF YOU HAD MAGIC SNOW IF YOU COULD BUILD SOMETHING OUT

IF YOU WERE A BREED OF DOG, WHICH OF MAGIC SNOW WHAT WOULD IT BE? ONE WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

VERY CREATIVE. WOULD YOU LIVE IN IT?

YOU. ARE YOU FREE TONIGHT?

Only at weekends. I’m working to- Sorry, I’m playing with my band. Who Yes! Renee Zelwegger was great in night. by the way are called Underling. It’s in it!Paolo It’s a Nutini bit girly though. Dunfermline. THAT’S GOT THAT SCRAWNY…

What are you doing?

IF YOU COULD MAKE SOMETHING OUT BUT REALLY STUART, WHAT IF I WAS A CE-

THAT YOU COULD BUILD ANYTHING OUT OF MAGIC SNOW WHAT WOULD IT BE

I’m having a business meeting. That OF WHAT WOULD YOU BUILD? AND WHY? sounds so boring doesn’t it? I went A sandcastle. A giant head. To scare you with. to the cinema last night, and saw Miss Potter. A SANDCASTLE MADE OF SNOW? THAT’S THAT’S VERY SPECIAL GARETH, THANK

WOULD YOU ASK ME?

LEBRITY? ARE YOU SURE ‘WHAT ARE YOU

I really don’t know, these questions DOING?’ WOULD CUT THE MUSTARD? A ghost dog of course. Do you know are very strange. You will be a celebrity if you keep how old I am? this up. IMAGINE YOU COULD MAKE ANYTHING! ANY PLANS THIS EVENING?

A SANDCASTLE, A CAR, EVEN SOME WHY THANK YOU! (BLUSHES.) IF YOU WERE

Wenching, at my local tavern. I love it. SHOES! WOULD YOU MAKE SHOES? Yes, ok, I’ll take the shoes.

A BREED OF DOG WHAT WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

A husky, it’s an Alsatian with a short wheelbase.

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM) & JAKOBINARINA, 21:00, Free THE ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3) CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVIN£1 members SON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play-

BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics,

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX,

erz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

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Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House

BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

and smooth RnB, jazz & funk, 21:00, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, THE GARAGE, Classics, 22:30, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE,

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC RUBBERMENSCH,

ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00,

£4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE

GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

FRI 16 FEB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up,

BASS INVADERS, JASON LEACH & LUKES ANGER, BLACKFRIARS, Tresor techno, 23:00, £7

BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco & house sounds, 22:00, £5, free b4 11pm BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP COMPUTELOVE, TERMINAL BAR, Electronic sounds, 20:00, Free ELECTROBALL, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk, 22:30, £tbc FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, 21:00, Free

FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLAN-

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & elec-

message at this interactive club night, 22:30, £3

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAM-

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MONOX, THOMAS P. HECKMANN, ADAM X & MONOXIANS, SOUNDHAUS, TECHNO, 23:00, £10 NU-SCHOOL, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, 22:30, £6 OPEN DEX, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/CDs if you think you can do better, 21:00, £1, £2 non-members

PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free PURPLE SNEAKER, MEHDI & ANIMA / JAMIE YOUNG, CLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00,

£tbc

SUBCULTURE, SPIRIT CATCHER LIVE (MOOD MUSIC, BELGIUM), THE SUB CLUB, Deep house & techno, 23:00, £8, £5 b4 12am

VOODOO,

THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, 17:00, £6 (£3) DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, 21:00, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, 22:30, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB & classics, funky house in the Mao room, 22:00, £10 PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

Free

ceilidh with DJs, 23:00, £tbc

SUN 18 FEB

FRIDAY FLING, CEILIDH BAND, CLASSIC GRAND, Live MIND THE GAP, CAGEDBABY (DJ SET), DANTON EEPROM (LIVE) & THE ARCHES, House, electro & electronica, 22:30, £10

NOJ,

POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4),

free b4 11.30pm with matric.

OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old school tunes, 22:30, £6

RED & GOLD ROOM,

ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7,

free b4 11pm

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, 21:00, Free

STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAWHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5)

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, free 4 students

TRONIC, ACRNYM, BINARY ZERO, XENTRICK, ZERO DEFECT & STRONTIUM, THE 13TH NOTE, Hardcore, furious breaks through to speedcore, 20:00, £4

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP

REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00, Free

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

XPLICIT, ADAM F, PAUL RESET, MORPHY, ENO, TONN MON 19 FEB PIPER & BZ, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Drum & bass birth- BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institiday, 23:00, £10

TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie,

21:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 17 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

11.30pm with matric.

SPANK,

free b4 9pm

22:30, £tbc

23:00, £10

ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text

Free

KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics,

Free

FREQ, ZERO DB, THE SUB CLUB, Jazz, electro to house,

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00,

23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

electro & disco, 21:00, Free HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, £7, free b4 11pm

KET, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4)

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats, & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul 23:00, £6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am BANFF CLUB, CRAG, ROBBIE B & JAYSUS, BLOC, Eclec& motown, 20:00, Free HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL tic, 22:00, Free TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip DEATH DISCO, RORY PHILLIPS, TOMMIE SUNSHINE & hop to nasty electro via the rest, 23:00, £3, £2 matric. LO FI FNK, THE ARCHES, House & dance, 22:00, £12 card DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current LOLLIPOP, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie , 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), tunes, open decks downstairs, 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free

BOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4

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HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul,

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth RnB, Inflatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 jazz & funk, 21:00, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, THE GARAGE, Classics, 22:30, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

11pm/12.30am with matric PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, 23:00, £2

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

b4 9pm

DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5) GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, £7 (£5)

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

with PIYP

TUES 20 FEB

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

15:00, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE,

Inflatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free

January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

THURS 1 FEB

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc BABAZA, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, 22:00, £6, free b4 11pm CHIX ON DEX, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, 22:00, £4, free b4 11pm

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM), GUEST DJS & POP LEVI, THE ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, £1 members

FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS & ODISSEE & HEADS OF CHANGE, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Playerz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3) FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

Hip hop to nasty electro via the rest, 23:00, £3, £2 matric. card LOLLIPOP, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie , 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text message at this interactive club night, 22:30, £3

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4

11pm/12.30am with matric PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, 23:00, £2

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

RUBBERMENSCH,

ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE

GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

FRI 2 FEB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up,

23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. ANIMAL FARM, TURTLE & QUAILL, BLOC, House, techno & electro, 22:00, Free BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock & metal, 22:30, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco & house sounds, 22:00, £5, free b4 11pm BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP BURLY, DJ HI FI SEAN, THE ARCHES, Aimed at gay men aged 25+, 22:30, £10 COMPUTELOVE, TERMINAL BAR, Electronic sounds, 20:00, Free

COTTON CAKE, MR. OIZO & SEBASTIAN, THE ARCHES, Electronics, 22:00, £10

ELECTROBALL,

KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk,

22:30, £tbc

FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, 21:00, Free

FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLANKET, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4)

LEGENDS PRESENTS…, GOLDIE & PAUL RESET, CLASSIC GRAND, Drum & bass, 23:00, £12

NOJ,

POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old school tunes, 22:30, £6

PINUP, WILD BEASTS, Q WITHOUT U, THE CLICKS, THE AUTOMATIC, THE WOODSIDE, Indie, punk, soul & electropop, 21:00, £5

RED & GOLD ROOM,

ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7,

free b4 11pm

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SENSU, ANDRE GALLUZZI & TOBI NEUMANN, THE SUB CLUB, Cocoon techno, 23:00, £10 (£8)

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul,

SIXTEEN January 07 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

11.30pm with PIYP

Free

motown, 20:00, Free

THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY & VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00, BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul & rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 21:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 3 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

11.30pm with matric.

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

tic, 22:00, Free

COLOURS, PAUL VAN DYK, ERIC PRYDZ, JON MANCINI, HED KANDI, GIOVANNI FERRI, THE ARCHES, House & trance, 22:00, £25

DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current tunes, open decks downstairs, 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm DIVINE!, OPTIMO GUEST SET, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5)

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4

(£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip

hop to nasty electro via the rest, 23:00, £3, £2 matric. card LOLLIPOP, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie , 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institi- ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text mestion playing underground classics, 23:00, £5 (£3), free sage at this interactive club night, 22:30, £3 for pub/club workers PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAMELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street BOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD FRESH, THE POLO LOUNGE, Popular gay venue with house PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, 23:00, £2 & indie, 23:00, £5

MON 5 FEB,

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE,

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

with PIYP

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC

TUES 6 FEB

BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

RUBBERMENSCH,

ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. 15:00, £2, free b4 3pm SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RSAMD, Brazilian rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with with PIYP matric CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART,

Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free 13TH NOTE, A minineoravejunglebreakcoremashupparty, FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 20:00, £4 NUS GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, In£7 (£5) flatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul, with PIYP electro & disco, 21:00, Free HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free £7, free b4 11pm with matric. After 12am HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOKILLER KITSCH, THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash & that, 23:00, MENIC MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth RnB, jazz & funk, 21:00, £5, free b4 10.30pm/ £4 (£3) REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk , 12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, THE GARAGE, Classics, 22:30, £7 22:00, £2, £1 members ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am rock, 23:00, Free b4 12am KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN

THE GRIND, MURDERBOT, PARASITE & ACRNYM, THE

FRI 9 FEBB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ART OF PARTIES, KAVINSKY (ED BANGER), TRONIK YOUTH & DOLBY-ANOL, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Nuwave disco, 22:00, £7 (£5)

BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock & metal, 22:30, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP

BLITZKRIEG POP VS. ALT>DELETE RECORDINGS, TWISTED CHARM, THE ALIENS & SOUTH CENTRAL DJS, THE ARCHES, Across the board, 22:30, £6 (£4)

BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco &

house sounds, 22:00, £5, free b4 11pm BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON, KAR- COMPUTELOVE, TERMINAL BAR, Electronic sounds, 20:00, LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, BON, Dance, 22:30, £5 (£4) 22:30, £tbc Free NU-SCHOOL, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz DAS BOOT, GRAEME FERGUSON, BLOC, Decade music & & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, current crowd pleasers, 22:00, Free ART OF PARTIES, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Live acts & 22:30, £6 ELECTROBALL, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk, DJs from across the genres, 22:30, £4 £0 NUMBERS, MICROTHOL, GOODHAND & NOK LA 22:30, £tbc ROK, BRUNSWICK HOTEL, Electronic sounds, 22:00, £tbc DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alterna- FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, 23:00, £5 OFF THE RECORD, ANIMAL FARM, RONIN, BRADLEY, tive music, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP FREAKMENOOVERS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip BARRY PRICE & STEESH, SOUNDHAUS, House, techno & ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RSAMD, Brazilian Street hop, funk, RnB & soul, 21:00, Free Dance classes, 18:00, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD breaks, 23:00, £8 (£6), £5 b4 12am FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLANKET, GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, 20:00, Free OPEN DEX, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/CDs if you Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4) JOINTS & JAMS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night in FRIDAY FLING, CEILIDH BAND, CLASSIC GRAND, Live ceithink you can do better, 21:00, £1, £2 non-members Glasgow, 23:00, £3 (£2) PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & lidh with DJs, 23:00, £tbc MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes NOJ, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4), KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free free b4 11.30pm with matric. PURPLE SNEAKER, MEHDI & ANIMA / JAMIE YOUNG, from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, 20:00, Free NEW FLESH, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, OBESE, DROIDO (LIVE), FULL PHAT & TROUTFISH, THE Q CLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00, industrial & alternative music, 22:00, £4, £2 from 10pm- CLUB, Local house, 23:00, £5 £tbc 11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm SUBCULTURE, DIXON (INNERVISIONS, BERLIN), THE OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old OCTOPUSSY, THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy school tunes, 22:30, £6 SUB CLUB, Quality house, 23:00, £8, £5 b4 12am castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chapel???, RED & GOLD ROOM, ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7, free VOODOO, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, 22:00, £4 b4 11pm emo & punk, 17:00, £6 (£3) TONGUE IN CHEEK, BAMBOO, Lounge, RnB & indie, ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMDJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, 21:00, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric Free BOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free b4 VIBRATIONS, JO MINGO GO & CASIO, CLASSIC 10.30pm/12.30am students BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, 22:30, GRAND, Lo-slung dirty discofunk freak out, 23:00, £tbc £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP 21:00, Free & classics, funky house in the Mao room, 22:00, £10 MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAPAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free WHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5) PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR- & indie, 21:00, Free

WED 7 FEB

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

Free REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

Free

SUN 4 FEB

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

boogie next door, 22:00, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/ 12.30pm with matric STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAJUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk feaWHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5) STREETLIFE, STREETLIFE CCA, Disco electro - 4th birthday, turing live percussion by Duffy, 23:00, £3, free with matric 21:00, Free 21:00, Free

OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, Maximum eclectic, 23:00, £6 (£5)

THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul 23:00, £6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am BANFF CLUB, CRAG, ROBBIE B & JAYSUS, BLOC, Eclec& motown, 20:00, Free HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB,

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

free 4 students

TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie,

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS GLASGOW CLUBS

THURS 8 FEB

by Jimmy Cosmos

Stars

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM), THE WHIP & RATATAT, THE ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, £1 members

DF CONCERTS PRESENT…, SUGAR DADDY (LIVE) & TOM FINDLAY, THE SUB CLUB, Live house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play-

erz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

MORE POWER PRESTON Preston, the pint-sized superstar blonde-botherer, has announced he is working on a novel. In a world entirely indoctrinated against ‘pretension’ the Vulture supports the miniature minstrel’s literary endeavours. The question is: is this the final nail in the coffin for his marriage?

CANCER: Still not popular at parties? What you need is a party trick! Ever inhaled a sausage? Now’s the time to start practicing ‘cause this is a trick that will endear you to both sexes. Get ready to climb the social hierarchy.

SCORPIO:

THE FUTURE

Dont cry over spilt milk. You are not a baby. Instead grab a yellow straw... You know the rest. Be careful though. You might choke.

Meanwhile, a driverless bus was unveiled at the Science Museum in London last month. That’s damn hilarious however you look at it. At the very least it’s a major new incentive to get good at computer hacking – a whole new revival for the fine British tradition of the magical mystery tour. Next stop, Blackpool! (It is always meant to be Blackpool, isn’t it? There’s a bit of mystery when they pull down the blinds, and you think maybe they’ll whisk you off to, ooh, Margate. But then it’s Blackpool, as per.)

ARIES

BUS LAW

Your job getting you down? Leave! Now is the time for you to take some risks. Nothing is set in stone. Apart from the fact you will die. One day. But for now you’re the master of you’re own destiny! Woop!

A majority of Edinburgh bus drivers have signed a petition requesting stricter uniform regulations, to the extent that any of their number found not wearing short sleeves and showing aggressive tatts will be out of a job. A spokesman said: ‘we don’t want any fannies without forearm tatts driving buses. They might give the impression that bus drivers aren’t the hardest fuckers around. Or that we can’t take corners.’ The sexual implications of this last remark were beyond the Vulture, but we included it for reasons no lesser than journalistic integrity.

For the last wee while you’ve had an empty feeling haven’t you? This is ‘cause your soul’s belly is empty. Your soul is hungry and it must be fed soon or you will be swallowed by despair! Nature and healthy living are your friends. For now.

PISCES:

LEO: A dark cloud is descending this week. Put on your wellies and zip up your anorak. Someone close to you has the painters in.

SAGITTARIUS: Dry your eyes.

TAURUS: Pluto is irritating Uranus this week. Buy him a bone and have a wash and things will improve.

RICH PICKINGS

Don’t walk down any dark alleys this week, it may result in some unwanted cupping action and a visit to the GUM clinic.

Seeking shelter from the storm, Bob Dylan has spent more than £2 million on a Highland Mansion. Standing in the doorway of the house for the first time, the singer was heard to simply state: ‘I want you’. Locals are expecting the sad eyed gent of the Highlands to pledge his time to the area after coming down the highway, although he’ll have to adjust to buckets of rain, the usual weather forecast locally. Far from his Minnesota birthplace, it’s unconfirmed whether Dylan is expected to suffer from the North Country blues or the high-terranean homesick blues (give it up for the Vulture), some, all, or most of the time. This could go on indefinitely. Shame it has to end. It’s a restless farewell…

LIBRA:

PEACE UP

When next approached by a Jehovah’s Witness, which is likely this month for Librans because of your trademark kind faces, make sure you ask for chocolate milk - you might be surprised.

The 4th International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace (catchy title) is running a series of events called Mindfulness@ Lunchtime, promising to invoke ‘our inherent capacity for healing and renewal’. Proud of its scavenger origins, the Vulture would like to protest against this non-inclusive approach to eating philosophy, instead promoting a ‘come one come all to the carcass’ approach, taking into account that for many ‘healing and renewal’ are anathema, or, an empty belly. Running in parallel will be the 1st Cosmic Feast of Vulpine Hunger Fulfillment and General Mischief, at various venues around Ed ‘n’ Glas. Follow the trail of feathers…

VIRGO: The sun is in the sky, which means this week you may have relationship problems. If she/he said “jump” would you say “how high?” If the answer is ‘yes’, next time she/ he asks make sure you’re near a cliff edge.

CAPRICORN: Life is an endless set of swings and roundabouts. Put down the cider, leave the park and get a job.

GEMINI:

free 4 students

BLACKFRIARS, Electrohouse & minimal techno, 22:30, £5

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, 21:00, Free

APOCALYPSE COW(GATE)

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 10 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

Sagittarian maturity: Alice Cooper is 59 on 4 Feb

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by The Vulture

This week you will embrace life with new zest and vigour. Ok it can be a bit shite sometimes but you’ve only got one and you shouldn’t waste it being sad. Chin up.

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm,

11.30pm with matric.

CULTURE VULTURE

AQUARIUS:

*.*, THE BUFF CLUB, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, 23:00, £3 WE ARE ROBOT, KRISTIAN ELLIOTT & STEVE MCGEE, ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc BABAZA, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, 22:00, £6, free b4 11pm CHIX ON DEX, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, 22:00, £4, free b4 11pm

THE

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Swooping down on the culinary jackpot of copious calzone remnants strewn across the gothic realm of the Cowgate in the wee small hours of a Sunday morning, The Vulture thought it was the world’s end. A parade of vomiting goblins, clad in pink cowboy hats and murmuring in a close approximation to the Byker Grove tongue, dominated its narrow plain. After an initial paralysis to their slow, shimmying advance, The Vulture found salvation inside one of an inexplicable number of drinkeries in the vicinity and assured itself sternly: “the lord sent these people to test me.”

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EDINBURGH COMEDY THU 1 FEB

FRI 9 FEB

Jon Richardson, Maeve Higgins and Andy McPartland. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 9pm, £3 - £7

and Niall Browne. Hosted by Dave Johns, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Rick Right, Mike Wilkinson, Ninia Benjamin, 8pm, £10 LIVE AT THE HIVE, BEE HIVE INN, Keir McAllister, THE STAND, John Moloney, Jeremy Elwood, Barry Dodds Vladimir McTavish, Andy Sir, Ewan John and Steven and Rick Kieswetter. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 9pm, £10 Davidson team up for a pre-Valentine special. A fine lineJONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Danny Buckler, Johnny up in an alternative comedy venue., 8.30pm, £6 Candon, Richard Morton, Kevin Bridges, 8pm, £12

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Martin Bigpig Mor,

FRI 2 FEB

THE STAND, Martin Bigpig Mor, Jon Richardson, Maeve Higgins and Carl Donnelly. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Phil Butler, Roger D, John Warburton, Geoff Boyz, 8pm, £10

SAT 3 FEB

THE STAND, Martin Bigpig Mor, Jon Richardson, Maeve Higgins and Carl Donnelly. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Phil Butler, Roger D, John Warburton, Geoff Boyz, 8pm, £12

SUN 4 FEB

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Parrot, Billy Kirkwood, Mark Nelson, Austin Low and Nick Morrow. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 5 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Billy Kirkwood and Vladimir McTavish, 8.30pm, £2

TUE 6 FEB

SISTARS, THE STAND, Debra-Jane Appleby, AL Kennedy, Roslyn Hastings and Carly Baker. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £3 - £6

WED 7 FEB

LAUGH? I NEARLY VOTED, THE STAND, Political satire and celebrity interviews - with Vladimir McTavish, Bruce Devlin and live MSP grillings., 8.30pm, £3 - £6

THU 8 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley and Niall Browne. Hosted by Dave Johns, 9pm, £3 - £7

THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley

SAT 17 FEB

SAT 10 FEB

THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley and Niall Browne. Hosted by Dave Johns, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Rick Right, Mike Wilkinson, Ninia Benjamin, 8pm, £12

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Graeme

and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Harvey Oliver, Gavin Webster, Tom Stade, Angie McEvoy, 8pm, £10

SAT 24 FEB

THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben Hurley, Wendy Wason and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Harvey Oliver, Gavin Webster, Tom Stade, Angie McEvoy, 8pm, £12

SUN 25 FEB

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv

SUN 11 FEB

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

MON 19 FEB

ley, Wendy Wason, Gordon Alexander, Carly Baker and Phil Differ. Hosted by Tony Carter, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

8.30pm, £2

MON 26 FEB

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Shazia Mirza, Keir McAllister, Gary - Tank Commander, Antony Murray and Jim Park. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 12 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, Jane Mackay and Kevin Bridges,

TUE 20 FEB

THE AMAZING BASTARDS, THE STAND, Mixing experimental stand-up, off-beat characters, and assorted bob-

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Nick Davies and Allan Miller, bins, Steven Dick, Allan Miller and Teddy offer a show 8.30pm, £2

TUE 13 FEB

MELTING POT, THE STAND, tbc, 8.30pm, £2.50 - £5 PLEASANCE COURTYARD, Barry Dodds, Zoe Lyons, 8pm, £5.50

WED 14 FEB

ANTI-VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Poetry Pete and host Bruce Devlin distract from and destroy the worst day of the year, 8.30pm, £4 - £5

THU 15 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, John Moloney, Jeremy Elwood, Barry Dodds and Gus Tawse. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 9pm, £3 - £7

FRI 16 FEB

THE STAND, John Moloney, Jeremy Elwood, Barry

that won’t be for everyone. Are you ambitious, conscientious, confident, and consistently motivated by a desire to make a real difference to the world? If so, probably best you don’t come. If not, expect laughs courtesy of kindred spirits, 8.30pm, £2 - £3 PLEASANCE COURTYARD, Raymond Mearns, Kevin Bridges, 8pm, £3 - £4

WED 21 FEB

BENEFIT IN AID OF WAVERLEY CARE, THE STAND, Mat Reed, Gary - Tank Commander and Wendy Wason with more to be announced, 8.30pm, £4 - £6

THU 22 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Ben Hur-

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Mat Reed and Andy Sir, 8.30pm, £2

PLEASANCE COURTYARD, Jason Manford, Michael McIntyre, Steve Hughes. Ranting Hughes, charming Manford and razor-sharp McIntyre are all very good comics; together on one bill they are an outstanding line-up for a cold winter’s night, 10pm, tbc

TUE 27 FEB

BOOTHBY GRAFFOE - GETTING OFF THE SOFA, THE STAND, One of the most astute comedians on the circuit, Graffoe hides his sharpness behind a charming mask of musical fun. Top stuff. With violinist Nick Pynn, 8.30pm, £7 - £9 PLEASANCE COURTYARD, Andy Zaltzman, Diane Morgan. Zaltzman’s dry political observations have deservedly brought him radio exposure, where his unshowy, quirky intelligence has been demonstrated to great effect. Ca

Hurley, Wendy Wason and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £3 - £7

THU 8 FEB

THU 15 FEB

WED 21 FEB

Neil Delamere, Gerry McDade and Richard Brophy. Hosted by Bruce Morton. Amos continues to win over crowds with his larger-than-life personality and confessional approach., 8.30pm, £3 - £7

Nelson, Allan Miller and Andy McPartland. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

Clatterschenkenfietermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

THU 22 FEB

FRI 9 FEB

FRI 16 FEB

Mirza and Allan Miller. Hosted by Susan Morrison, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Alfie Joey, Shappi Khorsandi, Dave Williams, Smug Roberts, 8pm, £10

ermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Raymond Mearns, Daliso Chaponda, Gordon Southern, Steve Harris, 8pm, £10

SAT 10 FEB

SAT 17 FEB

Mirza and Allan Miller. Hosted by Susan Morrison, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Alfie Joey, Shappi Khorsandi, Dave Williams, Smug Roberts, 8pm, £13

ermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Raymond Mearns, Daliso Chaponda, Gordon Southern, Steve Harris, 8pm, £13

FRI 2 FEB

THE STAND, , Stephen K. Amos, Neil Delamere, Gerry McDade and Richard Brophy. Hosted by Bruce Morton. See Thu 1., 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Michael Legge, Junior Simpson, Susan Murray, Dom Carroll, 8pm, £10

SAT 3 FEB

THE STAND, , Stephen K. Amos, Neil Delamere, Gerry McDade and Richard Brophy. Hosted by Bruce Morton. See Thu 1., 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Michael Legge, Junior Simpson, Susan Murray, Dom Carroll, 8pm, £13

SUN 4 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Rudi Lickwood, Sandy THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Die

THE STAND, , Rudi Lickwood, Sandy Nelson, Shazia

SUN 11 FEB

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND,

Greg McHugh, Scott Agnew, Sian Bevan and Austin Low. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

David Kay, Gerry McDade, Carly Baker and Saj. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 12 FEB

MON 5 FEB

Mearns, Paul Pirie, Allen Chalmers and Sandy Nelson, 8.30pm, £4

DANCE MONKEY BOY DANCE, THE STAND, Raymond

Mearns, Paul Pirie, Allen Chalmers and Sandy Nelson, 8.30pm, £4

TUE 13 FEB

TUE 6 FEB

8.30pm, £1 - £2

TOP: Arlene: Cream & black striped tights, H&M, £2.99. Denim hot pants, Miss Selfridge, £30.00. Sulphur ribbed

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Teddy and Jamie Anderson,

jumper, Miss Selfridge, £22.00. Black leather ankle boots with platform, Office, £69.99 Mark: Grey striped crew neck knit jumper, All Saints, £70.00. Skinny white jeans with stud detailing, All Saints, £90.00. Mongolian BBQ customised Puma trainers in black and neon yellow, Puma, £100.00

WED 7 FEB

detail, H&M, £19.99. Green leather skirt, Armstong’s clothing @ Miss Selfridge, £15.00

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv

THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben Hurley, Wendy Wason

THU 1 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stephen K. Amos,

LEFT: Arlene: Pink plastic aviator sunglasses, Miss Selfridge, £12.00. White canvas bomber jacket with neon piping

SUN 18 FEB

FRI 23 FEB

Thomas, Scott Agnew, Sian Bevan, Scotty Domhnallach and Martin McAllister. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

GLASGOW COMEDY

Throw a little light into your life with acid eighties brights, whites and vivid fluorescents this season. Courtesy of the nu rave movement, a whole new world of old-school tracksuits, bold patterns and eye-popping citrus neons is upon us. This look is all about colour, comfort and clever combinations, so grab your glo-sticks and give it a try.

Dodds and Rick Kieswetter. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Danny Buckler, Johnny Candon, Richard Morton, Kevin Bridges, 8pm, £10

8.30pm, £1 - £2

SISTARS, THE STAND, Karen Bayley, Debra-Jane Appleby and AL Kennedy. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £3 - £6

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Scott Agnew and Allan Miller,

WED 14 FEB

ANTI-VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL, THE STAND, Vladimir McTavish, Die Clatterschenkenfietermaus and host Karl Karl will warm your heart with humour, 8.30pm, £4 - £5 PAISLEY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION, , Barry Dodds, Zoe Lyons, 8pm, £5.50

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LIFESTYLE

SKINNY FASHION

THE STAND, , Stewart Francis, Die Clatterschenkenfiet-

SUN 18 FEB

ROUGH CUTS, THE STAND, tbc, 8.30pm, £2.50 - £5 THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and Antony Murray. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

FRI 23 FEB

THE STAND, , Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and John Cooper. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Andy White, Steve Hughes, Joe Heenan, Kevin Gildea, 8pm, £10

SAT 24 FEB

THE STAND, , Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and John Cooper. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Andy White, Steve Hughes, Joe Heenan, Kevin Gildea, 8pm, £13

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND,

SUN 25 FEB

Die Clatterschenkenfietermaus, Barry Dodds, Nick Morrow, Chris Forbes and Phil Differ. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND, Mat Reed and Mark Bratchpiece. With host Michael Redmond., 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 19 FEB

TUE 27 FEB

tal stand-up, off-beat characters, and assorted bobbins, Steven Dick, Allan Miller and Teddy offer a show that won’t be for everyone. Are you ambitious, conscientious, confident, and consistently motivated by a desire to make a real difference to the world? If so, probably best you don’t come. If not, expect laughs courtesy of kindred spirits, 8.30pm, £2 - £3

8.30pm, £1 - £2

THE AMAZING BASTARDS, THE STAND, Mixing experimen- RED RAW, THE STAND, With Mat Reed and Andy Sir,

WED 28 FEB

BEST OF IRISH,THE STAND,Ian Coppinger, Colum McDonnell and Sonya Kelly. With host Michael Redmond,8.30pm,£6 - £7

TUE 20 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Jane Mackay and Keir McAllister, 8.30pm, £1 - £2

RIGHT: Mark: Jeans, French Connection, £70.00. Short-sleeve ‘elle renavatio’ tee [worn inside out], All Saints, £35.00. Pink plastic aviator sunglasses, Miss Selfridge, £12.00. Skyii demi Puma boots in white, Puma, £60.00

TEAM: Stylist: Claire Morrison, Photo: Adrian Barry, Hair: Martin @ Anton Steele, Make-Up: Ashley Murphy, Models: Arlene & Mark A. from Superior Model Management.

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STOCKIST INFO: All Saints, Ingram Street; French Connection, Princes Square; H&M, Buchanan Galleries; Miss

LIFESTYLE Selfridge, Buchanan Galleries; Office, Buchanan Street; Puma Concept Store, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. THANKS TO: David and Eleanor for the loan of their flat.

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GLASGOW ARTS AMBER ROOME, GROUP SHOW, GROUP

SHOW, Including work by Jessica Harrison and karen Kirkwood, 8/2/07 - 8/3/07, Wed-Sat, 11:00 - 18:00, Free

ANALOGUE, BERNIE REID, KILLER OPUS,

New show inside this very cool wee bookshop, 5/1/07 - 3/2/07, Mon-Sat, 10:00, 17:00, Free MARCUS OAKLEY, THAT AND THIS, London based illustrator’s work inspired by the countryside, the 1970s and The Beach Boys, 9/2/07 - 10/3/07, Mon-Sat, 10:00 - 17:00, Free

ronment, 9/12/06 - 4/3/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free

DEAN GALLERY, IAN FLEMMING, IAN FLEMMING, Marking the centenary of one of Scotland’s

most influential and pioneering printmakers and teacher, 11/11/06 - 11/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free V/A, DADA REVIEWS, Rare literary artefacts relating to DADA, 27/1/07 - 30/4/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free

THE BONGO CLUB, TBC, TBC, Interesting,

CITY ART CENTRE, GROUP SHOW, TREAS-

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS, GROUP

tre’s Scottish Collection, 11/11/06 - 18/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free GROUP SHOW, STRANDS, Investigating our love affair with fabrics - featuring numerous artists’ work, 11/11/06 - 11/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) 17:00, Free PETER HOWSON, PORTRAIT OF A SAINT, Research and images centering around a recent commission, 30/11/06 - 4/3/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free GROUP SHOW, SOJOURNERS, Scottish artists abroad, 11/11/06 - 18/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free

Groundbreaking work by key artists from the early years, 20/1/07 -3/3/07, Tue-Sat, 10:00 - 18:00, Free JENNY MARTIN, TRACES OF LIFE, Works based on trips to Pompeii and India, 20/1/07 -3/3/07, Tue-Sat, 10:00 - 18:00, Free

unusual work in a stimulating environment, TBC - TBC, Mon-Sat, 11:00 - 12:30(sat), late, Free

URED, Paintings and drawings from the City Art Cen-

WILLIAM HIGHET, THE ROYAL MILE REVISITED,

Paintings by William Highet, 11/11/06 - 18/2/07, MonSun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free

GROUP SHOW, LIVING IN THE MODERN WORLD, Considering srchitecture and the built envi-

SHOW, 40 YEARS AT EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS,

EMBASSY GALLERY, V/A, TEXTUAL HEALING, A show of artists/ books and text related art, 17/2/07 - 18/3/07, Thur-Sun, 12:00 - 18:00, Free

FRUITMARKET GALLERY, TRENTO DOYLE

HANCOCK, THE WAYWARD THINKER, First European solo show by the intriguing American, 10/2/07 - 8/4/07, Mon-Sun, 11:00(mon-sat)/12:00(sun) 18:00(mon-sat)17:00(sun), Free

I2, PETER HOWSON, UNDERGROUND, 30

Limited Edition Etchings and Drypoints, 6/1/07 - 12/2/07,11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun) - 18:00(monfri)/16:00(sun), Free

EDINBURGH ARTS THE ARCHES, GROUP SHOW, GRAPHIC

ART COLLECTIVE, Silkscreen, digital and graphic work from Scotland, 18/1/07 - 27/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon-sat)/12:00(Sun)-22:00, Free

THE BURRELL COLLECTION, THE EMPER-

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND,

GROUP SHOW, STUDENT EXHIBITION, The largest GOYA, MONSTERS AND MATADORS, Original Etch- student exhibition in the UK, 10/2/07 - 21/2/07, Mon-Sun,

10:00 - 17:00/19:00(thur), Free ings (see feature this issue), TBC - 25/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00/19:00(thur), Free SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODV/A, THE CUTTING EDGE, The very best of contem- ERN ART, GROUP SHOW, OFF THE WALL, Floorporary Scottish craft, 26/1/07 - 29/4/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 and Ceiling-based Works from the collection, 9/12/06 - 17:00, Free - 28/5/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free

MILLER, SIXES AND SEVENS, Questioning the func-

tionality of objects, 27/1/07 - 15/4/07, Tue-Sun, 10:00 - 17:30, Free JUERGEN TELLER, AWAILABLE, Work by the celebrated German-born photographer, 27/1/07 - 15/4/07, Tue-Sun, 10:00 - 17:30, Free

performance art, 23/2/07 - 25/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00/19:00(thur), Free

Solo show, 20/1/07 - 10/3/07, Tue-Sat, 10:00 - 17:00, Free

PARTS III, A long weekend celebrating the diversity of

GLASGOW GALLERY OF MODERN ART,

EDINBURGH & GLASGOW THEATRE ARCHES THEATRE

PLAYHOUSE

24/2/07, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Fresh from London’s West End, times vary, £40

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2/2/07, 3/2/07, VIVIENNE GROUT’S ADVENTURE IN ANOTHER METROPOLIS, Inspired by Tim Burton’s jetblack poem Voodoo Girl, this adult fairytale sees Vivienne stripped of her beauty and robbed of her happiness. , 19.00, £6/4

SCULLION, ONCE, A unique collaboration between

GALLERY COSSACHOCK, GROUP SHOW, GEORGIA ON MY MIND, Three artists are inspired by Georgia, 28/1/07-28/2/07, TUE-SUN, 12:00(tue-sat)/ 17:00(sun)-late, Free

THE LIGHTHOUSE, V/A, TAIT & STYLE, Taking a look at the commercial and innovative fabrics of the Orkney-based design studio, TBC-11/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/12:00(sun)-17:00, £3(£1.50)

V/A, NORTHERN CITY (BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK), Artists and architects exploring Edinburgh’s

schizophrenic character, nostalgia and modernity, the relationship between the urban centre and the natural edge, 30/11/06, 25/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:30(mon, wedsat)/11:00(tue)/12:00(sun), 17:00, £3(£1.50)

GROUP SHOW, GLASGOW 1999 DESIGN MEDAL 2006, Including jewellery, fashion, graphics, product design and cutting-edge engineering, 10/11/06-18/2/07,

CITIZEN’S THEATRE

6/2/07, 7/2/07, THE CRUCIBLE, College production of Arthur Miller’s classic Salem allegory, 19.30, £8/5 7/2/07, 3/3/07, THE BEVELLERS, Roddy McMillan’s paean to the working man, 19.30, £16/9.50/6/3 8/2/07, 10/2/07, LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES, Christopher Hampton’s staging of Laclos’ classic tale of sexual intrigue in fin-de-siecle France, 19.30, £8/5 KINGS THEATRE TRON THEATRE 13/2/07, 17/2/07, ANTIGONE, College production of So5/2/07, 10/2/07, ON OUR WAY TO LISBON, Play about 1/2/07, 2/2/07, X FACTOR DANCE COMPANY, Alan phocles, 19.30, £10/5 Celtic European cup triumph, 20.00, £17.50 - 12 Greig’s Ragnarok & Phillipe Decoufle’s Morceaux Choisis, 14/2/07, 17/2/07, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, Citz company 20.00, £14/7 20/2/07, 24/2/07, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Pulitzer in an evening of lost ghosts, caustic romance and crimes prize-winning adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic, 19.30, 6/2/07, 10/2/07, BABY BALLOON, Toddler’s show from of passion, 19.30, £12/6/3 £21 - 7 Scottish Youth Theatre and Tron, 10.00, 12.00, 14.30, 20/2/07, 24/2/07, TEECHERS, Comedy performed by stu26/2/07, 3/3/07, THE LETTER, Somerset Maugham’s tale of £10 baby & carer suspense starring Anthony ‘ Sebastian Flyte’ Andrews, 12/2/07, 13/2/07, ABSOLUTELY FABULIST, Children’s pup- dents at Glasgow nautical College drama department, 19.30, £8/5 19.30, £21 - 7 pet show, 11.00, 14.30, £5 8/2/07, 10/2/07, RISK, Street dance theatre from the team 27/2/07, 3/3/07, THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO, ROYAL LYCEUM10/2/07, ALL MY SONS, Arthur Catholic Church and the Italian Communist party lock who created the Club Asylum, 19.30, £10/6 Miller’s classic, 19.45, £17.50 - 10 horns in an adaptation of Guareschi’s comic tales from 23/2/07, 24/2/07, EARFULL, Tim Barlow takes a funny and 16/2/07, 10/2/07, MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION, GBS the Po valley, 19.30, £12/6/3 painful look at his life in this autobiographical performrevival, 19.45, £24 - 10 ance. , 20.00, £9/6 TRAVERSE 28/2/07, 1/3/07, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISTRAMWAY 7/2/07, 8/2/07, SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL, LoSOCIA, Playwright Anthony Neilson bills his unsettling 19/2/07, 3/3/07, NEW TERRITORIES, Festival of dance and cal school kids tackle the bard, 19.00, £7.50/5.50 portrayal of mental illness as Alice in Wonderland with physical theatre, see website for full listings, various, 23/2/07, 17/2/07, STRANGERS, BABIES, New work from sex, 19.30, £10/6 various Scottish playwright Linda McLean , 20.00, £12/7/4.50 1/2/07, 10/2/07, SCROOGE, Michael Barrymore stars, 19.30, £22 - 11.50 18/2/07CHINESE NEW YEAR, Celebrate the Year of the Boar, 14.00, £5 20/2/07, 24/2/07, VAGINA MONOLOGUES, Carol Smilie, 20.00, £19.50 - 10.50

LACOME, THE HOLOCAUST - AND AFTER?, Remem-

ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, V/A, BODY

Glaswegian composer Craig Armstrong and Scottish visual artists Dalziel+Scullion., TBC-25/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon-thur/sat)/11:00(fri, sun)-17:00, Free

JULIE ROBERTS, THE NEW WOMAN ARTIST, Her

SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE, MYER

bering the Holocaust - looking to the future, 20/1/07 - TBC, Mon-Sat, 10:00 - 18:00, Free SONIA BIDWELL, TEXTILES, Multi-layered constructions, hangings and tapestries, 9/1/07 - 3/3/07, Mon-Sat, 10:00 - 18:00, Free

KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY, DALZIEL AND

11:30(sat)-17:30, Free

GROUP SHOW, CUTTING EDGE GEOMETRY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART, From Piet Mondrian to

Scotland’s key role in forming Britain’s famous Comman- Bridget Riley, 24/2/07 - 30/4/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free do forces, TBC - 1/2/08, Mon-Sun, 9:45 - 16:45, Free SEAN SCULLY, SEAN SCULLY, Large-scale abstract OPEN EYE GALLERY, ANNA KING, PEpaintings, 18/11/06 - 4/3/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, RIPHERAL PLACES, Urban landscapes, 27/1/07 Free -14/2/07,11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun) - 18:00(monSCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALfri)/16:00(sun), Free DAVID FORSTER, NEW PAINTINGS, Detailed landLERY, TRACY MACKENNA AND EDWIN JANSSEN, scapes, 27/1/07 - 13/2/07,11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun) SHOTGUN WEDDING: SCOTS AND THE UNION - 18:00(mon-fri)/16:00(sun), Free OF 1707, Six new works reflecting on the Union, 9/2/07 GROUP SHOW, SHOWCASE OF CONTEM- 0605/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free PORARY GLASS, Works are for Sale, 27/1/07 TRICIA MALLEY AND ROSS GILLESPIE, ENTREPRE-14/2/07,11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun) - 18:00(monNEURIAL SCOTLAND, Photos of businessmen and fri)/16:00(sun), Free women, 13/2/07 - 22/4/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00, Free ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, ANDREW

VALENTINE’S EXHIBITION, Themed exhibition, 5/2/07-25/2/07, THU-MON, 13:30(mon, thu, fri, sun)/

OR’S TERRAPIN, THE EMPEROR’S TERRAPIN, One themes include dream, reality, sleep and death. (See feature online), 13/12/06-25/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(monof the largest pieces of jade in existence, 18/1/07 25/3/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon, thur, sat)/11:00(Fri/ thu)/11:00(fri-sun)-17:00(fri-wed)/20:00(thur), Free GROUP SHOW, BODY LANGUAGE, Figurative work Sun)-17:00, Free from the collection (see feature online), 14/10/06-11/3/07, V/A, 17TH CENTURY SAMPLERS, Embroidered samplers from Sir William Burrell’s wonderful collection MON-SUN, 10:00(mon-thu)/11:00(fri-sun)-17:00(friwed)/20:00(thur), Free of British embroideries, TBC, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon, ERIC MENDELSOHN, DYNAMICS AND FUNCthur, sat)/11:00(Fri/Sun)-17:00, Free COLLINS GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, HELLEN TION, Realised visions of a cosmopolitan architect, TBC- 9/2/07, MON-FRI, 10:00-17:00, Free KELLER INTERNATIONAL AWARD, Works takling HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER, V/A, GROUP the issue of deafness, 13/1/07-10/2/07, MON-SAT, SHOW, A new show different each month featuring a 10:00(mon-fri)/12:00(sat)-16:00(sat)/17:00(monfri), Free selection of contemporary Scottish artwork, TBC, WEDSIMON CARROLL, SUGGESTION AND STATEMON, 10:00-Varies, £3.50(£2.50 MENT, Unusual ceramic works, 17/2/07-24/3/07, HUNTERIAN, V/A, ENLIGHTENMENT: COLLECTMON-SAT, 10:00(mon-fri)/12:00(sat)-16:00(sat)/ ING FOR THE FUTURE, Acquisitions from the last six 17:00(mon-fri), Free years, TBC-28/4/07, MON-SAT, 9:30-17:30, Admission GATEHOUSE GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, charge

FESTIVAL THEATRE

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM OF SCOTDOGGERFISHER, GROUP SHOW, FRIEDRICH, LAND, V/A, COMMANDO COUNTRY, Examining Group show, TBC - 3/2/07, Wed-Sat, 11:00(wed-fri)/ 12:00(sat) - 18:00(wed-fri)17:00(sat), Free GROUP SHOW, GROUP SHOW, Curae by Lucy Skaer, 22/2/07 - 28/4/07, Wed-Sat, 11:00(wed-fri)/ 12:00(sat) - 18:00(wed-fri)17:00(sat), Free

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS THEATRE & ARTS

KINGS THEATRE

29/1/07, 3/2/07, VAGINA MONOLOGUES, The celebrity-

TALBOT RICE, JAMIE SHOVLIN, AGGREGATE,

MON-SUN, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/ 12:00(sun)-17:00, £3(£1.50)

DESIGN AND BUILD, FROM THE GROUND UP, Charitable organisation investigates stimulating and sustainableconstruction, 1/2/07-15/3/07, MON-SUN, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/12:00(sun)-17:00, £3(£1.50)

LILLIE ART GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, DRAWN

IN, Taking a look at the gamut of drawn works, TBC7/2/07, TUE-SAT, 10:00-17:00, Free V/A, PAINT AND PRINT II, Art inspired by Dunbartonshire, 6/1/07-7/2/07, TUE-SAT, 10:00-17:00, Free GROUP SHOW, BEARSDEN ART CLUB, Work by local artists, 17/2/07-7/2/07, TUE-SAT, 10:00-17:00, Free MODERN INSTITUTE, SIMON PERITON, SOLO SHOW, See review online, 13/1/07-24/2/07, MON-SAT, 10:00(mon-fri)/12:00(sat)-17;00, Free

PROJECT ABILITY, GROUP SHOW, WORK ON PAPER, Five artists, 12/1/07-16/3/07, MON-FRI, 10:0017:00, Free

SORCHA DALLAS, CHARLIE HAMMOND, SOLO SHOW, Playful, paradoxical and lots of fun, 3/2/07-3/3/07, TUE-SAT, 11:00-17:00, Free

studded show comes to Glasgow, various, £20 - 10.50 5/2/07, 7/2/07, SWAN LAKE, Russian State Ballet of Siberia, 19.30, £26 - 11 8/2/07, 10/2/07, NUTCRACKER, Russian State Ballet of Siberia, 19.30, £26 - 11 2/2/07, 17/2/07, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Stephen Mallatrat’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel, 19.30, £21 - 8 18/2/07, , CIRCUS OF HORRORS, Gothic circus presents new show Evilution, 19.30, £23 - 10 19/2/07, 24/2/07, HIGH SOCIETY, Wayne Sleep in Cole Porter’s classic musical, 19.30, £23.50 - 8.50 25/2/07, , SING A LONGA ABBA, What it says on the tin, 19.30, £17/10 26/2/07, 3/3/07, BOOGIE NIGHTS, 70s musical, 19.30, £22.50 - 11

THEATRE ROYAL

29/1/07, 3/2/07, THE RAT PACK - LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, Musical about Sinatra and sidekicks, 20.00, £25.50 - 9.50 6/2/07, 10/2/07, OLIVER, More gruel?, 19.30, £17 - 14 12/2/07, 17/2/07, CHARLEY’S AUNT, Stephen Tompkinson stars in comedy classic, 19.30, £22.50 - 10 20/2/07, 24/2/07, WHISKY GALORE, Stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s classic tale, 19.30, £22.50 - 10 27/2/07, 28/2/07, ENCORE, George Piper Dances perform new work, 19.30, £19 - 9

LISTINGS

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LGBT

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI 1. Something about struggles throughout LGBT history as backdrop for Pride. 2. Flowchart detailing failure to write editorial. 3. Badly Photoshopped illustration of same. 4. Selected low points of LGBT history (criminalisation of sex between consenting adults; Janice Raymond) as springboard for hijacking own editorial to rant about Prostitution Bill. 5. Off-topic catalogue of signs of the apocalypse (inflatable sheep vending machines, fucking Big Brother). 6. Horribly preachy and condescending article along lines of “look at LGBT struggles of the past, kids don’t know when they’ve got it good.” 7. This. Sorry. Normal service will resume in March. /Nine

History unspoken WHAT IS LGBT HISTORY MONTH AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? The Department of Education in England and Wales decided to cut funding for LGBT History Month in 2007, a move announced in December last year. This raised the questions ‘why does LGBT History Month matter?’, and, ‘why should it be supported by the Education department of the Scottish Executive?’

