The Skinny April 2007 by The Skinny

LISTINGS EDINBURGH EDINBURGH VOLTAIRE, Nashville cow-punker, 8:00 PM, £10 VOLTAIRE, Nashville cow-punker, 8:00 PM, £10

LAST CONCERN, RECREATIONAL HOMICIDE, FALL LAST CONCERN, RECREATIONAL HOMICIDE, FALL IDOL, A THEORY TO RECKON WITH, SUBWAY COWGATE, IDOL, A THEORY TO RECKON WITH, SUBWAY COWGATE,

Metal, 7:30 PM, £3 Metal, 7:30 PM, £3

HOBO, THE LOW MIFFS, THE MANNEQUINS, THE BONHOBO, THE LOW MIFFS, THE MANNEQUINS, THE BON-

LEITH FOLK CLUB, DICK GAUGHAN, THE VILLAGE, Folk, LEITHPM, FOLK 8:00 £8CLUB, DICK GAUGHAN, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 8:00 PM, £8

TABASCO FIASCO, JACKIE TREEHORN, SECTA TABASCO FIASCO, JACKIE TREEHORN, SECTA ROUGE, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Rock, 8:00 PM, £4 ROUGE, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Rock, 8:00 PM, £4

GO CLUB, Indie, 10:00 PM, Free (£3 after 23:00)

WED WED25 25APR APR

MON MON16 16APR APR ALL THAT REMAINS, MISERY SIGNALS, THE EXCHANGE,

LONESOME HIGHWAY, DIANA JONES, THE VILLAGE, LONESOME HIGHWAY, DIANA JONES, THE VILLAGE,

GO CLUB, Indie, 10:00 PM, Free (£3 after 23:00) CSS, PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL, THE ZUCCHINIS, CHRIS BRADLEY, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH, CSS, PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL, THE ZUCCHINIS, CHRIS BRADLEY, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, RATATAT, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie Disco Rock, 7:00 PM, Folk / Pop, 8:00 PM, £4 RATATAT, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie Disco Rock, 7:00 PM, Folk / Pop, 8:00 PM, £4 £12

£12

Country Blues, 8:00 PM, £8 Country Blues, 8:00 PM, £8

ALL THAT REMAINS, MISERY SIGNALS, THE EXCHANGE, TRIPTYCH, FUJIYA AND MIYAGI, XVECTORS, THE TRIPTYCH, FUJIYA AND MIYAGI, XVECTORS, THE CLUB, Alt / Electronica, 8:00 PM, £8 LEITH FOLK CLUB, NASHVILLE ACOUSTIC ALL-STARS, BONGO BONGO CLUB, Alt / Electronica, 8:00 PM, £8 LEITH FOLK CLUB, NASHVILLE ACOUSTIC ALL-STARS, SIMON THACKER, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Classical Guitar, THE VILLAGE, Folk / Country, 8:00 PM, £8 SIMON THACKER, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Classical Guitar, THE VILLAGE, Folk / Country, 8:00 PM, £8 7:45 PM, £10 SUCIOPERRO, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, 7:45 PM, £10 SUCIOPERRO, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, TRIPTYCH, Alt / Rock, 9:30 PM, £4 TRIPTYCH,TERRY TERRYRILEY, RILEY, GYAN GYANRILEY, RILEY, WILLIAM WILLIAM WIWIAlt / Rock, 9:30 PM, £4 NANT, USHER HALL, Classical / Experimental, 8:00 PM, NANT, USHER HALL, Classical / Experimental, 8:00 PM, TINA DICO, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Danish Singer / SongTINA DICO, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Danish Singer / SongMetal, TBC, £TBC Metal, TBC, £TBC

writer, 7:00 PM, £10 writer, 7:00 PM, £10

TUES TUES17 17APR APR

CHRIS BLIND POET, Open Mic Night, 10:00 CHRISAGNEW, AGNEW,THE THE BLIND POET, Open Mic Night, 10:00 PM, PM,Free Free

LEITH VILLAGE, Folk, 8:00 PM, LEITHFOLK FOLKCLUB, CLUB,LAU, LAU,THE THE VILLAGE, Folk, 8:00 PM, £5.00 £5.00

OSTINATO, CELLAR BAR, Industrial OSTINATO,EUNOIA, EUNOIA,HENRY’S HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Industrial Post-Rock, Post-Rock,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£5 £5(£4) (£4)

WED WED18 18APR APR

HOLLOW HOLLOWHEART HEARTPARLOUR, PARLOUR,LINDSAY LINDSAYSUGDEN, SUGDEN, JORJORDAN OGG, THE WEE ROGUE, HENRY’S DAN OGG, THE WEE ROGUE, HENRY’SCELLAR CELLARBAR, BAR,Folk Folk / /Acoustica, Acoustica,7:30 7:30PM, PM,£5 £5

THESKINNY SKINNYRECOMMENDS RECOMMENDSYELLOW YELLOWHIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS THE

Hen-

£24.50 - £22.50 £24.50 - £22.50

THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock THESTEVIE STEVIEAGNEW AGNEWBAND, BAND,THE THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, 10:00 PM, Free Covers, 10:00 PM, Free

THEMA COWGATE, Metal, 7:30 PM, £TBC THEMA11, 11,SUBWAY SUBWAY COWGATE, Metal, 7:30 PM, £TBC

THURS THURS26 26APR APR

AFI, CORN EXCHANGE, Rock, 7:00 PM, £14 AFI,THE THE CORN EXCHANGE, Rock, 7:00 PM, £14 TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,BAT BATFOR FORLASHES, LASHES, EUROS EUROS CHILDS, CHILDS, CABARET CABARET VOLTAIRE, Alt / Folk, 7:00 PM, £9 VOLTAIRE, Alt / Folk, 7:00 PM, £9

TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,CINEMATIC CINEMATICORCHESTRA, ORCHESTRA, FITKIN FITKIN WALL, WALL, THE THE LIQUID LIQUIDROOM, ROOM,Jazz Jazz Instrumental, Instrumental, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £12 £12

THIS THISIS ISMUSIC, MUSIC,SARA SARAAND ANDTHE THESNAKES, SNAKES, THE THE SCOTSCOTTISH TISHENLIGHTENMENT, ENLIGHTENMENT,HENRY’S HENRY’S CELLAR CELLAR BAR, BAR, Indie, Indie, 8:00 8:00 PM, PM,£5 £5

