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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh and Kristin Hersh to Guest DJ at Born to Be Wide Tomorrow (Thu, 21 Aug)

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...

Bloc Party

Bloc Party in Imminent Album Release Shocker

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...

James Murphy

Tennents line up James Murphy, No Age and many more to warm up 'Season One'

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...

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes Dies at 65

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...

Domesticated Iggy

Stooges' gear half-inched!

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...

Michael Jackson - King of Pop

Michael Jackson to release new album

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...

Malcolm Middleton

Have a word with Malcolm Middleton this Thursday (31 July)

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 ...

Metallica

Metallica reveal Death Magnetic

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...

British Sea Power

Mercury Music Prize Nominees Announced

Heads Up :: News 25 Jul 2008

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 ...

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A Dark Knight in Jail: Christian Bale Arrested

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...

Christian Bale as John Connor

First Look at Terminator 4

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...

Rage Against the Machine @ T in the Park 2008

Zack de la Rocha gets 'Wild International'

Heads Up :: News 16 Jul 2008

Dave Kerr: Fresh from steamrolling T in the Park and disgruntling BBC viewers with a media blackout at the weekend, Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha's new band One Day As a Lion have made their first track available for streaming here. As previ...

Oasis

Oasis Reveal Details of Seventh LP

Heads Up :: News 15 Jul 2008

Dave Kerr: Fresh from celebrating Jay-Z’s recent performance at Glastonbury, those Mancunian pillars of the British rock’n’roll old guard, Oasis, are set to release their seventh album on 6th October via their own independent Big Brother Recordi...

Radiohead

Radiohead: In (Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar Technology) Rainbows

Heads Up :: News 14 Jul 2008

Jess Travis: With a career marked by unconventionality, Radiohead continue to keep both fans and critics on their musical toes with a new technological treat: the camera-free music video. 'House of Cards' combines Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar technologi...

One Day As A Lion

Rage and Mars Volta men re-emerge with new group

Heads Up :: News 02 Jul 2008

Dave Kerr: Rage Against the Machine front man Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore have announced their intentions to release an EP under the name One Day As a Lion on 21st July via Anti-. The EP will precede a full length LP due this autum...

Primal Scream

Primal Scream to play secret Gig in Glasgow next week

Heads Up :: News 02 Jul 2008

Johnny Langlands: In the run up to the release of their 10th studio album – that’s the distinctly up-tempo and non-country sounding Beautiful Future - on 21 July, Bobby Gillespie and co. will make their live return by playing an intimate secret gig in Glasgo...

McDevo

Freedom of Toys? DEVO to sue McDonalds

Heads Up :: News 01 Jul 2008

Billy Hamilton: Much vaunted new wavers DEVO (always spelled with caps, we have no idea why) are suing McDonald’s after discovering the fast-food behemoth has been distributing toys that bear an uncanny resemblance to the band. In April this year, McDonald&rsqu...

Verve

Urban Jings! The Verve Go Forth with New Album and Free Download

Heads Up :: News 30 Jun 2008

Billy Hamilton: Having reconciled their differences late last year and neatly divided opinions amongst Skinny scribes whith their appearance at this year's Coachella festival, '90s luminaries The Verve (sans the bloke on the far right of this pic) have announced the r...

Kings of Leon

Kings Of Leon Announce New Album

Heads Up :: Feature :: News 26 Jun 2008

Finbarr Bermingham: Okay, so they may not be breathing down the neck of the late James Brown just yet, but by comparison to some of their peers, Kings of Leon are certified workhorses. Just six months after completing an expansive arena tour on these shores (not to ment...

Wanted

WANTED - JAMES MCAVOY AND ANGELINA JOLIE RELEASED ON UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC TODAY

Film :: Heads Up :: News 25 Jun 2008

Erin McElhinney: It's a bit of a no-brainer, isn't it. You can imagine the Hollywood big wigs sitting round the table; "Right, we've got this film. It stars the hottest thing to come out of Scotland since Irn Bru, and, well, Angelina Jolie. And they get naked. And ther...

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