FEB 10, 39 COMMERCIAL ST, LEITH

Launch night of Edinburgh’s new club for gay men and their lesbian friends £6/5/4 BEFORE 10:30PM

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE @ SALA FEB 14, BROUGHTON ST, EDINBURGH

Special Valentine’s Day screening in conjunction with the Equality Network for LGBT History Month FREE, 8PM

RIO CARNIVAL BALL @ ASSEMBLY ROOMS FEB 17, GEORGE ST, EDINBURGH

Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard’s fundraiser is sure to be a big event £16.50/£13.50

THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS @ CCA FEB 22, SAUCHIEHALL ST, GLASGOW

See preview, opposite page – we have high hopes for this film! £6/5, 6:30PM

PATRICK WOLF @ ORAN MOR FEB 23, BYRES RD, GLASGOW

Don’t miss his emotional, experimental electronic folk £10 + BOOKING FEE

ZINE REVIEW SHADOWS AND PREMONITIONS #1 Scottish zines are thin on the ground. Let alone personal ones. Let alone personal queer ones. This debut is compact: while its A6 format may be slightly smudgy in a couple of places, it’s not enough to obscure either the typed or the handwritten content. Our narrator shows us the USA as experienced by an outsider – complete with the bonding potential of coed fraternities. She then takes us back to Edinburgh, where she navigates a history of break-ups as well as an undefined, insomniac and alcohol-fuelled relationship with a (queer) boy. Descriptions of her home city and the feelings it invokes are engaging and poetic, but she concludes that it will shortly be time to leave. Hopefully she’ll take this project with her, because I’m looking forward to reading more of her adventures. [Trevor Mawhinney] £1 BY PAYPAL TO CATENORTH@GMAIL.COM, OR E-MAIL THE SAME ADDRESS TO ARRANGE ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT.

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will do what the parents want. Then there is the prejudice that believes children simply should not know about LGBT people, conflating innocence with ignorance. There is also the belief, settled and deep, that says it doesn’t matter if schoolch i ld ren a ren’t taught LGBT history in school, because it’s not i mpor ta nt. Why does it matter if a boy who wasn’t born when Ian Dunn died doesn’t know who he was? (Ian Dunn was a founder member of the organisation that became Outright Scotla nd, a nd a mot ivated a nd successful lobbyist.) Why would it matter if a girl, who was still in nursery school when Brian Souter was promoting homophobia, didn’t know what Section 28 said? Why does it matter if schools teach history as if everyone in it is heterosexual unless absolutely proved otherwise, and sometimes not even then?

THE DELIBERATE AND CAREFUL OMISSION OF LGBT HISTORY FROM THE CURRICULUM TEACHES STUDENTS A LESSON IN INVISIBILITY AND INFERIORITY

For the past three years, S c ot t i s h f u nd i n g fo r L G BT H i s t or y Mont h h a s b e e n f o r e ve nt s targeted at the ‘LGBT C om mu n it y’: a pa r t y in Edinburgh Castle to which high-profile LGBT p eople a re i nv it e d ; a community worker in LGBT Youth Scotland. In England and Wales, for a couple of years, the DoE actually funded resources for schools. No parallel funding took place in Scotland.

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI The overlooking of LGBT history in schools has a TOP long history. LGBT EVENTS ZEUS @ MARINERS

Ever Falling

by Maris Cather

Four years ago, the City of Edinburgh Council produced a workbook for schools to commemorate It’s important, simply, because in every class of World Holocaust Day. The focus for that year 20 students, there will be at least one student was forgotten victims. Numerous victims were who is not heterosexual, and more students marginalised again, mentioned either brief ly within lists, or not at all: gypsies, disabled people, gay men, lesbians, feminists and sex workers. Homophobia was not discussed anywhere in the workbook, although other examples of prejudice were, such as those based on race or religion. The omission was protested, but too late to change the workbook. The thousand or so Edinburgh schoolchildren who attended the World Holocaust Day memorial event at the Usher Hall that year didn’t learn that among the forgotten victims of the Nazi Holocaust were 60,000 or so gay men and lesbians. Not mentioning that the Nazis hated homosexuals and murdered them in concentration camps is an educational tradition of long standing.

t catches everything from the skewed sounds of a running motor bike to the brittle steps of an ant strutting around inside an aluminium container. It’s a no brainer: Amon Tobin’s latest studio endeavour, Foley Room, is a record that simply had to be made.

whose parents, friends, brothers and sisters, future offspring, and workmates will not be heterosexual. The deliberate and careful omission of LGBT history from the curriculum is a means of teaching these students a lesson in invisibility and inferiority: a lesson further supported by the fact that most LGBT teachers do not dare come out at work, neither to the children they teach nor to their colleagues. This should be no more supportable than if a Muslim teacher, to get a job, had to pretend to be Christian, and had to continue the pretence in order to hope for promotion.

AS THE TITLE WOULD SUGGEST, FOLEY ROOM SEEMS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE CAPTURE OF FIELD SAMPLES AND, AS SUCH, HAS SOMETHING OF A FORENSIC APPROACH TO IT. WHAT SIGNIFICANCE DOES THE CONCEPT BEHIND A FOLEY ROOM HOLD FOR YOU? “I suppose I look at all recorded sound as source material. How it works in music is really down to how you then manipulate it. If this record has any conceptual value at all it’s making the point that all the technology we use and all the source material available to us is secondary to the creative process.”

There is no current or planned support for LGBT teachers who don’t want to have to teach from the closet. Support for LGBT students is confined to anti-bullying measures, which is a band-aid, not a cure.

by Dave Kerr

ON THE EVE OF THE RELEASE OF HIS GROUNDBREAKING NEW LP FOLEY ROOM BRAZILIAN DJ AND MUSICIAN AMON TOBIN SPARES THE SKINNY SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THE MANY METHODS TO HIS GENRE BENDING CYPHER

IN THIS PARTICULAR CREATIVE PROCESS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST UNLIKELY SOURCE YOU’VE USED TO CAPTURE THAT ELUSIVE SOUND TO ADD TO YOUR PALETTE? “I recorded a gazelle complaining, that was pretty weird. Some robots and hydraulics moving, that kind of thing.”

L G BT H i st or y Mont h shou ld b e a mea n s for schools to celebrate an often-ignored part of history. That it is in fact ignored by schools shines a bright light on how the educational establishment treats LGBT students and teachers. Let this month act as a catalyst for change.

WHAT SORT OF RECORDING TECHNIQUES DID YOU USE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THEM AT THEIR MOST UNADULTERATED? “I recorded everything with some quite special mics on to tape. The mics were really surgical in the way they captured sound with great detail but without adding any artefacts/colouration. Having everything on tape meant that I could apply extreme pitching, slow down and speed up the recordings, without the limitations you have with digital recordings. Most of the recordings were made in a ‘dead’ space with no acoustic character. This let me apply whatever character I wanted afterwards when I came to making the tracks using convolution algorithms. Convolution algorithms are calculated by taking an impulse response signal from an acoustic space. You can then put your sound in that space and it will react accordingly. There are lots of spaces people have now recorded ‘IR’s’ for. Everywhere from the inside of a hoover to the Taj Mahal.”

VISIT THE WEBSITE TO FIND OUT ABOUT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. WWW.LGBTHISTORY.ORG.UK

HAVING PRODUCED RECORDS THAT EXPERIMENTED MORE IN JAZZ, DRUM N’ BASS AND SAMBA IN THE PAST, FOLEY ROOM APPEARS MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CLASSICAL FORM AND THE ABSTRACT. DO YOU FEEL THAT THESE QUALITIES ARE NATURALLY REACTIONARY, HAVING RECENTLY SCORED SPLINTER CELL 3 AND (HUNGARIAN ARTHOUSE FLICK) TAXIDERMIA? “Well I’ve been making music for quite a while now so I suppose it’s natural to try different things over time. During the early nineties I was very interested in how jazz and Brazilian rhythms could work in new forms of music like d’n’b. I went into that as deep as I could and then started to look elsewhere for inspiration. For sure I got a lot of experience from working on those soundtracks though and hopefully I’m applying it well on stuff I’ve done since.”

The recent Rainbow City exhibition ( W W W. REMEMBERWHEN.ORG.UK) and the ongoing OurStory project ( WWW.OURSTORYSCOTL AND.ORG.UK ) have recorded the history of the LGBT communities in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland, at least within living memory. But the Rainbow City exhibition in the City Art Centre was put on during the summer holidays: even if local schools had wanted their students to learn about the LGBT history of Edinburgh, it wouldn’t have been possible. (Editor’s note: the exhibition will appear in Leith Library this month.) No school has asked for material from either project for LGBT History Month, and the Scottish Executive has provided no direct funding for educational material aimed at schoolchildren.

Illustration: Russell Higgs, www.flickr.com/photos/russell-higgs/sets/1189398

Ideas for February editorial:

It’s not as though teaching about minorities is banned altogether, though. It’s more a question of balance. Teaching children about Christianity is the only subject required by the 1948 Education Act, but schools don’t therefore pretend that Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus don’t exist. And there is not one reason why schools don’t teach their pupils about LGBT history. There is a complex knot of reasons, none more pleasant than the others. For instance, there is the fear that parents will claim that their child wouldn’t have become LGB or T if only their child had been shielded from all knowledge about LGBT people. These are the parents who really do believe that if only they can keep their children ignorant, their children

LGBT

WHAT ARE YOU AIMING TO APPLY IT TO NEXT? “I’m working on a project called Two Fingers right now with a producer who goes under the name of ‘doubleclick’. It’s pretty much the extreme opposite of Foley Room in terms of style and nothing to do with my albums on Ninjatune. Kind of Sci-Hop or something. Anyway, it’ll be a full length album probably for late this year or early next year, depending on how long it takes to finish and which label we sign with.” HAVING PARTICIPATED ON DON’T EVEN TRIP ON THE PEEPING TOM LP, WHAT WAS IT LIKE CLANGING HEADS WITH A CREATIVE MIND LIKE MIKE PATTON? DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO RECONVENE FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE PROJECT? “Mike’s one of the coolest people I’ve worked with. We have lots of ideas for future collaborations; it’s more an issue of being in the same place at roughly the same time so we’ll see.” DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO CHARM YOUR SCOTTISH AUDIENCE WITH A FEW LIVE DATES? ARE THERE ANY RICH VISUALS TO ACCOMPANY THE SONICS? “Some shows in Scotland would be wicked although I can’t promise visuals. To be honest I can’t afford visuals, that shit’s expensive!” WHAT IS IT THAT HAS KEPT YOU SO MOTIVATED AS AN ARTIST? “Curiosity mainly. And there’s this girl...” FOLEY ROOM IS RELEASED THROUGH NINJA TUNE ON 5 MARCH. WWW.AMONTOBIN.COM WWW.NINJATUNE.NET

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LP REVIEWS

JD PYZ

FEATURED ALBUM

LGBT FILMS AT THE GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL

IF YOU’RE AN EDINBURGH CLUBBER, CHANCES ARE THE MIGHTY PYZ HAS SLAUGHTERED A DANCEFLOOR THAT YOU’VE BEEN ON. PROMOTER AND RESIDENT AT ACCESS, THE CITY’S PREMIER NIGHT FOR EUROPEAN ELECTRO AND TECHNO, HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE BRAINS BEHIND WILDLY SUCCESSFUL MIDWEEK FREEFEST SPLIT.

V/A

1. DEPECHE MODE - EVERYTHING COUNTS (HUNTEMANN & BODZIN DUB)(MUTE)

‘BREAKIN’ BREAD DIRTYBREAKINFUNK&HIPHOP’ (BREAKIN’ BREAD)

Dark, gothic disco! Big drops and synonymous synth lines. Long live the D Mode.

2. I ROBOTS – FRAU (BOYS NOISE REMIX)(BNB) (DEFECTED)

Released in 2005 on limited edition, it immediately received support from Tiga, Ivan Smagghe and 2 Many DJs to name but a few. What a record.

3. GOSSIP - STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL (SOULWAX NITE VERSION) (KITSUNE) This is a track and a half! Fat punkfunk. Check it soon before publicity breaks it! TV sucks. Skeg, Rob Life & DJ IQ of BB After nine years of running their club night Breakin’ Bread and its’ subsequent offshoot record label, Skeg and Rob Life have a lot to celebrate. BB is arguably the finest jazz / hip-hop label in the UK, proving what success can still be achieved with this classic fusion of genres. From the start, focusing on homegrown MCs as well as producers set the label apart from contemporaries like the now-defunct Grand Central, and arguably this is one of the many reasons for the label’s flourishing longevity. Perhaps too, its lack so far of a crossover act, such as Aim. This compilation showcases the highlights of their roster. DJ IQ, whose scratches have appeared on many BB releases, provides an intro. Nostalgia 77 and Natural Self deliver ‘Heavy Heavy’ under the pseudonym Keno 1 & The Hermit, a driving funk loop with Shadow-esque drum patterns. Rising star Ghost’s ‘Flip It’ is Gang

FEDDE LE GRAND SESSIONS 11

(MINISTRY OF SOUND)

The latest ‘Sessions’ release comes from the fingers of Fedde le Grand. The Dutch producer is well-known for being behind Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, the anthemic jack-house ode to the birthplace of techno (originally by get info). Fedde is also down for remixing Robbie Williams’ next single from Rudebox for the clubs – it can only be an improvement. He opens with some shimmy-friendly deep house, featuring a vocal to fall in love with straight away, shaking away any doubts his pop success might have given you about his competence as a track selector. His experience as resident at Sneakerz comes through in his tune choice. The beats are all solid and often freaked and sexy, and Fedde seems comfortable in the mix, knowing when to lift us, when to drop us. It makes you wonder why his current tour only includes three British dates. Maybe to tease us, all the better to please us? [Dalai Dahmer] OUT NOW.

FREEMASONS SHAKEDOWN (LOADED)

James Wiltshire and Russell Small have been in increasing demand over the last 18 months since their single debut Love on my Mind became a classic, but this album highlights their true potential. Their ability to mutate a song that most people would hate in its original form into a toe-tapping,

bum-wiggling remix holds a definite charm. The mixing is flawless and keeps you in its grasp with artists such as Beyonce, Dirty Old Ann and even Luther Vandross getting the Freemasons touch. Apart from a couple of tunes that don’t quite hit the perfect mix, the majority are interesting reinventions of delight in. Instrumental influences help towards a more soulful album with a splash of sci-fi beats to keep the heart pounding. One to watch for: Trick vs Freemasons’ Zap me Lovely. [Lara Moloney]

Starr territory, while Tufkut resurrects Beats In Progress with Kashmere and DPF for the loping, Slick-Rick sampling ‘Trouble.’ Edinburgh’s own The Abdominal Showmen feature on the trippy, lo-fi funk-hop of ‘Organic.’ These highlights indicate the excellent level of quality throughout, with Latin and afrobeat-leaning breaks rubbing shoulders comfortably with jazzheavy bangers from Cappo & Sero Theory, and more from both Ghost and Natural Self. Seriously, you’d have to hate the funk to not like this record. And everybody loves the funk. DIG IT. [Bram Gieben]

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direction for Mr Shawn Carter. The Just Blaze, Dre and Kanye tracks are ho-hum Blueprint lite; the Neptunes’ ‘Anything’ shows none of the glint from their recent work with Clipse; and, well, the Chris Martin-produced ‘Beach Chair’ might just be the best track on the album (!). Maybe Jay-Z could retire and come back again next year. [Sean Michaels] OUT NOW. HTTP://WWW.ROCAFELLA.COM/

JOHN LEGEND ONCE AGAIN

LO OK O U T F O R H OT C H I P AN D

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MINISTRY OF SOUND.

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Nobody expects hip-hop stars to actually retire. They’ll say they’re d o n e – s u r e. W hy n ot ? B u t everyone knows they’ll be back in a year or two, shrugging, saying as Jay-Z does here, “Whatchoo want me to do? I’m sorry!” The most you can hope for is that their return is justified, that Jay-Z – who retired on the back of 2003’s The Black Album, among the strongest records of his career – doesn’t make us wish he had stayed gone. And he doesn’t. Kingdom Come is a better record than many have suggested; Hov’s still the best rapper alive, effortless in boasts and rhymes, Prince Charming in a Yankees cap. The trouble is that nothing here improves on what’s come before nor shows a new

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4. JOHN DAHLBACK – IF YOU GIVE ME (PICKADOLL) This record has frozen funk like no other!

5. MR. CISCO – MIXAGE (KLAKSON) Techno, Italo-disco and euro pop - what a mix! Techy beats, Italo rhythms and Euro synths.

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6. TIGA – MOVE MY BODY (BOYS NOISE REMIX) (DIFFERENT / PIAS) Dancefloor killer! Big dirty synth ripping at your head, the louder the better with this record.

7. SISKID FEAT. LOU – SKIN FLAVOUR (INITIAL CUTS) Twisted vocals with acid-influenced e l e c tro: w i th mo re bu ild th a n Barratts Homes!

8. KIKO – M25 (NOTORIOUS ELEKTRO) This track is prime time material. Typical electro rhythms and strong rave-led synth. Still my number one producer.

9. JONATHANN CAST – HUMAN SYNTHESIZER EP

Glasgow Film Festival, showing 90 films over 11 days, running from 15 to 25 Feb, promises a massive range of films spanning genres and continents. Here are five LGBT films worth catching.

musical numbers set during a drought in Taipei.

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Young Maxi (Nathan Lopez) is growing up gay in the slums of Manilla, hopelessly devoted to his protective family of small-time criminals until he meets new police recruit Victor Perez (JR Valentin) who inspires him to lead a better life.

Craig Lucas’ directorial debut sees Robert (Peter Sarsgaard), a struggling screenwriter, meeting with studio exec Jeffrey (Campbell Scott), who offers Robert a million bucks for his screenplay about his AIDS-stricken lover. But there’s a catch: Robert must change the pair from gay to straight. SUNDAY 18 FEBRUARY 8.45PM AND MONDAY 19 AT 1.30PM

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A Danish film by Pernille Fischer Christensen. 32-year-old Charlotte (Trine Dryholm) moves away from her boyfriend and into the flat above the transsexual Veronica (David Dencik). Veronica prefers to keep to herself with her little dog and a romantic soap show on TV, while Charlotte gets through the nights with one-night stands.

Friends Nike (Inka Friedrich) and Katrin (Nadja Uhl) have their stable, if dysfunctional, lives radically altered with the arrival of Ronald the trucker (Andreas Schmidt).

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OK so the year has just changed, but you know the soundtrack: Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Nuns On The Run.

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Although this movement without a name – the drive to reclaim, champion and accept fat bodies – is a modern phenomenon, tied closely to the problematic contemporary obsession of body policing and control, it’s also a lot older than you think. Indeed NAAFA, the most august fat activist organisation in the USA, was founded nearly forty years ago and is still going strong today.

influenced successive generations of activists. One of their most inspiring actions occurred on 25 August 1974, at an event commemorating singer Mama Cass Elliott, who had d ied sudden ly of a heart attack thought t o h ave b e e n b r o u g h t on by crash dieting. Fat Underg rou nd member Lynn Mabel-Lois took to the stage, eulogised Cass, and accused the medical profession of her murder. M a b e l - L o i s w a s j o i ne d onstage by other fat women who raised clenched fists, some having joined the group on the spot.

THE FAT UNDERGROUND TALKED, SANG, RANTED AND DISCUSSED IDEAS THAT ARE STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY AS THEY EVER WERE

But there’s another strand of fat activism which grew out of the late 1960s, one that was more closely allied to a model that was similar to, and informed by, the Gay Liberation Front and second wave feminism. We’re talking about The Fat Underground.

The Fat Underground was a bunch of angry, talented, funny, vocal women, many of them lesbians, living in Los Angeles. They had ties to the radical therapy movement and to radical feminism; they were the first to bring a grassroots sensibility to fat activism; and, frankly, they were visionaries. Their Fat Liberation Manifesto, for example, drew links between various forms of oppression and was demanding rather than placatory. It laid out policies on dieting and health that have greatly

Over the years The Fat Underground morphed into other groups and eventually disappeared, but they’re not forgotten. Largesse.net hosts a fabulous online archive of fat rights history materials, and has just released a bunch of podcasts in which members of The Fat Underground talk, sing, rant and discuss ideas that are still as relevant today as they ever were. It’s LGBT History Month, so why not treat yourselves to a listen? WWW.LARGESSE.NET CHARLOTTE COOPER IS A WRITER AND FAT ACTIVIST. FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.CHARLOTTECOOPER.NET

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1976 that leans towards the past without sounding too retro. Mostly varying within loose bounds of midpaced balladry, from ‘Show Me’s gorgeous plea for heavenly help, to the groovier, sample-backed ‘Slow Dance’, Once Again follows simple formulas and reaches consistently impressive conclusions. Inevitably HMV will stock this under ‘urban’, but that would be misleading – this is not gritty, or streetwise, or hardedged; it’s refined and romantic, charmingly naïve, and spiritually warm: Once Again is a bag of golden-wrapped nostalgic delights. [Ally Brown] OUT NOW.

John Legend’s first major cameo was playing piano on Lauryn Hill’s massive hit ‘Everything Is Everything’ way back in 1998, but he’s no longer a mere session player. In 2004 he sold three million copies of debut album Get Lifted and collected three Grammys from eight nominations, establishing himself as the preeminent new artist in neo-soul. This is what he does: taking obscure 60s soul cuts, Legend plays along on his ivory keys, and fashions new songs from the improv. Co-producer Kanye West plays him old samples and drum-beats and Legend writes around them. It’s neither sampling or covering exactly, but it is acknowledging direct influences and taking them in new directions. So whilst he seems to be a classic songwriter in the soulful traditions of Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers and Lionel Ritchie, with Kanye’s modern sheen, and occasional hip-hop beats or crackling samplework, he creates a balance between 2006 and

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CD 2 takes it to industrial, euphoric, Balearic and destructive territory starting with tech house and with plenty of vocals thrown in. Stronger electro shines through on the DJ Delicious Mix of Marc Romboy vs Tommie Sunshine’s Body Jack, bending into the high pitches of Ben Klock’s Earthquake and the dirtier Nitzer Ebb’s Control, I’m Here (Superchumbo Mix). The Germanic tinge is continued with Hell and Anthony Rother’s German Bodymachine. Fewer vocalizations, solid rumbling percussion, and subtle digital bulges run like fine blue veins through the mix. This is ear pleasure on two discs. [Alex Burden] OUT NOW.

TOM STEPHAN LET’S GO CHUMBO (SUPERCHUMBO)

This two disc mix from Superchumbo’s Tom Stephan ties together its themes well. CD 1 begins with Deep Mountain Group’s Lose Control, with steady wood chucks pushed to the sides by the make-way-for-me squelch of bass and sultry “yeah”s. West London Deep feat. Aidita direct it into electro-house and the latin-tech of Frank Garcia’s Into The Drum, with DJ Pierre’s My Club dropped in for some bolshy attitude and fever building. Then the heat turns into a Frenzy (J5 Eaters) of underwater whips and submarine blips raising the temperature for Anton Fielding and Tiny Stix’s Fever’s Coming. Play it and just see whether you can resist bustin’ out the moves.

IF YOU DIG THIS, TRY DJ HELL’S MISCH MASCH MIX.

MISTY ROSES MONSTER ZERO (FROG MAN JAKE)

There’s an old dictum that says, “The longer the note, the more dread.” Trans-Atlantic duo, Misty Roses, it would seem, stick almost religiously by this axiom on latest release, Monster Zero. Infecting menace into the dense electro of the title track and even into the dub-infused drum ‘n’ bass of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ambiance of ‘Innsmouth Jewelry’, Monster Zero is, otherwise, a gonzo contraption of separate moments and sounds. Held together only by this threat, admixed into much more calm surroundings, this is a solid mix of dark, digital soundscapes, but with

a mislaid focus that dwells more on creating alarm and fear than forming a coherent collection of songs. [Neil Ferguson] OUT NOW.

BAR REVIEWS DESTINATION

MODA

THIS IS A STYLE-FREE ZONE AND LONG MAY IT REMAIN THAT WAY

A COSY BUT FUN ATMOSPHERE

Club and pub owners have tried, but none seem to hit the mark: Destination is one of the most unpretentious spaces you could go to. Walking in is like stepping back into the eighties, the main difference being that the drinkers are going out to light up. It’s a welcome breath of fresh air in the context of a scene that seems to be the same in every city, everywhere. The drag acts, Sheri Trieffel and Celia Fate, retain a sense of history with a nod to the Divine David. The décor is frankly unimportant - what matters here is the atmosphere, the reception you receive, the distinct lack of poseurs, the friendly and efficient bar staff and the punters. This is a style-free zone and long may it remain that way. Destination is a fresh venue oozing with promise. The dance floors await ... [Nosh]

Moda is a popular pre-club destination for many queens before a night on the tiles. With a vaguely Scandinavian feel to the décor, and serving all manner of chi-chi cocktails, it’s certainly not the worst choice you could make on a big night out. With a roaring fire and minimalist furniture, and a soundtrack of pop and r’n’b, Moda has a cosy but fun atmosphere. In terms of style bars though, there’s not all that much in the way of distinctive style to set it apart, aside from being the only one to cater specifically to the LGBT market. The midweek prices are generous, but all in all the place is just far too generic to truly distinguish it from the competition. Had it not been adjoining the Polo Lounge for a decade, it’s doubtful that it would have lasted too long on its own. Moda is not a bad option for a night out - but there weren’t all that many options in the first place. [DB Matthews]

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TTC’s return to the French hiphop fray gets a welcome release on Big Dada, and has certainly seen its share of good press. Undeniably, the production is superb. Forward-looking cut-andpaste electro, with a rock-solid old school grounding, opener ‘Quand Le Clacque des Doigts’ is fantastic - a booty-shaking slow skank that oozes sex. Friend and collaborator Modeselektor’s offering ‘Une Bande de Mec Sympa’ is also great, a Spank Rock-style slice of digital 44. Unfortunately the middle section of the album limps where it should swagger – ideas are repeated, and the nasal screams employed on ‘Paris Paris’ grate unsatisfactorily. Para One’s production is superb throughout, but the main criticism ste ms f rom the r hy me s. T TC simply seem slow compared to other rappers currently ploughing the electro furrow, and at times they sound less like accomplished electro-boot y MCs, and more like the Baha Men. That said, the highlights of 3615 are tremendous. [Bram Gieben] RELEASE DATE: FEB 6 WWW.BIGDADA.COM

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI It’s a tale of two cities in the film world this month. Over in Los Angeles they’re getting r e ady fo r t he 79th Academy Aw a r d s a n d Martin Scorsese is gearing up to f inally get his turn at the podium. Nothing on earth can stop Helen Mirren picking up Best Actress, and if Forest Whitaker doesn’t join her as Best Actor, I’ll want to know why. But putting all that firmly in the shade is the 3rd Glasgow Film Festival. Kicking off on the 15th, it promises a feast of cinema from Scotland and across the world. Highlights include Woody Allen’s latest, Scoop, the UK premieres of The Good Shepherd and The Curse of the Golden Flower and, best of all, a John Wayne season featuring ten of his greatest ever westerns. We’re also really looking forward to Hot Fuzz, the new action comedy from the Shaun of the Dead team. If you can be bothered moving your eyes two inches to the right, you can take a look at our exclusive interview and preview. Oscars, shmoscars quite frankly. /Paul

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9 FEB Back In Business (PG) Blood And Chocolate (tbc) Charlotte’s Web (U) Dirty Dancing (12A) Epic Movie (12A) For Your Consideration (12A) Goal II: Living The Dream (12A) Hannibal Rising (tbc) Music And Lyrics (tbc)

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23 FEB Bamako (PG) The Good Shepherd (15) Letters from Iwo Jima (15) The Number 23 (tbc) School For Scoundrels (12A)

For two guys at the top of their game, comedy actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are refreshingly normal. Despite hob-knobbing with actors like Tom Cruise and Lawrence Fishburne they still have a genuine sense of reality to them. “It never gets un-amazing - if I can be ineloquent for a second”, says Pegg just like you would expect the ‘ordinary bloke who has made it big’ to say. “It doesn’t stop being surprising. You don’t suddenly adapt and take it in your stride. I was fizzing as much as anybody would be in that situation as I’m just an ordinary person. Acting alongside actors that I’ve seen in countless films.” His co-star and best friend of 15 years, Nick Frost, agrees as he muses about the joys of working alongside actors of such ilk as Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and Timothy Dalton. “It’s James flipping Bond! It’s Prince Barron (from Flash Gordon). Guys you watch, you grow up with these people. I mean Jim Broadbent - he’s won an Oscar!” Regardless of all this, the pair are just chuffed to be working together again with former Spaced (the show that launched them) and Shawn of the Dead director, Edgar Wright, on new movie, Hot Fuzz. “It’s always a pleasure to turn up and work with Simon and Edgar. It’s a lovely way to make a living.” explains Frost with touching warmth as he discusses their friendship. “If you are best mates for 15 years there are obviously going to be times when you have a little argument or disagreement. Like any good marriage, it doesn’t mean you don’t love each other. It’s just a tiny little blip.” Best chum Pegg also believes that working with your nearest and dearest produces the best results. “I think, not only is it pleasurable, but you have a shorthand and a quick way of working. This means not too much explaining or mollycoddling to do. Edgar works fast and very intensively as a director. It’s not like we have to be constantly reassured by him. If he moves on to the next shot, we know we’ve done a good job and we get on with it.” This formula has certainly worked for them so far. In their latest big screen venture, Pegg plays ace-cop Sergeant Nicholas Angel who is so good at his job that he is packed of to a sleepy rural town and paired up with “loveable oaf” PC Danny Butterworth who is played by– yep you guessed it – partner in crime (or should that be partner in crime enforcement?) Frost. Excitement factors are increased by the inclusion of former cohorts Nighy, Bill Bailey and Martin Freeman but make no mistake; this is not a complete re-run of Shawn as Frost laughs. “In as much as it’s me, Edgar and Simon again, it is very similar in tone, but the subject matter is really different. There is not a zombie in sight.” What it does boast though is coppers galore, so Pegg insisted that their research would be more than a few hours watching Don Johnson sleeverolling in Miami Vice. “We watched as many cop films as we could. We also went out on the beat with the Metropolitan Police.” In addition, Pegg explains that they also went out with police teams in Somerset, Wilshire and Gloucester to get a handle on “procedural correctness”. “We wanted Angel to be an absolute stickler for doing things the right way. He’s not like Harry Callahan, he’s not a bad-ass, justice by any means type. We wanted his genesis to be based in reality so we did a hell of a lot of research with the police.”

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Small ‘c’, full stop at the end. The name is unassuming in the lower case, and the full stop abbreviates it, but listening to the churchlike, spiralling synth and organ lines of his most recent LP, Blue Shift Emissions, you could be forgiven for thinking that christ. was motivated by some form of bliss or transcendence. Melancholic but upliting, imbued with delicate grace, the tracks on Blue Shift... evoke awe as well as calm. christ. is keen to dispel unwanted associations of his name early on: “There’s no religious meaning in the use of the name christ. at all, hence the use of a lower case ‘c’ at the start, and full stop at the end to denote that it’s an abbreviation of Christopher. Basically, a bunch of my mates in my teens and twenties used to call me christ, and it stuck. I don’t really listen to much religious music.”

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As much hard work as this all sounds, former comedian Pegg believes it was all worth it. “I a m so happy with this film. I t ’s t h e m o s t challenging job I’ve ever done. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I’m looking forward to other people seeing it.” Any possible success the movie reaps is the result of keeping it simple according to funny-man Frost. “I think you still need to keep that core of just trying to make your mates laugh. If you try and make something that is going to make everyone laugh, you are hardly ever going to get that. But if you keep making things that will make even your mates laugh then somewhere there will be other people like you and your mates who will get it.”

When I ask if he sees his music as being for the brain rather than the feet, christ. gives an answer that defines his approach to music: “I think it’s dangerously elitist to start talking about ‘music for the brain’, as you put it. It’s like the term ‘IDM’, which I hate because it seems to be trying to set itself apart from other forms of electronic and dance music on the basis that it’s intelligent, and other stuff isn’t. I used to DJ at parties and clubs around edinburgh, and own a bunch of amazing detroit techno by the likes of Rob Hood and Dan Bell. Tracks that sometimes consist of a 909 kick and hat, and maybe two bleeps a bar, which is as intelligently constructed as any of the convoluted beat trickery that, say, Autechre come up with. Sometimes less is more in my opinion.” christ. contemplates creation

“THE BLUE SHIFT AS A FEATURE OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT REFERS TO A MASS OF EXCITED ATOMIC PARTICLES.” - CHRIST.

I ask about the album title, which refers to a scientific theory called the Doppler

Effect: “The blue shift as a feature of the Doppler Effect refers to a mass of excited atomic particles moving towards us, and their wavelengths shortening into the bluer end of the spectrum. The original context it came to me in was that of the universe contracting rather than expanding, in a time approaching the end of the life of the universe, which I found interesting. I also like the idea of the ‘blue shift’ referring to the late shift, or back shift. The twilight hours of the day, which is when I’m most productive in the studio. It’s a quiet time. If you think about it like that, then this album is literally my ‘blue shift emissions’”. As for 2007, it seems like christ. has a busy year ahead: “I’m currently working on an EP for Minerals, which is close to completion, and it’s a bit different to other christ. stuff. Maybe that will come out in the wake of the album. We’re currently making inroads into a short tour in March, starting with a launch event for the album in Glasgow. I’m playing in Barcelona at the Apolo Theatre, which is an awesome little venue, in either April or May. For the tour I’ll be bringing David McGeorge along to drum for me, and a whole new video backdrop which has been put together by Matt Brown and Blimey productions. Details are pretty sketchy as regards actual dates and venues, but you’ll be able to track that info as and when we have it on the Benbecula website.” A true maverick, christ. stands head and shoulders above most so-called ‘chill-out’ artists. Unafraid to simply construct beautiful soundscapes, he follows moods and feelings through his work, chasing down the emotion within his own compositions. Categorise it how you will: Blue Shift Emissions is quite simply a beautiful and moving suite, his best since the magnificent Pylonesque. Play it in the twilight hours, and be transported. BLUE SHIFT EMISSIONS IS OUT NOW. FOR FULL DETAILS OF CHRIST. TOUR DATES, CHECK THE BENBECULA RECORDS WEBSITE, WWW.BENBECULA.COM

Without even pausing to think, Pegg launches into agreement. “In Spaced it was all about trying to be truthful and trying to write something that reflected the real experiences of 20-something comic book fans. So, the kind of response that we had to it was really really passionate, like ‘oh my god, that’s my life’. The way we did that was by not generalising at all ironically.” This is something that, along with the usual peppering of pop culture references and movie quotes, is clearly important to Pegg and his work. “We realised that early on: that if you are very specific when you write things and then don’t explain them, people are clever enough to get stuff; people will understand what you are talking about and you will often find that people have had exactly the same experiences.” Whether or not they create the same magic again, it seems certain that the long-time buddies will remain modest whilst swimming in the Hollywood fishbowl. “I don’t think we are that newsworthy to be honest. We don’t go out much. We have lovely wives and partners. There is no story!” Frost reflects unpretentiously. “It’s great fun, there is no hardship here. Whenever I come off set moaning that it has been a hard day my girlfriend always reminds me that I don’t work in a coal mine.” Whilst recording the first series of Spaced and long before making big-time movies, Pegg made a telling observation as his thinly-veiled alter-ego Tim Bisley when he asserted that ‘Life just isn’t like the movies is it? Happy endings are a myth’. When asked if he still agrees with this sentiment years later his swift response is telling. “Yes, and that’s why I spend most of my time making them.” DIR: EDGAR WRIGHT STARS: SIMON PEGG, NICK FROST, BILL NIGHY, JIM BROADBENT, TIMOTHY DALTON RELEASE DATE: 16TH FEBRUARY, CERT: 15 WWW.WORKINGTITLEFILMS.COM/FILM.PHP?FILMID=99

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

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CABARET VOLTAIRE’S CONTINUING INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL REACH AND SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL SCENE MAKE IT A VALUABLE INSTITUTION

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he Skinny doesn’t like to play favourites - we love all the venues in Edinburgh. Every stinking toilet, sweaty dancef loor and ego-crowded DJ booth is a joy to us! However, there is one club that you could say truly shares our ethos and ideals, and has supported our humble magazine from day one. That club is the rather marvelous CABARET VOLTAIRE, which celebrates its 2nd birthday this February. The pre-’Cab landscape was full of old and muchmissed favourites such as the Venue, La Belle Angelle and the Honeycomb. When Cabaret Voltaire first arrived it was with a flurry of innovation: taking risks on small live music nights, and expanding Edinburgh’s night-time playlist with a welcome fusion of breaks and electro from the likes of Sugarbeat and the mighty We Are... Electric. Not to mention free and cheap nights like Split and Trade Union, which regularly see the atmospheric, tunnel-like venue rammed to the gunnels with punters demanding a plethora of the freshest beats.

Utah Saints welcome Finger Lickin’ breakbeat superstars Krafty Kuts and ASkillz for a night of rolling, funk-infused beats and extra-width bass drops. Having rocked the ‘Cab already, Sugarbeat regulars will know what to expect from these seasoned party DJs. Cabaret Voltaire’s continuing innovation and support for the local scene, and its commitment to bringing the finest international talent to town, from Felix Da Housecat to Spank Rock, make it a valuable institution. In these days, such fine venues in Edinburgh are thin on the ground, and like they say, you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone... Let’s pack this birthday bash out and show our appreciation. Happy Birthday to Sarah David and all the fabulous folk at Cabaret Voltaire, from The Skinny and all our readers! CABARET VOLTAIRE / SUGARBEAT JOINT BIRTHDAY BASH, WITH KRAFTY KUTS, ASKILLZ, TIM & JEZ (UTAH SAINTS), SMOKEY & THE BANDIT, ABEL AND THE BOY B. FEB 23, EDINBURGH, 10.30PM – 3AM, PRICE TBC

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SKINNYMAN, SOUL BISCUITS

CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH, 19 JAN Appropriately enough, tonight’s special guest was Skinnyman, providing an unbeatable British hip-hop soundtrack to the evening; showcasing new tracks, and modern classics from his hit 2004 underground album Council State of Mind. His distinctive voice and powerful rhymes helped secure his place as one of the best UK MCs around, bringing rap from the streets of Leeds and London up to Edinburgh for this one-off exclusive performance. Warming up the stage for the great man himself was The Whole Mud Fam, a collective of soulful rappers and long-time friends of Skinnyman, influenced by dancehall and reggae beats, who proved themselves to be true masters of their craft. Resident DJ (or turntablist, as he prefers to be known) Nasty P was his usual funky self spinning tracks in the main room, while special guests E.N.O and B.Z (Xplicit) brought some well-received banging drum and bass tunes to the back room. Tonight’s crowd witnessed some of the very best, fresh and inspirational acts in the UK hip-hop

scene; a truly unforgettable night for all involved. [Karen Taggart] NEXT NIGHT: 23 FEB. WWW.THECABARETVOLTAIRE.COM

SOLESCIENCE ANNUAL BANG-OFF

CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH, 12 JAN When the chill of January sets in, there is no greater joy than finding a place where the traditional month of clubbing convalescence and selfrestraint is flagrantly ignored by a crowd desperate to shake off flu bugs, cobwebs, and any remaining loose change left over from New Year. A place where you are free to try out your new experimental dance manoeuvres to your favourite songs. Solescience’s yearly Bang-Off, although still in its infancy, is such a place - it’s the soup kitchen for Edinburgh’s weather-beaten househeads and an occasion where the resident team and local guests really get to shine, as they set the musical agenda for the coming year. Acid, Chicago, Italo, jack, jazz and more were all very warmly received by a lively crowd eager for more. BangOff - bang on. Here’s to next year’s. [Tom Donohue]

CLUB PREVIEWS XPLICIT 2ND BIRTHDAY PT 1 BONGO CLUB, EDINBURGH, 9 FEB

Drum and bass favourites Xplicit are busy blowing up balloons and getting the party hats in, as this month welcomes their second birthday, taking place in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Part one kicks off at Edinburgh’s Bongo Club, featuring the one and only Shy FX (Digital Soundboy) in an exclusive two hour set, with support from Chase and Status. Residents Eno, Paul Reset and Morphy, featuring MC’s Tonn Piper and BZ will be bringing up the rear, with Meldrum appearing upstairs. Over the M8 the following Friday (16 Feb), Glasgow plays host to part two of their celebrations, with a cracking set planned by the legendary Adam F (Breakbeat Kaos), with support as always from the outstanding Xplicit residents. The club has been described as Scotland’s premier drum and bass night, and if you’re not already a regular The Skinny would strongly suggest you get your ass down to one of this month’s dates, and submerge yourself in the bouncing breaks, beats and down’n’dirty tunes that Xplicit is famous for. Previous guests include Pendulum, Friction, Fabio and Grooverider, and this month is no exception to the high calibre performances we’ve now come to expect from this explosive night out. So wherever you are, get yourself down to the party, funk the place up and join the celebrations. These nights have a tendency to sell out, so grab a ticket while you still can. [Karen Taggart] 10PM-3AM, BONGO CLUB, £12. FREE MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT, AND FREE GIVEAWAYS INCLUDING CDS, T-SHIRTS ETC. PART TWO: GLASGOW – FRIDAY 16 FEB @ THE ART SCHOOL, £10. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CLUB_XPLICIT

CLUB PREVIEWS MUSIKA LAUNCH WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS, LIQUID ROOM, EDINBURGH, 17 FEB

COPYLEFT

The capital’s house circuit is about to get another lease of life with the launch of new monthly event, Musika. From the people that brought you Progression, Bring in the House and Boomshaboom, Maverick Events launches the night with the philosophy of keeping Edinburgh at the forefront of what is happening within the big room house scene. The night will play host to one of the luminary players in the international house music industry, Toolroom Records, who will be showcasing their brand new concept ‘Toolroom Knights’. After their tremendous success opening the 2006 Amsterdam Dance Event, a little over two weeks later the ‘Toolroom Knights EP 1’ was released, featuring Toolroom producers including Mark Knight (also owner), Richard Dinsdale and Dave Spoon. The night aims to merge glamorous clubbing with first-class electro, endeavouring to steer well clear of the flat atmosphere that can tinge niche label nights. As Mark explains: “Toolroom Knights is a showcase of up and coming fresh talent on the Toolroom roster, DJs and producers who consistently top charts in DJ Download & Beatport, which are true indicators of what’s happening now – not dry has-been DJs who have been on the circuit for years.” Joining Mark in carrying the flag for the Knights concept is long-time collaborator Martijn Ten Velden as well as Edinburgh’s own Derek Martin (Progression/Bring In The House) and Gary Bowman (MockaRocka). [Natalie Doyle]

Copyleft started a few years ago in Aberdeen before moving down to Glasgow looking for the scene and public they deserved. They are now a full-time band; original members Tickle and Brad have joined forces with Bundy (bass), Bartek (drums) and Justin (percussions) to bring you a mix of hip-hop/rock/dub tunes based on anti-establishment wake-up calls to a better lifestyle. Inspired by the world’s news or his own adventurous life, Tickle’s lyrics convey his anger against a system in which inequality has become an everyday issue, where corporations rule, and the music industry is conducted by money rather than talent. On a mission to “tell it like it isn’t” and on the lookout for truth, justice and the un-American way, his rapping is fast, witty and engaged (sometimes so fast you’ve got to hold onto your pint not to be blown away). Tickle manages to match up the humour of his puns with his clearly revolutionary ways. All this is backed with a steady bassline coming more from dub than rock, teamed with a punk on the drums and a guitarist finding his way through all the guitar pedals to make it sound extraordinary. Copyleft is definitely out there to be looked for. [Cedric Thierry-Mieg]

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10PM - 3AM, £13.50.