THE THEDIALS, DIALS, EPIC EPIC26, 26, BLISS BLISSCREEK, CREEK, CLUB CLUB EGO, EGO, Pop Pop Rock, Rock, THE THESTEVIE STEVIEAGNEW AGNEWBAND, BAND,THE THEBLIND BLINDPOET, POET,Classic ClassicRock Rock 7:00 PM, £5 Covers, Covers,10:00 10:00PM, PM,Free Free

THURS THURS19 19APR APR

7:00 PM, £5

SABA SABAUK UKNIGHT, NIGHT,VARIOUS VARIOUSARTISTS, ARTISTS, BANNERMAN’S BANNERMAN’S UNUNDERWORLD, DERWORLD,Alt Alt // Country, Country, 9:30 9:30 PM, PM, £4 £4

DEUCE, VARIOUS ARTISTS, WEE RED BAR, Various, 7:00 JACKSON JACKSONANALOGUE, ANALOGUE,THE THEDRAYMIN, DRAYMIN, REISER, REISER,CLUB CLUB DEUCE, VARIOUS ARTISTS, WEE RED BAR, Various, 7:00 EGO, EGO,Indie, Indie,7:00 7:00PM, PM,£5 £5 MARK MARKEITZEL, EITZEL,CABARET CABARETVOLTAIRE, VOLTAIRE,Folk Folk//Punk, Punk,7:00 7:00PM, PM,

£10 £10

NICHOLAS NICHOLASASHTON, ASHTON,THE THEQUEEN’S QUEEN’SHALL, HALL,Folk, Folk,7:45 7:45PM, PM, £10 £10

NEVERZONE, NEVERZONE,UNDERLING, UNDERLING,SILENI, SILENI,HENRY’S HENRY’S CELLAR CELLARBAR, BAR,Leftfield LeftfieldHip-hop, Hip-hop,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£4 £4

FRI FRI20 20APR APR

DROPKICK, DROPKICK,HENRY’S HENRY’SCELLAR CELLARBAR, BAR,Powerpoppers’ Powerpoppers’CD CD

Launch, Launch,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£4.00 £4.00

EAGLEOWL, EAGLEOWL,SCRIM, SCRIM,WEE WEERED REDBAR, BAR, Indie Indie/ /Pop, Pop,6:00 6:00PM, PM,Free Free

PM, PM,Free Free

FRI FRI27 27APR APR

ANDREA ANDREATURNER, TURNER,NORTH NORTH EDINBURGH EDINBURGH ARTS ARTS CENTRE, CENTRE, SingSinging ingthe the songs songs of of Jacques Jacques Brel Brel and and Kurt Kurt Weill, Weill, 8:00 8:00 PM, PM, £8 £8£5) £5)

TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,BOBBY BOBBYCONN, CONN, BLACK BLACK LIPS, CABARET CABARET VOLVOLTAIRE, TAIRE,Indie Indie // Experimental, Experimental, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £9 £9

TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,FIELD FIELDMUSIC, MUSIC, FUTURE FUTURE PILOT AKA AKAFEATURING FEATURINGFOUND, FOUND,THE THE BONGO BONGO

CLUB, CLUB,Pop Pop Goblins, Goblins, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £8 £8 KESER, KESER,BANNERMAN’S BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD, Rock, 9:30 PM,

£4.00 £4.00

QUEEN’S QUEEN’SHALL, HALL,Folk, Folk,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£16 £16

MOSTLY MOSTLYAUTUMN, AUTUMN,THE THE EXCHANGE, EXCHANGE, Metal, Metal, TBC, £TBC IIFLY FLYSPITFIRES, SPITFIRES,OPPENHEIMER, OPPENHEIMER, FUTURISTIC RETRO CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONS,HENRY’S HENRY’S CELLAR CELLAR BAR, BAR, Indie, Indie, 7:30 PM, £5 TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,THE THEFUNKMASTERS, FUNKMASTERS,THE THE LIQUID LIQUID ROOM, Jazz /

8:00 8:00PM, PM,£3 £3

SAT SAT28 28APR APR

FLATLINER, FLATLINER,KUNG KUNGFU, FU,BANNERMAN’S BANNERMAN’SUNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD, Rock, Rock,9:30 9:30PM, PM,£4 £4

LONESOME LONESOMEHIGHWAY, HIGHWAY,JOE JOEELY, ELY,JANE JANETAYLOR, TAYLOR,THE THE SONICPLAYGROUND, SONICPLAYGROUND,MY MYWET WETCALVIN, CALVIN, YOURBOYYOURBOYBLAIR, BLAIR,RED REDVODKA VODKACLUB, CLUB,Greek Greekand andLocal LocalLo-Fi Lo-FiPop, Pop,

Funk, Funk, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £16 £16

SHITDISCO, SHITDISCO,THE THELIQUID LIQUIDROOM, ROOM,Indie Indie//Electronica, Electronica,7:00 7:00 PM,£7 £7 PM,

TRIPTYCH, TRIPTYCH,BILLY BILLYCHILDISH CHILDISHAND AND THE MUSICIANS OF THEBRITISH BRITISHEMPIRE, EMPIRE,THE THE BONGO BONGO CLUB, CLUB, Punk Legend, THE

Rock,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£7 £7 Rock,

Metal, 8:00 8:00 PM, PM, £6 £6 Metal,

Europe’sLargest LargestBattle Battleofofthe theBands, Bands,7:00 7:00PM, PM,£TBC £TBC Europe’s

£4 £4

7:00 PM, PM, £12 £12 SMIRNOFF&&THE THEELECTRIC ELECTRICCABARET, CABARET,THE THEGO! GO!TEAM, TEAM, 7:00 SMIRNOFF CARTER, EPIC EPIC26, 26, PEEPSHOW, PEEPSHOW, SYTH, THE EXCHANGE, CARTER, MANSFIELDTRAQUAIR, TRAQUAIR,MANSFIELD MANSFIELDPLACE, PLACE,Dancey DanceyIndie Indie MANSFIELD

EMERGENZA,VARIOUS VARIOUSARTISTS, ARTISTS,CABARET CABARETVOLTAIRE, VOLTAIRE, EMERGENZA,

SAT21 21APR APR SAT

RBRBR,HANNEY, HANNEY,BANNERMAN’S BANNERMAN’SUNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD,Rock, Rock, RBRBR, 9:30PM, PM,£4.00 £4.00 9:30

