Heads Up :: News 20 Aug 2008
Dave Kerr: Edinburgh's Born To Be Wide is to host a festival special on Thursday [21 Aug], with all guest DJs taking the form of Fringe festival participants. In something of a coup for the Scottish music scene social, enigmatic alternative rock queen Kristin Her...
Film :: Heads Up 20 Aug 2008
Erin McElhinney: A host of stars, including Samuel L Jackson and Chris Rock, were a few amongst thousands who started arriving nearly four hours early on Saturday for the funeral of Bernie Mac. Legendary comedian Mac died on 9 August following complications from a bout...
Heads Up :: News 19 Aug 2008
Chris Buckle: In the wiki-torrent age of infinite information updates, it's always nice when a record (or two) appears like a curveball and manages to announce itself seemingly out of the blue. First Los Campesinos! unveiled plans for an impending second album mere...
Heads Up :: News 15 Aug 2008
Jason Morton: Making good on their promise for the integration of beer, democracy and music, Tennent's Mutual announced today a trio of warm up gigs set for the months of September and October. Headlining two dates - one at the Glasgow CCA on Sat, 20 Sep and anothe...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 11 Aug 2008
Ally Brown: Isaac Hayes was best known in his later years as the voice of Chef from South Park, the school cook and town lothario who always broke into inappropriate song when giving advice to the children. Under this guise he had a 1998 UK No.1 with the song Choc...
Games :: Heads Up :: Feature :: Preview 07 Aug 2008
Josh Wilson: For the last eight or so years the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival has joined the other hoards of arts based festivals over the month of August, normally playing host to an industry conference and a few videos of upcoming games. This year'...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 06 Aug 2008
Jaco Justice: Despite recent heavy headline casualties (including The Long Blondes and The Holloways) Belladrum has proven its thus far short-lived but prolific festival pedigree to pull together a most worthy craic-filled summer gathering. Where else could your roc...
Heads Up :: News 06 Aug 2008
Anna Polonyi: Iggy Pop and his Stooges are equally as famous for their gritty, no holds barred performances as their timeless blend of proto-punk, and we've seen the 61 year-old Iggy naked perhaps a few too many times. "Domesticated" as he claims to be, the now clea...
Heads Up :: News 05 Aug 2008
Johnny Langlands: In a common show of unity amongst a triumvirate of corporate titans, Sony BMG have teamed up with the geniuses behind GMTV and The Sun to present an opportunity for Michael Jackson fans to nominate the hits for an album due out at the end of August. A...
Heads Up :: Feature 04 Aug 2008
Shelley Blake: The joys of Edinburgh in August! Theatre, music, comedy and creativity oozing from every possible orifice. The festive season is creeping underneath the skin of us all, with the sun finally shining and smiles appearing on even the most cynical of fac...
Heads Up :: Clubs :: Feature :: Preview 01 Aug 2008
Nicol J. Craig: The Bongo Club Bongo favourites Mutiny and Technical Resistance have come together to present drum and bass duo The Panacea and Limewax for their Scottish debuts (8th, £7). Scamp, Tekamine, Esquire and Naas TSC take up the earlier slots. Upstair...
Books :: Heads Up :: Preview 31 Jul 2008
Lindsay West: Friends, readers, cult fiction fanciers; you are hereby cordially invited to the union of two fractious, brazen youths of the literary world - prodigious U.S. novelist Chuck Palahniuk, and your humble Skinny magazine. If this were a real wedding, it wo...
Heads Up :: Feature 31 Jul 2008
Penny Green: Everyone knows sifting through the plethora of promotional material to find something to go to in the festival can be time consuming at best, and The Skinny and edfest.tv believe watching previews of shows could be invaluable for the discerning festiva...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 29 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Malcolm Middleton is set to participate in a rare online web chat this Thursday, 31 Jul at 8pm. The event will be hosted by the Tennent's Mutual (previously reported here) where fans are given control over deciding the line up for a string of dates to ...
Theatre :: Music :: Heads Up :: Feature 28 Jul 2008
RJ Thomson: There are loads of folk out there who will readily make vague general statements about how inter-disciplinary practice, and breaking down the boundaries between things, are what they're 'all about'. But for Jonathan Mills, the Director of the Edinburgh...
Heads Up :: News 25 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Perennial Bay Area thrashers Metallica have announced the running order and song titles for their forthcoming ninth studio album Death Magnetic. Speaking about the impetus behind the album’s title, James Hetfield explained, "It started out as ki...
Finbarr Bermingham: Whilst not all of the nominees just announced for this year's Mercury Music Prize are household names, there are no surprises in the nature of those put forward. Established indie staples, British Sea Power and Elbow are joined by Arctic Monkeys' side ...
Film :: Heads Up :: Feature :: Preview 23 Jul 2008
Jaco Justice: Move over Cannes, Edinburgh and Co - prepare to have the glam replaced by jam. In August the North East town of Nairn hosts a new film festival, inspired by childhood big-screen epiphanies, over eight and a half magical days celebrating the romanticism...
Film :: Heads Up :: News 22 Jul 2008
Erin McElhinney: The internet is buzzing with reports that Christian Bale, the latest actor to assume the role of Gothan City's caped crusader, has gone from red carpet to jail cell - almost literally. Present last night at the European premiere of the latest movie in...
Film :: Heads Up :: News 18 Jul 2008
Dave Kerr: Are you Sarah Connor? No? Then perhaps you'll be interested in the return of the Terminator. Yes, filming for the forthcoming fourth installment of the franchise - dubbed Terminator Salvation - recently got under way, and no sooner can you say 'da da d...
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