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REVIEWS

GLASGOW

Film Festival

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FILM by Simone Gray

IT’S HUGE, AND A FILM EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED This month, film action in Glasgow is so plentiful and bursting with screen jewels that this wee news column might struggle to contain and fully express the treasures which cinema viewers can look forward to. It’s Glasgow Film Festival time, where a celebration of cinema is on the bill across Glasgow screens from 15 until 25 February. There are a number of strands to choose from, highlights including include Great Scots - showcasing quality Scottish offerings like the B A F T A n o m i - Curse of the Golden Flower nated True North. Galas offers several UK premieres including rom-com Cashback, Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd and Chinese period adventure, Curse of the Golden Flower. Danish Focus celebrates the Glasgae/Dane connection that has seen award winning collaborations like last year’s Red Road. You can also get a healthy taste of World Cinema, offerings from European Cinema, and a distinctly western hue with The Duke collection celebrating the mastery and influence of John Wayne with ten of his finest films. Behind the Scenes allows student

movie buffs an insight into the worlds and minds of some acclaimed filmmakers and the issues that interest both them and film audiences. And, lest we forget, Frightfest returns for a second year to offer the cream of screaming screen fodder for one day only on the 17th. A l l i n a l l it’s huge, and a film event not to be missed. Allison G a r d n e r, t h e festival director, is bursting with excitement: “G la sgow ha s a population of 500,000 people. If they saw just one f ilm each, th is would be the biggest film festival in the world.” Leaving just one thing left to be said - ACTION!

THE GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL RUNS FROM 15 FEB UNTIL 25 FEB AT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING THE GFT, CINEWORLD RENFREW ST, THE CCA AND THE GROSVENOR. SINGLE TICKETS FOR INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS - £6; ACCESS ALL AREAS (90 FILMS) - £60; GFF SAVER PASS (ANY 10 FILMS) - £25. GFF BOX OFFICE 0141 332 8128. WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK

IN DEFENCE OF

Dirty Dancing

by Lindsay West

TIME TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS: SWAYZE IS BACK. The year is 1963. You’re seventeen, can’t do a thing with your hair, and your family nickname is only marginally more ridiculous than your real name. Your main interest is the economics of underdeveloped countries, you’re stuck at the holiday camp f rom hell, and you’re useless at the merengue. Then one day you carry a watermelon through a big brown door, get all but dry humped by a man in tight trousers, and the world opens up. If you’re failing to understand any of this, let me clarify: this month, Dirty Dancing returns to the big screen, twenty years after its original release. The inevitable mass occupation of cinema seats (mostly by those who already own the double DVD and enhanced soundtrack) surely merits a reverential pause. Time to pay your respects: Swayze is back. Dirty Dancing is not so much a movie as a cinematic zeitgeist, upstaging and out-sexing every dance based romance film which followed it. Dirty Dancing is a fairy tale, a coming of age story, a metamorphosis, and a camp cliché in its construction phase. More than anything, in comparison with later dance movies and contemporary musicals, Dirty Dancing is hardcore sleaze and filth on all fronts. Where Grease had pregnancy scares and underage drinking, Dirty Dancing ups the stakes with backstreet abortion and allegations of theft and informal male prostitution. Similarly, the cinematic dance sequence – in its hey-

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day in the conservative 1930s – has been widely held to be a symbolic substitute for the climactic sex scene. Subverting this convention to within an inch of its life, Dirty Dancing’s set pieces – the sex-withoutsex – all but act out consummation itself. There are more grinding pelvises and groping hands than a Prince video. However, what Dirty Dancing recognises and exploits most shrewdly, and the real reason for the guaranteed success of the cinema re-release, is the effect of a well executed crescendo. Like Johnny’s mambo, this kind of cinema is “a feeling, a heartbeat” and the strength of Dirty Dancing’s escalating pulse (“gu-gung”) is such that the inherent ridiculousness of the film’s climax - being held aloft at a Butlins-esque variety show by a man in a skin-tight t-shirt – is inexplicably bypassed. Now occupying a well deserved place in the cult canon, the best dance movie with the worst reputation is back for a cinematic victory lap, and quite right too. Dirty Dancing has been labelled “Star Wars for girls” – but we know it’s much, much more important than that. DIR: EMILE ARDOLINO STARS: PATRICK SWAYZE, JENNIFER GREY, JERRY ORBACH RELEASE DATE: 9 FEB, CERT: 12A

DREAMGIRLS

ROCKY BALBOA

DIR: BILL CONDON

DIR: SYLVESTER STALLONE

DIR: ASIF KAPADIA

STARS: JAMIE FOXX, BEYONCE

STARS: SYLVESTER STALLONE, BURT

STARS: SARAH MICHELLE

KNOWLES, JENNIFER HUDSON, EDDIE

YOUNG, MILO VENTIMIGLIA,

GELLAR, PETER O’BRIEN, SAM

MURPHY, ANIKA NONI ROSE

GERALDINE HUGHES

SHEPARD, ADAM SCOTT

RELEASE DATE: 2 FEB, CERT: 12A

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW. CERT: 12A

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW

It’s the ‘60s and a group of singers (Hudson has the voice, Knowles the looks, Rose just kind of stands there) go from backing vocalists to superstars to nobodies again with the help (and hindrance) of Foxx’s producer and Murphy’s soul legend, while the years pass by in a whirl of jealousies, drugs and broken marriages. It’s a solidly told if somewhat familiar tale, but your overall enjoyment of Dreamgirls will ultimately depend on your tolerance for the pop/soul music because, be warned, there is a lot of it. Not only are there dozens of original stage numbers, but the characters also spontaneously sing at each other from time to time. It looks wonderful and Hudson’s sassy performance, both as singer and actress, holds it together. Beyonce is also good value and Murphy has the time of his life belting out the songs, but it’s undoubtedly Hudson’s film. [Paul Greenwood]

Yes, that Rocky Balboa. The sixth (and last) film in the Rocky series has the same format as the other films: down on his luck, Rocky has a shot at glory if he fights. Some additional depth is added by a necessary plot point whereby Rocky is old. He’s now a restaurant owner who tells his patrons old fight stories, misses his departed wife, embarrasses his son and depresses his brother-in-law Paulie. All of this is smartly written, with a few gentle laughs. The plot really gets going when a computer-simulated fight shows Balboa beating the reigning heavyweight champ. The champ’s management recognise a way to make money and decide to do it for real – ludicrous, but actually common boxing logic. And so to the training montage (often the best feature of a Rocky film, but cut a little short here), and so to the fight, which is the usual crunching affair. All of this is entertaining, if predictable, and Stallone’s script sees Rocky out in an appropriate way. It’s hard to begrudge the old slugger his swan-song. [Keir Hind]

CERT: 12A

APOCALYPTO DIR: MEL GIBSON

THE RETURN

I’ll get straight to the point: The Return is a snooze-fest of epic proportions, and probably the longest eighty minute film you’ll ever see. Gellar plays a successful travelling sales rep who hasn’t been home to Texas in years following a bad experience as a young girl. When she does finally return on business, she’s troubled by visions of a town she’s never been to and a man she’s never met. Heading there, she’s helped by a guy with a mysterious past (O’Brien), but her hallucinations are only getting worse and she could be in danger. I’m all for a bit of deliberate pacing in my horror films (helps with the atmos’, lets the tension build, that kind of thing) but this is just taking the piss. The Return is lifeless and pointless and the actors appear catatonic, while Kapadia limits his direction to occasionally having the orchestra blare out to make sure your snoring doesn’t disturb those who’ve managed to make it through without drooling on themselves. [Paul Greenwood]

STARS: RUDY YOUNGBLOOD, DALIA HERNANDEZ, JONATHAN BREWER RELEASE DATE: 5 JAN, CERT: 18

How many ways are there to kill, maim, and generally inflict suffering on a living creature? Mel Gibson knows and, for the price of a cinema ticket, he’ll show you all of them. If there is a message of anthropological significance to be gleaned from Apocalypto, it’s somewhat muffled by the gloves-off sensory assault that is possibly the bloodiest 139 minutes you could spend outside of watching Scarface, Reservoir Dogs and Saw on split-screen, whilst sticking your hand in a switched-on blender. That this ancient society was brutal is no bombshell, and Apocalypto’s painstaking reconstruction of every vein slashed and organ removed, fronted by a flimsy quest narrative, has the effect of reducing an entire civilisation to slasher flick fodder with an uncomfortable air of colonial voyeurism. If, however, you feel that witnessing a few sacrificial beheadings is what has been missing from your life, go and see Apocalypto. Just don’t expect to learn anything. [Lindsay West]

FILM OF THE MONTH

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP DIR: MICHEL GONDRY STARS: GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, ALAIN CHABAT RELEASE DATE: 16 FEB, CERT: 15

Michel Gondry again displays astonishing visual style in this romantic fantasy that follows the attempts of Stephane (Bernal) to reconcile his burgeoning dream-world with a harsh reality in which he struggles to win the affections of his neighbour Stephanie (Gainsbourg). This is Gondry’s first attempt at adapting his own screenplay and it occasionally suffers from uneven plotting, depending on commendable performances from Bernal and

Gainsbourg to provide emotional depth, while an inspired turn by Alain Chabat, as Stephane’s chauvinistic co-worker, supplies the laughs. It may lack the inventiveness of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind but this is Gondry the artist unleashed, and the frequent forays into Stephane’s surreal dream world are both arresting and enchanting. A sumptuous cinematic feast. [Colan Mehaffey]

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CLUB REVIEWS by Sean McNamara

PULSATING TO THE BACK BEAT

few ye a r s b ac k t he c onc e pt s of indie disco and a dance club night were conceived as vastly different types of events, yet in today’s My S pac e a nd dow n load - obs es s ed ge ne r at ion t he b ou nd a r ie s h ave been wiped: nights are more about providing good new music and an all round experience instead of a pigeon hole. It is the plethora of crossover nights that now tickle the fancies of Glasgow’s clubbers. One night doing that and much more is Blitzkrieg Bop at the Arches, a monthly shimmering explosion of fantastic music that pulls together everything from electro pop to hip-hop and synth with many a reference point in between. Named after the classic song by the Ramones, t he n ig ht i s a v i s u a l a nd au r a l spectacular on the Arches calendar.

“WE’RE DEFINITELY DEVELOPING A NICHE NIGHT, WITH FRESH, EDGY ACTS, AND PROGRAMMING THE NIGHT WITH A VERY CREATIVE HEAD ON.”

The monthly night is entirely run and programmed by the enthusiasm of Natalia Palombo, a full time art school student, along with the help of the Arches club staff. The night originally began back in February 2005 as a benefit for the Tsunami disaster and took place at the Art School. “We hired The Art School and booked Raising Kain, The Amphetameanies, Flying Matchstick Men, How to Swim, and The Commercials, with Eyes Wide Open and Funhouse DJs. We were only just old enough to be in the club at the time!” explains Natalie, who originally set up Blitzkreig with her friend Lucy Brown.

After further nights at the Art School and Oran Mor, Natalia started the club’s residency in a new venue last year. “The Arches kindly took me in permanently, as an in-house club night. I relaunched there in March, and have been there every month since,” she enthuses, “We’re definitely developing a niche night, with fresh, edgy acts, and programming the night with a very creative head on.” This is proven with some of the past booking choices: “We put on one of Data Panik’s first gigs, put on 1990s first ever gig, and had Shit Disco in the middle of a bill just before they emerged.”

The night is as renowned for its visual approach as it is for the music, and has used work from Art School students and also the Dundee School of Art graduate Sinclair Neeson, who created the Screebson mask that is a fixture of the night and worn by most who enter the club. The pace shows no sign of letting up for Natalia either as the night presents Shit Disco’s Glasgow tour date on 30 March as well as Modular Records CD launch party in the near future. The night is a true challenger to the bigger, more established Arches nights and Natalia’s hopes that they will maybe “create a breakthrough in visual clubbing at some point” seems to have the ring of understatement. They might just have achieved it already.

BLITZKRIEG BOP IS AT THE ARCHES THE SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH WITH MANY OTHER AD-HOC EVENTS. ALT < RECORDINGS (LONDON) AND BLITZKRIEG BOP PRESENTS TWISTED CHARM

Recent highlights have also included an appearance from Glasgow punk, indie pop anti-scenesters Dananananaykroyd on a night of delightful debauchery. “What’s more surreal than hundreds of beautifully put together indie kids letting go and crowd-surfing?” Natalia sums up.

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THE ROOTS & PLAN B CARLING ACADEMY, 17 DEC

Like Everlast sans the tranquillisers a nd dodg y bac k, the une a sy alliance of folk-rock-rap is once again hauled into thought by these grimy, candid tales from suburban hell. Plan B may seesaw between righteous protagonist a nd swagge r ing me nace, bu t this is nevertheless a solid set, as he neatly stabs his flag down at the summit of “that” Radiohead sampling track (“muthaf uckas wouldn’t give us clearance to record it,” he mutters) in order to win over a significant bulk of these soiree seeking Roots followers. As the towering ?uestlove wades through the ar tif icial mist, it promptly becomes The Philadelphian crew’s job to take the reins and drop dextrous lyrical dynamite on the Academy. Attentions quickly divert from the sublime chimes of ‘In The Music’ and few other of ferings from the stellar Game Theory, to a deranged megamix featuring such abstract unlikelies as The Police and Dr Dre. That The Roots can so easily replicate these sounds reaffirms their effortless skill as both musicians and entertainers. Still, it might make for a more satisfying show if they’d only dwell a little longer on their own back catalogue, rather than indulge in the delivery of a hip-hop history lesson, as well crafted as it is. [Dave Kerr] WWW.THEROOTS.COM

ATLANTIS REVISITED

THE SUB CLUB, GLASGOW, DEC 30

Atlantis was the legendary house club night which set the standard for underground clubbing in Scotland in the early nineties. It h e l p e d e sta b lis h th e l o ngterm careers of Harri and Slam’s Stuart McMillan as well as Orde

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CLUB PREVIEWS BASEMENT BREAKS 13TH NOTE, GLASGOW, 21 FEB

COCOON SPECIAL

SENSU, SUB CLUB, GLASGOW, 2 FEB

JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE & VAKANT RECORDS

PRESSURE, THE ARCHES, GLASGOW, 23 FEB Basement Breaks is back! Basement Breaks - possibly Glasgow hip-hop’s dirtiest old bastard – has returned, featuring some of Scotland’s finest acts in a venue intimate enough to house the veteran musk. They’ve been off the radar for about two years, and the scene has grown exponentially during their time off. With more acts and nights appearing every month, the time seems ripe for a night that can give folk a hand finding the acts they should be feeling. To that end, the return line-up is full to the brim with some of Scotland’s best talent, which deserves at least a glance. If you swing by Glasgow’s 13th Note, you’ll be treated to the prodigious skills of Loki - a rapper so prolific he has been known to freestyle in his sleep, the beats and socially conscious rhymes of anti-blinger White Noise, Clydebank’s foremost hip-hop crew 4-Most, and the unbeatable beatbox stylings of Big Tajj. Now, this isn’t a club night, but it surely could be. With the Basement Breaks DJs also out in force you get the feeling any of these acts could rock the place hard, and enjoying all four in the four hours seems like decadence. Hip-hopper Weegies can only hope Glasgow doesn’t have to wait so long for Basement Breaks’ next outing. [Dalai Dahmer] £3, 8PM-12AM.

As 2007 shapes up to be a very good year for dance music, it also looks to be an exciting year for Sensu and their promoters. The Christmas period saw them move to the Sub Club and fill the venue up on a night that was surrounded by far more established parties. This has now led to a bi-monthly residency at the club and they’re kicking off with a couple of excellent bookings in the shape of Andre Galuzzi and Tobi Neumann, backed by the solid Sensu DJs. Both guests are regulars at Frankfurt’s Cocoon club and have had similar backgrounds by first establishing themselves on the German techno scene. Galuzzi was born in Frankfurt and originally started making his name as a highly talented techno DJ in local club nights at Parkcafe and Dorian Gray. His major breakthrough came with his appearances at Tresor in Berlin in 1992, bringing a deep minimal sound. Tobi Neumann started his career producing commercial jingles yet he cites the 1995 Berlin Love Parade as the point he truly fell in love with electronic music. His sound has an electro house feel and he was behind Munich’s legendary Flokati House Club that started back in 1998. His remixes of the likes of Chicks on Speed and Miss Kitten have received critical acclaim. Sensu continue to pull superb and surprising bookings out their hat and this looks like another cracker. [Sean McNamara]

It seems that these days Pressure doesn’t know the meaning of a low key night, as month after month they provide established guests backed up by the kind of local talent that won’t let anybody down. This month sees more of the same as they welcome back techno legend Jeff Mills with support from Glasgow based Alex Smoke. Jeff Mills is a name known by most people with even the most basic knowledge of club culture yet his twenty year career has seen him continue to remain resolutely underground in his style. Since his days in the late Eighties as part of the Detroit Techno Collective he has played across the globe at the very best clubs, and his set at last year’s T in the Park was nothing short of a sublime masterclass. Next on the bill comes a live set from Alex Smoke who recently has played across Europe and Australia, moving from being an emerging talent to a firm fixture on the techno scene. His unique blend of minimalist techno with shimmering electronica is what sets this Scottish producer apart and his set should not be missed. Also on the bill, along with Slam as ever, are Onur and Matthias Kaden from Vakant Records. Vakant is an excellent minimal label that is causing a stir and with further back-up from the Dblspk club, a fine night is to be had. [Sean McNamara] 10.30PM-3AM, £19.

11PM-3AM, £10.

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“IT’S A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE AND IT’S FOR ANYONE WITH A SOUL!” - CHIEF EXCEL Seemingly always working at their own pace - both verbally and physically - and some 15 years in the business, this month sees Californian duo Blackalicious present their debut DVD offering, Blackalicious: 4/20 Live in Seattle. As with all concert documentaries worth their salt, turntablist Chief Excel and Gift of Gab provide a nostalgic insight into their domain they even bring a few talented mates along for the ride, while delivering a straight shot of the hypnotic flair they’ve made famous on acclaimed albums like Blazing Arrow and, more recently, The Craft. The Skinny recently wound up chatting to the Chief on the eve of the DVD’s release… SEATTLE 4/20 SEEMS A WELL ROUNDED, CONCRETE INDUCTION INTO THE WORLD OF BLACKALICIOUS, HOW DID YOU APPROACH YOUR FIRST FORAY INTO THE HIP-HOPUMENTARY? “We wanted to put together a DVD that we felt was an accurate depiction of our live show, so we approached it trying to capture every element of both what Gab does and what I do and also the other performers.”

INNER CITY ACID, SOUNDHAUS, GLASGOW, JAN 13

ART OF PARTIES AND BLITZKRIEG BOP PRESENT: MODULAR RECORDS PARTY CLUB MOTHERFUCKER DJS, AND DJ SET TBC, FEB 14.

‘THE 4.20 FROM SEATTLE DEPARTING NOW’

SI BEGG & CURSOR MINER

AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALIENS DJ SET, 9 FEB. LAUNCHING LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND CD! WITH SHAKES (LIVE), HADOUKEN (LIVE),

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Meikle, and over the festive period the trio once again joined forces under the Atlantis banner for the first time since the night ended in 2004. Despite taking place the night before Hogmanay, the club was packed with thirty-something, ex-Atlantis regulars and younger Subbers alike. Treated to a slew of Atlantis classics including Alison Limerick’s ‘Where Love Lives’, Hardfloor’s ‘Acperience’ and ‘Your Love’ by Frankie Knuckles, each track was met with huge cheers of recognition by a dancefloor that soon became a mass of handsin-the-air energy. Primal Scream’s ‘Come Together’ was the chosen epic to bring proceedings to a close and it proved the perfect ending to a night of welcome nostalgia. [Colin Chapman]

ICA residents Jon Virtue and John Cannon treated the dissapointingly half-full Soundhaus to a suitably acidic selection of breaks, techno and electro, before making way for Chichester’s finest: playing live and holding a microphone in a vaguely threatening manor, Cursor Miner proceeded to offend (in the best possible way) the audience with his insistently heavy productions, consisisting mainly of songs from last year’s excellent Danceflaw and new songs like the spasmodically funky ‘Funtilted’. It was a tough act to follow but Si Begg was more than capable, playing an ostensibly techy set, which unfor tunately didn’t leave room for his more recent productions. This didn’t seem to matter to the ICA-goers, who had been treated to another night of top quality electronic music. [Gary Milne]

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WHAT WERE YOUR PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS TOUR? “Every night was a high for me just because of who was on the bill:

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The Lifesavas, Pigeon John and Fatlip. Every show was such a creative experience.” SOME STILL MAINTAIN THEIR SHORT SIGHTED CRITICISMS OF RAP AND THOSE REGIONS WHO MAINTAIN AN APPRECIATION OUTSIDE OF A DISENFRANCHISED BLACK AMERICA. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DISMISS ITS UNIFYING POTENTIAL? ”That they are missing the whole point of music, that it’s a universal language and it’s for anyone with a soul, just like rock music or anything else.” WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT FROM BLACKALICIOUS? ”A solo project from both of us (involving one another on each other’s project) and with regard to a new Blackalicious record... stay tuned!” YOU’VE GOT A BIG CREW ON BOARD THAT TOUR BUS, WHO MAKES THE MOST PECULIAR SMELL? ”The bus driver…”

BLACKALICIOUS: 4/20 LIVE IN SEATTLE IS OUT NOW.

REVIEWS FILM CHRONOS Originally filmed for the IMA X, Chronos is an immersive and mesm e r i s i n g wo r k . Rest assured the cinematography is of a suitably high calibre. Every screen shot is a gem; each camera still must be a beauty. The musical score is at once triumphal and ominous, and threads together the loose narrative which concerns the transience and futility of human activity as set against the monumentality of time. With soundtrack replacing narration, the film attempts to transcend verbal language in its examination of universal themes. Chronos boasts of being the world’s ‘first non-verbal, non-fiction large format motion picture filmed in time-lapse photography’. With apparently no script, no characters and no plot, this is not a film to follow convention, nor an easy one to credit in words. Its novel use of continual time-lapse photography is absorbing. In a matter of seconds the viewer is privy to months of activity in a streetscape or landscape. Sadly, some appeal has been lost in translation to the downsized small-screen format, but the film’s strangely unreal filmic qualities render the armchair traveller both dazed and awestruck. [Yasmin Ali] RELEASE DATE: 27 FEB.

L’APPARTEMENT It has almost become a staple of contemporary Fre nc h c in e ma that any road of siniste r coincidence and be-

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trayal should inevitably lead back to a menacing character portrayed by the typically villainous Vincent Cassell. However, Cassell equally knows how to play the hapless victim, as seen in this early effort in his career, when he finds himself entangled in a web of misfortune and deceit in L’Appartement. When fleeting happenstance sees him cross paths with an old flame (Monica Belluci as the enchanting dame, the role that saw her typecast as such) only to lose her again, the unassuming protagonist soon engages with the noirish world of a Hitchcockian thriller as he toils and struggles to track down the elusive one that got away. With more twists than a night on the lash with Chubby Checker and M. Night Shyamalan, this is slow burning, understated and, although a pastiche in itself, has been pilfered from tirelessly since its creation. No extra frills on this re-release, but well deserving of another run around the block... a bit like the one that Cassell gets. [Dave Kerr] RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB.

NEAR DARK Released in 1987 on the same day as the all star h o r r o r b l o c kbuster The Lost Boys, K athr y n Bigelow’s f irst film, the independently produced Near Dark, has always been in the shadows. Over time though, thanks to some excellent casting and original thinking - the term ‘vampire’ is never used, this western horror hybrid eschewing all traditional gothic hang ups – it has garnered a cult following that has prompted the release of this two disc special edition. The main

narrative involves a love story - girl meets guy, girl turns guy into vampire so she can be with him – but the heart of the film lies with the amoral makeshift family of vampires that Mae travels around with, and their life of no consequences. With a slow and haunting build up, the film explodes into life and essentially climaxes with the family descending on a local bar, torturing and toying with each of their prey before going in for the kill. This one scene elevates Near Dark to a genre classic, but also proves its undoing, as the film never quite reaches the heady heights of these moments again. [Declan Dineen] RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB.

THE INNOCENTS J a c k C l a y to n only made a few films, all adapted from novels. He’s most famous for filming Room at the Top, or perhaps for his version of The Great Gatsby, but The Innocents is probably his best. Based on Henry James’ Turn of the Screw, the film stars Deborah Kerr, who becomes the new governess to two young children around 1900. But strange occurrences in the large, gloomy old house she shares with them start to trouble her - is she seeing ghosts or going mad? This uncertainty is hard to depict, but Clayton assembled a fantastic cast, with Kerr and the child actors extremely convincing in difficult roles. His script had contributions from Truman Capote and John Mortimer and is finely balanced, but the best work of all is Freddie Francis’ beautifully composed photography. He somehow achieves

a visual quality that, while stately, allows shock moments to occur at virtually any time. The only flaw the film has is that, much like a Henry James novel, it’s so well constructed it’s hard to really enjoy at first consumption. [Keir Hind] OUT NOW

MUSIC WAKE UP SCREAMING Wa ke u p Screaming is a documentary of the Vans Warped To u r fo l l ow i n g Peta2’s (People for Ethical Tr e a t m e n t o f Animals) Jason Bayless and his crew through 48 cities over eight weeks. Billed as a punk rock documentary where ‘every night is a Saturday night and every morning is a Monday morning’, this description is more than a little misleading as the film serves as a thinly veiled vehicle for Peta and would be better described as propaganda with a bit of music thrown in. Having said that, Bayless does capture something of the atmosphere of life on tour and there are live performances from Silverstein and Story of the Year as well as clips from several other bands including NOFX and Opiates for the Masses. While it’s highly watchable and raises some interesting debates, the fact that music clearly takes a back seat in Wake Up Screaming is sure to leave fans feeling cheated. [Julie Paterson]

FILM RELEASES THE DEPARTED

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

Martin Scorcese’s latest film is an excellent reinterpretation of the Hong Kong trilogy Infernal Affairs. With an amazing cast (including Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen and Leonardo DiCaprio) this crime, cops and corruption thriller is a must.

RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB

First shown over here in the ‘90s, the US HBO drama Oz finally gets a DVD release. It’s a brutal, uncompromising TV series about an experimental, maximum security prison facility and its dangerous inmates. One of HBO’s earliest productions, this series paved the way for The Sopranos, Deadwood etc. This is hard-hitting, intelligent drama at its very best.

RED ROAD

RELEASE DATE: 26 FEB

Andrea Arnold’s first full length feature is a brilliant noir-ish thriller following a CCTV operator who gets dragged into the seamier side of Glasgow life after following a man she’s been watching while at work. A deeply heartfelt and stylishly shot film, this deservedly recieved the Prix Du Jury at last year’s Cannes festival.

CLERKS 2

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

A follow up to Kevin Smith’s 1994 hit, Clerks 2 returns to the lives of Dante & Randal ten years on and finds them running a fast-food restaurant. Like the original, this is very funny and very, very crude. Sequels usually pale in comparison to the original but Smith retains the good natured feel of the original, bringing back much loved characters like Jay & Silent Bob and featuring Smith Stalwarts Ben Affleck and Jason Lee.

VOLVER

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

A supernatural comedy with a fantastic central performance from Penélope Cruz. Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death in this unusual and distinctive film.

WWW.WAKEUPSCREAMINGMOVIE.COM WWW.PETA2.COM RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW.

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SINGLES/EPS

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI I have a love/hate relationship with Sony. I love their gadgets (I would die without my Sony Ericsson phone - though arguably it’s a different company) and the PSP is cool. But they have a habit of fucking people over every which way they can. Be it their goddamn expensive and not too brilliant memory stick format, or adding shifty copyright techniques to their CDs, they are the embodiment of an evil money-grabbing corporation. Now I’m not intending to buy a PS3 - I mean, it’s a half finished console, with shit I don’t need that doesn’t even work well, not to mention the lack of titles. But it gets right on my tits that with this shoddy turd bearing ‘mediacentre’ they then proceed to rape us Europeans - an equivalent price hike of $200 for us here. And there’s talk it may not even make its March launch. Sony = Frustration. /Josh

Death of the PS2?

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI

REVIEWS WARIOWARE: SMOOTH MOVES (NINTENDO)

WarioWare is frantic and varied (it features 200 minigames), but mostly it’s an awesome demonstration of the power of the wiimote. With over twenty different ‘forms’ of wiimote use (ranging from elephant trunk, to hip gun slinging) WarioWare uses Nintendo’s innovative technology more fully than any game yet released for its latest console. Which is nice. But is it fun? Well, yes, though you will play it through in one sitting. The longevity of this game comes in multiplayer: with up to twelve people able to play at once (provided they can cope with the different methods of control) the ensuing (if drunken) madness is brilliant – many people x one remote + frantic/mad games = awesome. Single player, whilst mildly addictive, is somewhat short-lived, and the multiplayer isn’t for everyone. But with a good crowd, it can be a brilliant laugh. A definite party game. [Zach Morris] OUT NOW FOR NINTENDO WII £34.99 WWW.NINTENDO.CO.UK

TONY HAWK’S PROJECT 8: BATTLE WELCOME TO SKATE HEAVEN.

(ACTIVISION)

Fans of the Birdman can take comfort in the fact that the eighth incarnation of the most popular skateboarding license ditches the MTV/Jackass image that plagued the Underground and American Wasteland titles and returns to the roots of the series. You are here to skate, and the game’s focus never wavers from this; with hundreds of missions, each unique and great fun. The better your score in each mission, the higher up the world rankings you climb (with the top 8 being your end goal). As you progress you will receive new sponsorship deals resulting in a wealth of new equipment available via the skate shop. This is a game for the purists of the Tony Hawk series; boasting superior graphics, sun-soaked atmospheres and the usual roster of heavyweight tunes on the soundtrack from the likes of Slayer, Mogwai and Kasabian. Project 8 is the closest to skating perfection the series has achieved since the stellar Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and as fans of the series will tell you, it doesn’t get much better than that. Welcome to skate heaven. [Dave Cook] OUT NOW ON PS2/XBOX/360

arch 15 will be a day long remembered by game enthusiasts, not only because Playstation 3 will launch in Europe after much delay and hype, but because this will be the day that the battle of the next-gen consoles will really begin. While all eyes look to these new machines, people forget that there is much life left in the Playstation 2 (having sold approximately 110 million consoles worldwide) - many of today’s key titles have been inspired by some true classics that have appeared on Sony’s juggernaut.

Criterion’s Burnout Revenge took driving games to the next level by shifting the focus away from being the fastest racer - instead the aim was to cause as much destruction as you could before you reached the finish line. The game’s blistering speed and unbelievable crashes kept the ad rena l i ne pu mpi ng throughout every beautifully created track. Causing fifty-car pileups was a joy to behold and even better when p l ay i n g w i t h t h r e e other friends. If that doesn’t appeal then stick with Sony’s Gran Turismo 4, boasting lifelike visuals and over 500 real cars. This is as close to real racing as gaming has ever reached.

WHILE ALL EYES LOOK TO THESE NEW CONSOLES, PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE IS MUCH LIFE LEFT IN THE PLAYSTATION 2

Grand Theft Auto 3 broke new ground in the way we perceive videogames. For the first time there existed a living, breathing cityscape within a game. The title’s crime edge brought it immense controversy and if anything, helped its legendary success. The stunning but criminally underselling Ico from Sony has also been regarded by many in the gaming press to be one of the greatest games of all time, boasting devious puzzle sections, stunning visuals and emotional cut scenes. Escaping from a giant island prison had never been so breathtaking. Greek mythology epic God of War stunned critics with its balance of fluid combat and visceral gore as you took on the gods themselves in one of the most visually impressive titles on the system to date.

While it’s all well and good to dwell on a console’s past, the Playstation 2’s future is looking as bright as ever with some important titles yet to be released. Top of many critics’ must-have lists at the moment is the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XII from Square-Enix, which looks like it could be the best in the series if the reviews are anything to go by. God of War will be treated to its first sequel this year with gamers being promised more of the same brutal combat and screen-filling

by Dave Cook

(CAPCOM)

In the future, mankind has abandoned earth in favour of a frozen world. Unsurprisingly, the planet is infested with killer insectoid aliens called Akrids, who hold TENG, an energy that can be harnessed by humans and machines alike. Thus mankind decides to stay and fight it out in large armoured Mechs called Vital Suits. You play Wayne, an amnesiac who saw his father killed by a giant Green-Eyed Akrid and is taken in by a bevy of clichéd animé rejects before being sent out repeatedly on vaguely defined missions to accomplish unclear goals. Yes, the story is that bad, as is the terrible dialogue and utterly illogical characters.

CAJUAN

MARTIN 101

Nu-rave? A hideous idea. Guitar-toting twerps who think they’re Jarvis Cocker circa Different Class. Cajuan’s latest 12”, Raven, from the German verb ‘to rave’, pleasantly bucks this trend though, with the Moog Rave Mix drawing fuzzed-up snare drums and a sleazy, distorted synth-line from acid house’s glory days, leaving you gurning like a total dick. The Metro Rave Mix is even more pornographic, pouring on the distortion and building to a climax that demands the sight of a thousand facechewing German porn stars dancing in a field. [Liam Arnold]

This release from Martin 101 is a nonsense record, lifted straight from 80s electro-shite. Heavily inﬂuenced by the likes of Soft Cell, the Human League and Depeche Mode, title track ‘Dangerous Cat’ is twenty years too late. The use of voice distortion, keyboards and synths are dated and out of place, as are the plain annoying vocals. Martin 101 is a big name in his native Vienna, and he’s attempted to create a catchy electro-glam track. He has failed, however, to produce anything remotely cool or worthy of a second listen. While other artists take inspiration from previous decades and give it a modern twist, Martin 101 is simply a creepy, comical eighties throwback (demonstrated spectacularly on track four when he covers Chip Taylor’s classic ‘Wild Thing’ and invests it with a distinctly Alan Partridgeesque sound). Best avoided. [Karen Taggart]

RAVEN (FINE)

bosses to slay. Capcom continue their foray into cel-shaded design with the beautiful Okami, in which players control a mythical wolf goddess and must save a kingdom from darkness using the power of art. Capcom also release scrolling beat ‘em-up God Hand this year -a fact that will be of interest to fans of games such as Streets of Rage or Double Dragon. Retro purists will also be happy to know that Sega release their Mega Drive Collection this year which has some 30 classic titles ranging from Shinobi to Sonic. The Playstation 2 success story is one that is far from over, but its successor is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated consoles in history, with t itles such as Heavenly Sword, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm and Ridge Racer 7 all looking to enjoy great sales in Europe. Roll on the next-gen!

RELEASE DATE: 26 FEB.

P.DIDDY

TELL ME FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA (ATLANTIC)

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW. HTTP://THIRTEENREC.COM

YUKSEK

COMPOSER (RELISH) From the sublime to the awesome – deliciously twisted French electro from Yuksek, whose seemingly Borglike control of squelching glitch noises, pumping Daft Punk style filtered techno and insane, acid tweaked breakdowns is simply jaw dropping on ‘Composer.’ Institube’s bass-heavy ghettotech-meets-EBM treatment of ‘Composer’ will really mess a danceﬂoor up. Rivalling more underground, hip-hop ﬂavoured efforts by fellow Gaul, France Copland, Yuksek delivers again on the flip with the rock-tinged ‘Little Dirty Trip,’ remixed by Vicarious Bliss. Fans of Kitsune and Black Strobe are advised to purchase on sight. Hooray for Headman! [Bram Gieben] WWW.RELISHRECORDINGS.NET RELEASE DATE: FEB 19

DAVID GILMOUR GIRLS ‘CRIMSON AS MURDER’ (RELISH)

Utterly fantastic 80s-sounding electro from Dutch producers Robin van der Kaa and Jasper Uhl, formerly of rock band Oil. The original starts like Heaven 17 but ends like Giorgio Moroder. London’s Punk Jump Up offer a disco edit, while Mogg & Naudascher take some of the pop sheen off, stripping the tune to warm tech-house. Headman’s Relish imprint does the business - proper. [Bram Gieben] RELEASE DATE: FEB 12 WWW.RELISHRECORDINGS.NET

selves with a game that looks incredible and is a joy to play. With landscapes stretching as far as the eye can see, you’ll run miles through the snow with bugs of all sizes bursting out around, as you blast furiously to get their precious life-giving T-ENG. Forget the story, this is Starship Troopers set on Hoth with Chromehound style Mechs thrown in for good measure. Add in frequent bosses, who are varied enough to keep it fun - and with the levels lasting around a satisfying hour each, you’re

laughing. Then there’s still the incredible multiplayer modes to show off your skills. The learning curve is fairly steep but after a few hours, power-sliding round in a Mech while pumping rockets into a 60-foot scorpion will seem like second-nature. [Graeme Strachan] OUT NOW ON XBOX 360 FROM CAPCOM. RRP £49.99 WWW.LOSTPLANET-THEGAME.COM

DANGEROUS CAT EP (THIRTEEN RECORDS)

Self proclaimed rap music mogul, P.Diddy, offers yet another predictable heavy-on-the-bass-and-crunkbeats single. ‘Tell Me’, taken from the critically acclaimed album, Press Play, is a fine example of what has become a fairly obvious and worn out path to the danceﬂoors and clubs around the globe, culminating in a genre that has become an innocuous mish-mash of tried and tested beats, rhymes and rhythms. Fortunately for P.Diddy, Christina Aguilera provides an element of talent with sassy vocals and a ﬂawless, edgy sound that lifts this otherwise dismal tune. No matter how many times this dude changes his name, P.Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean, Sean Jean... it still is not enough to bring any originality or innovation to his work. [Gemma Couper] OUT NOW.

Innovative titles such as Singstar and Eyetoy: Play showed that games could be fun for all the family and introduced some truly inspired peripherals. These titles opened up new niche markets previously untapped by any other developer. Red Octane’s Guitar Hero has wowed gamers with its unique guitar controller, allowing players to actually play along to their favourite tunes on screen in one of the most inspired titles to date. We have also seen the influx of ‘cel-shaded’ titles from Capcom such as cartoon beat-em-up Viewtiful Joe and the manga noir title Killer7 beautifully drawn cartoons, verging on the edge of art - and both play like a dream. Take advantage of their cheap prices now because you need these in your collection! Capcom also reinvented the popular Resident Evil franchise on PS2 with the fourth installment receiving full marks in many gaming publications, making it the premier action game for anyone’s collection.

LOST PLANET: EXTREME CONDITIONS

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MR FEELINGS EP (EARTH CORPORATION ENTERPRISES) A t a s t e r f r o m n e w o n l i n e v e n t u r e w w w. ear thcorporationenterprises.com of fers us some summery house with a Motown feeling that sounds strangely refreshing in today’s minimal sounding dance market. Highlight is ‘Hot Like an Oven’ and the taster provides a promising indication of the album’s laid-back sunset sound. [Sean McNamara] RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW. WWW.EARTHCORPORATIONENTERPRISES.COM

WWW.MARTIN101.COM

THE EDUCATION

VULTURES/SECRET ADMIRER/WEIRDO (KNOW) The Education’s new, treble a-side single, Vultures/ Secret Admirer/Weirdo, is an idea almost as bizarre as the content itself. Played with a blatant disregard for genre and vogue, it brutally and remorselessly inﬂicts at least five conﬂictory sounds on unsuspecting ears. Dis-consonant from the off, it passes through the blistering drum-and-bass-punk of opener, ‘Vultures’, to the breakbeat rock-trance of ‘Secret Admirer’, to the future-pop of closer, ‘Weirdo’, without ever letting go. Played with a deep tremor of threat, pure and simply, this is the future of music, abstracted in ten minutes of antagonistic impetuosity. Prepare to be educated. [Neil Ferguson] OUT NOW. WWW.THEEDUCATION.CO.UK

SILENT WEAPONS (TRIPLE DARKNESS / CHEMO PRODUCTIONS)

M9’s new EP recruits the production talents of Chemo, who has produced Kool G Rap among others, and Beat Butcha, seen recently on the fantastic album Panorama by Braintax. He is vocally assisted by Skriblah and Kyza, both respected UK hip-hop names, but in all honesty he doesn’t need any help. His granite-hard ﬂows recall the best of UK underground hip-hop; the productions are carefully judged to offset his dark subject matter with wistful pianos and tight snares and kicks- the overall effect being like an upmarket, blood-spilling Lewis Parker. M9’s rhymes are tight and intelligent, innovative because they follow a classic template, rather than despite this. His mixtape Hi Fidelity drops early this year – seek it out. [Bram Gieben] OUT NOW. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/M9INE

CAPTAIN FLASHBACK CRAZY HORSES (QUITE GREAT)

Captain Flashback (Ben Braund and James Reynolds, their previous incarnation is Braund Reynolds), have released a wild, catchy rendition of the Osmonds classic ‘Crazy Horses’ as you’ve never heard it before. Mixing bass, breakbeat, guitars and psychedelia they’ve certainly created a unique, energetic sound, with catchy riffs and bouncing beats that get stuck in your head. Mike Allen nails the vocals with the help of Sam Blue (The Streets), and this release also features a funky, thumping remix from The Young Punx, making the track a fun danceﬂoor hit. With previous releases championed by various Radio 1 DJs and hotly tipped by the likes of Mixmag, their insane and ferocious live set is now becoming legendary to those in the know. 2007 could be the start of huge things for this crazy duo. [Karen Taggart) OUT NOW. WWW.CAPTAINFLASHBACK.COM WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CAPTAINFLASHBACK

£29.99 TO £39.99 WWW.ACTIVISION.COM

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Thankfully, you’ll have forgotten all of this five minutes into the game. Capcom have utterly outdone them-

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

BOOKS

The evolution of music

HE WRITES, SHE WRITES, YOU WRITE... by Anna Battista

JONNY OGG TRACES 4 HERO’S JOURNEY FROM JUNGLE PIONEERS TO SOUL SUPREMOS

Hero’s journey has been an incredible one and quite possibly beyond the wildest dreams of its members Mark ‘Marc Mac’ Clair and ‘Dego’ McFarlane. Back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the young London boys (then with Ian Bardouille and Gus Lawrence) aided by a ramshackle studio, antique electronic gear and a love of all things music, set about combining a range of genres. In doing so they become intrinsic to the development of what we now know as jungle / drum & bass.

ON PLAY WITH THE CHANGES, THE DUO HAVE CREATED AN ADORABLE MODERN SOUL CLASSIC WHICH OOZES CHARISMA.

by Jonny Ogg

infatuation with cutting edge soul. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize that same year, being hailed as one of the most successful cross-over albums of its time. In an effort to continue on the forward thinking path Marc Mac and Dego have, in various guises, created both independent and collaborative albums, remixing everything from the Isley Brothers to Louie Vega. The change in their styles has allowed them to work with vocalists such as Jill Scott and Ursula Rocker, while maintaining their place as prominent and respected leaders of an avant-garde jungle / drum and bass sound. Thankfully, they are nowhere near finishing up. 4Hero’s newest album, Play With The Changes, has just hit the shops almost six years after their last artist album, inviting a whirlwind of attention from every corner of the globe. The duo have created an adorable modern soul classic which oozes charisma and features a host of remarkable vocalists, including Grammy Award-winning Jody Watley and Bugz in the Attic’s Kaidi Tatham. The release incorporates tracks with waves of strings and live funk beats with soul-fuelled electronica riding on the back of Rhodes chords. The album’s opener, ‘Morning Child’, would slip effortlessly into the late 60s R&B genre, while if this were a d&b album, ‘Awakening’ would be the dubstep track; beats with flowing orchestral sounds and rhymes by poetess Ursula Rocker. Also featured is a fantastic cover of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Superwoman’, and it’s rumoured that the live tour could have an artist headcount of twenty-two. 4Hero are a flat-out production marvel who will continue generating an astounding design for the future of music.

Their first jungle album, In Rough Territory, arrived almost sixteen years ago, following the creation of their pirate radio station Strong Island FM and the Reinforced Records imprint. The album was streets ahead of anything else available, encompassing production techniques and breakbeats within a genre that didn’t become widely noticed until a few years later. By that time 4Hero had already moved on, lending their skills to a smoother, more polished, and generally more melodic sound. Their superior studio knowledge, which helped bring such prolific figures as Goldie to the forefront, soon came to the attention of the industry’s frontrunners, and ‘94’s Parallel Universe appeared as NME’s Dance Album of the Year in ‘95. 4Hero derive their influences from much more than breakbeats and bass: hip hop, jazz, soul, techno and jungle came together to create Two Pages in 1998, released on Giles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud. It found favour with the label boss and Radio 1 DJ who is known for his

o many book festivals, so many books. Two years ago, Glasgow added to book festival frenzy with the Aye Write! event. The event broke free from the stereotypes to reveal itself as a sui generis festival, thanks to a varied programme that featured readings and debates taking place in the old but still grand Mitchell Library. The second Aye Write! has the same aims as in 2005: to inspire people to read and write, and to acknowledge how wonderful the two experiences can be. It’s definitely set to repeat the success of two years ago, thanks to an ambitious schedule featuring over 120 events. “Our aim was to create a programme that highlighted the best Glasgow and Scottish writers as well as bringing international writers to the city,” explains Karen Cunningham, Head of Glasgow Libraries and Director of the festival. “We’re delighted with the quality of our 2007 programme which appeals to all who love writing and books – whether that is football, biography, international relations, Islam, poetry, fiction, cinema, crime, romance, politics or philosophy.” Throughout the festival, readers will be able to meet some of the United Kingdom’s best-known writers, as well as Glaswegian talents. The event will be officially opened by Glasgow’s poet laureate Liz Lochhead, poet Tom Leonard and novelist William McIlvanney,

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The festival will also commemorate the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Bill with a session on the historic aspects of slavery, forms of slavery today and the value of immigration, featuring authors Louisa Waugh and James Walvin. Best-selling authors William Boyd, John Burnside and John Banville will also feature in the festival, but two absolutely unmissable events will be the first preview of Iain Banks’s new novel, The Steep Approach to Garbadale, and Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan. Ramadan, author of the biography In the Footsteps of the Prophet will highlight the topical significance of Prophet Muhammad’s spiritual

During Aye Write! there will be storytelling sessions for children and grown-ups, while budding writers will find various helpful workshops to hone their skills. They may also be interested in the One Glasgow, Many Cultures short story competition which also represents a way to celebrate the diverse cultures that make up modern Glasgow. This year’s edition of the festival has also launched Britain’s largest ever community-based reading project linking Glasgow with Bristol, Hull and Liverpool. Over 13,000 copies of Andrea Levy’s prizewinning Small Island - a novel that explores the themes of identity and racial awareness - and 20,000 reading guides have been distributed free of charge in the city as part of this project. Those who can’t live without literature but need a break from the Mitchell Library every now and then can head to the GFT, where the Glasgow Film Festival will provide a programme featuring film and literature events. Glasgow can be proud of itself: now it has an annual book festival as exciting as any in the world. AYE WRITE! BANK OF SCOTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL, 16 - 25 FEB, MITCHELL LIBRARY, GLASGOW. WWW.AYEWRITE.COM

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REVIEWS TARGET IRAN SCOTT RITTER

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER WEEKEND, AND WHILE MANY EDINBURGH PUNTERS GO ON THE QUEST FOR DIMMED LIGHTS AND EAR SHATTERING BEATS ON THE TRADITIONAL FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT THEY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE.