THEEMORE MORESHALLOWS, SHALLOWS,NORTH NORTHATLANTIC ATLANTICOSCILOSCILTHEE LATION,HENRY’S HENRY’SCELLAR CELLARBAR, BAR,Unmissable UnmissablePost-Pop Post-PopTrio Trio LATION,

KRIMSON,BANNERMAN’S BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD, Metal, 9:30 PM, KRIMSON, TRIPTYCH,MICAH MICAHPPHINSON, HINSON, CALIFONE, CALIFONE, GRANT TRIPTYCH, CAMPBELL,CABARET CABARET VOLTAIRE, VOLTAIRE, Folk, Folk, 7:00 PM, £10 CAMPBELL, TRIPTYCH,NICOLE NICOLEWILLIS WILLISAND AND THE SOUL INVESTIGATRIPTYCH, TORS, ASTROBOY, ASTROBOY,THE THE LIQUID LIQUID ROOM, ROOM, Funk / Soul, 7:00 TORS, PM,£12 £12 PM,

POTSO, THE THEFATALISTS, FATALISTS,SUBWAY SUBWAY COWGATE, COWGATE, Local Indie POTSO,

fromAnticon, Anticon,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£5 £5(£4) (£4) from

Rockers, 7:30 7:30 PM, PM, £4 £4 Rockers,

£10 £10

SUN29 29APR APR SUN

Folk,10:00 10:00PM, PM,Free Free Folk,

VOLTAIRE,Indie Indie // Punk, Punk, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £8 £8 VOLTAIRE,

UGLYDUCKLING, DUCKLING,THE THEBONGO BONGOCLUB, CLUB,Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop,7:00 7:00PM, PM, UGLY WILLIAMDOUGLAS DOUGLASAND ANDTHE THEWHEEL, WHEEL,THE THEBLIND BLINDPOET, POET, WILLIAM

TRIPTYCH,65 65DAYS DAYSOF OFSTATIC, STATIC, PARK ATTACK, CABARET CABARET TRIPTYCH,

ASURAS,THE THEHUMBLE HUMBLEHOAX, HOAX,SUBWAY SUBWAYCOWGATE, COWGATE, ASURAS,

FURYOF OFTHE THEHEADTEACHERS, HEADTEACHERS, STOP STOP STARTS, STARTS, LR LR FURY ROCKETS,SUBWAY SUBWAYCOWGATE, COWGATE, Metal, Metal, 7:30 7:30 PM, PM, £TBC £TBC ROCKETS, TRIPTYCH,GRUFF GRUFFRHYS, RHYS, ESPERS, ESPERS, THE THE LIQUID LIQUID ROOM, ROOM, Alt Alt // TRIPTYCH,

WEEFOLK FOLKCLUB, CLUB,CHRIS CHRISROGERS, ROGERS,ROYAL ROYALOAK, OAK,Folk, Folk, WEE

ROBINWILLIAMSON WILLIAMSONAND ANDJOHN JOHN RENBOURN, RENBOURN, THE THE ROBIN

SUN22 22APR APR SUN

Metal,7:00 7:00PM, PM,£4 £4 Metal, 8:30PM, PM,£3 £3 8:30

FREEFOR FORALL, ALL,FAT FATBEN BENAND ANDTHE THELOOTERS, LOOTERS,HENRY’S HENRY’S FREE CELLARBAR, BAR,Indie, Indie,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£4 £4 CELLAR HOBO,KINGS KINGSDIE DIEKINGS, KINGS,THE THEBONGO BONGOCLUB, CLUB,Rock, Rock, HOBO,

10:00PM, PM,Free Free(£3 (£3after after23:00) 23:00) 10:00

THEAUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIANPINK PINKFLOYD FLOYDSHOW, SHOW,PLAYHOUSE, PLAYHOUSE,TribTribTHE ute,8:00 8:00PM, PM,£25 £25 ute,

Folk, 7:00 7:00 PM, PM, £12 £12 Folk,

QUEEN’SHALL, HALL,Folk, Folk, 8:00 8:00 PM, PM, £TBC £TBC QUEEN’S SAZAVA,HENRY’S HENRY’SCELLAR CELLAR BAR, BAR, Improv, Improv, 8:00 8:00 PM, PM, £TBC £TBC SAZAVA,

THEJACKSON JACKSONBLUES, BLUES,THE THE BLIND BLIND POET, POET, Blues, Blues, 10:00 10:00 PM, PM, THE

Bannermans

Free Free

KERBSIDEPROPHETS, PROPHETS,THE THEKAYS KAYS LAVELLE, LAVELLE, HAMILTON’S HAMILTON’S KERBSIDE BAR&&KITCHEN, KITCHEN, STOCKBRIDGE, STOCKBRIDGE, 5:00 5:00 PM, PM, Free Free BAR

TRIPTYCH,THE THEPASTELS, PASTELS, ELECTRELANE, ELECTRELANE, THE THE ROYAL ROYAL TRIPTYCH, KERBSIDEPROPHETS, PROPHETS,VASCO VASCODE DEGAMBA, GAMBA,HAMILTON’S HAMILTON’S WE, THE BONGO CLUB, Indie Pop, 8:00 PM, £10 KERBSIDE WE, THE BONGO CLUB, Indie Pop, 8:00 PM, £10 BAR&&KITCHEN, KITCHEN,STOCKBRIDGE, STOCKBRIDGE,Folk, Folk,5:00 5:00PM, PM,Free Free WEEFOLK FOLKCLUB, CLUB,TIM TIMO’ O’ LEARY, CLAUDIA, CLAUDIA, DUNCAN DUNCAN BAR WEE LEARY, WOOD,ROYAL ROYALOAK, OAK,Folk, Folk, 8:30 8:30 PM, PM, £3 £3 WOOD, MON23 23APR APR MON TRIPTYCH, UTE LEMPER, THE REAL TUESDAY WELD, HAYSEEDDIXIE, DIXIE,DARKWATER, DARKWATER,THE THE LIQUID ROOM, Blue- TRIPTYCH, UTE LEMPER, THE REAL TUESDAY WELD, HAYSEED LIQUID ROOM, BlueUSHER HALL, Folk, 8:00 PM, £22.50 - £17.50 grass/ /Metal, Metal,7:00 7:00PM, PM,£15 £15 grass

USHER HALL, Folk, 8:00 PM, £22.50 - £17.50

SONICHEARTS, HEARTS,CABARET CABARET VOLTAIRE, Liverpudlian Indie SONIC VOLTAIRE, Liverpudlian Indie Pop,TBC, TBC,£6 £6 Pop,