“As an organisation Curios? has been running off and on for nine years. We started by playing every Saturday night in the basement of WJ Christies (now the Grassmarket Bar), with people crammed in like sardines creating a great atmosphere,” says Bill. The regular weekly sessions of Curios? were started in September 2004 by promoters Malx and Tommy, initially running from 2pm until 1am. Malx elaborates: “The Sunday thing also came out of those festival Tuesdays in 2004. Silk debuted there and we had some really good diverse acts ranging from acoustic singer/songwriters to electronica to comedy. After the success of those nights Ally (the manager of the Bongo Club) asked us to continue a free night once a week.” With the introduction of the Scottish Hobo Society, Curios? took charge of the upstairs and functioned as their chillout room from 10pm until 3am while still continuing with the afternoon sessions.

This isn’t an elitist festival though: genre fiction, whether it be crime, romance, chick lit or sportswriting is featured heavily. Aye Write! will also examine current issues: Will Hutton will analyse China’s economic transformation and its challenge to Western interests; crime writer and historian Mike Phillips and Clare Short MP will be part of a panel who will debate on whether it is possible to apologise for the past.

and ethical teachings.

4HERO’S PLAY WITH THE CHANGES IS OUT NOW.

A little Curios? urios? Sunday Joint at the Bongo Club offers a more relaxed and chilled out approach to the whole clubbing experience. Here, resident DJs Bill Spice (Loop/Nektar/Moo Bar), Monkeyboy (Swingbeats/Pivo/Lulu), Glasgow’s Wee G (Interface Pirate Radio) and relative newcomer Dr. Chop can be found on a Sunday afternoon spinning everything from funk to electronica, to a selection of bootlegs. Bill Spice explains: “We’ve always played a very broad selection of music, probably because everyone involved is pretty open minded in their tastes. We all just play what we feel like playing at the time, whether it’s the latest bootleg fusing Radiohead to hip-hop, a slice of mellow electronica, or an old Egyptian funk record.”

and Glasgow will be well represented with events featuring Bernard MacLaverty, A.L. Kennedy, Janice Galloway, Alan Bissett, Rodge Glass, Nick Brooks and Alasdair Gray, who will also present extracts from his new novel Men in Love.

SIMILAR ARTISTS: MARC MAC, THE QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA, PESHAY.

Alasdair Gray

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Music is not the only thing on offer at Curios? Sunday Joint; there are also a number of games on offer such as chess, draughts, backgammon, a Jenga set (which apparently proves very popular) and a box of Lego. Bill continues: “It’s very relaxed most of the time. During the day the cafe is family friendly and the toys and games are an obvious attraction for kids - so it’s a great place for parents to get out of the house and unwind.” Not only are there games for children and adults alike, there is also free interent access and an array of Sunday newspapers at your disposal. “The childlike qualities are at the heart of my ethos,” explains Malx, “the idea of directly integrating play into a social setting for adults.” Curios? Sunday Joint would not be the first Sunday all-dayer to integrate music with a variety of other mediums - The Big Chill perhaps being the most obvious comparison. But daytime clubs remain few and far between unless you’re currently standing on the Isle of Ibiza mid-summer. So if you need that injection of afternoon music and dancing and the chance to get to bed at a genuinely reasonable time, take some time out at Curios?. Their Sunday Joint has moved to a monthly residency instead of weekly, but what else lies on the horizon in the not too distant future? “Curios? as an organisation is going to be celebrating its tenth birthday next year, so it would be nice to put on a big event then,” says Bill - fingers crossed for that almighty bang!

“THE CHILDLIKE QUALITIES ARE AT THE HEART OF MY ETHOS... THE IDEA OF DIRECTLY INTEGRATING PLAY INTO A SOCIAL SETTING FOR ADULTS.” - MALX

CURIOS? SUNDAY JOINT CLUB, THE BONGO CLUB, EDINBURGH, 2PM-7PM, FREE. THEIR NEXT DATE IS FEB 4. WWW.THEBONGOCLUB.CO.UK

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It’s a tricky business writing explosive political works attacking the US Government’s fo re i g n p o l i cy, in a time when there seems little or no alternative or real political opposition to speak of. However, Scott Ritter’s new book stems from his disgust at the White House’s exaggeration of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. A former UN weapons inspector himself, Ritter attracted fame with his equally accusatory tome War on Iraq, which claimed that Iraq had been disarmed and posed no threat to global security. It was ignored, and a few years of bloodshed hence the rest is, as they say, history. Ritter’s basic claim in this new work is that Iran poses no viable nuclear threat, backed up by a series of complicated - though at times seemingly irrelevant - sources. If you can look beyond what seems to be pages of political jargon, Ritter’s message is clear. The threat from Iran is ‘fear-based’ and not ‘fact-based’ he says, and it’s hard to disagree. The one problem that Ritter’s book poses is that although it is written simply and directly, it is still a hard read. This is because the slightest fact, no matter its importance, is included, and this often sidetracks Ritter’s argument.

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Quibbles aside, this argument is essentially vital. The main problem that he is aiming to address is the fact that Israel holds too much influence in Congress, and thus manipulates public and political opinion to its benefit. In this case, a pre-emptive strike against Iran would be beneficial, though there are other influences that would like this too. Now that Iraq seems to be firmly at the forefront of political thinking here and across the pond, Ritter’s book comes at a time when it is especially relevant. But readers may wish to take notes as they go, for their own sanity. (CC Mapletoft) RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB PUBLISHED BY POLITICO’S PUBLISHING. COVER PRICE £16.99 HARDBACK

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT SIMON ARMITAGE

Simon Armitage’s translation of this M i d d l e En g l i s h romance into an easy vernacular rescues a story of chivalry from dusty criticism to revive it as a picaresque travelogue and vivid drama. Taking his cue from the original’s northern dialect, Armitage litters his text with colloquialisms, weaving through the action at a steady pace. In spite of a solid discussion of the problems posed by updating an important, if over-looked, work, the weaknesses of the book lie in the lack of critical context. The world of Arthur’s

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court and ideas of nobility have long since slipped from the school syllabus, and references to Classical heroes or other Arthurian legends can be mystifying. Nevertheless, the strong rhythm and consistent rhyme scheme ensure that the narrative is engaging: Armitage’s poetic sensibility meshes with the original in an accessible way. The story itself, following a challenge by the titular Green Knight to the famous Round Table, is partially an exposition of the medieval heroic code and partially an adventure yarn. Gawain’s piety, alongside his valour and handsome appearance, make him the archetypal good knight: his green-skinned enemy is a worthy, sinister opponent. It is those passages where they are most stereotypical that have the strongest resonance. While the extensive use of description can be wearisome, the strong characterisation and dialogues lend a modern tone and relevance to a story that could easily have remained a historical curio. (Gareth K Vile) OUT NOW PUBLISHED BY FABER AND FABER. COVER PRICE £12.99 HARDBACK

DISTURBING THE PEACE RICHARD YATES

R i c h a r d Ya te s suffered the same curious f ate a s O r s o n We l l e s , s t a r ting at the top and working

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his way down. Yates’s Citizen Kane was Revolutionary Road, a muffled desperate cr y from the suburbs that said as much about America in the 1960s as The Great Gatsby did about the 20s. By the time of Yates’ alcohol-fuelled death in 1992, all nine of his books were out of print, his name barely a footnote in the canon of 20th century literature. This century looks like it might be kinder to him. The New Yorker finally published one of his stories in 2001 having faithfully rejected every word he sent them. And publishers Methuen are repackaging many of his novels bolstered by glittering recommendations from authors as diverse as Kurt Vonnegut, Nick Hornby and Richard Ford. The latest reissue is Disturbing the Peace, written halfway through Yates’ career and examining his familiar theme of the apparent hopelessness festering just below the surface of a comfortable existence. In this book the comfortable existence doesn’t even last to the end of the first chapter; by then the protagonist, John Wilder, has had a nervous breakdown. The remainder of the book tracks his attempts to regain his life, and the three paths he takes to ease his pain: therapy, adultery and Alcoholics Anonynmous. Spanning the 1960s, the book tracks Wilder’s moments of extreme clarity, the chances of redeeming himself and the numerous relapses, his meandering made all the more searing for the parallels with Yates’s life. (Graeme Allister)

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CREATIVE WRITING POEMS BY JUDITH ROBERTSON WEATHER Words passed over me. They slid from your once ‘oh-so-perfect’ mouth fragmenting and forming scattered bundles on the floor. You picked the bundles up, snatching the last words, before moving out into the grey, frosty morning.

TRANSPORT They walk, cautiously, picking up pace. The sun moves higher, The air, sweet. They move on, the pace slower. The brows furrow. The sun now dips. The backs are bent.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES The vase with the transparent wash of blue flowers lies smashed on the floor. The One that you bought for my birthday. The One that reminds me of you. You grab a broom and sweep the fragments clumsily under the rug. As you close the door behind you, I smile quietly to myself and listen to the small fragments crunch across the gravel outside.

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI This month marks the f i r st a n n iver sa r y of The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS). From an ambitious launch with the Home series of simultaneous site-specif ic performances across Scotland t h r oug h r ev iva l s of classic plays such as Schiller’s Mary Stuart and Strindberg’s Miss Julie to innovative new commissions such as Grid Iron’s co-option of Edinburgh Airport with Roam and Gregory Burke’s award-winning Black Watch, the NTS has so far more than lived up to its remit to champion Scottish theatre. Nowhere is this renewed confidence more striking than with the news that the NTS is taking Anthony Neilson’s breakthrough play The Wonderful World of Dissocia on tour, kicking off in Glasgow at The Tron on 28 February (see article). This seminal work established Neilson firmly in the first rank of contemporary British playwrights. Now, more than two year’s after its triumphant Edinburgh Festival debut, his critically acclaimed and unflinching examination of mental breakdown finally gets a London run. Black Watch too is headed South. So for those of you who worried that Scotland’s national theatre would be by definition provincial, here is your answer. If once the theatrical traffic on the M1 had been all one way, no longer. Scottish theatre has never been more vibrant. Long may that continue. /Hugo

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1. WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA BY ANTHONY NEILSON FEB 28 TO 10 MARCH, TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW

One of UK theatre’s most compelling voices kicks off a national tour for this critically acclaimed show.

2. STRANGERS, BABIES BY LINDA MCLEAN 23 FEB TO 17 MARCH, TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH

Scottish playwright Linda MacLean’s story of one woman’s desperate attempts at a future.

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LEADING PLAYWRIGHT ANTHONY NEILSON TALKS TO THE SKINNY ABOUT FORM, FANTASY, AND FUN

In the summer of 2004, at the arse end of the Edinburgh Festival when people should have been paying more attention, a brilliant play made it’s debut. Staged with relatively little fanfare for just a week at the Lyceum, Anthony Neilson’s The Wonderful World of Dissocia was only a moderate hit despite its fantastical energy, humour, and immersive set design. Happily for Neilson, and for us, Dissocia is back on tour this month, courtesy of the National Theatre of Scotland. In this preview interview, The Skinny catches up with the playwright to find out about some of the artistic motivations behind this vibrant, major work. The Wonderful World of Dissocia is a wild amalgam of scenes, jokes, colours and ideas. Its protagonist, Lisa Jones, is a confused girl/woman who seems to be lost in both fantasy and reality. Neilson suggests the formula is simple. “The whole show is about mental health,” he explains, his tone friendly, assertive. “But it’s also about imagination.” There is nothing glib about this bold statement. In fact, to split the play up into these two categories may in some ways be a modest gesture, downplaying the numerous elements touched on by a playful script. It also relates to each of the two very different acts. The first is set in Dissocia, a dreamworld of talking goats, flying cars, disco lights, and dangerous nightmares. The second, welcoming back the audience after an interval, is in the cold, white, sanitised world of a mental hospital. This change is intensely dramatic, and echoes the imaginative and spiritual dualism that has preoccupied Scottish writers and thinkers for generations before Neilson: Robert Lewis Stevenson, R.D. Laing, and Alasdair Gray all come to mind.

impetus for Dissocia was to explore the lure of mental illness for people with it; it takes people a while to accept that it’s better to take medication. But I don’t think that alone would be satisfying unless the situation could be analogous. In that sense the play’s about sensation versus numbness. It’s something we can all relate to: artistically, emotionally. We fight to restrain something within ourselves, and wonder if the balance is right. We wonder ‘was it worth it?’ There are echoes of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz in there, and people find those stories very resonant. Dissocia is too specific for me to be able to say ‘take what you want from it,’ but I wouldn’t be interested myself if it was just about mental health. But even in its most fantastical moments, it’s grounded in psychological truth.”

“IT’S ABOUT SENSATION VERSUS NUMBNESS ... WE FIGHT TO RESTRAIN SOMETHING WITHIN OURSELVES”

Quizzed further on this sense of double perspective, Neilson demonstrates his enthusiasm for exploring the state of the mind with his works. “The

That last line is typical of Neilson’s conversation. He has a trick of sticking a last sentence onto the end of his opinions, if not to undermine what he has just said, then to show that he is of more than one mind on a subject. It is clever, disarming, and quite natural. Still, this quick way with a phrase, turning meaning in a second, has only helped him in scriptwriting. Indeed, it is typical of the Neilson who rose to notoriety in the 90s as a shocking young voice on the British theatrical scene. Many of his early works – like Penetrator, or The Censor – are stark and sexual, but there has been humour and curiosity in his work all along. On the playful nature of Dissocia, Neilson hopes “serious theatre goers won’t feel talked down to by it.” But still insists on his own agenda: “I get annoyed by theatre that is confusing, static, overly cerebral.” Neilson makes no excuse for his will to entertain. It has its origins in his own early theatre experiences, “variety forms” of song and dance that set out to please. “I’ve been looking for forms in theatre that will allow us to crossfertilise text based work with what is perceived to

THE D&B CURRICULUM be more popular.” He adds: “I see no conf lict between art and populism.” Neilson’s suggestion here that some other genres are only ever ‘perceived’ to be more popular than theatre is a curious one, possibly betraying an ivory tower arrogance that assumes knowledge of what people want. Does he really think that there are more people who like theatre than admit to it, or even know it at all? “The theatrical tradition has completely informed TV drama and soaps. Theatre is sometimes criticised for being like soaps, but theatre formed them. British text based theatre is in the blood of the people.” Once again he is friendly, and assertive. Between the highbrow and the entertaining there is another area, where Neilson’s love for the theatre is most clearly located: not just the chance to have fun on stage, or even to tell a meaningful story, but in the hard evidence of immediacy. “Now theatre needs to distinguish itself again,” he insists. “People want a bit of spectacle. People want to see liveness, proximity. To feel alive as an audience. You can see the response of the audience to things that offer those things. Dissocia did that.” Neilson’s evident pride is not misplaced. Indeed, he more than met his own criteria with the first outing of this work. There are usually good reasons to ‘go out’, whether for a film, a play, a night out or a shopping trip. Very few will come close to the combination of magic, danger, numbness and pain of The Wonderful World of Dissocia. Take this second chance to see a mind-blowing play produced at full-tilt in close to its original form. You won’t come back the same.

Things are looking jam packed for February’s drum and bass on both sides of the country with both Glasgow and Edinburgh set for a flat out month. It all starts on 3 Feb in Glasgow’s 13th Note with a night of ragga jungle, drum and bass, dubstep and rave at The Grind with Murderbot, Parasite and Acrnym (8pm-late, £4). In Edinburgh on 9 Feb your pre-club is at the City Café from 9pm with Codenine’s funk flavours. Part one of Xplicit’s second birthday follows on taking the late slot (10pm-3am, Bongo Club, £12). The birthday features

THE HOUSE OF TECHNO Early on Rob Da Bank is heading back to the Capital on Feb 2 with Paddy Freeform (Bestival FM) and Surface EMP at Trouble (Cabaret Voltaire) – eclectic house, leftfield and even hip hop will be the order of the evening (11pm-3am, £6). Staying at the Cab and moving onto the 11th, Jon Pleased (who now has a quarterly residency) will be spinning out the tech-house and progressive tunes for Taste (11pm-3am, £8/£6 members/£5 b4 11.30pm). On Feb 15 the Red Star Institute (Red Vodka Club, 10pm-3am, free) has a knees-up for their Techno Hoedown, with local talent from Acid Fairy, Ingen, JD Pyz and Phil Mitchell (no, not that one). If you’re still alive after all that, then head along to Beatroot’s 3rd birthday (Feb 16, Ego, 10.30pm-3am, £6 b4 12am/£7 after) for Audiojack’s dirty tech – the theme is Pimps N Ho’s fancy dress so dig out the velour suit. On Feb 17 Edinburgh welcomes its newest club, Musika, with tunes from Mark Knight (Toolroom Records) and Martijn Ten Velden, as well as progressive/house from Gary Bowman and

Derek Martin (see our full preview on p48 for details). Over in Glasgow, Blitzkrieg Bop has their Alt>Delete Recordings Night with Twisted Charm (live) and a DJ set from The Aliens (info tbc), and Johnny Violence of Ultraviolence will be making his techno presence felt at Digital Harlot’s Violent Valentine themed masquerade (Feb 10, Strathclyde Uni Student Union, 10.30pm-3am, £5) in a buffet of hardcore and alternative dance, while on Feb 17 Death Disco (The Arches, 10.30pm-3am, £12) lay on the electro aided by Headman (Gomma), Tommie Sunshine and DJ Mingo-go. On Feb 23 the legendary Jeff Mills will be taking over Pressure at The Arches (10.30pm-3am, £19 adv) with support from Vakant Records, the maestros of minimal. Here’s an early heads-up for Impact with hardcore techno from The Horrorist and The DJ Producer on Mar 3 (10pmlate, £tbc) and techno and acid from Jamie Ball. See our online preview for more. That should be more than enough to be getting on with! [Struan Otter]

TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW, WED 28 FEB - SAT 10 MAR, 19:30, £6-£14. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA IS ON AT THE TRAVERSE

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INDIGITOUS 5TH BIRTHDAY, STUDIO 24, 2 FEB

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It’s a romantic ‘pimps n’ ho’s’ theme at Digital Harlot this month, with a visit from Johnny Violence (Ultraviolence) for some blood-slicked hard techno and alternative dance.

The sporadic Indigitious are back for their Fifth Birthday, and perhaps their last ever night of the club. Henry Seligman from Dragonfly Records (the Goainfluenced trance and techno mainstay) will be playing a two-hour DJ set as part of the main room’s Digital Disco.

3. THE BEVELLERS BY RODDY MCMILLAN 7 FEB TO 3 MARCH, CITIZEN’S THEATRE, GLASGOW

ZERO DB, FREQ, SUB CLUB, 16 FEB

All star cast feature in a gritty east end of Glasgow drama written by Para Handy’s Roddy McMillan.

If you ever wondered whether hard jazz could sound uber cool, it can when it has been through the Zero dB modulator: infusions of electro, breaks, hip hop, house, latin, and even a tinge of African beats.

4. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY CHRISTOPHER SERGEL

SPIRIT CATCHER (LIVE), SUBCULTURE, THE SUB CLUB, 17 FEB From playing in Belgian funk bands to electronic production at the age of 12, Spirit Catcher bring varied credentials to the decks. Check out their future grooves.

20 TO 24 FEB, KINGS THEATRE, EDINBURGH

Adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of racism in the American deep south.

BASEMENT BREAKS, 13TH NOTE, 21 FEB

5. NEW TERRITORIES, VARIOUS – 19 FEB TO 3 MARCH, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

From playing in Belgian funk bands to electronic proBasement Breaks - possibly Glasgow hip-hop’s dirtiest old bastard – has returned. You’ll be treated to the prodigious skills of Loki - a rapper so prolific he has been known to freestyle in his sleep, and the beats and socially conscious rhymes of anti-blinger White Noise.

Scotland’s International Festival of Live Arts returns to Tramway with a multi-media programme of performance and dance that includes enfant terrible Michael Clark.

The club has been described as Scotland’s premier drum and bass night, and if you’re not already a regular The Skinny would strongly suggest you get your ass down to one of this month’s dates, and submerge yourself in the bouncing breaks, beats and down’n’dirty tunes that Xplicit is famous for.

COPYLEFT, FOREST CAFE, 9 FEB Copyleft bring you a mix of hip-hop/rock/dub tunes based on anti-establishment wake-up calls to a better lifestyle.

RED STAR INSTITUTE, RED VODKA CLUB, 15 FEB It’s a Techno Hoedown at the Red Star with some local talent from the graceful fingers of Acid Fairy, Ingen, JD Pyz and Phil Mitchell. Mid-week blowout ahoy!

MUSIKA LAUNCH WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS,

PRESSURE, THE ARCHES, 23 FEB

LIQUID ROOM, 17 FEB

It seems that these days Pressure doesn’t know the meaning of a low-key night. This month sees more of the same as they welcome back techno legend Jeff Mills with support from Glasgow based Alex Smoke.

The night launches with the philosophy of keeping Edinburgh at the forefront of what is happening within the big room house scene. They’ll play host to one of the luminary players in the international house music industry, Toolroom Records.

Havana (that’s the rum) will be bringing Havana (that’s the city) to Glasgow’s Old Fruit Market. Almost literally, in fact - they are recreating a street of that inimitable city for the festivities. The street will play host to live hip-hop from Triangular Escuro and spun house grooves from DJ Armando of XMBPM.

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XPLICIT 2ND BIRTHDAY PT 1, BONGO CLUB, 9 FEB

JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE AND VAKANT RECORDS,

HAVANA, OLD FRUIT MARKET, 24 FEB

Wonderful World of Dissocia

Chase and Status along with Digital Soundboy Shy FX and the residents. Part two is 16 Feb at The Art School, Glasgow, with legendary DJ Adam F (11pm-3am, £10). Back to Edinburgh on 17 Feb for Obscene at Club Ego with residents and special guests tbc (11pm-3am, £3/£5 after 12am). Ending the month is Codenine at the City Café, Edinburgh on 23 Feb, and the grand finale is supplied by Sequential at Studio 24 with Moving Fusion (10.30pm-3am, £10/£8 members). Choose wisely people… Nah, in fact, do the lot! [Jonny Ogg]

CAB’S 2ND BIRTHDAY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, 23 FEB Cabaret Voltaire celebrate their second birthday this February in true largin’ it fashion - see our feature in the Edinburgh clubs section.

“People want a bit of spectable.”

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ALL MY SONS ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI We’re avoiding the luvvyduvvy B.S of Valentine’s ERROR Day aboard the good ship Beats like an iceberg in 404 the water, in favour of EDITOR Hell (DJ, that is), christ., and brimstone. Ok, that NOT last bit’s a lie - it’s too difficult to attach it to the FOUND cover. DJ Hell talks to us

All My Sons is a compelling play. The Keller family is trying to get on with life in the aftermath of the second World War. Joe and Kate have lost one of their sons - the other, Chris, has returned home, joined the family business and wants to marry Ann Deever, who had been his brother Larry’s sweetheart. Miller shows us a version of the American dream, an every-family, and then inexorably pulls it to pieces. All My Sons is an exploration of the effect that one man’s denial of personal responsibility will have on all that he holds dear. This play requires a strong ensemble cast to bring to life the family and their neighourhood and, through these, the society in which they live. The key performances in this production are impressive, in particular from Stuart Milligan as Joe and Richard Conlon as Chris. The love, respect and affection that father and son share are portrayed without doubt, making Chris’ sense of betrayal and disgust in the final act all the more devastating. Kathryn Howden’s Kate is an immensely practical

about Vol 3 of the Misch Masch series and getting Gigolo back on the road to steady finances, while christ. tells us why his music cannot be pidgeonholed. We also go in depth with Edinburgh’s Curios? Sunday Joint and Glasgow’s Blitzkrieg Bop, with a bit from drum & bass legends/mentors 4Hero in the spaces between, and oh yeah, did we forget to mention our interview with Amon Tobin? He’s chilling at the back of the ship, probably relaxing after three intensive years of recording the strangest and most complex noises known to ears - like us, you are probably also intrigued as to what a “gazelle complaining” sounds like. And then there’s Cabaret Voltaire, one of the handful of Edinburgh clubs to survive the recent cullings, defiantly celebrating their second birthday at the end of the month, so we’ve got the news on their bash line-up. There’s also the usual club, LP, and single reviews near the back, and a DJ Chart from JD Pyz (formerly known as Pyz) of Access and Split. Later.

woman, holding onto an impossible belief as a way to keep her family and her marriage together and Shonagh Price brings a subtle counterpoint as Ann, ﬁghting for her own chance at happiness while understanding more clearly than any of the Kellers the price they may all have to pay. There are a number of small problems. Any play which demands convincing American accents from a British cast is going to be met with varying degrees of success. Some of the actors in smaller roles are not as strong as they could be. But these are niggles. This All My Sons is a fine production of an absorbing play. The cast bring warmth, humanity and reality to the characters, and they allow the quality of Miller’s writing to shine. [Philippa Cochrane] ROYAL LYCEUM EDINBURGH, 12 JAN - 10 FEB, TUE – SAT, 7.45PM, £10 - £24 WWW.LYCEUM.ORG.UK

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1. V/A - THE 8 BALL MIXTAPE

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Released to raise funds for the National Autistic Society, this is not your average gash charity cash-in by any means. It’s almost a who’s who of Scottish / Glasgow hip-hop, with dope tracks from Bigg Taj, Granite MCs, The Remedies and Eastborn, and recent tracks from UK stars like Roots Manuva and Braintax. Buy now, you have no excuse - full review next month (available from www.bringdaruckus.com, and in stores).

2. V/A-BREAKIN’ BREAD DIRTYBREAKINFUNK&HIPHOP

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Another compilation, with jazz-flavoured bangers from Ghost, Natural Self and Edinburgh’s own Abdominal Showmen. A good month for homegrown talent!

3. AMON TOBIN - FOLEY ROOM

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A wide-screen odyssey of experimental sound welded to liquid techno, spaced-out soundtrack atmospherics, and weird machine resonances. A ground-breaking and cohesive electronic, sample-based opus.

4. APATHY & CELPH TITLED NO PLACE LIKE CHROME (ANTIDOTE) The welcome return of Demigodz alumni Apathy and Celph is an unbelievably raw battle rhyme-fest, with more killer disses than you could possibly count. Includes a Little Green Bag sampling joint that’s so hot it’ll melt your turntable. Drops next month,

5. 4 HERO - PLAY WITH THE CHANGES (REINFORCED RECORDS)

A modern soul fusion project from Marc and Dego, perhaps the most celebrated exponents of the crossover album, which has seen them morph their sound from early pioneering jungle to the slick, polished flavas of today. See our feature on page 44.

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One Hell of a time

It’s the second Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella and they have stuck with the gaudy Antony McDonald set, spectacular Vivian Westwood-esque costumes and fresh faced dancers so successful last time. Ashley Page’s choreography is fun and witty, and works well with Prokoﬁev’s score. Page’s impressive vision climaxed in Act I with the dancing ballerina cogs and the Four Seasons arriving on stage after the Fairy Godmother has appeared to Cinderella.

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THE SKINNY TALK ELECTRO-HOUSE, ‘THAT’ MINIMAL CRAZE, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AND WHERE IT’S GOING WITH EUROPE’S HOTTEST DJ.

ie hard Bayern Munich fan and qualified fo o t b a l l c o ac h , f a s h i o n i c o n a n d occasional Versace model, prolific producer, club ow ner, and record label k ing pin. Helmut Josef Geier AKA DJ Hell is more than just a DJ. Born in 1962 in the small town of Altenmarkt, near Munich, he started DJing at the age of seventeen, and soon his ear for a good record and eye for a new trend saw him riding the crest of 80s electro with residencies at some of Munich and Berlin’s best nightclubs. When the synth pop sound gave birth to early 90s house and techno, he started producing his own music and in 1992 released the classic ‘My Definition of House Music’. This led to an A&R position with the record company behind Snap and Dr Alban, but after a year he tired of the commercial pressures of the industry and reverted back to DJing, with a residency at New York’s Limelight club. Fellow resident Jeff Mills convinced him to look back into the record business and in 1996 they started International Deejay Gigolos. Early hits included ‘Zombie Nation’ by Kernkraft 400, but the real success came with the early noughties electroclash boom, a sound propelled by Gigolo releases like Tiga’s ‘Sunglasses at Night’ and debut albums from Miss Kittin & The Hacker and Fischerspooner. As electroclash boomed to breaking point, so did the label; in 2003 parent

distribution company EFA declared bankruptcy and Gigolos were in financial crisis, “It affected everybody and we are still fighting for better times,” says Hell. But it did give him the chance to concentrate on solo work again, culminating in his second artist album NY Muscle. Now, with help from his own pocket, the label is back with big plans for 2007: “We have our tenth compilation coming up presenting 10 years of

“MISCH MASCH GAVE ME THE FREEDOM TO GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE AND SHOW MY ACTUAL DJ SET” Gigolo, following a world tour featuring all new Gigolo members, [and] we’re also working on some gallery exhibitions in London and Barcelona to show the highlights and lowlights from the last 10 years of being a Gigolo - this will also published as a book.” He is also putting the finishing touches to his new album which will be out before the summer, but his most recent release is volume three of the pioneering Misch Masch mix series. After excellent contributions from Tiefshwarz and Freeform Five, this instalment combines a mix

It is difﬁcult to pick out any individuals as all the dancers worked really hard and played their characters with grace and commitment. However, Eve Musto as the

Godmother was stunning and managed to stand out from a strong all-round ensemble performance. Limor Ziv, Victoria Willard and Sophie Laplane as the stepmother and stepsisters were also hilarious and played the ostentation of the upper class with obvious relish. They were certainly not ugly though. Cinderella is a charming ballet that reflects the fairytale we all know and love. Combine that with an outstanding Scottish Ballet performance and you have a dance show that will make you tingle all over. [Nazhat Ahmed] RUN ENDED

with a compilation of his best remixes. “Misch Masch gave me the freedom to go where no man has gone before and show my actual DJ set, what’s going on in the clubs, what are the new impulses in the electronic world, and what is my definition of cutting edge music.” The ease with which he mixes contemporary melodic sounds like Ame’s ‘Rej’ with deep dark classics like Lil’ Louis’ ‘Blackout’ exemplifies the range of styles he has championed over the years. It will come as no surprise that he refuses to get sucked into the current debate over the merits of last year’s minimal house explosion: “Don’t worry, minimized music was there 10 years ago and it was the talk of the town already, so this wave hitting back again is really no surprise.” He also plays down suggestions that the predicted backlash against the genre will precipitate an electroclash renaissance: “That’s funny, I never thought about a comeback. Gigolo was always there with lots of great releases and we helped to bring this so called electro house sound to be played all over the world, but that’s really up to the public.” Whatever the new trend to captivate the industry you can be sure DJ Hell and his Gigolos will be at the front of the pack. Misch Masch Volume 3 is out now, and he tells us that the chances are good that he’ll be playing Pressure this year. WWW.DJHELL.DE

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ALBUM RELEASE SCHEDULE A COMPELLING, AND SADLY RELEVANT TALE

by Hugo Fluendy

Michael Buffong, director of this latest production of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird, is convinced the story is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1960 at the height of the civil rights struggle. Lee’s portrayal of sleepy childhood innocence stretched to breaking point on the rack of racial tensions in America’s Deep South can, says Buffong, be likened to the shock to the national consciousness dealt by tragedies such as the Stephen Lawrence murder. “To humanity’s huge discredit, things that were happening then are still happening now. Perhaps things have actually got worse since the 1930s rather than better – not a happy thought is it?”

by RJ Thomson

Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation and Buffong’s direction realise Lee’s vision powerfully. TV star Duncan Preston’s Atticus is no lantern-jawed crusader as in Gregory Peck’s famous film role. Rather we have an ordinary man, a beaten-down lawyer whose diligence and courage are pitted against the entrenched prejudices of an entire society as he defends a black man of the rape of a poor white girl. Finally, Buffong is set to employ a Brechtian conceit, bringing the audience even closer to the action of this compelling, and sadly relevant tale.

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Health IS NO LAUGHING MATTER - OR IS IT? by Simone Gray

light and their respective illnesses are banished backstage, the team at Universal Comedy believe they can empower people to improve their lives, focus on a brighter future, express themselves and have a good old guffaw at the lighter side of life. As of yet they have run only short taster workshops and have not yet embarked on their longer-term training plans, which are set to kick off early in 2007. The taster sessions held thus far have already included a variety of private and professional groups made up of people with health problems i ncludi ng work ing with groups like The Gorbals Healthy Living Initiative and the North Glasgow Wellbeing Initiative.

DESPITE ILL HEALTH THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR SOME LAUGHS, SOME LEARNING AND SOME CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

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Universal Comedy received charitable status in mid 2006 and has since embarked on an ambitious project to improve the wellbeing and outlook of ill people in Glasgow through the use of comedy workshops and skills training courses. From their own experiences, they believe that all sorts of short term and long term ailments like diabetes, cancer, and epilepsy are often aggravated by a sense of isolation from day to day life. By offering sufferers a friendly and relaxed environment where the study of comedy takes the spot-

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A short or a long-term illness is a lonely and scary time. Sufferers often have little to smile about. In Glasgow, though, a band of cheerful souls who have been affected by the issues facing ill people have recognised that despite ill health there is always room for laughs, learning and creative expression.

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recruits get to take a look at their own lives and use their everyday experiences to develop their own storytelling skills. Laura Dolan, the general manager of the charity, says that it is during this time that their experiences and feelings are aired and the results are hugely beneficial and entertaining. In the last part of the threehour session the group are given the task of developing adverts for items with hilarious results. Already, due to the cross section of people, skills and ailments, the results of these sessions have been fascinating. In fact they have inspired almost a full house of people wanting to be a further part of the experience with many describing their time spent under the tutelage of Universal Comedy as uplifting and inspiring - a great start to an enriching project. IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY HEALTH ISSUES AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE WORK DONE BY THE CHARITY, WHETHER AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER OR A PAR-

The sessions usually warm up with the specially chosen tutors introducing the art form of comedy. From there the newest comedic

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SERPICO

EP (SELF RELEASED) BARRIERS is an were impressively IfThis anyone to carry put-together the torch of EP from ambitious Scots heid-bangers Serpico; a band with enough promise to acquire the production abilities of Rhys Fulber (Machine Head, Paradise Lost) to record them. As a result the sound is a polished, raucous sheen of distortion and melodic vocals. ‘400 Blows to the Head’ stomps around the start and ‘Alkaline Nights’ is an MTV-friendly rocker with requisite drink-related lyrics. The accomplished changes of dynamics and subtle synth layering are effective, but they go into overkill during slow effort ‘Glasseye’, where the quiet-loud trope sails a little too close to Nickleback for comfort. ‘Kultura’ redeems them; the shackles are removed and Serpico bring the mosh. It’s a pacy, rhythmic thrash-out with intelligent syncopations evocative of the Foos or QOTSA. Definitely enough here to merit checking them out live. [Jamie Borthwick]

together through their talent for melody, Sixpeopleaway, nonetheless, have created a novel twist on the old singer/songwriter formula that, with just a little time, could be cultivated into something much more natural. [Neil Ferguson] OUT NOW MYSPACE.COM/SIXPEOPLEAWAY

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It’s more of the same from the eternal tea cosy-wearing Badly Drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough. On his forthcoming tour Gough plans to play several gigs in some of Britain’s best chip shops. Far from being a heavy, greasy, deep fried offering, ‘Journey From A to B’, is, like all good fish n’ chips, light and crispy. Bouncing along with a kind of hippy, happy-clappy vibe uniquely his own, the song will surely be a hit with the already converted. In terms of offering something to those yet to be impressed with the singer/songwriter, it is unlikely to change any opinions. [Joe Lewis]

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Sixpeopleaway is the musical project of Glasgow singer/songwriter Alistair Merrick. An inchoate union of singer/ songwriter acoustics and synthetic beats, there are hints of punk influence amongst a sound that, mostly, is reminiscent of Air and José González. Sometimes, the beats are allowed to take over. At others, the juxtaposition of acoustics and electronics is a little forced and the true heart of the music is obscured. Held

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all-knowing cultural rag the News Of The World, but this smattering of Jam inspired rage is as derivative and irrelevant as anything by the Ordinary Boys. If you’re unfortunate enough to find The Enemy’s new single blasting from your speakers, do what is ok – turn it off. [Billy Hamilton]

intertwine with gently rushing guitars and their trademark hum-able chorus, this may be the tune to put a smile back on your face. It’s not going to warm the hardest of hearts but it might just let you thaw out long enough to remember that it’s not all bad. [Garry Thomson]

more bite, a definite redeeming feature, if only just. [Jon Seller]

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fluences of Elliot Smith and Jeff Buckley and add their own, slightly more considered touches around the edges. Fed by the willingness of Hughes and Cornall to trade vocal duties, The First EP digs deeply into a well of natural chemistry and melodic prowess that provides a duplicitous twist on Callel’s heroes of old. [Neil Ferguson)

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You know that feeling: you’re sat in a ditch, covered in petrol, but you just can’t get the match to strike. Here, Gary Lightbody expertly stretches that feeling out for three agonising minutes. “Tell me that you’ll open your eyes,” he nags listlessly, about a hundred times in a row. The band does finally kick in, with politely thrashing guitars and far too many cymbal crashes. It’s not as satisfying as lethal selfcombustion, but at least Gary’s stopped singing. [Jay Shukla]

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What’s not ok? Well, churning out a spiritless three minute ode to your musical idols while, at the same time, defining yourself as ‘edgy’ must rank highly in the inappropriate stakes. Communicating this to Coventry collective The Enemy may prove futile, considering they’ve been tagged the next Kasabian by

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Household are purveyors of discord in the best possible way. Pulverizing a warped adaptation of Refused’s punk to come into brash, malformed pop, they make music teeming with youthful exuberance and brusque ennui in equal measure. With an abundance of deep-seated electronics floating around, ‘20/20’s melodies betray its chopped guitars and hysterical screams. A brief tremor in the calm waters of discopop and depress-rock, Household are yet more cogent proof that central Scotland is capable of spewing for th something that, while ultimately listenable and accessible, is just a little deeper and a little less facile than the norm. [Neil Ferguson]

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With a name so hopelessly lacking in inventiveness as The First EP, Edinburgh’s Callel are more than happy to let their music speak for them. A collaboration between songwriters Craig Hughes and Aaron Cornall, Callel take the in-

Unless you’ve been living under some sort of giant boulder, you have at least heard of the Long Blondes by now. Frontwoman Kate Jackson reels you in with the style and wit she infuses into her songwriting. ‘Giddy Stratospheres’ is a seductive and playful tune about the choices we make in love and lust. If you’re a fan of the ‘Blondes, then you’ll know how infectious that first listen can be. This track is no different in its ability to, at the very least, take you to the dancefloor. [Lauren Mooney] RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB

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MY JET SET RADIO (MACHINE) Made in Swansea, Viva Machine’s debut single, ‘My Jet Set Radio’, is three and a half minutes of watered down post-hardcore with a few effervescent moments interpolated after the choruses for no good cause. Palatable and contagious, it’s digestible pop-rock built from simple melodies and that old quiet/loud, calm/raucous formula. Viva Machine like Weezer. They like Biffy Clyro. They even like Rival Schools. And it all shines through strongly on this single. [Neil Ferguson]

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As the sun fails to materialise for another rain-soaked winter’s day, it’s inevitable that the mind wanders to either dreaming of a sunnier place or building an Ark. With carpentry skills not the strongest point round here, it’s left to The Magic Numbers to bring some unseasonal Californian charm. With harmonising vocals that

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The colossal vortex left in the ocean of High School Rock after the demise of prolific hoody-sellers Blink 182 is still sucking in many pretenders to the throne, but Billy Talent seem to have something that sets them apart from the crowd. This is born out by album sales of over one million - the international public is clearly digging what Billy Talent does for Pop-Punk. On the strength of this single, however, there is room for improvement, as it doesn’t stand up to their previous more imaginative tracks, lifted from current album Billy Talent II. [Jamie Borthwick]

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21 year-old Bolton native Rob McCulloch deals in melodic, storytelling indie with ‘Six of One’ looking set “to make 2007 Rob’s year.” Unfortunately, on this evidence it’s all too familiar and uneventful, with a Northern lilt in his voice echoing a weaker Richard Ashcroft and the tale of woe on the streets belying an obvious tip of the hat to Sheffield songsmiths of past and present. Bside ‘Sonny’ stays on the softer side and thus gives McCulloch’s vocals

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by Sean Michaels

1. FRANCOIS VIROT - ‘MY HEAD IS BLANK’

3. GRUMPY BEAR - ‘LUIS BUNUEL’

5. BARR - ‘HALF OF TWO TIMES TWO’

A Frenchman gasps and yelps and strings us along with a ratty guitar-line, clappin’ his hands like a member of the Animal Collective. Part mantra, part love-song, part alarm clock: Virot wants to rouse himself from a winter blues, from an “empty” head. It’s like Paul Simon’s “Graceland” crossed with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

As an ode to the surrealist film-maker it’s appropriate that ‘Luis Bunuel’ drifts arbitrarily from one melody to another: at first the gentle strum of Iron & Wine covering The Postal Service, then some sixties pop zing, and finally a John Mellencamp mutter over precise electric guitar. It’s pretty brilliant, like three great singles squeezed into one schizophrenic track.

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2. FULTON LIGHTS - ‘THANK GOD FOR THE EVENING NEWS’

4. SANDRO PERRI - ‘CIRCLES’

Piano chords ring, ring, ring as BARR’s singer plows forward, reading a manifesto of oblivion and hope: “And here it goes and it’s a toast / and it’s a toast to us / and it goes: / Eyes closed / eyes open.” It’s only a scattered sermon, the throughline a little hard to grasp, but as the drums skip and scamper, as the piano rings on, it’s difficult not to get caught up in the crescendo. Like the final montage from a Wes Anderson film, the characters suddenly springing into action, medicine cabinets slamming shut, this simple song taking them all out to war.

Dusty beats and forlorn piano make for a song that recalls Portishead or early Massive Attack, even if Fulton Lights is more singer-songwriter than trip-hop. There’s a very urban malaise here: “What are we looking for and what do we see?” the singer asks, strings shimmering in his peripheral vision.

This is a song for mornings, slow and easy, with a golden french horn and Sandro Perri’s sleepy voice. You could roll out of bed and then back into bed, in and out of consciousness, putting this soft song on repeat and listening to the tambourine as it reappears, disappears, reappears. If your bedroom has a stereo and you have this song, you may never rise again.

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to sound like - it’s that good. With ‘The Greatest’, Marshall has really challenged herself, and in doing so has produced a song which is emotionally demanding, but will leave even the most jaded listener feeling completely revitalised. I don’t think it’s too early to call this one a classic. [Jay Shukla]

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This month The Tramway plays host to the New Territories Festival of Live Art: three weeks of international experimental work that promises to be inspiring and frustrating in equal measure. Beginning with the five days of the National Review of Live Art, it t a ke s i n c omp a n ie s from Belgium, the UK and Turkey with internationally acclaimed artists performing alongside the local. As well as operating as an annual gathering for performers in the medium, the festival provides an immersive introduction to the extremes of contemporary theatre.

one. It gives a fair representation of the Live Art scene. The lazy and dynamic, the thoughtful and thoughtless all share the same space. The huge variety of media on show, from film to spoken word, is staggering.

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FEATURED SINGLE From the initial piano chords and deft splash of tremolo guitar - warm and nostalgic and bathed in melancholy - it’s clear that something quietly epic is going on here. “Once, I wanted to be the greatest,” sings Marshall, all but breaking our hearts with her very first utterances. Backed by the Memphis Rhythm band, Cat Power has put together a song of spellbinding beauty - the kind of song that retains its power to surprise you no matter how many times you come back to it. Listening to the plaintive warmth in her voice; the cool restraint of the string section; the playful exuberance behind the drummer’s sporadic, muted snare rolls, suddenly, it becomes difficult to remember what Cat Power used

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New Territories is like a demanding version of Celtic Connections: while the various performances are linked by their shared vision, individual shows are radically different. Glasgow’s Anna Kryzystek presents Still on 20 February, a piece that is somewhere between art installation and dance, while Michael Clark - the hit of last year’s festival - returns with Mmm… an exploration of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. The National Review itself is notoriously uneven, having a mixture of experienced and new acts. Like a dark cabaret, its busy programme ensures that there is something to delight, then confuse and even offend every-

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The subjectivity of Live Art can render traditional critical responses to quality and structure meaningless, while the sheer number of different performances make it almost impossible to identify a single event as a highlight. However, Michael Clark’s work (27-28 February), having roots in classical ballet and boasting a company of talented dancers, will be perhaps the most easily accessible piece. Elsewhere, a day at the NRLA (7-11 February) is an uneasy pleasure that will generate a heated debate about the nature and purpose of performance. Glasgow is well-served with physical theatre, and it is fitting that such a prestigious festival should find its home here: the works will doubtless generate further experimentation and provide a focus for a movement that is working beyond the confines of the safe and traditional. WWW.NEWMOVES.CO.UK

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI To ac c omp a ny our ‘Art in the Real World’ feat u r e , G l a s go w based arti st Morag Kei l sha r e s he r i nsights i nto the reality of life as an artist working in Scotland:

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by Jay Shukla

SADLY, THESE WORKS ARE AS IMPORTANT NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE CREATED NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO.

“The stability and support which galleries and studio networks provide is never as solid or regular as that of an establishment. Like leaving the parental home, leaving Art School creates a void. In order to practice as an artist I believe you have to get used to the lack of stability and the lack of certainty, especially when it comes to jobs and money but also when it comes to your work as an artist. This is why the galleries, pockets of studio spaces and venues that become meeting places are so important in supporting the artists and musicians of the city. It is here that you can be welcomed, supported and embedded, through casual conversation or a friend of a friend. These chance encounters, however unreliable and unpredictable they might seem... it appears they are holding everything together.” [Morag Keil] Read the rest of Morag’s article, ‘Going Your Own Sweet Way’, at www.skinnymag.co.uk /MJS

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1. BODY PARTS III - FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART AT ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH

Bringing performance artists from across the globe to Edinburgh, witness a weekend of inspiring, groundbreaking performance art (23-25 Feb). Not to be missed.

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‘Important’, much like ‘interesting’, is one of those airy, vague adjectives that is used far too often but seldom means very much at all. The field of visual art – a minefield of bullshit and vacuous rhetoric at the best of times – is a particularly bad offender in this respect. Conceited journalistic caveats disposed of, I can say with equanimity that Monsters and Matadors – a disarmingly modest wee exhibition in the basement of the National Gallery – is a very important exhibition indeed. Francisco Goya was an artist of huge range and diversity. His portraits, history paintings and commissions for the Spanish crown made him famous, but it was his concurrent private explorations of satire, social commentary and nightmarish fantasy that confirmed him as an artist ahead of his time: one of those rare individuals whose significance cannot be diminished by the passing of time. By focusing only on his printmaking, the curators have cut to the core of what made Goya so extraordinary: namely his gripping synthesis of fascination, outrage and pity for humanity, which is manifested so lucidly in this collection of etchings.

of wit, imagination and social invective. These dark visions pour scorn upon human folly and weakness, each plate seemingly more damning than the last. In one etching Goya portrays an unsuitable pairing of man and woman who have become freakishly entwined into one wretched hybrid. At the side of the image a ghoulish priest earnestly gives his blessing to the unholy couple, even as they scream out for salvation. If the Disparates give us a taste of Goya’s genius for the macabre, they do not prepare us for the traumatic power of his Disasters of War. Created in response to the bloody Peninsular War (18081814), which saw French forces invade Spain, the series documents a litany of inhuman atrocities and is quite without parallel in the history of art. Goya’s hand does not flinch from presenting us with the unbelievable horror of conflict; his markmaking as precise as always; his observational powers not for one moment dulled by his own species’ genius for violence.

Inevitably, a feeling of degradation and hopelessness pervades these images, but there is a sense that these images are also a warning: a courageous creative response to an unimaginable series of horrors. We know that Goya himself cannot have witnessed the events he depicts, yet his images of mutilated bodies and debased humanity are so extraordinary because they resonate so strongly within us. Staring into the face of death, Goya found the courage to create great art – a fact that is as astonishing as it is awe inspiring. Clearly, mankind has not outgrown its desire for self-destruction. Sadly for us, these works are as important now as when they were created nearly 200 years ago.

As many bands learn the hard way, playing live should never be taken for granted. With a never ending stream of acts who seem to have gotten lost, bestowed with the right haircuts as opposed to the right tunes, too often little effort seems to go into making a live performance matter in our latter day. It’s turn up, play one hit and belt out lackluster filler, make sure you get yourself in the right light so the kids can see you’ve made the effort sartorially, but don’t put in too much effort playing – you might well sweat and then where will that haircut get you?

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for the “new rules” chart to prove fruitful for independent artists. Morgan considers the state of play. “A band that plays shows and could use that to support them forever, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or someone like that, in a way they’re affected by it less. Though they’re probably bothered by premature internet leaks, they can rely on shows and other things to support their income. But for us, you know, we don’t make a lot of money so it’s a bit different, though it doesn’t bother me that much. Even though that dynamic is there, it still hurts larger record companies more than it hurts the bands. I think if people are going to shows - whether or not they heard about your band by downloading you for free - hopefully they’ll still come and see you play.”

kids in tight t-shirts. Possibly the most frightening aspect of the Blood Brothers is that you have no idea of where the motivation for their guttural screams might be sourced. What’s clear, however, is that resistance is futile and the only course of action is to pick yourself up from wherever their initial outburst might have blown you to and join them in all the fun of their sonic blitzkrieg.

After a few cursory handshakes Morgan leaves us to prepare for their set and the main reason we’re here; to see if the ‘Brothers serve their reputation justice.

Wreck’. This evening at Tut’s, these “Young Machetes” put their money where their mouth is with a blistering performance.

THE SKINNY CHATS TO THE RAGING QUINTET BACKSTAGE IN GLASGOW...

The Blood Brothers could be accused of no such crime. Famous for their incendiary live shows, where the primary emphasis is on how much is put in rather than taken out, the Seattle posse come from a hardcore background, but look anything but the part. Coming across as something of a contradiction, listening to The Blood Brothers is a wholly different experience to seeing them in the flesh and one could be surprised by how far removed they are from the stereotypes often associated with the genre. Quiet and reserved off stage, but with an intelligence and experience to their lyrics that belies their still young age, they’ve been playing together since their mid teens but have steadily matured with a more progressive sound. Catching up with Morgan Henderson before they take the stage at King Tut’s, he explains to The Skinny that home, for them, is simply playing for the kids. “It’s interesting, because I’d basically say that playing in England is like is it at home, whereas in Scotland and the rest of Europe the crowd is that bit older. At the show in Aberdeen last night, for instance, people were closer to our age, I dunno why that is. It’s a young crowd in the States as well.” Obviously Henderson hasn’t seen that tonight is an over 14’s show, though he should feel right at home with the baying kids waiting for them outside the venue, where you can smell the cheap cider down the street.

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Though many visitors will undoubtedly be repulsed by the idea of the bullfight, the uncensored brutality of Goya’s Tauromaquia series of prints – which open the exhibition – nevertheless paints a fascinating portrait of man’s relationship with the natural world. Goya’s objective portrayal of these acts is accentuated by the eerie, untouched areas of blank space, which serve as a barren foil against which to contrast the scenes of theatrical madness. Although these plates were clearly intended partly as entertainment, Goya was notably the first artist to end a series of bullfighting images by depicting the death of a matador – here depicted with a singularly dispassionate hand: Goya could never be accused of sentimentality. In stark contrast to the documentary nature of the Tauromaquia, Goya’s Disparates series (sometimes called Proverbios, as the artist makes reference to certain proverbs) is a tour de force

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It’s probably just as well that the brothers Blood feel so comfortable on stage, with last year’s impressive Young Machetes - only now enjoying a UK release - joining what is now a long list of records to leak to the internet early. If record companies are to be believed, the time when bands have to rely on playing live to make their entire income may be coming sooner than you think, with the potential

As if they’d disappoint. From the opening screams of new single ‘Set Fire To The Face On Fire’, the G-force generated by the twin assault of vocalists Jordan Blilie and Johnny Whitney immediately pins back all who oppose it. Like a sandstorm pummeling away until you can, quite appropriately, almost feel the skin literally being peeled from your face, the intensity here is relentless - the crowd screaming “Fire! Fire! Fire!” right back at the quintet as they trade lines with each other, in direct contrast to their look: skinny emo

Guitar driven feedback gradually gives way to keyboard flavoured melodies as the band break it up a bit, but with their levels set so high already this is nevertheless well co-ordinated output. Chaotic but seemingly always focused, the energy they use to slay Glasgow is infectious - with a set drawn heavily from Young Machetes and previous record Crimes, including older favourites such as ‘Ambulance vs Ambulance’ and ‘Love Rhymes With Hideous Car

Finally, back outside in the real world and making our way home, The Skinny feels slightly dazed; knowing that the ‘Brothers have just conjured up something a bit special, a band so tight that you couldn’t get a bollock hair between them. Did they play it nonchalantly, like they took it for granted? Never. More like their life depended on it. YOUNG MACHETES IS OUT NOW ON WICHITA MYSPACE.COM/THEBLOODBROTHERSBAND

Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way by Francisco Goya

AT SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY IN EDINBURGH

A stunning collection of etchings that must be seen. (See feature)

3. THE NEW WOMAN ARTIST AT GLASGOW GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Challenging our preconceptions. (See feature online)

4. CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS AT EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

An important milestone for this accesible institution.

5. CHARLIE HAMMOND AT SORCHA DALLAS, GLASGOW

Playful, paradoxical and lots of fun. SEE LISTINGS FOR MORE INFO.

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SONIA BIDWELL: TEXTILES

Be inspired by this exhibition of contemporary and historical artworks showing representations of fabric in painting, drawing and printmaking. There’s a wonderful variety of images to explore, demonstrating how artists have represented fabric beyond decorative terms and used it to refer to larger topics and ideas. A significant number of works give insight into fabric production, trade and craft, as a predominantly female activity, linked to the home, care and protection. ‘Fabric Workers (Makers of Air Ships)’ by William Russell Flint, describes the reality of military production, showing women sewing together huge sections of fabric, which is so expansive they fold into and wrap around their task. Look out for ‘The Little Seamstress’ by Ian Hamilton Finlay in collaboration with Richard Demarco, a lovely sreenprint on paper, showing a boat stitching its passage through a pale blue sea. The boat, clouds and horizon all link together, creating a metaphor for sailing as a crafted activity. Alison Watt has two works in the show, both of which look closely at sections of fabric but subtly address other themes. In ‘Untitled (Scarlet)’ a small gap in the red fabric associates itself with blood, flesh and the ability of fabric to disguise, seduce and conceal. There’s lots to consider here, particularly concerning the imaginative potential of fabric and the importance of craft in general, which is interesting to consider in relation to the mainstream art of our times. [Lucy Gallwey]

A visit to a textile exhibition runs the risk of sounding about as exciting as a trip to Laura Ashley, but the imaginative work of Sonia Bidwell offers more than just well woven wools and pleasing colour schemes. The pieces in this collection are all inspired by Celtic poetry and almost all are accompanied by the verse from which they sprung. The tapestries themselves comprise of a colourful woollen base, recalling South American rugs, to which Bidwell makes a number of additions. From a distance the pieces appear bold yet simplistic; however, on closer inspection their intricacies become apparent. The attached pieces of bone, shell, broken pottery and other such items add a symbolism which draws the viewer’s fascination. These additions create layers of meaning which represent Bidwell’s vision of each poem. ‘Lament of Mary Queen of Scots’, inspired by Robert Burns’ poetry, forms the radiant centre piece of the exhibition. With its use of mirrored surfaces and attached silver chest it creates an intoxicating collage. The Scottish Storytelling Centre might seem to be the last place that one would find groundbreaking pieces of contemporary art and perhaps it is. What one does find, however, is a collection of delightfully quaint tapestries that awaken the youthful excitement in one’s mythological heritage. [Gabriella Griffith]

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MY HEART HAS A WISH THAT YOU WOULD NOT GO (CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND)

If long-term ambition guaranteed success, we’d be spared the box-ticking insipidity of The Kooks. But in the modern world, people are just too damn eager for the instantaneous one-hit fix dispensed by the ever eager majors. And that’s a crying shame, because Aereogramme’s fourth LP, My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go, is a glowing testament to slow-burning development. Awash with bittersweet laments, this is the radiant sound of a group devoted to haunting melodies that pluck a chord on every fragile heart string. Each track oozes subtlety: from ‘Finding A Light’s sumptuous xylophone intro to the string-laden eeriness of Nightmares, it’s a banquet for the musically ravenous. And if the stunning ‘Barriers’ isn’t 2007’s most jaw-droppingly beautiful ballad, well, my proverbial hat will be consumed. Utterly engrossing and staggeringly ambitious, My Heart Has a Wish... is a prime example of the great heights that a little longevity can take you to. [Billy Hamilton] RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB WWW.AEREOGRAMME.CO.UK

IDLEWILD

MAKE ANOTHER WORLD (SEQUEL)

Opening with the Interpol influenced ‘In Competition Fo r th e Wo r st T i m e’, Idlewild’s fifth album, Make Another World is a 35-minute romp built from jagged chords and Woomble’s little boy lost vocals. Ranging from the high-punk of first-single ‘If It Takes You Home’ to the rain-driven epics of ‘Future Works’ and ‘Once In Your Life’ to the quintessential Idlewild sounds of ‘Everything (As It Moves)’; Make Another World is colder and just a little more distant that its predecessors. Rough and serrated, considered and mannered, it blooms with unpredictable stylistic shifts and changes pace in a way that Idlewild albums never have. Volatile and contradictory, but never scattered, this is

a long-player that appears distinctly more naturally cohesive than their natural form. Packed with the emotions and sounds of liberation and release, this is an effortless frolic that, finally, sees Idlewild find their way. [Neil Ferguson]

dulcet country sounds conflict with the comfort of their surroundings and equate to an idea just too patently bizarre to make any sense of at all. Listen drunk or not at all. [Neil Ferguson]

purpose or ambition, this is a limp imitation of the idols it reveres. Sometimes, the fruit bowl of life couldn’t be peachier, but the sound of Mignon is like one big banana skin. [Billy Hamilton]

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(FULL TIME HOBBY)

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On their debut album, Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa’s vocal prowl leads the band through the double call-to-arms salvos ‘Don’t Give Up’ and ‘Scratch Your Name’, both full of thrashy new-wave guitars and decisive intent. She then changes tack in the beguiling ‘Count of Monte Christo’, a serene and jazzy effort that shows off the wide range and depth of Shingai’s vocals. It’s this voice that dominates proceedings throughout, making the good songs sound great, such as on the riff-heavy soul of ‘IWE’, and alternating easily between loungey tranquillity and catty prickliness; oftentimes, as on ‘Nothing To Dread’, within the same song. When we do hear a male lead vocal, it’s on a folky afterthought at the end of the album. Sounding despairing and defeated, guitarist Daniel sings “I’ll never fall in love again,” and is soon rejoined by Shingai, as if she feels he needs some help in getting to the end of the song unscathed. She’s probably right. [Barry Jackson]

The title of this album isn’t a misnomer: although it deals with similar themes to the previous two, Malcolm Middleton’s third solo album is brighter, grander and lusher musically, and he seems to have realised that he’s not alone in his misery. First song ‘We’re All Going to Die’ sets the scene with a reminder that although we’re all alone in death, at least we share in that fate together, and the title track and first single sees Middleton declaring himself part of an unseen army who prefer music to the outside world. Early contender for song title of the year ‘Fuck It, I Love You’ and the epic ‘Up Late At Night Again’ are accounts of being in love which border on joyous. Whilst other tracks such as ‘Stay Close, Sit Tight’ acknowledge an ongoing battle against depression with moving honesty, this is put into perspective by a sincere sense of hope. [Milo McLaughlin]

Matthew Davies, vocalist for increasingly mainstream metallers Fu n e r a l fo r a Friend, brings us an album of stripped back country-flavoured ballads. As side-projects go, The Secret Show are an absolute world away from the distortion and anguish of FFAF with a constant, rich acoustic guitar scenting the tracks with root chord patterns and the odd nod to Dylan with minimalist percussion and the all-important harmonica. The title track is the weakest link of some pedestrian openers: ‘Manana’ has an ear-grabbing change of pace and ‘Everyone’s a Critic’ stands out miles for its smart hoedown banjo line. The writing lacks imagination and the lyrics may fall short of the intelligence needed to carry the listener’s attention. This album will unobtrusively meander around in the background of quiet nights-in and dinner parties, eager to be inoffensive. [Jamie Borthwick]

RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB

Life can be pretty peachy can’t it? But if you take it too seriously, it can be as mouldy as a month old bowl of fruit. And that’s exactly what’s happened to Mignon’s debut album, Bad Evil Wicked & Mean. A carbon copy of Peaches’ abrasive feminism, this is a stale reminder of the importance of imagination. Synth driven tracks like ‘Succubus’ and ‘Supernatural Romance’ fill the void between the electroclash princess and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, without rivalling either’s unnerving energy. ‘Death Race’s hypnotic bustle emits a welcomed fertility but when juxtaposed against the 80s revivalism of ‘Demons Of Love’, it’s clear Le Tigre do it so much better. Lacking

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INDIGO MOSS INDIGO MOSS (BUTTERFLY)

If Phil Spektor had met the Velvet Underground in the leafy comfort of south London and formed a jug band, it would quite possibly sound something like Indigo Moss. Huge doses of Appalachia and Nashville trade space through 12 songs of old two-step rhythms and moonshine laments. Sometimes, on late, whisky fuelled nights, what Indigo Moss do might make sense. After all, such a nascent talent for melody and touches of melancholy can seem like the most natural thing in the world at times. At others, their

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MIGNON

BAD EVIL WICKED & MEAN (BAD-GIRL RECORDS)

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THE FAST CAMELS THE MAGIC OPTICIAN (NEON TETRA)

4 I f G l a s g o w ’s Fast Camels were a beverage, they’d be a cup of coffee laced with hallucinogens. Alternatively — at times, concurrently — ethereal and driving, their sound can hit you between the eyes and induce headbanging or take those same eyes, lift them towards the lights, and set the brain behind them whirling with swirling, psychedelic mélanges of vocals and instrumentation. In this wellproduced debut, one can hear the

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FEATURED ALBUM CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - SOME LOUD THUNDER

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The level of anticipation surrounding CYHSY’s second album is a measure of how far the US east-coasters have come in the past year. Their eponymous debut, pressed in lead singer Alec Ounsworth’s bedroom, was a beautiful hodgepodge of jerkiness that served as a petard under the seat of many who forgot that rock music could be fun. It shouldn’t have worked, but by Jove it did. Despite the puzzlingly poor recording quality of the title / opening track, Some Loud Thunder is absolutely not ‘CYHSY #2’. Aided by the impious hand of knob twiddling virtuoso Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips), the second album, barely a year after its predecessor, is a massive departure, but one which ultimately pays off.

ment of the overall laboratory of sounds bubbling within. It is debatable as to whether the change in direction from the band is deliberately angled at those detractors that unfairly denounced CYHSY as ‘one trick ponies’ or whether this is a natural evolution in sound. Either way, it highlights that there is more substance than some previously thought. A year from now, will Some Loud Thunder still be rolling in our ears? Probably. A slow burning classic? I think so… [Finbarr Bermingham]

The most noteworthy transformation may be the shifting in role of Ounsworth’s unmistakeable voice. On the first album, at times it threatened to take over, while under the guidance of Fridmann it is used as an ele-

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compositional influence of early Pink Floyd, sweet Byrds-esque harmonies, elements of thematic vastness and darkness reminiscent of The Cure, and the crisp undertow of 60s surf-rock. Yet these are all like well-cited references; The Fast Camels have an original sound all of their own. The album’s single, ‘Like A Magic Optician’ shows what the band can do in the studio. But ‘The Hump’, with its menacing vocals, tribal drums, incisory riffs and eyeof-the-storm chorus, is where they perhaps shine the most. Then again, the achievement of this cut is no mean feat considering the strength already proven elsewhere on the LP. [Ben Howe]

A HAND FULL OF HURRICANES

ing on their other projects, this is a welcome reminder that anything is possible within the confines of a band that has been together this long. Recorded with no editing and assisted by violin, viola and, bizarrely, a saw played by their friend Josh Hillman from Willard Grant Conspiracy, this album sounds full and warm with an organic quality sadly missing from too many latter day over-produced releases. Filled with the sort of instumental electronica that Boards of Canada might be making had they decided to use more acoustic instrumentation, this is a well crafted, beautiful record. Each short piece takes up fluidly from the last while retaining an individuality that makes each listen seem like the first. Filled with warmth and humanity, The Good Seed truly sets itself out as an early benchmark for albums of this ilk to strive for this year. [Garry Thomson]

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ROSE KEMP

Yet these festivals are bound to attract more attention than the small scale activity that is still proliferating. All over the country, artists dissatisfied with the constrictions of mainstream gallery spaces or sidelined by commercial gallery spaces are staging exhibitions in non-traditional spaces. In London, perhaps the most famous of this sort of organisation exists: Artangel, which commissioned Rachel Whiteread’s House and has been responsible for some of the most daring, unforgettable happenings of the past decade. Closer to home, Glasgow has a long tradition of art outside the gallery. Sorcha Dallas, now a fully fledged gallerist in her own right, started her career at the helm of a peripatetic project called Switchspace, which took over artists’ living rooms and commandeered cof-

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ELLIS ISLAND SOUND THE GOOD SEED (PEACEFROG)

Released after a decade together rec o rd i n g va r ious EPs and remixes, along w i th wo r k-

SING SONG (HEAVENLY)

Describing The L i t t l e O n e s’ début may be easier if I mention the following: the art work is by Jesse DeLoux (The Shins). They share a record label with the Magic Numbers. Their influences are cited as “thought bubbles and laughter,” and their definition of an “appropriate” song, is one that makes them shuffle their feet. With me? A voice pitched somewhere between Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and James Walsh (Starsailor) bounces over ubiquitous hand-claps and dense, collegiate rock instrumentation that, despite being unremittingly sweet, is seldom nauseating. Their attitude is summed up in opener ‘Let Them Ring The Bells’: “...and we don’t have a lot to say.” Herein lies the appeal of The Little Ones: social commentators they are not, purveyors of sunshine rock par excellence, they most certainly are. This is apolitical, carefree pop music that could go horribly awry in the wrong hands, but in this case, it’s a breath of fresh air. [Finbarr Bermingham]

by Jasper Hamill

fee shops. Franz Ferdinand made the Chateau - a pigeon sanctuary and multi-disciplinary studio cum squat rave - famous. Even a disused jail in the East End has been commandeered and turned into an artistic battery farm. They hold parties where visitors queue up to go to the loo in the suicide block. All these projects share a dogged independent spirit, which refutes the kind of art superstore mentality evident in Glasgow City Council’s plans to turn Kings Street into a prefabricated artists’ quarter. In this city, as in poetry, the best things happen in between the lines.

“A GOOD GALLERY IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A GOOD BUSINESS”

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Two new projects a re cu r rently bla zi ng a trail for independent art. A peripatetic gallery called Washington Garcia held its first exhibition recently, showing a Glasgow-based artist called Sigga Bjorn Sigurdardottir, in a flat in the Southside. Sigurdardottir is internationally known for her drawings of nightmarish visions, deformed figures and strange, warped beasts. But at Washington Garcia she was able to move beyond the work she would normally produce for the Frankfurt gallery that represents her, showing a film as well as an installation in one of the flat’s rooms. Its joint head Ruth Barker, who shares responsibility for the gallery with two members of Mother and the Addicts, Dougie Morland and Kendal Koppe, says the advantage of moving outside the gallery is that artists can make work in a way they could not in a commercial space. “It’s liberating, giving artists that may not have a profile in Glasgow the chance to experiment. We try to be generous and allow different people, with different agendas to show their work.”

work from artists that are just starting out. We curate the show on the day.” More than just an exhibition, the shows become social events, with bands like Tiny Little Hearts playing. The difficulties of non-gallery spaces - windows, odd nooks and crannies - are incorporated into the show, with all artists responding to the space as they see fit. Money, that perennial absence in an artist’s pocket, is never the driving force of such projects. They all share a similar intention: to let artists exhibit their work to each other and the rest of us. Whether the Arts Council gets on board or not, the front rooms and dank staircases of Glasgow will continue to provide a thrilling forum for the penniless upstarts who may one day be the flag bearers for British art. “A good gallery is not necessarily going to be a good business,” says Morag Keil, “but we try not to worry about that.” FLAT 0/1 IS MAKING AN OPEN CALL FOR WORK - WWW. MYSPACE.COM/FLAT01

Work by Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir as part of the Wrong House exhibition ‘(and above right)’

In the West End too, Flat 0/1, run by Bloomberg New Contemporaries alumnus Morag Keil and Fiona MacKay, runs one-night only shows in the living room of their flat. Morag says: “Our shows have work that we feel is ‘finished enough’, or

WA S H I N GTO N GA R C I A’ S N E X T S H OW, F E AT U R I N G AB ERYST W Y TH BAS ED ARTI ST MI R ANDA WHALL AND HUNGARIAN BORN, LONDON BASED ARTIST ARON TARJANI, OPENS ON 2 FEB AT 17 PRINCE EDWARD STREET GLASGOW.

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It’s not often you hear an artist claiming to make work that ‘responds to the banister’. But experiments of this kind were de-rigueur at a weekend festival called Close Projects, which took over the shared stairwells of several Glasgow tenements late last year. Getting a whole block’s permission to stage art interventions on their front porch was impressive enough. Even more impressive was managing to score sponsorship from Grant&Wilson, one of a few factors that everyone living in Glasgow tenements is obliged to pay, without any clear idea why. Over the weekend, closes were filled with gigantic cats-in-the-cradles, banisters were sheathed in beautiful embroidered coverings, streets twinkled with light installations and poetry readings, films and performances took place at venues dotted around the city. For a weekend, art left the gallery and quite literally kicked down Glasgow’s front door.

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It would be too easy to compare Rose Kemp to Cat Power, or even Inara George. She has similarities with her American counterparts, sure enough, but negotiating Rose Kemp may just be a little more difficult than employing sweeping similitudes. Certainly, she has a lot of those female singer/songwriter traits – laboured vocals and strange lyrics do equate to a strong reliance on such American grassroots influences. But she also has something just that little bit different and is not without a truly British personality. Playing with a melancholic confidence, yet sidestepping the insecurity of so many contemporaries, Rose Kemp occasionally allows her emotion to explode through A Hand Full of Hurricanes’ more tender nature. Never quite so meticulously sinister as on first single, ‘Violence,’ Kemp’s gentle sounds and awkward vocals sit closely by her peers. Yet the darkness, her penchant for just a little raw anger and brooding presumptuousness, are all her own. [Neil Ferguson]

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI Surely supernatural forces were at play last month. The sheer inspirational strength of one last Rocky training montage must have been too much for rock’s most estranged to handle, and well, I’ll be a Dinobot: suddenly we’ve got more reformations than a skip full of dismantled Transformers on our hands. Rage Against the Machine are back to kick up hell, Crowded House seem keen to celebrate the 10th anniversary of having split up in the first place (by doing it all over again), our own Jesus and Mary Chain have similarly been coaxed out of retirement for Coachella, as have the Happy Mondays (again - easy on the skag now, Sean) and destiny’s calling Tim Booth back for a sit down with James after an unorthodox stint as a Batman villain. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited Balboa-styled comeback of them all though is that of The Police, tipped for a return to the live arena after disbanding in ‘84. Of course, the sceptical will splutter that the whole shooting match are past their sell by and should hang up the gloves for good, but really, have you seen the state of Razorlight’s tunes? Gimme the heroes, get in the ring lads, and when you strap on that bass again, Sting, forget the crabbit naysayers...we say riff! /Dave

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A MUSO’ S TOP 10 THE FRAMES The Skinny recently caught up with those soulful alternative angst mongers, The Frames, ahead of their latest UK jaunt. Guitarist Rob Bochnik bestowed us with a fistful of tunes for us to seek out and slap on our various music playing technologies, though he didn’t quite pretend to cater for the eclectic tastes of his collective... “Oh I don’t think they would necessarily pick all of them... so in essence, I can only speak for myself...”

1. ARRIVER - I. OVERTURE 2. DAVY GRAHAM - MAAJAN (A TASTE OF TANGIER) 3. LOOSE FUR -THE RULING CLASS 4. HEM - LAZY EYE 5. NINA NASTASIA - WHY DON’T YOU STAY HOME 6. RORY GALLAGHER - IN YOUR TOWN 7. BUDDY GUY - FIRST TIME I MET THE BLUES 8. THIRD WORLD WAR - GOING TO CHICAGO 9. FIONN REGAN - BE GOOD OR BE GONE 10. JOHN COLTRANE - OLE

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“THE QUESTION EVERY BAND SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES IS THIS: ARE WE DOING THIS TO MAKE A LIVING OR ARE WE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE LOVE DOING IT?” Heard of Aereogramme? If so, you’re likely to be in a puzzling m i nor it y. The Glasgow ba nd are about to release their fourth (yes, fourth) LP, but have yet to attract the printed superlatives or excited whisperings of the collected media. Talking to the Skinny, bassist Campbell McNeil ref lects on the age-old conundrum for those seeking success in the music game: “To me, to be underground is a good thing, but I still want our music to reach as many people as possible.”

previous recordings in favour of surging strings and full-blown orchestration. This unusual coupling of indie and classical styles is down to guitarist Iain Cook, who doubles as a trained film composer. McNeil is grateful for his accomplice’s talents: “Having someone who can score a 70-piece orchestra is really handy. It’s important to us to have a broad, widescreen, cinematic sound. A lot of bands will grab some guy in to do the strings and it always sounds kinda tacked on to me, but we’ll often start thinking about a song with that in mind. It’s a massive advantage.”

The outfit have titled their new album My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go, a line lifted from The Exorcist novel by William Peter Blatty, words that the author himself decided to cut from the script of the landmark horror movie. McNeil acknowledges this peculiarity: “I’m a massive fan of The Exorcist and it always seemed strange to me that that line from the book wasn’t in the film. It’s strange that Blatty censored himself on such a beautiful line. It’s got a sense of hope, foreboding or resignation about it which kinda captured the way we were feeling when we were going in to start this album.” My Heart... is the latest offeri ng f rom the feted Chem i ka l Underground label, but unlike other Chem i ka l acts such as Mogwai and Arab Strap, fame and its trappings have thus far eluded Aereogramme. At this stage McNeil isn’t too concerned: “It’s a lot of fun but it’s not a living,” he says in his upbeat Glaswegian accent. “We don’t expect to make money from it. The question every band should ask themselves is this: are we doing this to make a living or are we doing this because we love doing it?” McNeil might be in it for the love of music alone, but the Chemikal deal surely stirs ambitions of grander successes? “You would hope there is a seal of quality associated with it. The bands have always sounded completely different but they’re always pretty good acts.”

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On their website Aereogramme appear in publicity shots as a bearded, black-clothed foursome apparently trying to drown each other in a bath. So a glamorous image isn’t priority number one then? McNeil laughs, “Yeah we all look fucking shocking! But I don’t have a beef with the image thing, it’s always been important to music. As long as the music is good it’s fine if a band wants to look good too. The Arcade Fire look fantastic, but they’re also a great band.”

“most accessible” work so far, and there’s more than a sneaking suspicion that it could lead to proper exposure for their ambitious - emotive (without the ‘emo’) rock. McNeil permits a flash of optimism: “I like to think of us as being a forward-thinking band who can perhaps be part of the mainstream. It’s really important to me that we make music that sounds like it could only have been made in the year that it was mad e, a nd not any time in the

The brainchild of DF Promotions’ Rachel Crimes, the YourSound concept is a natural extension of King Tut’s policy on supporting smaller bands. Now well into its second year, the monthly gathering at Tut’s has become a lively combination of a mini festival and a makeshift marketplace. One of the few places where unsigned bands can have their music played by local celebrity DJs, YourSound operates as an afternoon of shameless networking and a venue for a curious audience to find the next big thing. On the first Sunday of every month, bands arrange themselves around the downstairs bar, behind tables filled with information, demo CDs and publicity, hoping to meet the contact that can make them stars - or least connect with other likeminded musical souls. Unsigned bands are invited to submit their demos to YourSound, and they are considered for the playlist. Delegates from record companies, venues, PR companies and music magazines attend each month, and artists are given that otherwise elusive opportunity to schmooze with the professionals. At the end of each session, the band of the month are chosen - previous winners have included the Dykeenies, who had their first single released on Tut’s own label, and the Yellow Bentines, stars of the recent VERSAcoustic sessions. The most recent of winners is Rick Redbeard, an eclectic folk musician who takes his cues from Nick Cave and Will Oldham.

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sions. Beginning with a blast of uptight aggression from We Are the Physics and concluding with the muted techno-folk of El Padre, Term One took in lovelorn folk (theonewhoflew), Irregular Slinky’s heavy rock, through to the indie-pop of The Invisibles and Attic Lights, not forgetting to mention the obscurely bizarre Kazoo Funk Orchestra. While YourSound is obviously useful for DF in their hunt for new exciting music, there appears to be little concession to commercial interests in the bands that they support: boasting winners who are genuine originals as opposed to mere derivative crowd-pleasers. The DJs who spin the platters that are going to matter have been plucked from Glasgow’s illustrious music past and present. Recent guests have included Arab Strap, members of Belle and Sebastian and the sadly discontinued Uncle John and Whitelock - this month, the decks will be manned by the staff of Grace Records. Their participation emphasises not only a rich history, but the continuity of the music scene - many of the unsigned bands will doubtlessly have been inspired by the performers who are now playing their music. As The Skinny never tires of pointing out, Scotland’s music scene is almost impossibly diverse, with new bands emerging daily. YourSound is an industry get-together, but it is also one of the easiest ways to discover the new music of the land. THE NEXT YOURSOUND TAKES PLACE ON 4 FEB, FROM 4PM AT KING TUT’S.

Last year’s artists of the month were collected onto the Best of Term One compilation - a limited edition release that demonstrates the diversity of music that can be heard in these Sunday afternoon ses-

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They may lack a personal stylist, but Aereogramme make up for this most minor of f laws with music that, like early Radiohead, is musically complex without the pretentions. If that is one way to solve the underground/ popular conundrum mentioned earlier, then My Heart… could be their long overdue

Despite thei r caution, Aereogramme do see My Heart… a s their

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last 40 yea rs which I think a lot of new music sounds like. But I hate to hear bands complaining so I’m gonnae stop!”

breakthrough. McNeil, for his part, looks to the coming year with characteristic Scottish realism. “I’m just looking forward to going out there and playing the songs because that’s what I know is gonnae happen. If anything happens beyond that, absolutely brilliant. If it doesn’t, I don’t really care.”

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STRANGE CLOTHES AND CRAZY DANCING WILL BE MANDATORY

EDINBURGH Boy/girl duo BLOOD RED SHOES are causing all kinds of commotion at the minute with their rather exciting, stripped down rock and roll racket. Think White Stripes with less blues noodling and more frenetic punk attitude. Well worth a shot - they play CABARET VOLTAIRE ON 6 FEB.

THE DUKE SPIRIT keep things catchy and direct with a set at CABARET VOLTAIRE ON 8 FEB. Expect walls of guitar noise, sultry rhythms and a seductive star-in-the-making in the form of tambourine-smashing frontwoman Leila Moss. Both stylish and substantial? Damn straight.

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DARK LITTLE POET BARFLY, 6 JAN

Given that it’s the first weekend in January and a time when everyone’s supposedly hibernating in the hope they’ll save some cash whilst sticking to their resolutions, a sizeable crowd nevertheless assembles to witness Dark Little Poet’s first gig of the New Year. With a stage presence and a sharp dress sense, the outfit’s anthemic indie rock antics easily get the crowd in motion. At a time when the charts are saturated by acts with such indie anthems, all about the hooks and choruses, Dark Little Poet bring a little extra to the table and aspire to raise their game

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THE FELT TIPS BARFLY, 9 JAN

It is definitely honest, local flavour when a proud dad buzzes around taking snaps, with mum using her head for the tripod. At Barfly on this Tuesday night, The Felt Tips make just like their influences, who include Belle & Sebastian and Pulp. The lead singer even struts Cocker’s familiar slight frame. Using familiar hitters like this as your root vocabulary could degrade into paltry fanboy worship, but this Glasgow fourpiece have mixed a charming blend. The bright melodies layer well without trying too hard. Appealing lyrics switch perspectives, spanning the boyfriends, the girlfriends, and onto the dad, vexed by a druggie daughter. On various levels, tonight’s performance equates to a fine family affair. [David Winton] MYSPACE.COM/THEFELTIPS

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Zero Degrees of Separation brings together four folk groups from three continents for a night of individuality and collaboration. Beginning as a twelve man (and woman) free for all, it threatens to be a bit of a stramash, with too many instruments (cello, fiddles, electric guitar, flute, double bass) vying for attention, and all manner of wacky percussion making for a bit of a cacophony at times,

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ROYAL CONCERT HALL, 18 JAN Mary Chapin Carpenter has been making very good albums for twenty years, her not exactly unique brand of singer-songwriter fare staying just the right side of country to be accepted well beyond the Nashville hat crowd. So it’s a shame that this set features so many tracks from her forthcoming album at the expense of some old favourites. She still has time for a few of the hits from her Come On, Come On album, and the new songs remain at a high standard, with declarations of love and declarations of womanhood at their core. There’s also a brush with sensitive US issues without getting overtly political, and her easy stage presence immediately makes her the audience’s friend. But she

doesn’t appear to be in full voice so that, while not quite lacklustre, it’s only during a honky-tonk version of ‘Shut Up and Kiss Me’ that the show really comes alive. [Paul Greenwood] WWW.MARYCHAPINCARPENTER.COM

LITTLE JOHN ROCKET BARFLY, 13 JAN

Little John Rocket’s twin guitar attack owes a great deal to snarling post-punk, while their menacing, authoritative vocals recall Joy Division. Their intensity is startling in the intimate confines of the Barfly, and if their influences are occasionally too evident, their rhythmic power and harsh melodies are bleakly entrancing. Like support band Ringfinger, LJR display a forthright confidence and a stage presence that is surprisingly strong for an unsigned band. But while Ringfinger have a more traditional rock focus, LJR are exploring darker territory. A subdued funk rattles behind edgy, wailing lead and taut, chugging rhythm guitars. Stand out track ‘At An End’ batters at mundane failure and ‘Nürnberg’ is a brutal re-imagining of metal and glam-rock. Both threatening and enchanting, LJR have the strength to overcome their influences and become startling: these are the sure first steps of a band ready to expand their fan-base. [Gareth K Vile] WWW.LITTLEJOHNROCKET.COM

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Sonic terrorism is the best way to describe what Opaque do: four sinisterly masked men, dressed all in black, stand motionless in front of us, their guitars screaming beautiful symphonies of feedback and aural destruction in the darkness, building staggering crescendos of white noise. Though not quite matching the darkness and violence of Opaque, Alex Neilson and Richard Youngs

give an equally ferocious assault on rock’s confines. Jandek’s original rhythm section perform as a freerock drums and guitar duo, Neilson’s driving percussion melding perfectly with Youngs’ e-bowed and distorted guitar work: the highlight coming when they are joined by Birchville Cat Motel’s Campbell Kneale on additional guitar. With a table full of equipment and tangled nests of wires, it’s perhaps

unsurprising that there are technical complications before New Zealand’s Birchville Cat Motel starts weaving his powerful layers of drone. When the difficulties are overcome, he masterfully balances beauty and violence, shrieking almost unheard through distortion over his loops and electronics. The only thing that’s missing tonight is the truly transcendental volume of his 2005 Instal performance. [Alex Woodward]

FAIRPORT CONVENTION round things off in Edinburgh with a much-anticipated gig at the QUEENS HALL ON 25 FEB. One of the very first English folk-rock bands, Fairport have seen innumerable line-up changes over the years but their music remains as vital and influential as ever. This show should serve as a refreshing change for those tiring of predictable distortion-laden gig fare.

tured) is a star very much in the ascendant. Most likely you haven’t heard the name before - but once you hear her play, you’ll be smitten. Confessional yet restrained, operatic yet ragged - hers is a restless, joyous sound. See her at ABC 2 ON 8 FEB - she’s destined for big things. With a lineup now comprising a who’s who of technically proficient players, drawn from the likes of A Perfect Circle, Icarus Line and Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor will batter his NINE INCH NAILS through the walls of the CARLING ACADEMY ON 28 FEB ahead of their next LP, Year Zero. Returns only, folks, but Trent’s got this blend of joinery down to a fine art.

PATRICK WOLF is known for his lo-fi/hi-tech clash of sounds, yet his new album features lots of piano tinkling and sounds a fair bit more epic than his previous works. The romantic tyke is bound to pull out all the stops when he plays ORAN MOR ON 23 FEB.

The worry is that the man has just got his career back on track and Eurovision could kill it off entirely. His last two albums have been amongst his best post-Smiths material, and anyone who caught him live last year will agree that he is back to being one of the greatest performers you’ll ever see: enigmatic, in full voice and best of all, still funny. Howeve r, hav i n g a n e s t abl i she d s t a r at Eurovision might cause the other nations to raise their game. France could enter Air. Aqua could reform and represent Denmark. And, just like a bizarre dream I once had, David Hasselhoff could represent Germany, dressed in his Baywatch outfit with vier beer pitcher-wielding fraulines aligned behind him. I should cut down on the cheese before bedtime. Although I laughed out loud when I read about Morrissey’s plan, and as much as it’s curiously tempting to see it happen, I think it’s too big a risk for Morrissey to take. The joke just isn’t funny anymore.

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JUST FOR A EUROVISION GOOGLE: 1. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF LORDI’S WINNING SONG IN 2006? 2. WHICH EUROVISION STAR PERFORMED ‘HAND IN GLOVE’

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WITH THE SMITHS IN 1984? 3. WHICH HALL AND OATES SONG GOT DAZ SAMPSON TO NO. 7 IN 2004?

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Throughout January, the persistence of the rain was matched only by the paucity of major gigs: the international superstars and next-big-things were on their annual holiday, and it was left to the local scene to entertain those hardy souls who braved the howling winds. The u sua l venue s prov ide d seasonal warmth - the Liquid Ship’s welcoming cavern, the old school rock’n’roll grime of the Barf ly and the smooth futurism of Bloc all served up their usual varied programmes: and it is from these scenes that many of the superstars once took their inspiration. Glasgow’s own Fratellis are the biggest draw in February, and Popup stars of the VERSAcoustic session at the Goat - have made it onto the NME chart, a first step to stardom? But even as the major labels pack off their artists onto the road, it is still the small bands, playing in the backrooms and paying to play, that can pro-

vide the most immediate excitement. Back in November, the Nordoff Robbins Awards saw Sandi Thom and Paolo Nutini receive awards for their contributions to Scottish music. While no disrespect is intended to these artists, who both seemed keen to promote the charity’s good work for disadvantaged children, the vision of Scottish music that the awards promoted does little justice to the diversity and intensity that can be found by slipping into any pub or venue any night of the week. Some of Scotland’s finest can be found within the environs of Soundhaus or The Admiral’s Rest: as thrilling as a Friday night stroll along Sauchiehall Street or as soothing as a Sunday afternoon in Pollock Park. From the retro punk of Electric Boy Shock to the neurotic new wave of Little John Rocket, live music feeds and expresses Glasgow’s unique, earthy energy. Why not seek it out?

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Ushered onstage by the unnerving crescendo of ‘Carmina Burana’ blaring over the PA, Ian Astbury lunges forward and grabs The Skinny’s camera; he takes a few blurry snaps of band mate Robby Krieger, hands it back, then delivers a wink, as he must, when acknowledging that infamous refrain from ‘5 to 1’: “No one here gets out alive.” A weathered veteran like Astbury could have owned a line like this, and although he might look the part and deliver the bark, to his credit, he pays tribute to Jim Morrison much more than he bites his style. Meanwhile, founder Doors Krieger and Ray Manzarek are in their element, seemingly content in representing their legacy with mesmerising renditions of ‘Not To Touch The Earth’ and ‘The Crystal Ship’. The rarity of the occasion is sealed when sessions player Jerry Scheff (a legendary bassist, having appeared with Elvises Presley and Costello, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan) reprises his role on ‘LA Woman’. The complete package at times rides close to the feel of a shamanic séance, rather than the tasteless homage that a few have foolishly assumed. [Dave Kerr]

possibly as a way of disguising the deficiencies of some of the songs. But, as bodies disappear and reappear as necessary, each act gets their chance in the spotlight. Juana Molina takes no prisoners by singing entirely in Spanish, the little minx. And why shouldn’t she, she’s from Argentina. Her brand of electro-folk errs towards jazz and scat but is no less alluring for it. Vashti Bunyan is the clear draw and crowd pleaser, the ‘60s child enjoying a renaissance after a four decade hiatus, with her gossamer vocals entrancing on ‘Just Another Diamond Day’, her signature tune from her defining album. Adem rocks it up more than most, but a preponderance of bells in his arrangements raises some eyebrows, while US band Vetiver are the most straightforward in terms of songwriting and the purest in terms of just getting on the stage and singing them with the aid of a couple of guitars and a bit of drum. Not quite something for everyone then, but quite possibly everything for someone. [Paul Greenwood]

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If you thought Lordi were bizarre, can you imagine the master of the miserable taking to the stage in Finland? Patriotic, waving a Union Jack, maybe fishing for votes from Holland with tulips in his back pocket instead of gladioli. He’d be the first contestant to ever out-quip Wogan.

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above the average with a slightly darker edge than most. With the obvious touchstone influences of The Killers and U2, perhaps as they gather momentum, and with a few more gigs under their belt, they will continue to develop a sound that is uniquely their own. Accordingly, Dark Little Poet proclaim that they’ll ‘light up the darkest little corners of your mind,’ and there’s only one way to find out if that’s possible. [Julie Paterson]

The Crane Wife deservedly showed up on a lot of people’s albums of the year list in 2006, and THE DECEMBERISTS will hope to consolidate their growing fan base when they play ABC ON 4 FEB. Fiercly intelligent, wilfully eccentric and never ones to be secondguessed, this should be a glorious occassion .