TUES24 24APR APR TUES CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open Mic Night, 10:00 CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open Mic Night, 10:00 PM, Free PM, Free

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CONTRIBUTORS Steve Adams, Graeme Allister, Euan Andrews, Liam Arnold, Finbarr Bermingham, Jamie Borthwick, Ally Brown, Tali Burgess, Darren Carle, Stephen Carty, Colin Chapman, Philippa Cochrane, Dave Cook, David Coyle, Charlotte Cooper, DalaiDahmer, Siân Dada, Tom Donohue, Natalie Doyle, The staff of the Equality Network, Stellar Feller, Neil Ferguson, Duncan Forgan, Sarah G, Michael Gallagher, Lucy Galloway, Tim Green, Gabriella Griffith, Jasper Hamill, Billy Hamilton, Craig Hamilton, Sarah Henderson, Barry Jackson, Yasmin Jilaihawi, Xavier Jones-Barlow, Wilbur Kane, Morag Keil, Hamza Khan, Margaret Kirk, Omar Kudos, Michael Kynaston, Parker Langley, Julie Paterson, Emma Lennox, Joe Lewis, Sarah Mair, Ali Maloney, Eve McCann, Alec McLeod, Peter Macleod, Ruth Marsh, Ted Maul, Trevor Mawhinney, Jack McFarlane, Cara McGuigan, Milo McLaughlin, Rozi McLean, Sean McNamara, Sean Michaels, Nick Mitchell, Paul Mitchell, Richard Molloy, Lara Moloney, Lauren Mooney, Claire Morrison, Jonny Ogg, Struan Otter, Julie Paterson, Leigh Pearson, Dave Reid, Jon Seller, Cate Simpson, Kelly Smith, Celia Sontag, Gill Tasker, Fraser Thomson, Garry Thomson, Chris Torres, Kirsty Tough, Gareth K Vile, Jack Waddington, Peter Walker, Mark Webb, Lindsay West, Craig Wilson, Laurel Wilson, Alex Woodward, Robert Wringham

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Ed Fisher, Charlotte Rodenstedt, Jack Waddington, Andrew Moore, Jethro Collins, James Gray, Mark Dorrian, Cara Buchan, Mike Byrne

April is definitely a month for new starts; the daffys are out, a few hundred years ago Jesus rose up from the dead and a whole religion was born, and this year the government have instigated the beginings of a new, energy conscious Britain. I have a problem with the new Carbon Emissions laws; how are we supposed to cut down the leccy bill if they keep selling Sky TV and new games consoles? Hooray! And they’ve created more grants for individual household energy upgrades, but what will become of the arts? Will we be watching The Arches Theatre Festival by candlelight? Will Brazilians CSS be playing an acoustic unplugged set for Triptych after rowing themselves across the Atlantic? Even with rumors of carbon credit cards it’s

KITCHEN, STOCKBRIDGE, 5:00 PM, Free

THE RAB HOWAT BAND, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD,

WEE FOLK CLUB, DAVID LAFLEUR, ROYAL OAK, Folk, 8:00 PM, £3

SPECTRUM 4, JUNCTION POOL, THE MAGNIFICENTS, ACTION GROUP, KIDDO, CALLEL, SUB-OPT AND MORE, THE QUEEN’S HALL, All day mini festival

likely musicians and artists will suffer because they have traditionally always been at the end of the food chain. By 2050 with new legislation and the current growth of energy use, it is likely we will all have to go on some kind of energy budgeting programme. Like rationing in world war times, or Russia when the government just turns it on and off at home when it’s time to wake up or go to bed. And in order to get power in the day you have to be at work... Nice way to get a nation motivated.

WHISTLER’S REVENGE: SONGS IN THE KEY OF BLADE, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, RODDY HART, PLAYHOUSE, Folk / Country Legend, 7:30 PM, £28

Goth Punkers, 7:00 PM, £8.50

DERWORLD, Alt / Indie, 9:30 PM, £4

KITCHEN, STOCKBRIDGE, Folk Pop, 5:00 PM, Free

Metal, 7:30 PM, £TBC

8:30 PM, £3

MON 2 APR

9:30 PM, £4

TUES 10 APR

ABEL IS DYING, THE FEBRUARY SOLUTION, THE SUMMER THEY ALL WENT MAD, SUBWAY COWGATE, Melodic

LEITH FOLK CLUB, SKELPAIG, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 8:00

CHRIS AGNEW, THE BLIND POET, Open Mic Night, 10:00

Metal, 7:30 PM, £5 PM, Free

LEITH FOLK CLUB, LAUREN MACCOLL TRIO, THE VILLAGE, Folk, 8:00 PM, £5

WED 4 APR

MARK MORRISS, RECLINER, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blue-

Metal, 7:30 PM, £4

UNKNOWN HAGANA, BO DEADLY, HENRY’S CELLAR

FIREBRAND SUPER ROCK, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD,

23 Apr - SHOOTER JENNINGS + guests – The Arches 1 May - SWITCHES + Haunts & Parka - G2

DAGGERS AHOY!, LUXURY CAR, I AM BLIP, TECHNOPHONES, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Alt / Indie, 8:00 PM,

We have three pairs of tickets to give away for both nights.

THE ORIGINAL SUGAR HILL GANG, CABARET VOLTAIRE,

TO WIN ONE PAIR, TELL US WHICH GLASGOW VENUE G2 IS A PART OF:

Delicious Old Skool Hip-Hop, 7:00 PM, £16.50 THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock Covers, 10:00 PM, Free

tones frontman and Glasgow Power Poppers, 7:00 PM, £8 BAR, Alt / Indie, 8:00 PM, £4

WED 11 APR

THE STEVIE AGNEW BAND, THE BLIND POET, Classic Rock

NED, JAKOB FLYNCH, VILLAIN, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Psychedelic Post-Punk, 8:00 PM, £4

SALON BORIS, ROYS IRON DNA, LEANNE MYLES, CLUB EGO, Electro Pop, 7:00 PM, £5

FRI 13 APR

AMY MACDONALD, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Upcoming Glaswegian Singer / Songwriter, 7:00 PM, £6

DOVETAIL, THE VACANT TOURISTS, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, Alt / Indie, 8:00 PM, £4

PEATBOG FAERIES, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Folk, 8:00 PM, £15 (£12)

ROTATING LESLIE, BLACK INTERNATIONAL, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Rock, 9:30 PM, £4

TEARS OF GRACE, ENRAPTURE, SUBWAY COWGATE, Melodic Metal, 7:30 PM, £TBC

THE SPHYGS, OCTOPUS DIAMOND, Punk, 8:00 PM, £4

SAT14 APR

CORTEZ, HE 48, MISSO PRETTY, CIRCUS CIRCUS, SENEKA, THE EXCHANGE, Metal, 8:00 PM, £6 CRY OVER BILLIONAIRES, JOE VITERBO, DIESELBONE, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Alt / Rock, 9:30 PM, £4

WELCOME ALL AGES, HAUNTED HOUSE PARTY, THE ROYAL WE, THE DAMN SHAMES, WEE RED BAR, Indie / Pop, 6:00 PM, £4

TOFFS CAN’T DANCE: THE MONACLES OF NARNIA, THE ACUTE, DEAD SEA SOULS, LITTLE GREEN MACHINE, FIVE PARK DRIVE, THE CAVES, Alt / Indie / Pop, 9:00 PM, £7 (£8 after 23:00)

WITH SCISSORS, WHORES WHORES WHORES, DRAIL, ERRANDER, SUBWAY COWGATE, Metal All Dayer, 3:00 PM, £6

SUN 15 APR

KERBSIDE PROPHETS, ALICE CHALLINOR, HAMILTON’S BAR & KITCHEN, STOCKBRIDGE, Folk, 5:00 PM, Free

LONESOME HIGHWAY, FARMER JASON, ST. SERFS CHURCH HALL, Yee-haw!, 1:45 PM, £5

WEE FOLK CLUB, FRANK MCLAUGHLIN, STEWART HARDY, ROYAL OAK, Folk, 8:30 PM, £3 LONESOME HIGHWAY, JASON RINGENBERG, CABARET

£4

Please specify your choice of gig.

THURS 5 APR

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McFall’s Chamber opera abt orchestral musicians, 8pm, £10/8/4 FIGURE FIVE, THE COMMON REDSTARTS, HIGH 5 ALIVE, CLUB EGO, Indie Pop, 7:00 PM, £5

AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Mr

LEITH FM FUNDRAISER, FRIGHTENED RABBIT, WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND THE WHEEL, Y’ ALL IS FANTASY ISLAND, LEITH DOCKERS CLUB, Modren

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Blues and Twisted Folk, 7:00 PM, £5 MARK STEELE, THE LIQUID ROOM, Reggae / Rock, TBC, £10 MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Alt / Latin, 8:00 PM, £10

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SUN 1 APR

LISTINGS

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O.B.E, THE REMNANT KINGS, CRAZY VINCENT, ALAN DAVISON, HENRY’S CELLAR

BAR, A Disco Funk Odyssey, 8:00 PM, £4

OUT OF THE BEDROOM, OPEN MIC NIGHT, THE CANON’S GAIT, Open Mic, 8:00 PM, Free

THE SPHYGS, OCTOPUS DIAMOND, Punk, 8:00 PM, £4 THIS JULY PARLABANE, COVINGTON CASE, SUBWAY

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ELEMENO P, THE LIQUID ROOM, Rock, TBC, £13 GASGIANT, SHUTTER, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Scuzzy PostRock, 7:00 PM, £5

PULLING TEETH, COVINGTON CASE, SUBWAY COWGATE, Hardcore / Metal, 7:30 PM, £5

EDINBURGH SCIENCE FESTIVAL, SENSTER, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND, A Cabaret of Acoustic Oddity and

Artificial Life, 7:00 PM, £8 (£6)

THE FAST CAMELS, SUGARDADDY, BANNERMAN’S UNDERWORLD, Indie Rock, 9:30 PM, £4

SAT 7 APR

ANGELIC UPSTARTS, DEADLINE, THE VIBRATORS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Over 18s Easter Punk Feast, 5:00 PM,

£12

CURTIS STIGERS, THE QUEEN’S HALL, Crooning Chap, 7:00 PM, £22

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SUN 1 APR

BLOC AND JAM, BLOC, new approach open mic, 9pm, PROJECT MONARCH, BASSHELL, GLACIDTEK, BLACKFRIARS, Electro and Amvient, 11pm, £5.00

ALL TORE UP , BLACKFRIARS, Rock’n’Roll, 10pm, £5.00 MICHAEL DEANS JAZZ QUINTET, BLOC, 5pm,

SUN 8 APR

BARENAKED LADIES, CARLING ACADEMY, Charming folk-

A BAND CALLED QUINN, BARFLY, pop, 8pm, tbc orientated pop, 7pm, sold out RUTH LAMBERT, BLACKFRIARS, Jazz, 9pm, Free MICHAEL DEANS, BLACKFRIARS, Jazz, 9pm, Free FORTUNE DRIVE, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00 OUT TO PLAY, MOTHER AND THE ADDICTS, BLACKFRIMADMAN IS ABSOLUTE, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00

THE ROCKY HORROR TRIBUTE SHOW, CLASSIC GRAND, Live Bands, 7.30pm, £10.00

ARS, Live Bands, 10pm, £5.00

DEATHSTARS AND MORTIIS, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £12.00

TUES 3 APR

EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS, ROCKERS, 8pm, £9.00 INJUNS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00 WESTLIFE, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £29.50 PIPELINE PRESENTS, THE ENCIERRO, THE SHERMANS, MAMA MAYHEM, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 BLOC AND JAM, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm,

8.30pm, Free

MON 9 APR

MON 2 APR

LIONEL RICHIE, SECC, The funky uncle, 7pm, £50.00 THIS JULY, TWIN ATLANTIC, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm, GLASGOW SONGWRITERS, BLACKFRIARS, Folk, BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES AND GREASE MONKEYS, REGAL, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 DOPAMINE, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £6.00 MUSIC FESTIVAL, ROY AYERS (LIVE) AND DJS HARRI AND NICK PEACOCK, THE SUB CLUB, Live 9pm, £12.00 PIPELINE PRESENTS, HEAVEN’S CASINO, AMSTIRDAM, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 LIONEL RICHIE, SECC, The funky uncle, 7pm, £50.00

WED 4 APR

FALL OUT BOY, CARLING ACADEMY, Anthemic Rock, 7pm, SOLD OUT

CAPELLA NOVA, TENEBRAE RESPONSES, ST ANDREWS IN THE SQUARE, Glaswegian choir with imagination and