While 2006 was a massively satisfying yea r for Mor r issey fa ns (l i ke mysel f ) , merely days i nt o the new year Moz’s loyal have realised 2007 will be slightly strange. He started of f by clai m ing he wanted an honour from the Queen, and then confounded everyone with his Eurovision comments. You’d expect that when the be-quiffed one mentioned Eurovision it would be another carefully crafted, scathing soundbite about it being a parade of mediocrity and disillusionment. But no. He actually wants a go!

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prospects right now. Tom Woodhead thrashes about stage, his vocals both manic and romantic, whilst his band force their post-punk riffs through a funk-shaped mangler. This is weird, surprising stuff - full of vigour and ambition. LIQUID ROOM, 21 FEB.

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“PEOPLE SHOULD CHILL OUT - ONE MINUTE YOU’RE THE NEXT BIG THING AND THE NEXT YOU’RE SHIT.” - JAMIE T

by Billy Hamilton

Jamie T is hardly an ideal candidate for voice of a generation. His warbled South London flow is at best mystifying; at worst completely incomprehensible. Yet if those languid ‘Stars Of 2007’ lists are to be believed, he’s set to become the new Mike Skinner, Lilly Allen, or Dizzee Rascal, because Jamie T’s eclectic fusion of indiedancehall-punk has been tagged with the label that has been an albatross around the neck of many an emerging artist – the Next Big Thing. But when The Sk i n ny catches up w ith the 20 yea r- old

Wimbledonian he’s in no mood to rise to the pedestal that accompanies such glowing accolades: “It’s weird when someone calls me the next big thing,” he says sharply. “People should chill out - one minute you’re the next big thing and the next you’re shit. To me, its just writing music. I’ve always loved it and I always will.” This intrinsic appreciation of musical form is embodied by debut LP Panic Prevention – a record that owes as much to Studio One as it does The Beastie Boys or The Clash. But Jamie is ill at ease with the thought of categorising his unique sound: “I’ve no clue what I’m doing. I just fuck around with stuff and it comes out but I’m not going to say it’s unconformist and you can’t pigeonhole it. I do what ever I want to do and if I want to make an album of punk rock tunes like Tom Waits then I will - I’m not trying to be diverse.” Yet diverse is exactly what Panic Prevention is. Named a f t e r Ja m ie’s s t r u gg le t o contain childhood anxiety attacks, the record’s production mirrors its composer’s ramshackle nature: “It’s a bit of a mish-mash really - I recorded it all over the place: in my bedroom, my mates shack and a London Bridge Studio,” he says sheepishly. ”It doesn’t have much continuity but I’m

proud of it for that. It’s based on a mix-tape in the way I put it together, thinking where to bring the tempo up and down.” A love of mix tapes contributed to the notoriety surrounding Jamie’s early gigs, where he used to hand out compilations of his favourite tracks. Swollen crowds have put a stop to his musical philanthropy but he continues to romanticise the joys in sharing music: “It’s lovely to give mix tapes to people of the stuff you enjoy listening to yourself,” he effuses. “Now we’ve got the iPod generation where people are just flicking all the time and the mystique of sharing mix-tapes has gone. There’s nothing nicer than having to sit and listen to something you’re making for your friends.“ Armed with just an acoustic bass, those first shows were notoriously often erratic and painstakingly unintelligible, but with the formation of a new band Jamie’s gigs have become more cohesive experiences. “At the start, I was sitting about on a stool and getting a bit bored. I really wanted to make people dance so I got my mates drunk and made them form a band with me” he explains. “The live stuff is much faster and beatier than before – it’s like the older I get the more I want to speed it up.” So what’s next for the newly accelerated Jamie T? “I’ve written most of my second record and am itching to get into the studio and start recording,” he says proudly. “I wanna be playing places like Berlin where the beer’s cheap and the culture’s wicked. America’s never interested me; it doesn’t fill me with joy. Unlike some, I really don’t want to be (begins singing in a mock Johnny Borrell style) playing in America.”

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Alamos: DREAM OF ALBINI

“ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING IN A BAND IS THE COMMUNITY THAT IS CREATED AROUND IT.” - KRIS KEILLER “A lot of bands seem to look at music like it’s some sort of competition. It’s not a race, first past the post or anything, it’s artistic and shouldn’t be looked at any other way,” says Kris Keiller, Alamos’ lead singer and guitarist, laughing incredulously at bands who don’t take the opportunity to work with their peers.

The band have changed their bass player since releasing their first, self titled album last year, introducing long-time friend and label mate ‘Uncle Fritz’ (or Fraser as his mum calls him). The introduction of Fritz appears to have had something of a profound effect on the music they now write. “It’s pretty different; it’s heavier and more melodic,” Kris muses. “We didn’t make a conscious decision to move in this direction, it just happened, but I think we are all on the same wavelength now.” In March the band will be jetting off to Chicago to spend some quality time and record their second album with (drum roll please) Mr

“I have a suspicion people are expecting a shit rave record” muses Simon Taylor, vocalist and guitarist with the ubiquitously tipped Klaxons, “but the reality is we’ve made a shiny, shimmering pop album.” Well, forgive us sir, but isn’t ‘new rave/nu-rave’ exactly the phrase you used to describe your own sound less than 12 months ago? Simon audibly winces. “I’ve heard that word (sic) so many times this year it haunts me. In any case, it’s difficult to try to define something that’s going on right now, it takes reflection to look back at things and then try to describe what happened. I’ve noticed at our gigs that people dress up and make a real effort to party. That people should want to do that is nothing new, but it seems that NME have switched on to it right now. I don’t know what a new rave sound might be because there aren’t any new rave albums.”

Epic doom? How do you draw that? Is that what led you to cover ‘The Bouncer’ (early nineties ‘novelty’ rave anthem - “your name’s not down, you’re not comin’in”)? “‘The Bouncer’ is the first song we learned to play together, after a few cans of Strongbow. What really irritated us was that people called us ‘ironic’, or a novelty band. There’s such a thing as irony, though I’m not sure many journalists have a clue what it is. We had the pleasure of meeting Richard Russell, the head of XL Records, and the guy who wrote the track.

and, more recently, some harp playing lass named Joanna Newsom though, didn’t he?

Marching on regardless in the face of this disappointment, the new single ‘Silly Icarus, But You Can’t Really Blame Him For Trying’ is a shining example of the direction Alamos are headed; retaining the raw energy of their first record whilst adding shimmering harmonies and deep, thunderous bass. ‘Silly Icarus...’ may well be one of the more obscure titles for a single in 2007, but the lyricist would not divulge the meaning behind the track. “I always enjoyed listening to songs and applying my own interpretation to them,” states Kris, not one to take an opportunity away from Alamos’ growing fanbase.

“One of the best things about being in a band is the community that is created around it.” This attitude has taken Alamos far, far from the cocksure egoism of many of their contemporaries. Yet this band, more than most, have a reason to be self assured. Maybe this is the inner peace you achieve after being on John Peel’s last ever play list? “It only came to light after he’d passed away, Rob Da Bank played it on John Peel’s behalf… It was pretty special.” The song ‘Kill Baby Kill’ is regarded by the band as one of their finest - the dark scream-pop style is the perfect introduction to Alamos for any new listener.

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Steve Albini, against the educated judgment of the Arts Council. The trio (rounded out by Kris’s brother Mark) will spend eight days at Electrical Audio studios. Having applied for Arts Council funding to cover the ludicrously inexpensive rates that Albini charges for his time and equipment, they were rejected on the grounds that “they found no reason why our goals couldn’t be accomplished in the UK, for less money… I found that amusing,” states Kris bluntly. Controversial. Albini did do alright by some blokes called Nirvana

As the Dundee based group fly across to Chicago, they will be safe in the knowledge that they have the respect of many of independent music’s deities with Peel, Albini and Lamacq amongst their supporters. But the outfit give the impression that the respect of the community of bands they have emerged from is what really drives them - and it is that, above all else, which is the reason for their continued success. ALAMOS PLAY KING TUT’S, GLASGOW WITH HELL IS FOR HEROES ON 14 FEB. THE SINGLE, ‘SILLY ICARUS, BUT YOU CAN’T REALLY BLAME HIM FOR TRYING’ IS AVAILABLE THROUGH ITUNES ON 6 FEB AND AVAILABLE AT SHOWS FOR FREE THROUGH PET PIRANHA. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ALAMOS

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He meant it as a deadly serious song, and he was upset that it was labelled a novelty record. Once you’ve been called that, it’s a hard label to escape from.” MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE IS OUT NOW ON POLYDOR. THE NME INDIE RAVE TOUR FEATURING KLAXONS, CSS, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB AND SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND TAKES PLACE AT BARRLOWLANDS, GLASGOW ON 6 FEB. WWW.KLAXONS.NET

“I DON’T KNOW WHAT A NEW RAVE SOUND MIGHT BE, BECAUSE THERE AREN’T ANY NEW RAVE ALBUMS.” SIMON TAYLOR

So you’re at the vanguard of a movement you’re not sure even exists? Sounds like a theme for a, well, Klaxons tune. Come to think of it, what are those lyrics about anyway? “Well, we don’t really want to write about a boy, a girl and a bus stop. I mean, there are great songs written about that, but it just wasn’t us. We’re all interested in sci-fi and fantasy land (their lyrics checklist literary and cultural ‘outsiders’ such as Richard Brautigan, Aleister Crowley and William S Burroughs) and we just wanted to make a big, escapist pop record.” “Myths of the Near Future was a book (by J.G. Ballard) which we all read before we had the idea of the band and it was a really great starting point. It’s like a contradiction in itself - the myth of something which hasn’t actually happened, which is kind of like what we were. We just liked the idea of this bizarre, dark fantasy land where Ballard just stretches these ideas and warps them into something else. Working 13 hour shifts in a call centre proved the most inspirational job I ever had, speaking to people who have amazing stories. I spoke to a lady once who met Duncan from Blue in an epileptic fit (now that’s unfortunate!) and paralysed people who could only stand up when they saw Kylie Minogue play. A lot of the words are just random ideas, off-conscious writing streams of form. Burroughs offers the ethos of our songwriting – fragmented things. We write the ideas down and then draw links between them with pens and it’s all kind of visual. We might name a riff the icecream riff, then draw an ice cream van then we’d link that to, say, epic doom or something like that, and just draw between all these things.”

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METAL UP YOUR ASS! METAL UP YOUR ASS! HERE’S WHERE TO SPEND YOUR HARD-EARNED IN THE PURSUIT OF METAL IN FEBRUARY Some people take January out to replenish dried-up funds from Christmas’ excesses, others to dry out from the New Year swally-fest. By now everyone should have finished that last bit of Lego from Santa, eaten all the selection box favourites and have a paycheck under their belts. Here’s where The Skinny suggests you spend your hard-earned in the pursuit of metal in February.

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EPIC26 / BORIS YELTSIN LOVE XI BANNERMAN’S, 5 JAN

Saturday night in Edinburgh’s underground is a game of two halves tonight as a heavy, electronic driven opening gives way to a lighter, melodic finale. Boris Yeltsin Love XI (3/5) have been around for some time, although, after a recent hiatus, tonight’s gig is somewhat of a rarity. They are a more than adequate introduction to Depeche Mode-esque industrial rock, plying their trade with impressive ability whilst darkening Edinburgh’s darkest venue with goth-tinged ditties including ‘Mental’ and a blacker than black take on Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’. Epic26 (3/5) round off proceedings, and, with their friends and family in tow, almost get Bannermans jumping. Like their predecessors, the band are more than able on their respective instruments, although the usual bass-heavy mix at the expense of lead vocals results in some tunes falling a little flat. Clearly drawing on a wide range of influences, most notably the Police, the band maintain a good atmosphere, arming the set with apparent fan-favourites ‘Lovin’ Lucy’ and ‘Stuck in Time’. Overall, a professional performance by two contrasting local bands. Good game, lads. [Jon Seller] WWW.MYSPACE.COM/EPIC26 WWW.BYLXI.ORG.UK

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CABARET VOLTAIRE, 12 JAN The word on the street is that Inverness upstarts Jyrojets are going places. Having recently been invited to play with the Rt. Rev. Ashcroft and Dirty Pretty Things, the quintet bring their own headline slot to Cabaret Voltaire and leave the assembled thrilled and confused in equal measure. The first two tracks set the bar to a level which unfortunately isn’t matched until the closing track, with everything in between seeming a little boring by comparison. Enigmatic

inet and create some funky ‘klezma’ vibe, the audience are well hooked, with one giddy fan shouting, “Five of you make beautiful music.” The remainder of the set sees much of the same, signalling perhaps the only negative. Despite the numerous instrumental and vocal performances - all five members sing, showing that they are indeed a talented bunch of lads - the set unfortunately fails to move much beyond what was established in the first few songs. Nevertheless, tonight at the Mercat proves a successful folk/pop ‘love in’. [Joe Lewis]

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Tonight, this three-band gig has an impromptu ‘at home’ feel about it. With bodies tightly packed, dancing on tables, accordions, saxophones and plenty of acoustic guitars – the folksy ambience is set. Preceding the main event are performances from Tittles (of the Maydays - 2/5) a two-piece group, opening the proceedings and strumming out nicely worked songs, but unfortunately insisting on singing strained falsetto vocals. Following them comes three-piece Chocyamo (4/5), who move the sound fur ther in the folk direction and display some real talent. Beautifully crafted songs and light yet mesmerising vocal performances provide the perfect middle.

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THE BONGO CLUB, 20 DEC The Alvas (2/5) are music video pop. Imagine them driving a pink convertible in swimsuits for their guitar tunes, or decked out in tuxedos behind the wheel of a Lexus for their piano numbers. Austen George’s clear, powerful voice, combined with his gifts behind both guitar and keyboard, carry well through a diverse mix of genres. Unfortunately the end of the set veers into Kenny Rogers territory and runs out of gas, pushing an old clunker over state lines. But as the stellar closing track proves, it’s easy to forgive them. After all they’re driving so far, and so fast.

a lively backing band, too many songs follow the ‘acoustic verse, great chorus, repeat’ formula. The outfit’s frontman simply does not have the charisma or talent to carry the songs tonight, and this brings the stellar band members down. [Hamza Khan]

ALAMOS

TEVIOT UNDERGROUND, 11 JAN Vocalist Kris Keiller might be too bunged up to unleash the full weight of his vitriolic snarl, but that doesn’t prevent the jagged sonic wailings of Alamos from tearing the Teviot Underground stage some sort of new asshole this evening. Unloading brand new instrumentals as often as dipping into last year’s debut LP, with the crunching snare of ‘Polemics’ and the bass heavy wild style of underground hit ‘Kill Baby Kill’, the Dundonian trio have clearly been warming their guns in preparation for some much mooted recording sessions in the laboratory of Professor Albini. Expectedly, there is the odd momentary lapse in focus as the outfit tries on their newly woven clothes, and although current single ‘Silly Icarus’ might highlight a melodic turn in their dynamic, it is a foreboding feel to the closing cacophony of a drone-soaked riff that reinforces the seemingly eclectic potential of Alamos’ next record. [Dave Kerr] ALAMOS PLAY KING TUT’S WITH HELL IS

M i yag i (3/5) – a f ive -pie ce Edinburgh outfit – look suitably ragtag and suave at the same time. Their eclectic mix of instruments – djembe, mini drum kit, baritone sax, harmonica etc - and multiple vocal harmonies, pitches the sound somewhere between Devendra Banhart and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

William Douglas and The Wheel’s (3/5) brand of twangy country rock is a welcome addiction to a scene oversaturated with rock rip-offs and angsty fakers. In fact, warm lyrics about an icy Poland inside your lover are more fun and touching than many overtly emotional bands could ever hope to be. Unfortunately the band seems shy, unwilling or unable to engage the crowd. While a monologue is unnecessary, song titles at least would be nice.

The acoustic set-up is a departure from their usual electrified arrangement, but they seem to have it nailed. By the third song, which sees one band member whip out his clar-

The weakest point of the night strikes when Visitor’s (2/5) singer and his acoustic guitar break into ‘Love Song’ which is as unbearably stilted as the title implies. Despite

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Studio 24, including CONQUEST OF STEEL & MASSACRE ON THE FJORDS. Barnsley heavy-metal legends SAXON hit the Glasgow Garage on Wednesday 28 as the 80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal heroes continue their tireless touring schedule, this time in anticipation of their incredible 18th studio release, The Inner Sanctum, which will be released in March. No excuses for not getting out and sinking your teeth into one of these tasty treats this month.

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front man, Colin Fraser, battles with throat issues throughout, forcing the impressively talented band to drop a number of tracks, much to the disappointment of the hardcore element in the crowd. Fraser also seems intent on dragging out the gaps between songs to the extent that people see it as a chance to visit the bar. At their best on ‘Little Sister’ and ‘All the Rage’, the Jyrojets certainly have their stadium-sized ambitions within reach. However, when the rest of the set turns out to be filler, a sense of disappointment is unavoidable. [Jon Seller]

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4 February at The Cathouse gives us a marathon line-up of class local bands (including ZILLAH and CO-EXIST) with touring headliners BRUTAL TRUTH and NARCOSIS topping off £12 worth of deliciously extreme grind and death. Sunday 18 brings prog-metal to the Catty in the form of TO-MERA. who cite Opeth and Dream Theatre among their influences. ACHREN and MAN OF THE HOUR play The Cathouse on Friday 23, with an identical line-up of head-banging mayhem the next day at Edinburgh’s

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THE DIALS

WHISTLEBINKIES, 19 JAN After high profile support slots in 2006 with the likes of the Subways and the ubiquitous Fratellis, the Dials are brought back down to earth with a bread n’ butter gig on a rainy Friday night in ‘Binkies. But even frontman Joe’s sore throat and a slightly muted and half disinterested crowd can’t stop the lads from pulling out another solid performance, with ‘Ding Ding’ ringing all the right bells and ‘No Turning Back’ in par-

ticular showing off a songwriting maturity that belies their tender years. The fact that the Dials fall on the more alternative rock side of indie has led some critics to believe that they don’t have the right ‘sound’ for 2007, but on tonight’s evidence it’s this very difference, along with the obvious quality of their tunes, which could hold the key to future successes. [Barry Jackson] WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEDIALSBAND

LEE PATTERSON WHISTLEBINKIES, 19 JAN

Steeped in the sort of late night tales that can only normally come from viewing the world through the bottom of a glass, Lee Patterson wears

his talent well. When Patterson puts down his guitar to pick up the washboard, it’s with no surprise that’s he’s as confident with this as with the more conventional instruments. There’s even an outing of ‘Tell Me Ma’, but this time an accompaniment by the bodhran lends the tune a sensation that is altogether more ominous. Sounding as though he is being echoed by distant war drums rolling over the hills, straight out of a ‘50s b-movie, this gives the tune a fresh feel which sets it apart from the hundreds of versions we’ve heard before. If what you’re looking for are more tales from a friend than another angry rant, in Lee Patterson you can’t go far wrong. [Garry Thomson]

EDINBURGH UNDER SURVEILLANCE by Dave Kerr

JANUARY KICK YOU SQUA’ IN THE FINANCIAL NUTS? Fresh from our seasonal return to the depths of economic d e s p a i r, E d i nbu r g h Und e r Surveillance hears the pleas and shouts: people if you want to get high, then lets get low! Blue Wed nesdays at The Forest Café might be just the spiritual cure to unload any cashflow-induced burdens on the 7th. Still got the Blues? Then former stonemason, Braveheart actor a nd moustach ioe d t roubadou r Ta m W h it e app ea r s with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra at the Queens Hall on the 9th. Promising an eclectic set, it’s always interesting to see what White will throw down, be it his own majestic blend of indigenous folk, or one of his celebratory takes on a downtrodden Leadbelly lament.

Stepping it up a gear, local mob Little Green Machine will put your socks in their crosshairs as they play Indie Ring at Cabaret Voltaire on the 22nd, quickly succeeded by an appearance at Bannerman’s on the 24th. Suckers for anything even loosely affiliated with The Karate Kid, The Skinny checked out Miyagi and friends at The Mercat i n Hay ma rket la st month (see review) and we’re glad to report that the collective are back to repeat the affair at the same venue on the 9th, with a repeat performance at The Southern in Newington with fol ktronica geezer YourBoyBlair on Valentine’s Day. Simultaneously whip ping up a psychobilly frenzy across town on Eve of Roman Lupercalia, Rohy psters and The Sphygs w ill ta ke Bannerman’s. That is all.

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F.A.O. EDDIE VEDDER: 2007 promises to be a big year for Scottish music. With Idlewild releasing a new long player this month, Biffy Clyro with one in the pipeline, Alamos teaming up with legendary producer Steve Albini and fellow Dundonians The View being tipped from all quarters for world domination, the future, it would seem, is most certainly tartan. But is there room for one more Scottish rock band to muscle in for a slice of the cake? 2006 saw Ayrshire outfit Sucioperro throw their hat into the ring with debut album Random Acts of Intimacy. The Skinny caught up with drummer Fergus Munro to find out just how credible a challenge they can muster. Last year couldn’t be viewed as anything but a success. The inclusion of the opening track from Random Acts… on Kerrang’s New Breed release may have come as a surprise to some, but not to Fergus. “The year went pretty much as expected. We got some good reviews, some bad. The highlight was probably the Kerrang one, but I can’t say we were shocked.”

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automatically assume we are the same band and make that preconception without even listening to the album. That can be frustrating. But Biffy are a great band and even if we weren’t mates, it’s an honour to be compared with them.” The Marmaduke Duke alliance is one that attracted mixed reviews, but one that both parties unquestionably relished. So, in an ideal world, who else would the boys like to team up with? “Hmm, that is tough. There are so many. If you’re talking ANYONE… then Pearl Jam. Without doubt. So if you’re reading Eddie...” Hmm. How about closer to home? “Maybe bands like Snow Patrol and Idlewild. We’re fans of both.” But does Munro see any correlation between Sucioperro’s sound with in the aforementioned duo?

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started out with an edgier sound, which we can relate to more, but seem to have mellowed out over time.” The sound engendered on their debut is anything but mellow. They do seem to have developed an ear for a soft/loud intonation that has gone down so well with Joe Public of late. So what advice would Fergus offer up and coming Scottish bands? “Stay in Scotland. So many young bands go off to London or other big cities and nothing ever comes of it. I wouldn’t recommend that.” So there you are kids. To see if they really are onto a winning formula, look out for Sucioperro’s follow up LP in ’07. SUCIOPERRO PLAY ABC2, GLASGOW ON 22 FEB. RANDOM ACTS OF INTIMACY IS OUT NOW ON CAPTAIN’S OF INDUSTRY. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SUCIOPERRO

“Maybe their earlier stuff. Both bands seem to have

Typifying their style is no easy task. It’s been roughly classed as alternative rock. Some have, rather lazily, tagged it EMO (“I don’t see that. To me EMO is about nice hairdos and eye make-up, not us”). But from certain quarters it’s been more overtly described as “Jimmy Eat World given life lessons from Motorhead,” - their sound touches on many different influences before coming home to roost. Sucioperro, though, are flattered by such distinctions. “Well, I would take it as a compliment. Lemmy is obviously a rock n’roll legend, and most of the band are fans of Jimmy Eat World.” Comparisons with Neil Finn and Crowded House’s melodic streak draw similar nods of approval from Munro. The most obvious connection, though, is with old pals and one time collaborators, Biffy Clyro. Seemingly a mention of Sucio’ is inescapably followed by a nod to Biffy in the same breath. Does that grate with the band? “Naw, I wouldn’t say that. They are mates of ours from Ayrshire and of course we have worked together on Marmaduke Duke, so sometimes it’s inevitable. What does get annoying is when people

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Malcolm Middleton Malcolm Middleton is infamous for being a bit of a dour bugger. As if it wasn’t enough being one half of the now defunct Arab Strap - perennially described by the media as Falkirk miserablists (despite being one of Scotland’s most original and important contemporary bands) - his first two solo albums were full of heartbreaking songs of depression and self-loathing. Of course, as with Arab Strap, a dark, elegant humour courses through the veins of these records and the quality of his songwriting is up there with the likes of the similarly misunderstood Leonard Cohen. After the first album steadily built a reputation through word of mouth, the follow up, Into the Woods, was a far greater commercial success, giving a financial boost to Glasgow’s Chemikal Underground records.

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“I USED TO BUY SMASH HITS EVERY WEEK!”

“YOU SEE BANDS THAT SOUND JUST EXACTLY LIKE THE LIBERTINES. AND THEIR INFLUENCES WERE THE LIBERTINES. THAT’S THEIR SOLE, STOCK INFLUENCE. PEOPLE LITERALLY DON’T GET IT.” - TOM FURSE

Now, with Arab Strap’s recent farewell gigs behind him, Middleton is about to release his third solo album, A Brighter Beat, this time through Full Time Hobby. As well as a cover photo by his pal David Shrigley - of a balloon face smiling at us from under the bedcovers - it features his most uplifting and well crafted collection of songs yet, with the addition of beautifully arranged strings, horns, and synths to complement his already accomplished guitar and piano based songs. Lyrically too, although the same themes remain, there is a new sense of positivity. In fact, when The Skinny dug deep into our Smash Hits annual to come up with some classic posers for Malcy, he was only too happy to oblige.

Faris ‘Rotter’ Badwan looks moody as he trudges up from sound check and flops his lanky, two meter frame down in front of the spread — cold cuts, cheeses, tortilla wraps, bottled water, beer, and darkly coloured booze. A few moments before, while his manager twiddles the sound board and his four band mates strum, pluck, bang and key their respective instruments, Faris stands centre stage, backlit, hips cocked, pretending to talk (or listen) into a mobile phone. Given the general racket and the signal-blocking stone of the subterranean venue (The Caves), it’s a clear gesture of defiance and disassociation. Intriguing, perhaps, but it doesn’t augur well for the interview ahead.

DID YOU ENJOY THE FINAL ARAB STRAP GIGS? “Yeah it was good, it was a long tour but it was a bit strange towards the end ‘cause I was a bit unsure how I was going to be feeling when the last chords struck out - but we’ve done the right thing. With hindsight I would have left a bit more space between that and the new album - it’s a bit weird finishing that tour and going straight into doing my own stuff.”

Joshua Von Grimm (The Horrors’ guitarist) and Tom Furse (bassist) act immediately - instinct ua l ly, even - to def us e t he sit uat ion. They delegate the drummer (‘Coffin’ Joe Black) to one interviewer and keyboardist Rhys ‘Spider’ Webb to still another. Then, with promises of quiet within, they usher me to a side room, motion towards seats, and slide the door closed behind. Faris has his space, the journalists have people to talk to, and calm is slowly restored. The Skinny is beginning to feel as though in the company of a tightly knit, yet slightly dysfunctional, family where things are not what they outwardly seem.

ARE YOU PLEASED WITH THE NEW ALBUM? “Yes I am. I finished it in October and for the first couple of weeks I couldn’t decide if it was better than my last album or not. But that was just because I’d spend so much time recording it. I listened to the album again after Arab Strap finished and now I’m really proud of it. Tony Doogan was amazing, it was the first time I’d worked with a producer and it was good for me; he basically brought a lot to the overall production.” DID YOU HAVE AN AIM IN MIND BEFORE YOU STARTED RECORDING? “Musically I wanted it to sound bigger and better produced because although Into The Woods was a good, fun record, some of it was recorded in the house on a computer and then just mixed in a proper studio. This time I wanted to start off in a proper studio and songwise I didn’t want to be so miserable. At the same time I’m aware that the only stuff I write about is along those lines - depression, or anxiety about stuff, or just general day-to-day shite. But I wanted to make that a bit more palatable, and I think the record’s got a lot more hope than the last album: it’s not as self-flagellating.” IS IT IMPORTANT FOR SONGWRITERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR DARKER SIDES? “I’m not sure if it’s important for a songwriter to acknowledge it; it’s just something I seem to be drawn to when I’m writing about stuff. One of the elements of the last song on the album, ‘Superhero Songwriters’, is the fact that my favourite singers and songwriters go through those feelings and do the work so other people can listen to it and say “that’s how I feel too” and be comforted by it.” WHICH SONGWRITERS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? “In that song I was talking about Jackson C. Frank - then there’s King Creosote, James Yorkston, people like that.” YOU’VE GOT A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT SCOTTISH MUSICIANS GUESTING ON THE ALBUM. JENNY REEVE (REINDEER SECTION) IN PARTICULAR, SOUNDS FANTASTIC ON THE SONG ‘FIGHT LIKE THE NIGHT’. “I’d worked with Jenny before in Arab Strap and stuff - we’re mates. She came in and I hadn’t really heard her sing for a couple of years. But she’s so confident now and her voice is so strong it was amazing to hear.” WHERE DID MOGWAI’S BARRY BURNS COME IN? “Most of the keyboard stuff is Barry, with the exception of a few bits I did myself; but any stuff that sounds good or complicated is Barry! It’s great because I think I’ve finished a song and I’ll get him in, he writes the hook on top of the one that I had, and it blows it away.” SONGS LIKE ‘UP LATE ALL NIGHT AGAIN’ ARE SURPRISINGLY EPIC. “That song’s weird, it almost didn’t make the album cos I thought it was a little too much like Keane. It’s quite a soft song, it’s quite romantic, and there’s not the usual twist in it anywhere, but at the end of the day, the message I wanted to give to a certain person is in that song and so it went on - there’s nothing wrong with being nice...”

Back upstairs we make small talk for a moment and then, between delicate and disinterested bites of a sandwich, Faris looks up from behind his masses of dark, tussled hair, flicks his eyes from me to his assembled bandmates, and says, “I’m not going to do the interview. My voice is fucked.”

DON’T WORRY, IT DOESN’T SOUND ANYTHING LIKE KEANE! DO YOU THINK YOU’LL EVER GO BACK TO MORE PARED-BACK STUFF LIKE THE BRILLIANT ‘COLD WINTER’ FROM THE FIRST ALBUM? “I wouldn’t want to go much further in terms of bigger production, with full-scale orchestras and stuff, but having listened to a lot of singer-songwriter stuff like Davy Graham and Jackson C. Frank, I would like at some point to do an album that’s just voice and guitar. ‘Somebody Loves You’ is kind of going in that way but I’d need to write songs that hold up without any other instrumentation.” WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR TOURING THE ALBUM? “I’m doing quite a bit; a couple of acoustic tours supporting a band called Sophia in Europe and Badly Drawn Boy in the UK next month, then in March I’m doing a UK tour with a full band. It’s going to be pretty much everyone who was in Arab Strap’s last lineup, and Jenny’s going to be there as well.” HOW ABOUT THE NEW SONG, ‘FUCK IT, I LOVE YOU’ - WERE THOSE WORDS REALLY SENT ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE? “It’s something that happened.” FINALLY MALCOLM, IS IT ALRIGHT IF I ASK YOU SOME SMASH HITS STYLE QUESTIONS? “That’s fine- I used to buy Smash Hits every week.” WHICH PET SHOP BOY DO YOU PREFER? “The keyboard guy.” WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE PRIME MINISTER? “Get rid of the government.” HAVE YOU EVER BELONGED TO A FANCLUB? “No, but I almost joined the Frankie Goes to Hollywood one.” IF THERE WAS A SANDWICH NAMED AFTER YOU, WHAT WOULD THE FILLING BE? “I’m going to play you at your own game here; Brighter Beatroot and Cheddar.” WHICH CELEBRITY/POP STAR DO YOU FANCY? “Erm.. I don’t read the tabloids or anything... I’m gonnae have to go on fucking Google here... no - just put Karen Carpenter.”

surely there are comparisons to be made and prevalent antecedents to cite: quite clear in The Horrors’ music as well as their image are the sensibilities — both sonic and stylistic — of the Freakbeat, Garage and Psychedelic movements. Tom runs his fingers through his helmet-like Beatles haircut and elaborates: “Although we don’t sound like The Cramps, I like how they just took everything they liked about music until 1965 or 1966 and twisted it through their own strange aesthetic, their own strange idea of sounds and personalities, and spat out this weird sound that’s very exciting really. I see what we’re doing as very much that: as taking something and twisting it a bit.” Josh nods in agreement and seizes on a different aspect of what being ‘un-ordinary’ entails. “I think we all make a very special effort to like music and go back a generation. When I was first getting into music it was early 70s early 60s New York stuff. I went back to

see what they liked about music, which brings you back to garage again.”

“I think,” says Tom, “that we’ve all tried to actually look back as far as possible to see what inspires an inspiration. You see bands that sound just exactly like The Libertines. And their influences were The Libertines. That’s their sole, stock influence. People literally don’t get it. Even the Arctic Monkeys do it. They’re obviously a talented band. They did a couple of covers. One of them was a song that came out. It’s called, ‘Put Your Dukes Up, John,’ by the Little Flames, which I thought was a pretty cool track. And the other one they just described as, ‘some soul track from the 60s or something.’ Those were their words. People just don’t really seem to care. There’s no appreciation, they’re not bothered about the background of the music they like in the first place.” Listening to Tom and Josh, it becomes easy to gain a sort of scholarly respect for the boys. Selfstyled archivists, curators and connoisseurs, they — to borrow and corrupt a Willie Dixon quote — profess an interest in the roots while many of their contemporaries scarcely take notice of anything beyond the fruits. Which brings us to an important (if delicate) question: why do The Horrors seem to polarise public opinion? From the amorous young ‘Hors’ who flock to shows and congregate online to sing the praises of the Essex five-piece, to vitriolic rock hounds who would wish severe bodily injury on any one of The Horrors, but especially the frontman, Faris - indeed, he has already been assaulted in both London and New York - there seems to be very little in the way of middle ground as far as The Horrors are concerned. Josh answers first.

“What might a Horrors fan be surprised to find in your record collection?” I ask. “Probably the more dance-y stuff. The more trance-y side of it,” says Josh without pausing to think. “Acid House. I really like drum and bass. Early Squarepusher. That sort of thing. So not what people would expect. I think people are generally surprised that we do like those sort of records.”

“I think it has a lot to do with the fact that people can’t believe a band looks like this and really cares about music. Their initial reaction is: you don’t care about music because you’re dressed well. Well, we like dressing well but we really care about music. How I’m dressed really doesn’t bother me. I didn’t get into this band to dress like this. I dressed like this and I got into this band because I love playing music. It’s not saying it bothers me. The bands I really like are always polarized.”

Tom, like a good bass player, picks up the guitarist’s train of thought: “It’s funny — when you’re in a band, people make presumptions about what you’d be into, what type of music you like. I think we just like good music.” As, to date, The Horrors’ catalogue consists of only one EP and a few singles, I ask Tom and Josh to describe their music. Hopefully, the reasoning goes, with words they will be able to flesh out a fuller picture of their artistic influences and orientation than their available output presently allows.

“So,” The Skinny suggests, “in a way, you’re doing something right?” Tom’s voice assumes a professorial tone. “Every band, every good band polarizes opinion. Every great band causes controversy. There are so many bands that are middle of the road, that are… pleasant. But, you know you’re doing something right when you actually provoke a reaction. If you’re actually provoking an action, you’re doing something that makes in impact.”

“If you were to pick any one or two adjectives, how would you describe your songs?” “Loud,” says Tom. “And fast,” says Josh.

A BRIGHTER BEAT IS RELEASED 22 FEB THROUGH FULL TIME HOBBY.

THE NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING

MALCOLM MIDDLETON SUPPORTS BADLY DRAWN BOY AT QUEEN’S HALL,

“Intense.”

THE HORRORS, THE VIEW AND THE AUTO-

EDINBURGH ON 13 FEB AND PLAYS CLASSIC GRAND, GLASGOW ON 24 MARCH.

MATIC TAKES PLACE AT CARLING ACAD-

“Un-ordinary”

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EMY, GLASGOW, ON 1 FEB. THE HORRORS DEBUT ALBUM “STRANGE

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by Milo McLaughlin

“I USED TO BUY SMASH HITS EVERY WEEK!”

“YOU SEE BANDS THAT SOUND JUST EXACTLY LIKE THE LIBERTINES. AND THEIR INFLUENCES WERE THE LIBERTINES. THAT’S THEIR SOLE, STOCK INFLUENCE. PEOPLE LITERALLY DON’T GET IT.” - TOM FURSE

see what they liked about music, which brings you back to garage again.”

“If you were to pick any one or two adjectives, how would you describe your songs?” “Loud,” says Tom. “And fast,” says Josh.

A BRIGHTER BEAT IS RELEASED 22 FEB THROUGH FULL TIME HOBBY.

THE NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING

MALCOLM MIDDLETON SUPPORTS BADLY DRAWN BOY AT QUEEN’S HALL,

“Intense.”

THE HORRORS, THE VIEW AND THE AUTO-

EDINBURGH ON 13 FEB AND PLAYS CLASSIC GRAND, GLASGOW ON 24 MARCH.

MATIC TAKES PLACE AT CARLING ACAD-

“Un-ordinary”

WWW.MALCOLMMIDDLETON.CO.UK

EMY, GLASGOW, ON 1 FEB. THE HORRORS DEBUT ALBUM “STRANGE

Un-ordinary in the context of mainstream radio perhaps, but

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by Ben Howe

SOUNDS

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photo: www.faction.co.uk

HOUSE” IS RELEASED ON 5 MARCH WWW.THEHORRORS.CO.UK

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MIYAGI - www.fisherphotographics.co.uk

EPIC26 / BORIS YELTSIN LOVE XI BANNERMAN’S, 5 JAN

JYROJETS

WWW.JYROJETS.COM

WWW.MIYAGIMUSIC.COM

THE MERCAT BAR, 12 JAN

ROCK’N’ROLL WEDDING

ALAMOS

The acoustic set-up is a departure from their usual electrified arrangement, but they seem to have it nailed. By the third song, which sees one band member whip out his clar-

The weakest point of the night strikes when Visitor’s (2/5) singer and his acoustic guitar break into ‘Love Song’ which is as unbearably stilted as the title implies. Despite

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MIYAGI & FRIENDS

by Jamie Borthwick

SOUNDS

SOUNDS EDINBURGH

FOR HEROES ON 14 FEB WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ALAMOS

THE DIALS

LEE PATTERSON WHISTLEBINKIES, 19 JAN

Steeped in the sort of late night tales that can only normally come from viewing the world through the bottom of a glass, Lee Patterson wears

EDINBURGH UNDER SURVEILLANCE by Dave Kerr

SOUNDS

To-Mera

Sucioperro

by Finbarr Bermingham

“Maybe their earlier stuff. Both bands seem to have

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“PEOPLE SHOULD CHILL OUT - ONE MINUTE YOU’RE THE NEXT BIG THING AND THE NEXT YOU’RE SHIT.” - JAMIE T

by Billy Hamilton

PANIC PREVENTION IS OUT NOW VIRGIN.

Alamos: DREAM OF ALBINI

and, more recently, some harp playing lass named Joanna Newsom though, didn’t he?

MYSPACE.COM/JAMIETWIMBLEDON

MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE

by David Coyle

SOUNDS

SOUNDS PREVIEWS Jamie T - PACEMAKER

by Paul Mitchell

“I DON’T KNOW WHAT A NEW RAVE SOUND MIGHT BE, BECAUSE THERE AREN’T ANY NEW RAVE ALBUMS.” SIMON TAYLOR

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SOUNDS

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LIVE MUSIC

Highlights

by Fraser Thomson by Ted Maul

STRANGE CLOTHES AND CRAZY DANCING WILL BE MANDATORY

¡FORWARD, RUSSIA! are one of the UK’s most intriguing

WWW.THEDOORS.COM

DARK LITTLE POET BARFLY, 6 JAN

MYSPACE.COM/DARKLITTLEPOETMUSIC

THE FELT TIPS BARFLY, 9 JAN

ZERO DEGREES OF SEPARATION ABC, 16 JAN

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WWW.ADEM.TV

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER

LITTLE JOHN ROCKET BARFLY, 13 JAN

BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL 13TH NOTE, 9 JAN

WWW.CPSIP.CO.NZ

THE GLASGOW SCHOOL

JUST FOR A EUROVISION GOOGLE: 1. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF LORDI’S WINNING SONG IN 2006? 2. WHICH EUROVISION STAR PERFORMED ‘HAND IN GLOVE’

by Gareth K Vile

WITH THE SMITHS IN 1984? 3. WHICH HALL AND OATES SONG GOT DAZ SAMPSON TO NO. 7 IN 2004?

LIVE MUSIC FEEDS AND EXPRESSES GLASGOW’S UNIQUE, EARTHY ENERGY

HEAR FRASER THOMSON’S SHOW ON XFM SCOTLAND (105.7106.1FM) FROM 10AM-1PM, MON-FRI

SOUNDS

Nine Inch Nails

My Brightest Diamond

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ANSWERS

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, aka Shara Worden (pic-

1. HARD ROCK HALLELUJAH!

CLYDE AUDITORIUM, 29 DEC

2. SANDIE SHAW

RIDERS ON THE STORM

ZERO DEGREES OF SEPARATION - Calum Barr

GLASGOW

HOW SOON IS NUL?

3. OUT OF TOUCH – DAZ WAS HALF OF UNITING NATIONS

RIDERS ON THE STORM - Ross Kilpatrick

SOUNDS

SOUNDS GLASGOW

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SOUNDS

SOUNDS Aereogramme

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI

SOUNDS CONTENTS AEREOGRAMME JAMIE T KLAXONS METAL UP YOUR ASS SUCIOPERRO MALCOLM MIDDLETON THE HORRORS EDINBURGH ALAMOS GLASGOW

INTERVIEW FEATURE

COLUMN

INTERVIEW FEATURE

LIVE MUSIC

INTERVIEW FEATURE

LIVE MUSIC

YOURSOUND ALBUM REVIEWS BLOOD BROTHERS SINGLE REVIEWS THE EASY GRAMOPHONE

INTERVIEW FEATURE

THIS MONTH’S REVIEWS 38 INTERVIEW FEATURE

THIS MONTH’S REVIEWS 40 FEATURE

by Nick Mitchell

NO REALLY, EVERYTHING’ S FINE

by Gareth K Vile

A LIVELY COMBINATION OF MINI FESTIVAL AND MAKESHIFT MARKETPLACE

BANDS WHO WISH TO SUBMIT THEIR DEMOS ARE INVITED TO CHECK THE YOURSOUND MYSPACE PAGE FOR DETAILS. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/YOURSOUNDGLASGOW

We Are the Physics

www.kingtuts.co.uk 272 St Vincent Street, Glasgow Telephone: 0141 221 5279

Despite thei r caution, Aereogramme do see My Heart… a s their

THE ALBUM, THE COST IS OUT NOW ON ANTI. THE FRAMES PLAY ORAN MOR, GLASGOW ON 24 FEB. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEFRAMESOFFICIAL

last 40 yea rs which I think a lot of new music sounds like. But I hate to hear bands complaining so I’m gonnae stop!”

MY HEART HAS A WISH THAT YOU WOULD NOT GO IS RELEASED THROUGH CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND ON 5 FEB.

On this latest offering, Aereogramme have toned down the thrashing metal moments of

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AEREOGRAMME PLAY CLASSIC GRAND, GLASGOW ON 12 FEB. WWW.AEREOGRAMME.CO.UK

SOUNDS

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YOUNG MUSICAL MACHETES text by Garry Thomson, photo by www.lorenzodalberto.com

by Jay Shukla

SADLY, THESE WORKS ARE AS IMPORTANT NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE CREATED NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO.

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI

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Goya: MONSTERS AND MATADORS

EXHIBITIONS

1. BODY PARTS III - FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART AT ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH

Bringing performance artists from across the globe to Edinburgh, witness a weekend of inspiring, groundbreaking performance art (23-25 Feb). Not to be missed.

2. GOYA: MONSTERS AND MATADORS

UNTIL 25 FEB. FREE.

After a few cursory handshakes Morgan leaves us to prepare for their set and the main reason we’re here; to see if the ‘Brothers serve their reputation justice.

Wreck’. This evening at Tut’s, these “Young Machetes” put their money where their mouth is with a blistering performance.

THE SKINNY CHATS TO THE RAGING QUINTET BACKSTAGE IN GLASGOW...

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH

SOUNDS

ART

Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way by Francisco Goya

AT SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY IN EDINBURGH

A stunning collection of etchings that must be seen. (See feature)

3. THE NEW WOMAN ARTIST AT GLASGOW GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Challenging our preconceptions. (See feature online)

4. CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS AT EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

An important milestone for this accesible institution.

5. CHARLIE HAMMOND AT SORCHA DALLAS, GLASGOW

Playful, paradoxical and lots of fun. SEE LISTINGS FOR MORE INFO.

Bill Thompson will play a live electronics set as part of Body Parts III at RSA

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REVIEWS STRANDS

SONIA BIDWELL: TEXTILES

CITY ART CENTRE, EDINBURGH UNTIL 18 FEB. FREE.

UNTIL 3 MARCH. FREE.

SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE, 43-43 HIGH ST EDINBURGH

The Letter by Sonia Bidwell

ART

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SERPICO

BADLY DRAWN BOY JOURNEY FROM A TO B

(EMI)

EP AVAILABLE TO ORDER AT

MYSPACE.COM/SERPICOBAND

RELEASE DATE: 19 FEB

SIXPEOPLEAWAY

BADLY DRAWN BOY PLAYS THE QUEEN’S

OUT NOW.

EP (SELF RELEASED)

HALL, EDINBURGH ON 13 FEB WWW.BADLYDRAWNBOY.CO.UK

THE ENEMY

more bite, a definite redeeming feature, if only just. [Jon Seller]

RELEASE DATE: 19 FEB

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

MYSPACE.COM/THEENEMYCOVENTRY

OUT NOW

HOUSEHOLD

MYSPACE.COM/CALLELMUSIC

VIVAMACHINE

20/20

(SELF RELEASED)

GIDDY STRATOSPHERES

(ROUGH TRADE)

OUT NOW

THEMAGICNUMBERS

MYSPACE.COM/INTHEHOUSEHOLD

IT’S NOT OK (EMI)

LONGBLONDES

CALLEL

THE FIRST EP

(SELF RELEASED)

RELEASE DATE: 19 FEB WWW.ROBMCCULLOCH.COM

SNOWPATROL OPEN YOUR EYES

WWW.THEMAGICNUMBERS.NET

BILLYTALENT FALLEN LEAVES

5 FREE SONGS YOU CAN LEGALLY DOWNLOAD, LISTEN TO AND LOVE

(ATLANTIC)

MYSPACE.COM/VIVAMACHINE

ROBMCCULLOCH (GLADRAG)

WWW.THELONGBLONDES.CO.UK

THIS IS A SONG (HEAVENLY)

RELEASE RELEASE DATE: 19 FEB WWW.BILLYTALENT.COM

by Sean Michaels

1. FRANCOIS VIROT - ‘MY HEAD IS BLANK’

3. GRUMPY BEAR - ‘LUIS BUNUEL’

5. BARR - ‘HALF OF TWO TIMES TWO’

DOWNLOAD AT: HTTP://FAT-CAT.CO.UK/DEMO/ARTIST.PHP?ID=121

DOWNLOAD AT: HTTP://ABANDONEDLOVERECORDS.COM/STORE.HTM

2. FULTON LIGHTS - ‘THANK GOD FOR THE EVENING NEWS’

4. SANDRO PERRI - ‘CIRCLES’

DOWNLOAD AT: HTTP://WWW.FULTONLIGHTS.COM

DOWNLOAD AT: HTTP://WWW.SOUTHERN.COM/SOUTHERN/BAND/PERRI/CST42.PHP

DOWNLOAD AT: HTTP://WWW.UPSETTHERHYTHM.CO.UK/BARR.HTML

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CAT POWER - THE GREATEST (MATADOR)

1. CAT POWER - THE GREATEST (MATADOR)

DAMIEN RICE - ROOTLESS TREE (HEFFA)

2. HOUSEHOLD - 20/20 (SELF RELEASED)

- TELL YOUR MAMA (SELF RELEASED)

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SINGLE

3. DAN SARTAIN - FLIGHT OF THE FINCH (ONE LITTLE INDIAN) 4. ALAMOS - SILLY ICARUS, BUT YOU CAN’T BLAME HIM FOR TRYING

AN IMMERSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE EXTREMES OF CONTEMPORARY THEATRE

by Gareth K Vile

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

OUT NOW

SIX OF ONE

(FICTION)

Dance & Physical Theatre

COMEDY/THEATRE

SOUNDS SINGLE REVIEWS

ONLINE SINGLE REVIEWS DIRTY FUZZ DUKE SPECIAL

- FREEWHEEL (V2)

GHOSTS - MUSICAL CHAIRS (ATLANTIC) GRINDERMAN – GET IT ON (MUTE)

(PET PIRANHA)

KAISER CHIEFS - RUBY (B-UNIQUE)

5. DUKE SPECIAL - FREEWHEEL (V2)

JUST JACK - STARZ IN THEIR EYES (MERCURY) SWITCHES - DRAMA QUEEN (ATLANTIC)

SOUNDS

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ALBUM RELEASE SCHEDULE A COMPELLING, AND SADLY RELEVANT TALE

by Hugo Fluendy

by RJ Thomson

FEBRUARY:

COMEDY

APRIL:

INCUBUS BARE NAKED LADIES WITHIN TEMPTATION TRIVIUM TINA DICO JAMES HAYSEED DIXIE TERRY RILEY

Health IS NO LAUGHING MATTER - OR IS IT? by Simone Gray

DESPITE ILL HEALTH THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR SOME LAUGHS, SOME LEARNING AND SOME CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

0871 230 4436

DATE

ARTIST

05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB

BOWLING FOR SOUP BLOC PARTY AEREOGRAMME

FEB - 01 FEB - 02 FEB - 03 FEB - 05 FEB - 8 FEB - 9 FEB - 13 FEB - 14 FEB - 16 FEB - 18 FEB - 20 FEB - 24 FEB - 27

ABC ARCHES BARROWLAND QMU CARLING ACADEMY CABARET VOLTAIRE QUEENS HALL LIQUID ROOM CABARET VOLTAIRE USHER HALL ABC ORAN MOR ABC

GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW EDINBURGH EDINBURGH EDINBURGH EDINBURGH EDINBURGH GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW

£14.50 £11.50 £14.00 £12.50 £14.50 £7.50 £17.00 £10.50 £8.00 £15.00 £19.50 £16.00 £13.50

05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB 05-FEB

CAPDOWN COLD WAR KIDS DEERHOOF FALL OUT BOY FRANK BLACK GOOSE JOHN CALE MIKA ROSE KEMP THE HEDRONS THE HOURS THE SECRET SHOW

05-FEB

MAR - 1 MAR - 3 MAR - 3 MAR - 4 MAR - 8 MAR - 9 MAR - 12 MAR - 14 MAR - 18 MAR - 21 MAR - 24 MAR - 25 MAR - 27 MAR - 28 MAR - 30 MAR - 31

QMU CARLING ACADEMY GARAGE ABC CARLING ACADEMY BARROWLANDS CARLING ACADEMY ABC QMU BARROWLANDS CLASSIC GRAND CABARET VOLTAIRE CARLING ACADEMY QMU SECC LIQUID ROOM

GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW EDINBURGH GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW EDINBURGH

£10.00 £18.50 £11.50 £14.50 £17.00 £16.50 £19.50 £19.50 £13.00 £14.50 £12.00 £12.00 £12.50 £12.00 £38.00 £8.00

12-FEB

THE TARKA GROOVE EXPERIMENT BEEHOOVER

12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB

DARTZ ELLIS ISLAND SOUND OF MONTREAL

12-FEB 12-FEB

APR - 4 APR - 9 APR - 12 APR - 13 APR - 16 APR - 21 APR - 23 APR - 25

SECC CARLING ACADEMY GARAGE CARLING ACADEMY CABARET VOLTAIRE CARLING ACADEMY LIQUID ROOM USHER HALL

GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW GLASGOW EDINBURGH GLASGOW EDINBURGH EDINBURGH

£24.00 £25.00 £15.50 £17.50 £11.50 £31.50 £16.50 £27.00

THE BLUETONES PLAN B CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH LARRIKIN LOVE GUILLEMOTS MR HUDSON & THE LIBRARY BADLY DRAWN BOY THE LONG BLONDES SHINY TOY GUNS AFRICAN SOUL REBELS JARVIS THE FRAMES GOSSIP

THEATRE, EDINBURGH, £16.50 TO £10.50.

CALL THE SKINNY TICKET LINE FOR TICKETS TO ANY OF THE GIGS IN PINK ON THIS PAGE. DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YA!

MARCH:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY CHRISTOPHER SERGEL – 7.30PM, 20-24 FEB, KINGS

SOUNDS

THEATRE To Kill a Mockingbird

12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB 12-FEB 19-FEB 19-FEB 19-FEB 19-FEB 26-FEB 26-FEB 26-FEB 26-FEB 26-FEB 26-FEB

TITLE

LABEL

JIVE WICHITA CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND FIERCE PANDA V2 ATP UNIVERSAL COOKING VINYL SKINT EMI ISLAND ONE LITTLE INDIAN MEASURED AUDIOCD ATLANTIC

THE SUN BEHIND THE DUSTBIN

EXILE ON MAINSTREAM XTRA MILE PEACEFROG POLYVINYL

CONSEQUENCE

ISLAND LAUGHING OUTLAW HYPERTENSION ISLAND SLOGAN NEON TETRA HEAVENLY VERTIGO MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES BELLA UNION BUTTERFLY BAD-GIRL SEQUEL VIRGIN SEQUEL B-UNIQUE FULL TIME HOBBY UNIVERSAL SUGARLOW

The sessions usually warm up with the specially chosen tutors introducing the art form of comedy. From there the newest comedic

TICIPANT, CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.UNIVERSALCOMEDY.CO.UK

illustration: Emily Robertson, www.ycnonline.com/featured_view.php?&FeatureID=330

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THEATRE

BEATS

ALL MY SONS ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI

BEATS CONTENTS DJ HELL CLUBBING ROUNDUPS 4HERO AND CURIOS? SINGLES BLITZKRIEG BOP GLASGOW CLUBS THE CAB’S 2ND BIRTHDAY EDINBURGH CLUBS CHRIST.

INTERVIEW

& 6 OF THE BEST

INTERVIEW

COMPETITION

& 12” REVIEWS

ALBUMS AMON TOBIN

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FEATURE

REVIEWS / PREVIEWS

INTERVIEW

REVIEWS / PREVIEWS

INTERVIEW

REVIEWS & DJ CHART

ALBUMS

1. V/A - THE 8 BALL MIXTAPE

(WANTED RECORDS)

2. V/A-BREAKIN’ BREAD DIRTYBREAKINFUNK&HIPHOP

(BREAKIN’ BREAD)

Another compilation, with jazz-flavoured bangers from Ghost, Natural Self and Edinburgh’s own Abdominal Showmen. A good month for homegrown talent!

3. AMON TOBIN - FOLEY ROOM

(NINJA TUNE)

A wide-screen odyssey of experimental sound welded to liquid techno, spaced-out soundtrack atmospherics, and weird machine resonances. A ground-breaking and cohesive electronic, sample-based opus.

5. 4 HERO - PLAY WITH THE CHANGES (REINFORCED RECORDS)

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CINDERELLA EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE

One Hell of a time

by Peter Walker

THE SKINNY TALK ELECTRO-HOUSE, ‘THAT’ MINIMAL CRAZE, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AND WHERE IT’S GOING WITH EUROPE’S HOTTEST DJ.

It is difﬁcult to pick out any individuals as all the dancers worked really hard and played their characters with grace and commitment. However, Eve Musto as the

BEATS

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EVENTS

1. WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA BY ANTHONY NEILSON FEB 28 TO 10 MARCH, TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW

One of UK theatre’s most compelling voices kicks off a national tour for this critically acclaimed show.

2. STRANGERS, BABIES BY LINDA MCLEAN 23 FEB TO 17 MARCH, TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH

Scottish playwright Linda MacLean’s story of one woman’s desperate attempts at a future.

Free dissociation

BEATS

THEATRE by RJ Thomson

LEADING PLAYWRIGHT ANTHONY NEILSON TALKS TO THE SKINNY ABOUT FORM, FANTASY, AND FUN

“IT’S ABOUT SENSATION VERSUS NUMBNESS ... WE FIGHT TO RESTRAIN SOMETHING WITHIN OURSELVES”

Quizzed further on this sense of double perspective, Neilson demonstrates his enthusiasm for exploring the state of the mind with his works. “The

TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW, WED 28 FEB - SAT 10 MAR, 19:30, £6-£14. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA IS ON AT THE TRAVERSE

JOHNNY VIOLENCE, DIGITAL HARLOT’S VIOLENT VALENTINE

INDIGITOUS 5TH BIRTHDAY, STUDIO 24, 2 FEB

THEATRE IN EDINBURGH IN JUNE, AS PART OF THE SAME TOUR.

MASQUERADE, STRATHCLYDE UNI STUDENT UNION, 10 FEB

WWW.NATIONALTHEATRESCOTLAND.COM

It’s a romantic ‘pimps n’ ho’s’ theme at Digital Harlot this month, with a visit from Johnny Violence (Ultraviolence) for some blood-slicked hard techno and alternative dance.

3. THE BEVELLERS BY RODDY MCMILLAN 7 FEB TO 3 MARCH, CITIZEN’S THEATRE, GLASGOW

ZERO DB, FREQ, SUB CLUB, 16 FEB

All star cast feature in a gritty east end of Glasgow drama written by Para Handy’s Roddy McMillan.

4. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY CHRISTOPHER SERGEL

20 TO 24 FEB, KINGS THEATRE, EDINBURGH

Adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of racism in the American deep south.

BASEMENT BREAKS, 13TH NOTE, 21 FEB

5. NEW TERRITORIES, VARIOUS – 19 FEB TO 3 MARCH, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

Scotland’s International Festival of Live Arts returns to Tramway with a multi-media programme of performance and dance that includes enfant terrible Michael Clark.

COPYLEFT, FOREST CAFE, 9 FEB Copyleft bring you a mix of hip-hop/rock/dub tunes based on anti-establishment wake-up calls to a better lifestyle.

MUSIKA LAUNCH WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS,

PRESSURE, THE ARCHES, 23 FEB

LIQUID ROOM, 17 FEB

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XPLICIT 2ND BIRTHDAY PT 1, BONGO CLUB, 9 FEB

JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE AND VAKANT RECORDS,

HAVANA, OLD FRUIT MARKET, 24 FEB

Wonderful World of Dissocia

CAB’S 2ND BIRTHDAY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, 23 FEB Cabaret Voltaire celebrate their second birthday this February in true largin’ it fashion - see our feature in the Edinburgh clubs section.

“People want a bit of spectable.”

THEATRE

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BOOKS

The evolution of music

HE WRITES, SHE WRITES, YOU WRITE... by Anna Battista

JONNY OGG TRACES 4 HERO’S JOURNEY FROM JUNGLE PIONEERS TO SOUL SUPREMOS

ON PLAY WITH THE CHANGES, THE DUO HAVE CREATED AN ADORABLE MODERN SOUL CLASSIC WHICH OOZES CHARISMA.

by Jonny Ogg

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WWW.4HERO.CO.UK

REVIEWS TARGET IRAN SCOTT RITTER

and ethical teachings.

4HERO’S PLAY WITH THE CHANGES IS OUT NOW.

SIMILAR ARTISTS: MARC MAC, THE QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA, PESHAY.

Alasdair Gray

GAMES/BOOKS

BEATS

“THE CHILDLIKE QUALITIES ARE AT THE HEART OF MY ETHOS... THE IDEA OF DIRECTLY INTEGRATING PLAY INTO A SOCIAL SETTING FOR ADULTS.” - MALX

CURIOS? SUNDAY JOINT CLUB, THE BONGO CLUB, EDINBURGH, 2PM-7PM, FREE. THEIR NEXT DATE IS FEB 4. WWW.THEBONGOCLUB.CO.UK

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BOOKS

Andrea Levy

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT SIMON ARMITAGE

Iain Banks

DISTURBING THE PEACE RICHARD YATES

R i c h a r d Ya te s suffered the same curious f ate a s O r s o n We l l e s , s t a r ting at the top and working

Charles Handy

Janice Galloway

TRANSPORT They walk, cautiously, picking up pace. The sun moves higher, The air, sweet. They move on, the pace slower. The brows furrow. The sun now dips. The backs are bent.

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SINGLES/EPS

Death of the PS2?

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI

REVIEWS WARIOWARE: SMOOTH MOVES (NINTENDO)

TONY HAWK’S PROJECT 8: BATTLE WELCOME TO SKATE HEAVEN.

(ACTIVISION)

WHILE ALL EYES LOOK TO THESE NEW CONSOLES, PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE IS MUCH LIFE LEFT IN THE PLAYSTATION 2

by Dave Cook

(CAPCOM)

CAJUAN

MARTIN 101

RAVEN (FINE)

RELEASE DATE: 26 FEB.

P.DIDDY

TELL ME FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA (ATLANTIC)

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW. HTTP://THIRTEENREC.COM

YUKSEK

DAVID GILMOUR GIRLS ‘CRIMSON AS MURDER’ (RELISH)

DANGEROUS CAT EP (THIRTEEN RECORDS)

LOST PLANET: EXTREME CONDITIONS

BEATS

GAMES

ROBERT STRAUSS

WWW.MARTIN101.COM

THE EDUCATION

SILENT WEAPONS (TRIPLE DARKNESS / CHEMO PRODUCTIONS)

CAPTAIN FLASHBACK CRAZY HORSES (QUITE GREAT)

£29.99 TO £39.99 WWW.ACTIVISION.COM

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Thankfully, you’ll have forgotten all of this five minutes into the game. Capcom have utterly outdone them-

GAMES

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CLUB REVIEWS by Sean McNamara

PULSATING TO THE BACK BEAT

“WE’RE DEFINITELY DEVELOPING A NICHE NIGHT, WITH FRESH, EDGY ACTS, AND PROGRAMMING THE NIGHT WITH A VERY CREATIVE HEAD ON.”

BLITZKRIEG BOP IS AT THE ARCHES THE SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH WITH MANY OTHER AD-HOC EVENTS. ALT < RECORDINGS (LONDON) AND BLITZKRIEG BOP PRESENTS TWISTED CHARM

DVD

THE ROOTS & PLAN B CARLING ACADEMY, 17 DEC

ATLANTIS REVISITED

THE SUB CLUB, GLASGOW, DEC 30

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CLUB PREVIEWS BASEMENT BREAKS 13TH NOTE, GLASGOW, 21 FEB

COCOON SPECIAL

SENSU, SUB CLUB, GLASGOW, 2 FEB

JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE & VAKANT RECORDS

11PM-3AM, £10.

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by Dave Kerr

INNER CITY ACID, SOUNDHAUS, GLASGOW, JAN 13

ART OF PARTIES AND BLITZKRIEG BOP PRESENT: MODULAR RECORDS PARTY CLUB MOTHERFUCKER DJS, AND DJ SET TBC, FEB 14.

‘THE 4.20 FROM SEATTLE DEPARTING NOW’

SI BEGG & CURSOR MINER

AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALIENS DJ SET, 9 FEB. LAUNCHING LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND CD! WITH SHAKES (LIVE), HADOUKEN (LIVE),

Blackalicious

BEATS

FILM/DVD

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WHAT WERE YOUR PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS TOUR? “Every night was a high for me just because of who was on the bill:

MUSIC

BLACKALICIOUS: 4/20 LIVE IN SEATTLE IS OUT NOW.

L’APPARTEMENT It has almost become a staple of contemporary Fre nc h c in e ma that any road of siniste r coincidence and be-

DVD

FILM RELEASES THE DEPARTED

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

RELEASE DATE: 5 FEB

RED ROAD

RELEASE DATE: 26 FEB

CLERKS 2

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

VOLVER

RELEASE DATE: 12 FEB

WWW.WAKEUPSCREAMINGMOVIE.COM WWW.PETA2.COM RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW.

22 MARCHMONT ROAD, EDINBURGH, 0131 229 5136 93 BROUGHTON STREET, EDINBURGH, 0131 556 1866

February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

REVIEWS

GLASGOW

Film Festival

BEATS

FILM by Simone Gray

IN DEFENCE OF

Dirty Dancing

by Lindsay West

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DREAMGIRLS

ROCKY BALBOA

DIR: BILL CONDON

DIR: SYLVESTER STALLONE

DIR: ASIF KAPADIA

STARS: JAMIE FOXX, BEYONCE

STARS: SYLVESTER STALLONE, BURT

STARS: SARAH MICHELLE

KNOWLES, JENNIFER HUDSON, EDDIE

YOUNG, MILO VENTIMIGLIA,

GELLAR, PETER O’BRIEN, SAM

MURPHY, ANIKA NONI ROSE

GERALDINE HUGHES

SHEPARD, ADAM SCOTT

RELEASE DATE: 2 FEB, CERT: 12A

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW. CERT: 12A

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW

CERT: 12A

APOCALYPTO DIR: MEL GIBSON

THE RETURN

STARS: RUDY YOUNGBLOOD, DALIA HERNANDEZ, JONATHAN BREWER RELEASE DATE: 5 JAN, CERT: 18

FILM OF THE MONTH

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP DIR: MICHEL GONDRY STARS: GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, ALAIN CHABAT RELEASE DATE: 16 FEB, CERT: 15

FILM

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

Cab!

CLUB REVIEWS by Omar Kudos

CABARET VOLTAIRE’S CONTINUING INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL REACH AND SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL SCENE MAKE IT A VALUABLE INSTITUTION

DJ ASkillz

Cabaret Voltaire intends to celebrate its birthday in grand style on 23 Feb. It’s also the second birthday of Sugarbeat, as residents The

WWW.SUGARBEATCLUB.COM WWW.THECABARETVOLTAIRE.CO.UK

Felix Da Housecat packing out the Cab

FILM

BEATS EDINBURGH

Photo by Kay Bennett

SKINNYMAN, SOUL BISCUITS

scene; a truly unforgettable night for all involved. [Karen Taggart] NEXT NIGHT: 23 FEB. WWW.THECABARETVOLTAIRE.COM

SOLESCIENCE ANNUAL BANG-OFF

CLUB PREVIEWS XPLICIT 2ND BIRTHDAY PT 1 BONGO CLUB, EDINBURGH, 9 FEB

CLUB PREVIEWS MUSIKA LAUNCH WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS, LIQUID ROOM, EDINBURGH, 17 FEB

COPYLEFT

48 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

FOREST CAFÉ, EDINBURGH, 9 FEB

10PM - 3AM, £13.50.

£TBC, 8PM ONWARDS.

WWW.MUSIKANIGHTS.COM, WWW.LIQUIDROOM.COM

BEATS

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

Conversations with christ.

THE

Dynamic Duo by Stephen Carty

christ.

2 FEB Arthur And The Invisibles (U) Dreamgirls (12A) Gridiron Gang (12A) Notes On A Scandal (15) Running With Scissors (15)

14 FEB Casablanca (U)

16 FEB The 9th Company (15) The Bridge (18) Hot Fuzz (15) The Science Of Sleep (15) The Truth About Love (15) The Upside Of Anger (15)

23 FEB Bamako (PG) The Good Shepherd (15) Letters from Iwo Jima (15) The Number 23 (tbc) School For Scoundrels (12A)

16 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

PREVIEW INTERVIEW WITH SIMON PEGG AND NICK FROST

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI RELEASE SCHEDULE

SCOTLAND’S LEADING AMBIENT / EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST CHRIST. TALKS TO BRAM GIEBEN ABOUT WHY HE ISN’T TAKING THE LORD’S NAME IN VAIN, AND GIVES US THE SKINNY ON HIS NEW LP

BEATS

FILM

“THE BLUE SHIFT AS A FEATURE OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT REFERS TO A MASS OF EXCITED ATOMIC PARTICLES.” - CHRIST.

I ask about the album title, which refers to a scientific theory called the Doppler

FILM

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

LP REVIEWS

JD PYZ

FEATURED ALBUM

LGBT FILMS AT THE GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL

V/A

1. DEPECHE MODE - EVERYTHING COUNTS (HUNTEMANN & BODZIN DUB)(MUTE)

‘BREAKIN’ BREAD DIRTYBREAKINFUNK&HIPHOP’ (BREAKIN’ BREAD)

Dark, gothic disco! Big drops and synonymous synth lines. Long live the D Mode.

2. I ROBOTS – FRAU (BOYS NOISE REMIX)(BNB) (DEFECTED)

Released in 2005 on limited edition, it immediately received support from Tiga, Ivan Smagghe and 2 Many DJs to name but a few. What a record.

FEDDE LE GRAND SESSIONS 11

(MINISTRY OF SOUND)

FREEMASONS SHAKEDOWN (LOADED)

WWW.BREAKINBREAD.ORG

JOHN LEGEND ONCE AGAIN

LO OK O U T F O R H OT C H I P AN D

(RCA)

MINISTRY OF SOUND.

KINGDOM COME (ROC-A-FELLA)

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4. JOHN DAHLBACK – IF YOU GIVE ME (PICKADOLL) This record has frozen funk like no other!

5. MR. CISCO – MIXAGE (KLAKSON) Techno, Italo-disco and euro pop - what a mix! Techy beats, Italo rhythms and Euro synths.

REMEMBERING THE FAT UNDERGROUND

6. TIGA – MOVE MY BODY (BOYS NOISE REMIX) (DIFFERENT / PIAS) Dancefloor killer! Big dirty synth ripping at your head, the louder the better with this record.

7. SISKID FEAT. LOU – SKIN FLAVOUR (INITIAL CUTS) Twisted vocals with acid-influenced e l e c tro: w i th mo re bu ild th a n Barratts Homes!

8. KIKO – M25 (NOTORIOUS ELEKTRO) This track is prime time material. Typical electro rhythms and strong rave-led synth. Still my number one producer.

9. JONATHANN CAST – HUMAN SYNTHESIZER EP

Glasgow Film Festival, showing 90 films over 11 days, running from 15 to 25 Feb, promises a massive range of films spanning genres and continents. Here are five LGBT films worth catching.

musical numbers set during a drought in Taipei.

THE DYING GAUL

WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 8.15PM – GLASGOW CCA. (2006, CERT 18, 1H52M)

THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS

THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 6.30PM – GLASGOW FILM THEATRE (2005, CERT 15, 1H40M)

- GLASGOW FILM THEATRE. (2005, CERT 15, 1H15M)

SUMMER IN BERLIN

(DANCEFLOOR KILLERS)

A SOAP

I have been trying to work out what tune is the best on this EP for about 4 months now, and I can’t! Just buy the EP. IT ROCKS!

Friends Nike (Inka Friedrich) and Katrin (Nadja Uhl) have their stable, if dysfunctional, lives radically altered with the arrival of Ronald the trucker (Andreas Schmidt).

10. YELLO – OH YEAH OH SIX (HUNTEMANN & BODZIN MIX) (WHITE LABEL)

OK so the year has just changed, but you know the soundtrack: Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Nuns On The Run.

THE WIDE ANGLE:

FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 8.45PM – GLASGOW FILM THEATRE (2005, CERT 15, 1H07M)

FULL DETAILS AND TICKET BOOKING AVAIL-

TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY 6.00PM – GLASGOW FILM THEATRE

ABLE 12-9PM FROM GFF BOX OFFICE AT GLASGOW

(2006, CERT 18, 1H44M)

FILM THEATRE, 12 ROSE STREET, GLASGOW.

THE WAYWARD CLOUD An idiosyncratic film by Taiwanese director Ming-liang Tsai, featuring explicit sex scenes, true love and camp

0141 332 8128 (ENQUIRIES ONLY) 08700 600 100 (TELEPHONE BOOKING) WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK

THE FAT UNDERGROUND TALKED, SANG, RANTED AND DISCUSSED IDEAS THAT ARE STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY AS THEY EVER WERE

RELEASE DATE: FEB 12

OUT ON JAN 22. LIKE SOME MORE,

JAY-Z

by: S.D.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT’S NICE TO SEE FILMS YOU CAN ACTUALLY RELATE TO

(ACCESS)

LGBT

BEATS

FRESH FROM HIS RECENT FABRIC MIX CD, TECHNO GODHEAD LUKE SLATER IS DUE TO PLAY ACCESS ON MAR 16. KEEP YOUR EYES ON NEXT MONTH’S SKINNY FOR MORE.

WWW.JOHNLEGEND.COM

TOM STEPHAN LET’S GO CHUMBO (SUPERCHUMBO)

IF YOU DIG THIS, TRY DJ HELL’S MISCH MASCH MIX.

MISTY ROSES MONSTER ZERO (FROG MAN JAKE)

a mislaid focus that dwells more on creating alarm and fear than forming a coherent collection of songs. [Neil Ferguson] OUT NOW.

BAR REVIEWS DESTINATION

MODA

THIS IS A STYLE-FREE ZONE AND LONG MAY IT REMAIN THAT WAY

A COSY BUT FUN ATMOSPHERE

17 ALBERT PLACE, EDINBURGH

58 VIRGINIA STREET, GLASGOW. 0141 553 2553

SUN 1PM-1AM, MON-THU NOON-1AM, FRI-SAT 5AM-1AM

MON-THU 5PM-1AM, FRI-SUN 5PM-3AM

WWW.MISTYROSES.COM

TTC ‘3615’

(BIG DADA)

moda

BEATS

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

BEATS

LGBT

FEB 10, 39 COMMERCIAL ST, LEITH

Launch night of Edinburgh’s new club for gay men and their lesbian friends £6/5/4 BEFORE 10:30PM

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE @ SALA FEB 14, BROUGHTON ST, EDINBURGH

Special Valentine’s Day screening in conjunction with the Equality Network for LGBT History Month FREE, 8PM

RIO CARNIVAL BALL @ ASSEMBLY ROOMS FEB 17, GEORGE ST, EDINBURGH

Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard’s fundraiser is sure to be a big event £16.50/£13.50

THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS @ CCA FEB 22, SAUCHIEHALL ST, GLASGOW

See preview, opposite page – we have high hopes for this film! £6/5, 6:30PM

PATRICK WOLF @ ORAN MOR FEB 23, BYRES RD, GLASGOW

Don’t miss his emotional, experimental electronic folk £10 + BOOKING FEE

14 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

THE DELIBERATE AND CAREFUL OMISSION OF LGBT HISTORY FROM THE CURRICULUM TEACHES STUDENTS A LESSON IN INVISIBILITY AND INFERIORITY

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI The overlooking of LGBT history in schools has a TOP long history. LGBT EVENTS ZEUS @ MARINERS

Ever Falling

by Maris Cather

by Dave Kerr

ON THE EVE OF THE RELEASE OF HIS GROUNDBREAKING NEW LP FOLEY ROOM BRAZILIAN DJ AND MUSICIAN AMON TOBIN SPARES THE SKINNY SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THE MANY METHODS TO HIS GENRE BENDING CYPHER

VISIT THE WEBSITE TO FIND OUT ABOUT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. WWW.LGBTHISTORY.ORG.UK

Illustration: Russell Higgs, www.flickr.com/photos/russell-higgs/sets/1189398

Ideas for February editorial:

LGBT

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“I SUPPOSE I LOOK AT ALL RECORDED SOUND AS SOURCE MATERIAL. HOW IT WORKS IN MUSIC IS REALLY DOWN TO HOW YOU THEN MANIPULATE IT.” February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

GLASGOW ARTS AMBER ROOME, GROUP SHOW, GROUP

SHOW, Including work by Jessica Harrison and karen Kirkwood, 8/2/07 - 8/3/07, Wed-Sat, 11:00 - 18:00, Free

ANALOGUE, BERNIE REID, KILLER OPUS,

ronment, 9/12/06 - 4/3/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free

DEAN GALLERY, IAN FLEMMING, IAN FLEMMING, Marking the centenary of one of Scotland’s

THE BONGO CLUB, TBC, TBC, Interesting,

CITY ART CENTRE, GROUP SHOW, TREAS-

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS, GROUP

unusual work in a stimulating environment, TBC - TBC, Mon-Sat, 11:00 - 12:30(sat), late, Free

URED, Paintings and drawings from the City Art Cen-

WILLIAM HIGHET, THE ROYAL MILE REVISITED,

Paintings by William Highet, 11/11/06 - 18/2/07, MonSun, 10:00/12:00(sun) - 17:00, Free

GROUP SHOW, LIVING IN THE MODERN WORLD, Considering srchitecture and the built envi-

SHOW, 40 YEARS AT EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS,

EMBASSY GALLERY, V/A, TEXTUAL HEALING, A show of artists/ books and text related art, 17/2/07 - 18/3/07, Thur-Sun, 12:00 - 18:00, Free

FRUITMARKET GALLERY, TRENTO DOYLE

HANCOCK, THE WAYWARD THINKER, First European solo show by the intriguing American, 10/2/07 - 8/4/07, Mon-Sun, 11:00(mon-sat)/12:00(sun) 18:00(mon-sat)17:00(sun), Free

I2, PETER HOWSON, UNDERGROUND, 30

Limited Edition Etchings and Drypoints, 6/1/07 - 12/2/07,11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun) - 18:00(monfri)/16:00(sun), Free

EDINBURGH ARTS THE ARCHES, GROUP SHOW, GRAPHIC

ART COLLECTIVE, Silkscreen, digital and graphic work from Scotland, 18/1/07 - 27/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon-sat)/12:00(Sun)-22:00, Free

THE BURRELL COLLECTION, THE EMPER-

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND,

GROUP SHOW, STUDENT EXHIBITION, The largest GOYA, MONSTERS AND MATADORS, Original Etch- student exhibition in the UK, 10/2/07 - 21/2/07, Mon-Sun,

MILLER, SIXES AND SEVENS, Questioning the func-

tionality of objects, 27/1/07 - 15/4/07, Tue-Sun, 10:00 - 17:30, Free JUERGEN TELLER, AWAILABLE, Work by the celebrated German-born photographer, 27/1/07 - 15/4/07, Tue-Sun, 10:00 - 17:30, Free

performance art, 23/2/07 - 25/2/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00 - 17:00/19:00(thur), Free

Solo show, 20/1/07 - 10/3/07, Tue-Sat, 10:00 - 17:00, Free

PARTS III, A long weekend celebrating the diversity of

GLASGOW GALLERY OF MODERN ART,

EDINBURGH & GLASGOW THEATRE ARCHES THEATRE

PLAYHOUSE

24/2/07, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Fresh from London’s West End, times vary, £40

SIXTEEN January 07 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February

SCULLION, ONCE, A unique collaboration between

GALLERY COSSACHOCK, GROUP SHOW, GEORGIA ON MY MIND, Three artists are inspired by Georgia, 28/1/07-28/2/07, TUE-SUN, 12:00(tue-sat)/ 17:00(sun)-late, Free

V/A, NORTHERN CITY (BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK), Artists and architects exploring Edinburgh’s

GROUP SHOW, GLASGOW 1999 DESIGN MEDAL 2006, Including jewellery, fashion, graphics, product design and cutting-edge engineering, 10/11/06-18/2/07,

CITIZEN’S THEATRE

LACOME, THE HOLOCAUST - AND AFTER?, Remem-

ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, V/A, BODY

Glaswegian composer Craig Armstrong and Scottish visual artists Dalziel+Scullion., TBC-25/2/07, MON-SUN, 10:00(mon-thur/sat)/11:00(fri, sun)-17:00, Free

JULIE ROBERTS, THE NEW WOMAN ARTIST, Her

SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE, MYER

KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY, DALZIEL AND

11:30(sat)-17:30, Free

GROUP SHOW, CUTTING EDGE GEOMETRY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART, From Piet Mondrian to

VALENTINE’S EXHIBITION, Themed exhibition, 5/2/07-25/2/07, THU-MON, 13:30(mon, thu, fri, sun)/

FESTIVAL THEATRE

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS THEATRE & ARTS

KINGS THEATRE

29/1/07, 3/2/07, VAGINA MONOLOGUES, The celebrity-

TALBOT RICE, JAMIE SHOVLIN, AGGREGATE,

MON-SUN, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/ 12:00(sun)-17:00, £3(£1.50)

LILLIE ART GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, DRAWN

PROJECT ABILITY, GROUP SHOW, WORK ON PAPER, Five artists, 12/1/07-16/3/07, MON-FRI, 10:0017:00, Free

SORCHA DALLAS, CHARLIE HAMMOND, SOLO SHOW, Playful, paradoxical and lots of fun, 3/2/07-3/3/07, TUE-SAT, 11:00-17:00, Free

THEATRE ROYAL

LISTINGS

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February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

EDINBURGH COMEDY THU 1 FEB

FRI 9 FEB

Jon Richardson, Maeve Higgins and Andy McPartland. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 9pm, £3 - £7

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Martin Bigpig Mor,

FRI 2 FEB

SAT 3 FEB

THE STAND, Martin Bigpig Mor, Jon Richardson, Maeve Higgins and Carl Donnelly. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Phil Butler, Roger D, John Warburton, Geoff Boyz, 8pm, £12

SUN 4 FEB

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Parrot, Billy Kirkwood, Mark Nelson, Austin Low and Nick Morrow. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 5 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Billy Kirkwood and Vladimir McTavish, 8.30pm, £2

TUE 6 FEB

SISTARS, THE STAND, Debra-Jane Appleby, AL Kennedy, Roslyn Hastings and Carly Baker. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £3 - £6

WED 7 FEB

LAUGH? I NEARLY VOTED, THE STAND, Political satire and celebrity interviews - with Vladimir McTavish, Bruce Devlin and live MSP grillings., 8.30pm, £3 - £6

THU 8 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley and Niall Browne. Hosted by Dave Johns, 9pm, £3 - £7

THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley

SAT 17 FEB

SAT 10 FEB

THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Karen Bayley and Niall Browne. Hosted by Dave Johns, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Rick Right, Mike Wilkinson, Ninia Benjamin, 8pm, £12

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Graeme

and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Harvey Oliver, Gavin Webster, Tom Stade, Angie McEvoy, 8pm, £10

SAT 24 FEB

THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben Hurley, Wendy Wason and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £10 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Harvey Oliver, Gavin Webster, Tom Stade, Angie McEvoy, 8pm, £12

SUN 25 FEB

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv

SUN 11 FEB

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

MON 19 FEB

ley, Wendy Wason, Gordon Alexander, Carly Baker and Phil Differ. Hosted by Tony Carter, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

8.30pm, £2

MON 26 FEB

MON 12 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, Jane Mackay and Kevin Bridges,

TUE 20 FEB

THE AMAZING BASTARDS, THE STAND, Mixing experimental stand-up, off-beat characters, and assorted bob-

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Nick Davies and Allan Miller, bins, Steven Dick, Allan Miller and Teddy offer a show 8.30pm, £2

TUE 13 FEB

MELTING POT, THE STAND, tbc, 8.30pm, £2.50 - £5 PLEASANCE COURTYARD, Barry Dodds, Zoe Lyons, 8pm, £5.50

WED 14 FEB

ANTI-VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Poetry Pete and host Bruce Devlin distract from and destroy the worst day of the year, 8.30pm, £4 - £5

THU 15 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, John Moloney, Jeremy Elwood, Barry Dodds and Gus Tawse. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 9pm, £3 - £7

FRI 16 FEB

THE STAND, John Moloney, Jeremy Elwood, Barry

WED 21 FEB

BENEFIT IN AID OF WAVERLEY CARE, THE STAND, Mat Reed, Gary - Tank Commander and Wendy Wason with more to be announced, 8.30pm, £4 - £6

THU 22 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben

over tasty scoff., 1pm, Free

THE SUNDAY NIGHT LAUGH IN, THE STAND, Ben Hur-

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Mat Reed and Andy Sir, 8.30pm, £2

TUE 27 FEB

Hurley, Wendy Wason and Poetry Pete. Hosted by Raymond Mearns, 9pm, £3 - £7

THU 8 FEB

THU 15 FEB

WED 21 FEB

Neil Delamere, Gerry McDade and Richard Brophy. Hosted by Bruce Morton. Amos continues to win over crowds with his larger-than-life personality and confessional approach., 8.30pm, £3 - £7

Nelson, Allan Miller and Andy McPartland. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

Clatterschenkenfietermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

THU 22 FEB

FRI 9 FEB

FRI 16 FEB

Mirza and Allan Miller. Hosted by Susan Morrison, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Alfie Joey, Shappi Khorsandi, Dave Williams, Smug Roberts, 8pm, £10

ermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Raymond Mearns, Daliso Chaponda, Gordon Southern, Steve Harris, 8pm, £10

SAT 10 FEB

SAT 17 FEB

Mirza and Allan Miller. Hosted by Susan Morrison, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Alfie Joey, Shappi Khorsandi, Dave Williams, Smug Roberts, 8pm, £13

ermaus, Saj and Mark Nelson. Hosted by Martin Bigpig Mor, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Raymond Mearns, Daliso Chaponda, Gordon Southern, Steve Harris, 8pm, £13

FRI 2 FEB

SAT 3 FEB

SUN 4 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Rudi Lickwood, Sandy THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stewart Francis, Die

THE STAND, , Rudi Lickwood, Sandy Nelson, Shazia

SUN 11 FEB

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND,

Greg McHugh, Scott Agnew, Sian Bevan and Austin Low. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

David Kay, Gerry McDade, Carly Baker and Saj. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 12 FEB

MON 5 FEB

Mearns, Paul Pirie, Allen Chalmers and Sandy Nelson, 8.30pm, £4

DANCE MONKEY BOY DANCE, THE STAND, Raymond

Mearns, Paul Pirie, Allen Chalmers and Sandy Nelson, 8.30pm, £4

TUE 13 FEB

TUE 6 FEB

8.30pm, £1 - £2

TOP: Arlene: Cream & black striped tights, H&M, £2.99. Denim hot pants, Miss Selfridge, £30.00. Sulphur ribbed

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Teddy and Jamie Anderson,

WED 7 FEB

detail, H&M, £19.99. Green leather skirt, Armstong’s clothing @ Miss Selfridge, £15.00

WHOSE LUNCH IS IT ANYWAY?, THE STAND, Improv

THE STAND, Sean Percival, Ben Hurley, Wendy Wason

THU 1 FEB

THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Stephen K. Amos,

LEFT: Arlene: Pink plastic aviator sunglasses, Miss Selfridge, £12.00. White canvas bomber jacket with neon piping

SUN 18 FEB

FRI 23 FEB

Thomas, Scott Agnew, Sian Bevan, Scotty Domhnallach and Martin McAllister. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

GLASGOW COMEDY

Dodds and Rick Kieswetter. Hosted by Joe Heenan, 9pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, OMNI CENTRE, Danny Buckler, Johnny Candon, Richard Morton, Kevin Bridges, 8pm, £10

8.30pm, £1 - £2

SISTARS, THE STAND, Karen Bayley, Debra-Jane Appleby and AL Kennedy. Hosted by Susan Calman, 8.30pm, £3 - £6

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Scott Agnew and Allan Miller,

WED 14 FEB

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

SKINNY FASHION

THE STAND, , Stewart Francis, Die Clatterschenkenfiet-

SUN 18 FEB

ROUGH CUTS, THE STAND, tbc, 8.30pm, £2.50 - £5 THE THURSDAY SHOW, THE STAND, Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and Antony Murray. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £3 - £7

FRI 23 FEB

THE STAND, , Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and John Cooper. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £5 - £9 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Andy White, Steve Hughes, Joe Heenan, Kevin Gildea, 8pm, £10

SAT 24 FEB

THE STAND, , Trevor Crook, Des McLean, Mat Reed and John Cooper. Hosted by Bruce Devlin, 8.30pm, £10 JONGLEURS, UGC CENTRE, Andy White, Steve Hughes, Joe Heenan, Kevin Gildea, 8pm, £13

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND,

SUN 25 FEB

Die Clatterschenkenfietermaus, Barry Dodds, Nick Morrow, Chris Forbes and Phil Differ. With host Michael Redmond, 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MICHAEL REDMOND’S SUNDAY SERVICE, THE STAND, Mat Reed and Mark Bratchpiece. With host Michael Redmond., 8.30pm, £1 - £5

MON 19 FEB

TUE 27 FEB

8.30pm, £1 - £2

THE AMAZING BASTARDS, THE STAND, Mixing experimen- RED RAW, THE STAND, With Mat Reed and Andy Sir,

WED 28 FEB

BEST OF IRISH,THE STAND,Ian Coppinger, Colum McDonnell and Sonya Kelly. With host Michael Redmond,8.30pm,£6 - £7

TUE 20 FEB

RED RAW, THE STAND, With Jane Mackay and Keir McAllister, 8.30pm, £1 - £2

TEAM: Stylist: Claire Morrison, Photo: Adrian Barry, Hair: Martin @ Anton Steele, Make-Up: Ashley Murphy, Models: Arlene & Mark A. from Superior Model Management.

12 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

STOCKIST INFO: All Saints, Ingram Street; French Connection, Princes Square; H&M, Buchanan Galleries; Miss

LIFESTYLE Selfridge, Buchanan Galleries; Office, Buchanan Street; Puma Concept Store, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. THANKS TO: David and Eleanor for the loan of their flat.

LISTINGS

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January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

THURS 1 FEB

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, RSAMD, Brazil-

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM), GUEST DJS & POP LEVI, THE ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, £1 members

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4

11pm/12.30am with matric PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, 23:00, £2

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

RUBBERMENSCH,

ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE

GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

FRI 2 FEB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up,

COTTON CAKE, MR. OIZO & SEBASTIAN, THE ARCHES, Electronics, 22:00, £10

ELECTROBALL,

KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk,

22:30, £tbc

FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, 21:00, Free

FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLANKET, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4)

LEGENDS PRESENTS…, GOLDIE & PAUL RESET, CLASSIC GRAND, Drum & bass, 23:00, £12

NOJ,

POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old school tunes, 22:30, £6

PINUP, WILD BEASTS, Q WITHOUT U, THE CLICKS, THE AUTOMATIC, THE WOODSIDE, Indie, punk, soul & electropop, 21:00, £5

RED & GOLD ROOM,

ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7,

free b4 11pm

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SENSU, ANDRE GALLUZZI & TOBI NEUMANN, THE SUB CLUB, Cocoon techno, 23:00, £10 (£8)

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul,

SIXTEEN January 07 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN February

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

11.30pm with PIYP

Free

motown, 20:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 3 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

11.30pm with matric.

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

tic, 22:00, Free

COLOURS, PAUL VAN DYK, ERIC PRYDZ, JON MANCINI, HED KANDI, GIOVANNI FERRI, THE ARCHES, House & trance, 22:00, £25

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4

(£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip

MON 5 FEB,

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE,

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

with PIYP

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC

TUES 6 FEB

BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

RUBBERMENSCH,

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART,

THE GRIND, MURDERBOT, PARASITE & ACRNYM, THE

FRI 9 FEBB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up, 23:00, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ART OF PARTIES, KAVINSKY (ED BANGER), TRONIK YOUTH & DOLBY-ANOL, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Nuwave disco, 22:00, £7 (£5)

BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock & metal, 22:30, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP

BLITZKRIEG POP VS. ALT>DELETE RECORDINGS, TWISTED CHARM, THE ALIENS & SOUTH CENTRAL DJS, THE ARCHES, Across the board, 22:30, £6 (£4)

BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco &

WED 7 FEB

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

Free REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

Free

SUN 4 FEB

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, Maximum eclectic, 23:00, £6 (£5)

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

free 4 students

TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie,

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS GLASGOW CLUBS

THURS 8 FEB

by Jimmy Cosmos

Stars

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM), THE WHIP & RATATAT, THE ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, £1 members

DF CONCERTS PRESENT…, SUGAR DADDY (LIVE) & TOM FINDLAY, THE SUB CLUB, Live house, 23:00, £5 FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play-

erz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

SCORPIO:

THE FUTURE

Dont cry over spilt milk. You are not a baby. Instead grab a yellow straw... You know the rest. Be careful though. You might choke.