BARENAKED LADIES, BARROWLAND, Charming folk-orientated pop, 8pm, £22.50 AQUALUNG, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £10.00 ILL BILL, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £10.00 MARK MORRIS, BARFLY, From the Bluetones, 8pm, £7.00 MIDLAKE PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE , ABC, Live Bands, 7pm, £9.00 PAUL CURRERI, REGAL, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 SUGABABES, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £23.50

THE SKINNY RECOMMENDS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS

HANSON, CARLING ACADEMY, The serious come-back, 7pm, £18.50

BLOC AND JAM, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm,

MON 16 APR

HERMAN DUNE, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £7.00 PELICAN AND THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES , ORAN MOR, please note change of venue, 8.30pm, £9.00

TUES 17 APR

WED 18 APR

ISOBEL, BLOC, Artful rock, 9pm, DANNY AND DUSTY, ABC2, Live Bands, 7pm, £16.50 HEADLESS, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 LOST PROPHETS, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, sold out LOUIE, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 PORCUPINE TREE, ABC, Progressive Rock, 7pm, £15.00

THURS 19 APR

EASTER PUNK FEAST5, ANGELIC UPSTARTS, DEADLINE, LUKE TOMS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £7.00 DRONGOS FOR EUROPE, THE VIBRATORS & MIDDLE CRADLE OF FILTH, ABC, Very angry men, 7pm, £15.00 FINGER SALUTE. , GARAGE, Not Dead, 8pm, £12.00 THE MOCHA NIGHTS, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm, CHRISTY MOORE, ROYAL CONCERT HALL, Political folk legend, 7.30pm, £22.50 LEEROY AND DAVE, Live Music, 9pm,

live bass, 11pm, £5.00

DJ FORMAT (DJ SET) BOOM MONK BEN, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Hip hip-hop, 10pm, £8.00

MIXED BIZNESS & GSA PRESENT…, DJ FORMAT (DJ SET), SCHOOL OF ART, Hip hop, 10.30pm, £8.00 BIG FACE, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, cancelled HORRORS AFTERSHOW, NEILS CHILDREN , BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £4.00 REACTOR, ARCHAOS, Live Bands, 7pm, £8.00 WESTLIFE, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £29.50

PIPELINE PRESENTS, DIRTY KUDOS, THE IDEALS, BARFLY (UPSTAIRS), Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00

PIPELINE PRESENTS, THE STILL, MICKEY9S, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00

PIPELINE PRESENTS, TIE FOR JACK, THE VELVETINES, SOUNDHAUS, Live Bands, 7pm, £5.00

PIPELINE PRESENTS, THE GALLIANO, MADSKULL, ROCKBURN, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 7pm, £5.00 PIN UP NIGHTS, THE FELT TIPS, WOODSIDE SOCIAL CLUB, Local indie hopefuls heading for the top, 9pm, £5.00 CHRISTY MOORE, BARROWLAND, Political folk legend, 8pm, £22.50 THE HORRORS, ABC2, Theatrical indie- but not Goths, apparently, 7pm, £8.50

8pm, £3

WITHIN TEMPTATION, QMU, Live Bands, 7pm, £15 THE VIEW, BARROWLAND, Live Bands, 8pm, SOLD OUT POOCH, BLOC, Old Fashioned Rock’n’roll, 9pm, WASP, GARAGE, We Are Still Performing? , 8pm, £15.00

FRI 13 APR

THE DYKEENIES, QMU, Indie Rock, 7pm, tbc CHRIS ISAAK, CLYDE AUDITORIUM 7pm, £27.50 JOHN POWER, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £10.00 TRIVIUM, CARLING ACADEMY, Live Bands, 7pm, 15 PIPELINE PRESENTS, RAVENGAS, BLACK TIE AFFAIR, SOUTHPAW, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 7pm, £5.00

SAT 14 APR

FRI 20 APR

SUN 22 APR

MORPH, BLACKFRIARS, Jazz, 9pm, Free BREED 77, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £9.00 THE DRONES, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 THE SONIC HEARTS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00

PIPELINE PRESENTS, MONEY TO BURN, STAND AS ONE, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 BLOC AND JAM, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm,

MON 23-APR

ELECTIC SOFT PARADE, ORAN MOR, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £9.00

FIREWIND, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £8.00 GLASGOW V DUNDEE ALL DAYER, VARIOUS ARTISTS, POP LEVI, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £6.00 NICE N SLEAZY, Battle of the Cities, 8.30pm, £6.00 SHOOTER JENNINGS, ARCHES, Live 7pm, £12.50 THE LEATHERETTES, BARROWLAND 2, Electro Punk, 8pm, SPIRITUALIZED ACOUSTIC MAINLINES, CARLING ACAD£6.00

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, ORAN MOR, Highly tipped singer, 8.30pm, £9.50

EMY, Live Bands, 7pm, £17.50

RAW, THEATRE FALL, QMU, New Music, 8pm, £4.00 BAILLIE, THE FAULT, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm,

BLOC PARTY, CARLING ACADEMY, 7pm, sold out TUES 24 APR FIELDS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £8.00 THEATRE OF HATE, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, FREEFALL , VAALENTINO KANZYANI, SEAN TYAS, SIMON FOY AND ALAN BELSHAW, ARCHES, Live Bands, £15.00 YANN TIERSON, ARCHES, Live Bands, 7pm, £13.50 7pm, £12.00 SAT 7 APR KINGS OF LEON, CARLING ACADEMY, Redneck raunch, MURDER BY DEATH, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 CHARLIE AND THE BHOYS, BARROWLAND, 8pm, £15.00 7pm, *sold out* THE ENEMY, GARAGE, New Punk, 8pm, £8.00 CUTTING CREW, CLASSIC GRAND, 7.30pm, £12.00 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DUB PISTOLS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £7.00 ELLIOT MINOR, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00 LAURA VIERS, ABC2, Live Bands, 7pm, £10.00 SUBCULTURE, KERRI CHANDLER AND MONIQUE BINGHAM, THE SUB CLUB, Live Bands, 9pm, £12.00 WESTLIFE, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £29.50 PIPELINE PRESENTS, BY MY HANDS, INSURGENT, SOUNDHAUS, Live Bands, 8pm, Free