ARIES

BUS LAW

PISCES:

LEO: A dark cloud is descending this week. Put on your wellies and zip up your anorak. Someone close to you has the painters in.

SAGITTARIUS: Dry your eyes.

TAURUS: Pluto is irritating Uranus this week. Buy him a bone and have a wash and things will improve.

RICH PICKINGS

Don’t walk down any dark alleys this week, it may result in some unwanted cupping action and a visit to the GUM clinic.

LIBRA:

PEACE UP

When next approached by a Jehovah’s Witness, which is likely this month for Librans because of your trademark kind faces, make sure you ask for chocolate milk - you might be surprised.

CAPRICORN: Life is an endless set of swings and roundabouts. Put down the cider, leave the park and get a job.

GEMINI:

free 4 students

BLACKFRIARS, Electrohouse & minimal techno, 22:30, £5

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, 21:00, Free

APOCALYPSE COW(GATE)

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 10 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

Sagittarian maturity: Alice Cooper is 59 on 4 Feb

LISTINGS

by The Vulture

This week you will embrace life with new zest and vigour. Ok it can be a bit shite sometimes but you’ve only got one and you shouldn’t waste it being sad. Chin up.

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm,

11.30pm with matric.

CULTURE VULTURE

AQUARIUS:

THE

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GLASGOW CLUBS

‘THERE ARE FEW THINGS SO SATISFYING AS THE SWING AND PENETRATION OF AN ICE AXE INTO THICK, CRUSTY ICE’

Go Away! ICECLIMBING

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS,

tronica, 21:00, Free

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

23:00, £6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am

MON 12 FEB

20:00, Free

music, 21:00, Free

BASS INVADERS, FANCY & SPOOK, THE HALT, Techno,

ACTION, SPASTICATED BAD BOYS, BLOC, Shatterproof

CLUB NOIR, BURLESQUE PERFORMERS, CARLING ACAD- BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institiEMY, Battle of the sexes - Valentine’s burlesque fun &

games, 21:00, £12 (£9)

DBLSPK, MILANESE, KONX-OM-PAX & HUDSON MOHAWK, BLACKFRIARS, Planet Mu’s rude boy with elec-

by RJ Thomson

tro, dubstep, grime & IDM, 23:00, £8

hardcore, 22:00, £5

DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current

with PIYP

tunes, open decks downstairs, 22:00, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5)

TUES 13 FEB

DOWN LOW MUSIC SHOWCASE, CONVEXTION (!), $TINKWORX, MARTIN RUBADUB & JACKMASTER, CLUB 69, Dubby Detroit techno, 23:00, £10

FREEFALL, MARCEL WOODS, SIMON FOY, ALAN BELSHAW, THE ARCHES, House, 23:00, £12 GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, £7 (£5)

HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul,

GETTING AWAY

Scottish Citylink run four buses a day to Fort William from Glasgow. There are also four trains a day to Fort William on the famous West Highland line. Go to WWW.TRAINLINE.CO.UK.

STAYING AWAY

The Corran Inn, Onich, Fort William, Invernessshire, Scotland PH33 6SE tel. 01855 821235 WWW.CORRANINN.CO.UK

Fears for the cold were largely allayed by my get-up: I was dressed like a hitman from an unmade Austin Powers movie – all black

photos: Oli Kenyon

GUTTER TALK ROYAL MILE, EDINBURGH

photos: Jethro Collins

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

electro & disco, 21:00, Free HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, £7, free b4 11pm

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, 22:30, £tbc

NU-SCHOOL,

PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free

PURPLE SNEAKER, RALPH LAWSON, CLASSIC GRAND,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

15:00, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

12am with PIYP

KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE,

T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON, KARBON, Dance, 22:30, £5 (£4)

WED 14 FEB

DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alterna-

THURS 15 FEB

SUN 11 FEB

CAROLINE, 31, GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SOPHIE, 20,

STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE OF ART

GARETH, 25,

STUDENT OF MUSIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

AGNES, 450+, WENCH

WALED, 27,

STUDENT

STUART, QUITE OLD , PUBLISHER

IF YOU WERE A BREED OF DOG WHAT

IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME, WHAT HELLO YOUNG MAN ! (INTERVIEWER

HELLO AGNES, IF YOU WERE INTERVIEW- SO WALED, IF YOU WERE A BREED OF IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME WHAT

WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK ME?

ING ME WHAT WOULD YOU ASK ME?

WINKS.) IF YOU WERE INTERVIEWING ME,

DOG WHICH WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

Why are you wearing your husband’s I hate dogs. trousers?

GREAT! NOW IF YOU HAD MAGIC SNOW IF YOU COULD BUILD SOMETHING OUT

IF YOU WERE A BREED OF DOG, WHICH OF MAGIC SNOW WHAT WOULD IT BE? ONE WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

VERY CREATIVE. WOULD YOU LIVE IN IT?

YOU. ARE YOU FREE TONIGHT?

What are you doing?

IF YOU COULD MAKE SOMETHING OUT BUT REALLY STUART, WHAT IF I WAS A CE-

THAT YOU COULD BUILD ANYTHING OUT OF MAGIC SNOW WHAT WOULD IT BE

WOULD YOU ASK ME?

LEBRITY? ARE YOU SURE ‘WHAT ARE YOU

A SANDCASTLE, A CAR, EVEN SOME WHY THANK YOU! (BLUSHES.) IF YOU WERE

Wenching, at my local tavern. I love it. SHOES! WOULD YOU MAKE SHOES? Yes, ok, I’ll take the shoes.

A BREED OF DOG WHAT WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

A husky, it’s an Alsatian with a short wheelbase.

SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play-

BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics,

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX,

erz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

LIFESTYLE LISTINGS

Funk, soul & latin grooves, 20:00, Free

HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House

BAR, Disco electro, 23:00, £4 (£3)

and smooth RnB, jazz & funk, 21:00, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, THE GARAGE, Classics, 22:30, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE,

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC RUBBERMENSCH,

ABC2, A night for indie lovers, 23:00,

£4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & rock, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE

GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

FRI 16 FEB

ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up,

BASS INVADERS, JASON LEACH & LUKES ANGER, BLACKFRIARS, Tresor techno, 23:00, £7

FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLAN-

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & elec-

message at this interactive club night, 22:30, £3

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAM-

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PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free PURPLE SNEAKER, MEHDI & ANIMA / JAMIE YOUNG, CLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00,

£tbc

SUBCULTURE, SPIRIT CATCHER LIVE (MOOD MUSIC, BELGIUM), THE SUB CLUB, Deep house & techno, 23:00, £8, £5 b4 12am

VOODOO,

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

Free

ceilidh with DJs, 23:00, £tbc

SUN 18 FEB

FRIDAY FLING, CEILIDH BAND, CLASSIC GRAND, Live MIND THE GAP, CAGEDBABY (DJ SET), DANTON EEPROM (LIVE) & THE ARCHES, House, electro & electronica, 22:30, £10

NOJ,

POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, 23:00, £6 (£4),

free b4 11.30pm with matric.

OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old school tunes, 22:30, £6

RED & GOLD ROOM,

ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7,

free b4 11pm

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, 21:00, Free

STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAWHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5)

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, free 4 students

TRONIC, ACRNYM, BINARY ZERO, XENTRICK, ZERO DEFECT & STRONTIUM, THE 13TH NOTE, Hardcore, furious breaks through to speedcore, 20:00, £4

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP

REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00, Free

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

XPLICIT, ADAM F, PAUL RESET, MORPHY, ENO, TONN MON 19 FEB PIPER & BZ, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Drum & bass birth- BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institiday, 23:00, £10

TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie,

21:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, 23:00, £5 (£3)

SAT 17 FEB

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

11.30pm with matric.

SPANK,

free b4 9pm

22:30, £tbc

23:00, £10

ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text

Free

KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics,

Free

FREQ, ZERO DB, THE SUB CLUB, Jazz, electro to house,

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00,

23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

electro & disco, 21:00, Free HOME COOKIN’, BELO, Urban music showcase, 22:00, £7, free b4 11pm

KET, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, 23:00, £6 (£4)

BOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, 22:30, £4 (£3), free b4

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HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul,

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

11pm/12.30am with matric PUMP UP THE JAM, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, 23:00, £2

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

b4 9pm

DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, 23:00, £6 (£5) GROOVEJET, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, 23:00, £7 (£5)

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

with PIYP

TUES 20 FEB

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

15:00, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE,

Inflatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free

January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN

with matric. After 12am

KILLER KITSCH,

BROWN BAGGIN’ IT,

THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, al-

23:00, £4 (£3)

WED 21 FEB

NEW FLESH,

FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap,

industrial & alternative music, 22:00, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm

PRESSURE, JEFF MILLS, ALEX SMOKE, MATHIAS KADEN, ONUR OZER, COSMIC FORCE, SLEEPLESS CREW, DOUBLESPEAK DJS, THE ARCHES, Superb techno

OCTOPUSSY,

THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy

THURS 22 FEB

CLUB NME, JIM GELLATLY (XFM) & LAST GANG, THE

b4 10.30pm/12.30am students

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, 21:00, Free

STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAWHITE, House, 22:00, £8 (£5)

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, 16:00, £2 after 5pm, free 4 students

VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie rock party, 23:00, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm with PIYP TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, 21:00, Free

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, 20:00, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde

SAT 24 FEB

£1 members

with matric.

SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record

ABC2, Electro, house & pop, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4

CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, 22:00, £2, rock & indie dance, 23:00, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm

FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, 23:00, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), 11.30pm with matric.

BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats,

Southport Weekender tour, 23:00, £5

DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current

THE SUB CLUB PRESENTS…, ANNIE MAC & BOOM MONK BEN, THE SUB CLUB, Radio 1 dance, 23:00, £7 (£5)

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart anthems, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am

with PIYP

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, 21:00, Free

FRI 23 FEB

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THE RIVERSIDE, Deep disco & house, 0:00, £10

PARTY PARTY, PRINCE BOAB, BILLY WOODS & KARIM, TERMINAL BAR, A-Z music, 21:00, Free

PURPLE SNEAKER, MEHDI & ANIMA / JAMIE YOUNG, CLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro & ghettotech, 23:00,

£tbc

SIREN, KT RED & JT HOOKER, BLOC, House, techno &

SWISH SHOP MANAGER If you’re the new trainee SHOP MANAGER we’re after, you’ll have retail experience, great customer skills and will welcome a positive challenge.

Free REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, 21:00,

Free

SUN 25 FEB

BLOC + JAM, CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic night, free beer for all performers, 21:00, Free CLUB CUBA!, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, 21:00, Free

DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX,

ARCHES, Indie, rock & live bands, 22:30, £5 (£3)

Playerz in the bar, 23:00, £4 (£3)

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

SITUATION S VACANT:

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, 21:00,

BOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, 21:00, £5, free

ROCKET, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAM-

ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk,

FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW

free b4 11pm

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY 1, 23:00, £5 (£3) & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, 21:00, Free

SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly

CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, 23:00, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play

& electro line-up, 22:00, £19 NUMBERS, A-TRAK, DJ CRAZE, KID SISTER & FLOSTRADAMUS, THE SUB CLUB, Turntablism, hip hop & more, RED & GOLD ROOM, ARTA, Soul musak, 22:00, £7, 20:00, £10

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

acoustic gems, 20:00, Free

BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

SOUND SUNDAYS, MANHATTAN PROJECT (DEATH DISCO), THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR, Electronic sounds, 22:00, Free

SPANK,

THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, 23:00, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, 21:00, Free

MON 26 FEB

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE

GARAGE, Pop & rock, 23:00, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am

with PIYP

TUES 27 FEB

12 HOUR TUESDAYS,

SSU, Chart music & live comedy,

Tel SWISH - 0131 220 0615, for Douglas McKinna or write to 24 Victoria Street, Edinburgh EH1 2JW, with your CV and a covering letter.

Scoots - DUNALASTAIR HOTEL, PERTHSHIRE ‘SCOOT’ – AN ADVENTURE YOU CAN EMBARK ON FROM EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW TO A SECRET LITTLE PLACE OF INTEREST

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS GLASGOW CLUBS

DUNALASTAIR HOTEL, THE SQUARE, KINLOCH RANNOCH, NEAR PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE, PH16 5PW TEL: 01882 632323, FAX: 01882 632371

15:00, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND,

RSAMD, Brazil-

ian martial art with dance & music, 18:00, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, 22:00, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF

Horseshoe Films ACTORS WANTED:

ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, 17:00, Free

SESSION, FOLKS, TERMINAL BAR, Up & coming folk musician session, 20:00, Free FUNKY LUV, PLAY, Driving vocal house, 22:00, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE,

Inflatables & groovy tunes, 23:00, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s , 22:00, £3, free w

electro, 22:00, Free

LISTINGS

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DRAGONFLY, EDINBURGH

STAVKA, GLASGOW

INSIDE: Stencilled Seventies imagery, from Bruce Lee to

INSIDE: This classy Russian themed bar features the

Blaxploitation spin-offs, cover the walls to create a collaged, contemporary effect. Nicely done.

biggest screen in the city alongside a decadent restaurant and beautiful cocktail den.

PROVISIONS: Pretty Aussie girls will meticulously pour

PROVISIONS: Experimental cocktails poured by some

your cocktail and act like they fancy you. Be careful! They don’t.

of the city’s slickest Jesus-haired mixologists, and tasty grubbage too.

CLIENTELE: Haircuts, trainers, clothes.

CLIENTELE: Sexy, wealthy, excitable.

MAGIC MOMENT: Circle table in the windae. S’nice.

MAGIC MOMENT: The Saturday night bell ringing in

OPENER: “What would you do, if I sang out of tune?

ATMOSPHERE: Like a wedding: you feel like you ought to know everyone, but actually you don’t know anyone, or even really why you’re here - except that it’s all strangely life-affirming.

OPENER: “You’ll never know... how I watched you from

DRAGONFLY, 52 WEST PORT, GRASSMARKET, 0131 2284543

STAVKA, 373-377 SAUCHIEHALL STREET, TEL: 0141 333 3940

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the most fun cocktail bar in the city.

Would you stand up and walk out on me-e-e?” (Best sung. From the balcony.)

that easy (though we will only be giving the champagne to the best entry). Work to a deadline of 23 February, or we’ll shun you and you won’t win the champers.

the shadows... as a chi-i-ild.” (Best sung. Confidently.)

LIFESTYLE LISTINGS

£5, £4 students/members

FEVER, FISHER & PRICE, EGO, House & techno, 23:00, £10 (£8)

Bunker

SUN 4 FEB

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TUES 6 FEB

INDI-GO,

THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & alternative,

£2, £1 students

22:30,

INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, 22:00, Free JEWEL & ESK VALLEY, JEWEL & ESK VALLEY STUDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Showcasing students from the music

department, 21:00, £3

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE EATING & DRINKING

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social

WED 7 FEB

CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, 21:00, £5 (£4) HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & club classics, 22:00, £tbc

VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech-house & breaks with

THURS 8 FEB

SOULED OUT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, FRAZER MCGLINCHEY & GUESTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Soul, disco & dance, 22:00, £3, free b4 12am

liquid

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THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, 19:00, Free SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, 21:00, £5 (£4), £3 members

FRI 9 FEB

AWOOGA! VS. VAPORS, MR. BISCUITS & BOB DISASTER, WEE RED BAR, Electro, hip hop & breaks, 22:30, £5 (£4)

SAT 10 FEB

SUN 11 FEB

ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of personal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE, MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, 22:00, £4, £2 b4 12am

CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT,

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1 Centro card

MON 12 FEB

HAPPY MONDAYS,

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TUES 13 FEB

ANTICS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, 23:00, Free DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, 20:30, Free

DELICIOUS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, 23:00, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & grime, 22:00, £5 FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

music all night long, 22:30, Free

WED 14 FEB

THURS 15 FEB

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, 21:00, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

FRI 16 FEB

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS EDINBURGH CLUBS

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2 TIMES PARTY, DJ JONNY TWO TIMES, THE BONGO CLUB, Funk, disco, heydays hip hop & more, 23:00, £5,

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Odd One Out will also be given a facelift that will

MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco,

HAPPY MONDAYS,

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CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners,

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8pm for the advanced, 19:00, £5 SHOTGUN, SUBWAY COWGATE, 70s Rock , 23:00, Free

TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, 22:00, £2, £1

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WHAT NEXT,

COCTEAU LOUNGE (DOWNSTAIRS AT EGO),

Indie, artrock & agit-pop, 23:00, £3 BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, 20:00, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, 20:00, £4, free b4 10pm

THURS 22 FEB

FRI 23 FEB

TUES 20 FEB

b4 12am/members

SAT 24 FEB

NO 1: THE CLASSIC

house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, 23:30, Free

LIFESTYLE LISTINGS

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£5, £3 students

SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & ASTROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Gecko 3, 23:00,

12am

22:00, £4, £2 b4

CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

visual images, 22:00, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT,

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON, LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, 23:00, £4 (£2), £1

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

Centro card

MON 26 FEB

SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners,

8pm for the advanced, 19:00, £5 SHOTGUN, SUBWAY COWGATE, 70s Rock , 23:00, Free

TUES 27 FEB

£5, £4 students/flyer

TEASE AGE,

CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alternative & soul, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

SUN 25 FEB

ALL BACK TO MINE, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic mix of personal favourites, 22:00, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, PO NA NA, Funky house, 23:00, £5, free b4 11.30pm

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE,

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YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

THURS 1 FEB

Dutch Death Metal, 19:30, £10

WORLD, Rock, 21:00, £4

Pop/Ska/Hip-Hop, 19:00, 22:00, £6.00 RUMBA CALIENTE, THE LOT, Jazz, 23:00, £8.00

11 (£3 After)

THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk and Blues, 20:30, £14, £12 (£10)

WEE FOLK CLUB: WOODY GUTHRIE NIGHT, ROYAL OAK,

PURESSENCE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £9

OUT OF THE BEDROOM, THE CANON’S GAIT, Open mic night, 20:00, 23:00, Free

FRI 2 FEB

BALLENTINES PLUS TIE FOR JACK, OUR BELOVED AND ANDY KNOX, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, £3 BILLY NO MATES PLUS ROUGHMUTE, I STAND ALONE,

SAT 10 FEB

THE DANGERFIELDS PLUS THE SQUARE PEG, THE SPI-

THE CONTRADICTIONS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4 Folk, 20:30, £3

MON19 FEB

DERS WEB, Metal, 20:00, £TBC

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free

21:00, £4

TUES 20 FEB

THE REMNANT KINGS PLUS ARCA FELIX AND BEATNIX PRESTIGE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock,

WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL ONE WORLD PEACE CONCERT, THE QUEEN’S HALL, A festival to celebrate unity in

CRAZY VINCENT PLUS STARSTUDDED 78 AND ESKIMO BRIT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock,

diversity of spiritual and cultural traditions in Scotland., 18:30, £8

ANGUS LYONS AND RUARIDH CAMPBELL, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk Rock, 20:00, £5 BLOC PARTY, CORN EXCHANGE, Indie Rock, 19:00, £15 CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC,

DAVID BERKMAN QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £10 RAB HOWAT BAND, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, House

SUN 11 FEB

JACKIE TREEHORN PLUS BEARKNUCKLES, BANNER-

CROWDIE HOUSE , THE LOT, Ceilidh action, not the re-

THE THREE TUNS, Punk Pop, 20:00, £5

21:00, £4

Band, 16:00, Free

THE ALVAS AND FRIENDS, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free

THE FEELERS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Kiwi Rockers, 19:00, £15

SAT 3 FEB

THE ENERGY PLAN PLUS UNKNOWN HAGANA AND CONFLICT DIAMONDS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND THE WHEEL, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, £TBC

WOLFMOTHER, THE CORN EXCHANGE, Blues Rock, 19:30, £14

SUN 4 FEB

…TO THE RESCUE PLUS THE VALKYRIES, HOBO, THE BONGO CLUB, Indie Rock, 22:00, 3:00, Free Before 11

(£3 After)

DUNEDIN CONSORT AND PLAYERS, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Vocal Ensemble, 19:30, £15-£9 (£12-£7) SKAVILLE UK, CITRUS CLUB, Ska, 20:00, £7

THE DARLINGS PLUS DEAD ON THE LIVE WIRE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Pop Rock, 20:30, £4

TIM O’LEARY AND CAMMIE ROBSON, WEE FOLK CLUB, THE ROYAL OAK, Folk, 20:30, £3 BANNERMAN’S OPEN MIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Open mic afternoon, 16:00, Free

MON 5 FEB

DAN SARTAIN, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Garage Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £7

ISOBEL, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £3

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 6 FEB

ANDREW WARREN CEILIDH BAND, CEILIDH CLUB, THE LOT, Ceilidh, 20:00, £6

BLOOD RED SHOES, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Alternative Pop, 19:00, 22:00, £5

BREABACH, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 20:00, £5

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC, Free

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 7 FEB

ALYN COSKER TRIO, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £6 ARCHIE FISHER, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

FREDERIC RZEWSKI, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Composer and pianist, 19:45, £10

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

VITAMIN FLINTHEART PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, THE SOUTHERN BAR, Alternative Rock, 21:00, Free

THURS 8 FEB

CAM AND THE HP, EDINBURGH UNPLUGGED, THE MERCAT, Folk, 20:30, Free

DUKE SPECIAL, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Folk, 19:00, 22:00, £7

FIONNA DUNCAN QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 ULTRA VIOLET PILOT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

FRI 9 FEB

BOMBSKARE AND ESPERANZA, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Ska, 21:00, £5.00

JAKOB KARLZON TRIO, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 LED ASTRAY PLUS THE STRANDS, THE LIQUID ROOM,

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MAN’S UNDERWORLD, Metal, 21:00, £4

SCOTT GARDINER, WEE FOLK CLUB, ROYAL OAK, Folk, 20:30, £3

Free

formed Kiwi pop rockers, 20:00, £6

MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER WITH KATHRYN TICKELL, TIM GARLAND AND AUSTIN FERNANDEZ, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Jazz, 20:00, £10, £8 (£4)

VIKTORIA TOLSTOY, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Jazz, 20:00, £15, PIGEON DETECTIVES, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Rock, 19:00, £12 (£13, £10)

BANNERMAN’S OPEN MIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Open mic afternoon, 21:00, Free

MON 12 FEB

22:00, £6.00

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 21 FEB

£3

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 13 FEB

BADLY DRAWN BOY PLUS MALCOLM MIDDLETON, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Tea-cosied Folkster with Homegrown

Folk Pop Guru, 19:30, £15

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC, Free

MICHAEL MARRA, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 20:00, £8 SANDY BRECHIN, THE LOT, Folk, 20:00, £6 WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

WED 14 FEB, EAMONN COYNE BAND, EDIN-

BURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5) MIYAGI PLUS YOURBOYBLAIR, THE SOUTHERN BAR, Folk, 21:00, Free

Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

PHIL BANCROFT QUARTET , THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 THE MCCALMANS, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE, Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

THURS 22 FEB

JAN ALLAN PLUS BRIAN KELLOCK QUARTET, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £8

LITTLE GREEN MACHINE PLUS OBSIDIAN AND THE DASTARDLYS, INDIE RING, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Alternative Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £4

SWEDISH JAZZ KINGS, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £8 THE LONG BLONDES, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie Pop,

THE HUSSY’S, HERIOT-WATT STUDENTS UNION, Pop Rock,

THE ROHYPSTERS PLUS THE SPHYGS AND LYCANTHROPE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Psychobilly / Pop

WORLD, Indie Pop, 21:00, £4

Punk, 21:00, £4

FRI 23 FEB

19:30, £9.50

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, TBC, Free

THURS 15 FEB

COHOLIC PLUS TAYLOR KAYNE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

FRI 16 FEB

BLACK KEYS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Blues Rock, 19:30, £14 FLATLINER PLUS THIRD WING, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Hardcore, 21:00, £4

MY ELECTRIC LOVE AFFAIR AND ELECTOYDS, WEE RED BAR, Indie/Shoegaze, 18:00, 22:00, Free

SHINY TOY GUNS AND THE APHRODISIACS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, US Pop Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £7

STEVE KETTLEY’S ODD TIMES, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:30, £7 THE DEAD BEAT CLUB PLUS KIERAN DOCHERTY, KAT HEALY AND ALAN DAVIDSON, THE MERCAT, Folk Rock, 21:00, Free

SAT 17 FEB

EDDI READER, USHER HALL, Scottish Folk, 19:30, £18.50 INDAFUSION PLUS STARRY WISDOM CULT AND SWEET CHIN MUSIC, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie

Binkies

21:00, Free

THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT, BANNERMAN’S UNDERDEUCE BAND NIGHT, WEE RED BAR, Indie, 18:00, Free BROKEN RECORDS PLUS BUSWELL AND BOYFRIEND/ GIRLFRIEND, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Folk, 21:00, £4

LSB, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 RUMBA CALIENTE, THE LOT, Jazz, 23:00, £8 THE FEELING, CORN EXCHANGE, Indie Pop, 19:00, £15 THE XTRAS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Melodic Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £TBC

SAT 24 FEB

DIAS QUARTET PLUS THE DREAMLINERS, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Jazz, 19:45, £5

CONTENTS

6 14 16 19 20 21 22 26 28 42 50

LIFESTYLE

Space Oddities Go Away - Ice Climbing

LGBT

History Unspoken LGBT Films

FILM

Hot Fuzz Dirty Dancing

DVD

Blackalicious

GAMES Death to the PS2?

BOOKS Aye Write Festival

THEATRE Free dissociation To Kill a Mockingbird

ART

Monsters & Matadors Art in the real world

SOUNDS Aereogramme Malcolm Middleton

BEATS DJ Hell Amon Tobin

THE SKINNY

LISTINGS EDINBURGH LIVE

6 10

14 15

Ice Climbing, p10 16 18

Dirty Dancing, p18

22 24

26 27

Aereogramme, p28

28 32

42 51

LISTINGS

Edinburgh & Glasgow Art, Comedy, Theatre, Club and Live Music listings

DJ Hell, p42

LITTLE GREEN MACHINE PLUS THE DEBUTS, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alternative Rock, 21:00, £4

MAN OF THE HOUR PLUS ACHREN, STUDIO 24, Metal

THE SKINNY RATING SYSTEM EXPLAINED

Mayhem, TBC, £5

1 Skinny: Anything that receives one Skinny is probably best avoided. Chances are it will suck the will to live straight out of you. In other words, god awful baws.

Inter-school battle of the bands, 19:00, 22:00, £5 THE FRATELLIS, CORN EXCHANGE, Pop Rock, 19:30, £16

2 Skinnys: Boring. Bog-standard or hugely derivative. Only for hardcore aficionados of the genre.

THE SEARCHERS PLUS WAYNE FONTANA, THE MERSEYBEATS AND JOHN WALKER OF WALKER BROTHERS, SOLID SILVER 60 SHOW, USHER HALL, 60s Pop, 19:30, £22

3 Skinnys: A good, solid rating. You’ll have a fine time but you won’t be bowled over.

SUN 25 FEB

TOBIAS FROBERG, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Swedish Indie,

4 Skinnys: Excellent stuff. Unmissable if you’re into this sort of thing.

BONGO CLUB, Indie Rock, 22:00, 3:00, Free Before 11

19:00, 22:00, £TBC

(£3 After)

SUN 18 FEB

WORLD, Indie Rock, 21:00, £4

5 Skinnys: A rare honour indeed; a must-see for all and sundry. Sublime.

TOURETTES PLUS THE FIRE AND I, BANNERMAN’S UNDER-

LISTINGS

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EDINBURGH LIVE

MON 26 FEB

BRAKES PLUS LA RENO AMPS AND THE KBC, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Indie Rock, 19:00, 22:00, £8

MIKE AND MARY, THE BLIND POET, Folk, TBC, Free GUITAR HERO NIGHTS!, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, An evening of axe wielding mania, 21:00, £4 WHISTLEBINKIES, Open mic night, 21:00, Free

TUES 27 FEB

ALLY BAIN AND PHIL CUNNINGHAM: BELLOWS AND BOWS, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk, 20:00, £17-£12 AN EVENING WITH JOAN BAEZ, USHER HALL, Folk, 19:00, £30-£27.50

WHISTLEBINKIES, Band Showcase, 21:00, Free

package, 7.30pm, £15.50

LING ACADEMY, The next big things together in a single

WED 28 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ROSANNE CASH “BLACK CADILLAC” WITH RODDY HART, CONCERT HALL: AUDITO-

CABARET VOLTAIRE, Dance Pop, 19:00, 22:00, £4

nections Website for details

FOALS PLUS DISCO DRIVE AND DANCE LAZARUS, GRACE EMILYS PLUS TINY ROBOTS, THE SOUTHERN BAR,

GLASGOW LIVE CELTIC CONNECTIONS, FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Punk, rock, club, fetish rockabilly and glam. It’s all there and it’s all dangerous.

Thanks to Dance House, The Skinny have a pair of tickets for this Scottish premiere, on Fri 23 Feb, to give away. To win a pair of tickets, just answer this question:

TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THE VOUCHER, TELL US WHO SANG

WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A STEAK CUT FROM THE HIP?

“I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE”?

(A) SIRLOIN

COVER CREDIT: CHARLOTTE RODENSTEDT

(A) ARTHUR STRONG

(B) ARTHUR PINT

(B) TENDERLOIN

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, STRING SISTERS WITH BOX CLUB, CITY HALLS, Live music, 10pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IAIN ANDERSON IN CONVERSATION : ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Exploring the roots of a folk legend,

12.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Folk , 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, KAREN MATHESON WITH JAMES ROSS TRIO, CITY HALLS, Live music, 7.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING AUTOMATIC, THE VIEW, HORRORS, MUMMRA, CARLING ACADEMY, The

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: FRI 16 FEB

next big things together in a single package, 7.30pm, £15.50 GOATFEST 2, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ACOUSTIC AFFAIR WITH MICHAEL HARGAN, SPECIAL GUEST MARK GEARY AND SUPPORT FROM THE HAZEY JANES, ST ANDREWS IN

SKINNY@SKINNYMAG.CO.UK.

To win a place on this outstanding course (Glasgow 3-4 March, normal cost £225) answer the question below. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF RAINDANCE STUDENT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S FIRST FILM? (A) GOING OUT

(B) FOLLOWING

THE SQUARE, Acoustic music, 8pm, see Celtic Connec-

tions Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CASCADE WITH NEIL YATES: NEW ORIGINS, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Folk ,

8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details DONALD GILLIES, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, OLAV LARSEN WITH WILLIAM DOUGLAS & THE WHEEL, THE CLASSIC GRAND, Live

CYBORGS BY LEWIS HOSIE

music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SONGS & MUSIC OF SCOTLAND: : PERTHSHIRE AND THE TRAVELLERS, HOSTED BY DORIS ROUGVIE, UNIVERSAL, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

THE BRIAN JAMES GANG + SUPPORT , ROCKERS, Damned guitarist , 8pm, tbc

FRI 2 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CEILIDH WITH THE SCOTT HARVEY CEILIDH BAND, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 10.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details BTTF

ISSUE SEVENTEEN February 07

Monkey Stroke Bear

Piss

THE SKINNY LISTINGS

Live music, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

SETH LAKEMAN, THE LIQUID ROOM, Folk, 19:30, £12.50

THURS 1 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL,

NME INDIE ROCK TOUR FEATURING THE VIEW, THE AUTOMATIC, THE HORRORS AND MUMM-RA, CAR-

WYND PLUS MAYA 29 AND DANCING MICE,,BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD,Indie Rock,21:00,,£4

Fri 23 Feb, 20:00. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

see Celtic Connections Website for details

20:00, £8

Covers,TBC,,Free

DANCE HOUSE @ LARGE PRESENTS MEATYARD. MEAT. ME.

TION HALL, Exploring the roots of a folk legend, 12.30pm,

7.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Folk, 20:00, £6 (£5)

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IAIN ANDERSON IN CONVERSATION : SHEILA STEWART, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBI-

HEELIEGOLEERIE, THE LOT, Ceilidh, 20:00, £6 KENT DUCHAINE, LEITH FOLK CLUB, THE VILLAGE, Folk,

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET,Classic Rock

COMPETITIONS

music, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

Free

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open mic night, TBC,

JEANETTE LINDSTROM, THE LOT, Jazz, 20:00, £8 RAB NOAKES, EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB, PLEASANCE,

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS SCHOOL CONCERT, CONCERT HALL: AUDITORIUM, Live

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES : WITH HARRY MANX, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, Live music,

Alternative Rock, 21:00, Free

/nine

Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, JOHN MCCUSKER “UNDER ONE SKY”, CITY HALLS, Live music, 10pm, see Celtic

www.skinnymag.co.uk

RIUM, The daughter in black, 7.30pm, see Celtic Con-

Bannerbaws

LISTINGS

THE SKINNY

AFTERHOURS (MILAN), BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £5.00

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, LÚNASA WITH IN TABERNA, ABC, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Web-

Henrys

site for details

READING THE LEAVES, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £1

PIPELINE, SUICIDE UNDERGROUND, SOUNDHAUS, Live music, 8pm, £5

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SPIRIT, SALM AND SACRED SONG, ST ANDREW’S IN THE SQUARE, Church music, 8pm,

Eye Did This

SAT 3 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, ACCORDION TECHNIQUES, CONCERT HALL: CLYDE FOYER, Live music, 1.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : GOSPEL WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Workshop,

1.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS CEILIDH WITH THE SCOTT HARVEY CEILIDH BAND, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Ceilidh, 10.30pm, see Celtic Con-

nections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INN-CITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, BURNS SONG WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : LOMOND FOYER, Workshop, 11am, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : ACCORDION WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : CLYDE FOYER, Workshop, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL : EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 11am, see Celtic Connections

Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, LEARN THE SMALL PIPES IN A DAY, CONCERT HALL : BUCHANAN SUITE, Workshop, 11am, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MARK SHERIDAN: LANDSCAPES, CONCERT HALL: STRATCHCLYDE SUITE, Live music, 1pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DANNY KYLE’ S OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Live music, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, WHISKY MASTERCLASS, CITY HALLS, Alcohol, 5pm, see Celtic Connections Website

for details

ABERFELDY AND LIOR, GARAGE, Live music, 7.30pm, £14.00

AFT BIG LICKS / NITE FULL METAL RACKET , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

FUTURO, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £5.00 CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MICK WEST BAND, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connec-

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LISTINGS GLASGOW LIVE tions Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, NEW FROM NASHVILLE - FEATURING JACE EVERETT AND JULIE ROBERTS, THE CLASSIC GRAND, New Country, 8pm, see Celtic Con-

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Sitar and loops, 8pm, £2

TUES 6 FEB

8pm, £2

TUES 13 FEB

GRACE AND CLOCKS, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm,

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, NEW IRISH TRADITION, ST

NME INDIE RAVE TOUR , THE KLAXONS, CSS, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND,

ANDREW’S IN THE SQUARE, Irish folk, 8pm, see Celtic

BARROWLAND, Tomorrow’s stars today, 7.30pm, £13.00

8pm, £2

8pm, £6

WED 14 FEB

music, 8pm, £2

core, 8.30pm, £10.00

tween pastiche and ferocity, 8pm, £7.00

ORAN MOR, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

Free

traditionalist, 8pm, SOLD OUT

8pm, £6.00

live music, 8pm, £2

nections Website for details

YELLOW BOX DENOTES SKINNY HIGHLIGHTS

£6.00

ANDY MILLER, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music,

nections Website for details

THE VATERSAY BOYS, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, THE WAILIN’ JENNYS WITH BRUCE MOLSKY & MARY ANN KENNEDY, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE SUITE, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic

Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, UNUSUAL SUSPECTS WITH DAVID MUNNELLY, CITY HALLS, Live music, 9pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

SUN 4 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, COME&TRY : BODHRAN AND SPOONS WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: EXHIBITION HALL, Workshop, 1.30pm, see Celtic Connections

Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, IMPROVER WHISTLE WORKSHOP, CONCERT HALL: LOMOND FOYER, Live music, 1.30pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, MANDOLIN FOR PLAYERS, CONCERT HALL: CLYDE FOYER, Workshop, 1.30pm, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL CLUB HOSTED BY GIBB TODD, HOLIDAY INNCITY WEST, The club at the heart of the festival, 10.30pm,

ALLAN Y MCDOUGALL, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live DAN SARTAIN, NICE N SLEAZY, Rockabilly alternating be-

EDDI READER, ABC, Ex-Fairground Attraction, now a

HAFDIS HULD, ARCHES, Pure pop with a bizarre twist,

MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE,

KESSLER, ARCHES, Hotly tipped melodic rockers, 8pm,

MULTI-COLOURED SPEAKEASY, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO

£6.00

WED 7 FEB

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY *CANCELLED*, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, £18.50

SONIC BOOM 6, BARFLY, rock, 7pm, £7.50 DAMN ARMS, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 THE MACABEES, KING TUTS, Jerky cockney indie, 8.30pm, £7.00

CANDIRU JAZZ, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

IZO FITZROY, BLOC, Live music, 8pm, tbc MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE, Live music, 8pm, £2

THURS 8 FEB

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DJEMBE WORKSHOP, CON-

see Celtic Connections Website for details

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, WHISTLE FOR BEGINNERS, CONCERT HALL: LOMOND FOYER, Live music, 11am, see

Celtic Connections Website for details

£7.00

SIMON MCLEAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music, 8pm, £2

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, TASTE OF THE FEST HOSTED BY ISHBEL MACASKILL, NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE, Live music, 2pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

£8.50

FRI 9 FEB

BRAND NEW, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, £13.50

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, DAVID MUNNELLY WITH LAURA MCGHEE, CLASSIC GRAND, Live music, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

EMERGENZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, HARRY MANX AND MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, CONCERT HALL: STRATHCLYDE

no new date yet, 9pm, cancelled

SAT 10 FEB

SPUNGE, BARFLY, Live music, 8.30pm, £10.00 THE HEDRONS, KING TUTS, Thrusting punk quartet, 8.30pm, £6.00

COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS, CLASSIC GRAND, Pop psychedelia, 8pm, £6.00

see Celtic Connections Website for details

tbc

CELTIC CONNECTIONS, KLEZMATICS WITH MOISHE’S BAGEL, CITY HALLS, Traditional Jewish music with an

SUN 11 FEB

edge, 8pm, see Celtic Connections Website for details

7.30pm, £17.50

EUROPE, CARLING ACADEMY, Venerable Euro-metal,

ABC, Fantastical songs full of sea captains, legionnaires,

chimney sweeps and seekers of all kinds, 8pm, £11.00

6 HOURS OF HATE FEATURING BRUTAL TRUTH, NARCOSIS, TOTAL F**KING DESTRUCTION AND MORE, CATHOUSE, Intense metallic assaults, 9pm, £12.00

MON 5 FEB

£5.00

CHARITY ANTI FASCISM NIGHT, SPLINTER / BOMBSKARE , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

MON 12 FEB

GOOSE, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 AEREOGRAMME, CLASSIC GRAND, Local rock on the verge of huge success, 8pm, £8.50

LARRAKIN LOVE, QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Stompig melodic pop, 8pm, £10.50

SCOTTISH MUSIC NETWORK PRESENTS... , ROCKERS, Bill of undiscovered talent, 8pm, tbc

...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD,

GLASGOW SONG WRITERS , BLACKFRIARS, Folk, 8pm,

HELL IS FOR HEROES, KING TUTS, Driving melodic hard-

music, 8pm, tbc

STEREO GLOW, THE RIP OFFS, RECLINER, QMU, live music, 8pm, £4

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Sitar and loops,

ISSUE SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN February 07 January 07

LANE, live music, 8pm, free

TOKYO POLICE CLUB, NICE N SLEAZY, live music, 8pm, £7.00

THE HOLD STEADY, CATHOUSE, live music, 9pm, £6.50

THURS 15 FEB

THE IMPOSSIBLE FLOWERS & FRIENDS, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

BOUNCING SOULS WITH DRAFT AND TAT, CATHOUSE, live music, 9pm, £11.50

FRI 16 FEB

ADAM F , GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, live music, 7.30pm, £10.00

TEANNAICH CEILIDH, POLLOCK HALL, Live music, 7.30pm, £7

BREAKPOINT, THE SERIES, BARFLY, indie/rock, 7pm, tbc WRECKED, THE ATOMICS, SOUNDHAUS, emo, 7pm, £5 LITTLE BARRIE, KING TUTS, 1960s blues-rock updated with sincerity, 8.30pm, £8.50

BETTER CRACK CLUB, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, free

Bloc

BIG FACE, BARFLY, live music, 8pm, tbc JUNIOR BOYS + RUSSIAN FUTURISTS, ABC, live music, 8pm, £7.00

ROCKETFOX EP LAUNCH NIGHT , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

THE BYRDZ (TRIBUTE BAND), THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £10.00

THE EARLY YEARS, NICE N SLEAZY, Live music, 8pm, £6.50

SAT 17 FEB

WOLFESTONE, THE FERRY, Live music, 8pm, £12.00 SHIRRELL, SOUTHPAW, BARFLY, indie/rock, 8pm, £5

SUN 18 FEB

FORWARD RUSSIA, GARAGE, Intense and awkward, 7.30pm, £8.50

JAMES MORRISON, CARLING ACADEMY, Live music, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT

CAPDOWN, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £9.00 EMERGENZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS , , ROCKERS, Live music, 8pm, tbc

JUST JACK, ABC, Live music, 8pm, £7.50 TO-MERA , CATHOUSE, Live music, 9pm, £7.00

MON19 FEB

TUES 20 FEB

BABYSHAMBLES, BARROWLAND, Live music, 7.30pm, £18.50

STEPHEN BRODSKY (CAVE IN), KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £6.00

CROWDIE HOUSE CEILIDH BAND, THE LOT, Live music, 8pm, £6

GLASGOW SONG WRITERS , BLACKFRIARS, Live music, 8pm, Free

LISTINGS

World, 8pm, £12.00 THE TWANG, ABC2, live music, 8pm, £6.00

WED 28 FEB

SAXON, GARAGE, The New Wave of Metal lives!, 7.30pm, £17.50

WED 21 FEB

TILLY + THE WALL, KING TUTS, Live music, 8.30pm, £8.00 CANDIRU JAZZ, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, Live music,

ALTERKICKS, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 TEXTURES, BARFLY, live music, 8.30pm, £6.50 ALEXISONFIRE, ABC, live music, 8pm, £12.50 MICHAEL SIMMONS, TCHAI-OVNA, DEANSTONE DRIVE,

8pm, £2

live music, 8pm, £2

HAMMERFALL WITH KROKUS AND THE POODLES,

MULTI-COLOURED SPEAKEASY, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO

QUEEN MARGARET UNION, Live music, 8pm, £15.00

LANE, live music, 8pm, free

THURS 22 FEB

WE’RE GETTING A MAKE-OVER!

FRI 23 FEB

www.skinnymag.co.uk

Synergy

with a new look, new online only features, listings and all your favourite Skinny regulars. Soon.

THE FRATELLIS, CARLING ACADEMY, live music, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT

WING AND A PRAYER, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

ACHREN, MAN OF THE HOUR, CONQUEST OF STEEL AND BEYOND THE FOREST, CATHOUSE, Live music, 9pm, £5.00

SAT 24 FEB

FAIRPORT CONVENTION, GARAGE, Folk super-group, 7.30pm, £17.50

MARTIN STEPHENSON AND ANITA CAMERA, WOODEND TENNIS + BOWLING CLUB, Gentle folk-country, 7.30pm,

£10.00

AVETT BROTHERS, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £7.00 LOST ALONE, BARFLY, live music, 8.30pm, £6.00 AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH DAVE MATTHEWS, CLYDE AUDITORIUM, live music, 8pm, £27.50

THE SKINNY COMEDY EDITOR

BAD MEDICINE / 5 WHEEL DRIVE , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

BUSWELL AND SUSPIRE, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £6.00

THE FRAMES, ORAN MOR, live music, 8pm, £14.00

SUN 25 FEB

BLEEDING THROUGH, GARAGE, live music, 7.30pm, £12.00

THINK:FIRE, CATHOUSE, emo, 7pm, £6 THE GRATES AND THE BLOOD ARM, KING TUTS, live music, 8.30pm, £8.00

DECAPITATED WITH BLINDEAD, PHAZM AND HATE, SOUNDHAUS, live music, 8pm, £12.00

NAZARETH, CLASSIC GRAND, live music, 8pm, £15.00 SMN & ROCKERS BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

MON 26 FEB

NON OPERATIONAL, CATHOUSE, Emo, 7pm, £5 MIKA, ABC2, live music, 8pm, £7.00 SMN & ROCKERS BATTLE OF THE BANDS , ROCKERS, live music, 8pm, tbc

YAMAN, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

TUES 27 FEB

CV & COVER LETTER TO SKINNY@SKINNYMAG.CO.UK

THE SKINNY COMPETITIONS EDITOR

AMY WINEHOUSE, CARLING ACADEMY, live music, 7.30pm, £16.00

THE BLUFFERS, CATHOUSE, indie/rock, 7pm, £5 THE HOLLOWAYS, KING TUTS, London ska-rock mash up, 8.30pm, £8.50

HEELIEGOLEERIE, THE LOT, live music, 8pm, £6 AU REVIOR SIMONE, NICE N SLEAZY, live music, 8pm, £6.00

CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY, ORAN MOR, live music, 8pm,

£10.00

MAGIC CARPET CABARET, TCHAI-OVNA, OTAGO LANE, live music, 8pm, £2

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE, BLOC, live music, 8pm, tbc

THE GOSSIP, ABC, The most popular feminist band in the

LISTINGS

www.skinnymag.co.uk

CV & COVER LETTER TO SKINNY@SKINNYMAG.CO.UK

January 07 ISSUE SIXTEEN February 07 ISSUE SEVENTEEN