ISSUE NINETEEN April 07

ABC, Retro-rock, 7pm, £15.00

MICHAEL DEANS JAZZ QUINTET, BLOC, 5pm,

SUN 15 APR

RIBADEE PLAYERS , BLACKFRIARS, Jazz, 9pm, Free SKARVILLE UK, ROCKERS, Live Bands, 8pm, £8.00 SUCIOPERRO, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £6.00 WILL HAVEN, CATHOUSE, 8.30pm, cancelled

THURS 26 APR

CSS, RATATAT AND THE PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL, BARROWLAND, Glamorous rock-dance fusion, 8pm, £12.00

COLD WAR KIDS, QMU, Live Bands, 7pm, £9 EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, ABC, Ecstatic post-rock, 7pm, ACOUSTIC LADYLAND, KING TUTS, Live 8.30pm, £8.00 £12.50 LOW, ORAN MOR, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £15.00 GLASGOW SONGWRITERS, BLACKFRIARS, Folk, TRIPTYCH, DJ PREMIER, MARLEY MARL AND BOOM 8.30pm, Free MONK BEN , THE FERRY, Live Bands, 7pm, cancelled AMON AMARTH, CATHOUSE, 8.30pm, £12.50 TRIPTYCH, LENINGRAD PARK ATTACK AND ERRORS, MONEEN, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £8.50 CLASSIC GRAND, Live Bands, 7.30pm, cancelled PETULA CLARK, ROYAL CONCERT HALL, Live Bands, TRIPTYCH, TERRY RILEY, TRAMWAY, Live 7pm, £24.50 7.30pm, £23.50 CAN’T HAVE IT… WANT IT!, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm, SINISTER FLYNN, BLOC, Ska, 9pm,

30 SECONDS TO MARS, ABC, Live Bands, 7pm, £9.50 36 CRAZYFISTS, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £12.50 LAST DAYS OF APRIL , KING TUTS, , 8.30pm, £6.00 TUES 10 APR INCUBUS, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £21.50 OPPENHEIMER, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 JACK PENATE, NICE N SLEAZY, 8.30pm, £5.00 MICHAEL BALL, CLYDE AUDITORIUM, Live 7pm, £29.50 PIPELINE PRESENTS, CANCER PARTY, CROMA, THE LADY SOVEREIGN, KING TUTS, 8.30pm, £10.00 MUSIC FESTIVAL, KARL BARTOS (MAN MACHINE) BLANK EXPRESSIONS, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 ONCE IN A LIFETIME, DAVID ESSEX, THE OSMONDS, PIPELINE PRESENTS, CARGO, TRADE, THE GEMS, THE AND SUPPORT DJS, THE SUB CLUB, Live 9pm, £10.00 DAVID CASSIDY AND SHOWADDYWADDY, SECC, Live SUBCULTURES, CATHOUSE, Live Bands, 7pm, £5.00 WINNIEBAGO DEAL, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £6.00 Bands, 7pm, £37.50 JO MANGO, BLOC, Singer- songwriter, 9pm, PIPELINE PRESENTS, SURREAL CITY, BLACK SHUCK, PIPELINE PRESENTS, THE QUIFF, MIDNIGHT WILDCATS, ZICRON, SOUNDHAUS, Live Bands, 7pm, £5.00 THURS 5 APR MAKE REVENGE COUNT, FIREPOINT 17, BARFLY, Live THE PIPETTES, GARAGE, Playful reinvention of girl band AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE, BARFLY, Live Bands, Bands, 8pm, £5.00 pop, 8pm, £11.50 8pm, £5.00 PIPELINE PRESENTS, GREIVER, BARFLY, 8pm, £5.00 JAMES, CARLING ACADEMY, Still seated after all these EL RANCHO RELAXO EASTER JUBILEE FEATURING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BLOC, Scottish Funk, 9pm, years, 7pm, SOLD OUT GILDED ANGELS + WILSON TAN + SKELETON BOB + ANIMAL FARM, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm, THE PARSONAGE , GRAND OLE OPRY, Live Bands, 8pm, WED 11 APR £4/£5 on door ABEL IS DYING WITH BLEED FROM WITHIN AND THE SAT 21 APR MONICA QUEEN, BREL, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 THREAT REMAINS, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £6.00 PM PRESENTS, TBC, BLACKFRIARS, Live 10pm, tbc RADAR, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00 DROWNING POOL, ILL NINO AND PANIC CELL, CAT- CAMERA OBSCURA, ABC, Live Bands, 7pm, £8.50 RAZORLIGHT, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, sold out HOUSE, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £15.00 MISS CONDUCT, CATHOUSE, 8.30pm, £5.00 SUGARHILL GANG, THE SUB CLUB, Live 9pm, £12.00 HEIDI TALBOT FEATURING BOO HEWERDINE AND TO MY BOY, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £5.00 CLUTCH , GARAGE, Note change of venue, 8pm, £12.50 TOLA CUSTY, BREL, Live Bands, 8pm, £12.00 PIPELINE PRESENTS, GRACED GRAVITY, SWEARBOX, THESE MONSTERS, ACTION BEAT, BLOC, Post Rock/ JENIFEREVER AND PAUL MARSHALL AND BEERJACK- BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00 Prog/Jazz, 9pm, ET, KING TUTS, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £7.50 CAROL LAULA, CLASSIC GRAND, Singer- songwriter, 7.30pm, £12.00 STRAYLIGHT RUN, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £7.00 FRI 6 APR JAMES, CARLING ACADEMY, Still seated after all these AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE, RSAMD, Mr McFall’s THURS 12 APR years, 7pm, SOLD OUT Chamber opera abt orchestral musicians, 8pm, £10/8/4 JAMES TAYLOR, ROYAL CONCERT HALL, one man band, TRONIC, JUNIOR LAZOROU, I AM BLIP, CCA, ElecBIS, KING TUTS, Another comeback, 8.30pm, £8.00 no support, 7.30pm, £40.00 tronica, 8pm, Free BASSINVADERS, JEROME HILL, BLACKFRIARS, DJ with HYENA, RAINBOW LICK, BLACKFRIARS, Alternative rock, MICHAEL DEANS JAZZ QUINTET, BLOC, 5pm, passion, 7pm, £10

TRIPTYCH, PAJO, ALEXANDER TUCKER AND THE TWILIGHT SAD, CLASSIC GRAND, 7.30pm, £10.00 PIPELINE PRESENTS, BLACK REIGN, EXECUTIO0N CHAMBER, DAMOCLES, CATHOUSE, Live 7pm, £5.00

WED 25 APR

HAYSEED DIXIE, ABC, Blue-grass, 7pm, £15.00 DAVID KITT, ABC2, Live Bands, 7pm, £10.00 DEVASTATIONS, NICE N SLEAZY, Live, 8.30pm, £7.00 LONEY, DEAR, ADMIRAL BAR, Live Bands, 7pm, £6.00 TRIPTYCH, CAT POWER, THE FERRY, Live 7pm, £15.00 TRIPTYCH, EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, TRAMWAY,, 7pm, £18.00

FRI 27 APR

BILLY CHILDISH AND THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ANDY WEATHERALL AND PRESTON PFANZ , CLASSIC GRAND, Art-punk, 7.30pm, £12.00 MONEY MARK, KING TUTS, Beastie Boys’ longtime ally, 8.30pm, £10.00 JAMIE T, ABC, Live Bands, 7pm, sold out

TRIPTYCH, 65DAYSOFSTATIC, KLING KLANG AND STUART BRAITHWAITE, THE SUB CLUB, 9pm, £9.00 TRIPTYCH, MUNGO’S HI-FI SOUNDSYSTEM FEATURING SISTER NANCY AND SISTER CAROL, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Live Bands, 8pm, £10.00

TRIPTYCH, THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, TRAMWAY, Live Bands, 7pm, £18.00

TRIPTYCH, KINKY AFRO FEATURING NEIL LANDSTRUM, SLEEPLESS CREW AND MORE, THE SUB CLUB, Live Bands, 9pm, £8.00

SAT 28 APR

BACK TO THE FUTURE, CHARLY LOWNOISE AND MENTAL THEO, CARLING ACADEMY, Live Bands, 7pm, £12/19.00

INSIDE OUT, EDDIE HALLIWELL, UMEK, ADAM SHERIDAN AND MORE, ARCHES, Live Bands, 7pm, £24.00 RICK WITTER AND THE DUKES, BARROWLAND 2, Live Bands, 8pm, £10.00

TRIPTYCH, ETIENNE DE CRECY, LOOSE JOINTS, STEVIE ELEMENTS AND ANDREW DIVINE, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Live Bands, 8pm, £7.00

TRIPTYCH, PRINS THOMAS AND LIDSTROM, HARRI AND DOMENIC, THE SUB CLUB, Live Bands, 9pm, £12.00 TRIPTYCH, THE FUNKMASTERS FEATURING: FRED WESLEY, BERNIE WORRELL, JOHN ‘JABO’ STARKS AND CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD, THE FERRY, 7pm, £16.00 TRIPTYCH, THE PASTELS, PIERRE BASTIEN, ELECTRELANE, TENNISCOATS AND THE ROYAL WE, CCA, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £14.00

TRIPTYCH, BOBBY CONN AND BLACK LIPS, CLASSIC GRAND, Live Bands, 7.30pm, £9.00

TRIPTYCH, SPEKTRUM, FUJIYA & MIYAGI, DIGITAL MYSTIKS AND MORE, CLASSIC GRAND, Live Bands, 7.30pm, £12.00

MARIA MCKEE, ORAN MOR, Once a country rocker, now a more subtle proposition, 8.30pm, £15.00

GRUFF RHYS, TRAMWAY, Super Furry Animal, 7pm, £14.00 BLOC AND JAM, BLOC, Live Music, 9pm, MICHAEL DEANS JAZZ QUINTET, BLOC, 5pm,

SUN 29 APR

LIQUID JAZZ, BLACKFRIARS, Jazz, 9pm, Free TRIPTYCH, BALLADS OF THE BOOK FEATURING: IDLEWILD, NORMAN BLAKE, SONS AND DAUGHTERS, KING CREOSOTE, MIKE HERON AND MORE, TRAMWAY, Live Bands, 12pm, £16.00 DUNCAN CHISHOLM, IVAN DREVER, ST. ANDREWS IN THE SQUARE, Live Bands, 7pm, £12.00

LOUDEN WAINWRIGHT III, ROYAL CONCERT HALL, Live Bands, 7.30pm, £20.00

THE FORTUNATE SONS, ARCHES, Live Bands, 7pm, £8.00 THE GIVE IT A NAME TOUR, HIM, ALEXIS ON FIRE, THE USED, JULIETTE AND THE LICKS, KILL HANNAH, IGNITE AND MORE, SECC, Live Bands, 7pm, £30.00 TRIPTYCH, BEYOND THE WIZARDS SLEEVE: EROL ALKAN AND RICHARD NORRIS, ADMIRAL BAR, Live Bands, 7pm, £8.00

TRIPTYCH, FREE NOISE WITH EVAN PARKER, YELLOW SWANS< JOHN EDWARDS AND MORE, CCA, Live Bands, 8.30pm, £14.00

TRIPTYCH, NICOLE WILLIS AND THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS, THE FERRY, Live Bands, 7pm, £12.00 TRIPTYCH, MICAH P HINSON, CLASSIC GRAND, Live Bands, 7.30pm, £10.00

PIPELINE PRESENTS, THE CONTRADICTIONS, THEM OVER THERE, BARFLY, Live Bands, 8pm, £5.00

MON 30 APR

JAMES TAYLOR , ROYAL CONCERT HALL, one man band, no support, 7.30pm, £40.00 CANCER PARTY, BLOC, A noisy, aggressive, vulgar,

LISTINGS

CONTENTS

6 14 16 19 20 21 22 26 28 42 52

LIFESTYLE Beltane The Skinny Showcase

THE SKINNY

LISTINGS GLASGOW LIVE

ISSUE 18 6 12

LGBT

Queer and Camouflaged 14 Leaving the Gold Star State 15

FILM

This Is England Reviews

DVD

16 18

Wim Wenders Collection

GAMES Drugs ARE for Kids...

BOOKS Reviews

THEATRE

Arches Theatre Festival Dance & Physical Theatre

Drugs ARE for Kids ..., pg 20

The Lake District, p10

20 Years of Pixar, pg 26 Are you a closet creationist?, p20

22 23

ART

20 Years of Pixar 26 Nick Evans - Rational Slab 27 Kings of Leon, pg 28

SOUNDS Kings of Leon CSS

BEATS

DJ Food and DK Rawkus Reloaded

Art Reviews, p27 28 33

42 44

LISTINGS

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

Rawkus Reloaded, pg 44

THE SKINNY RATING SYSTEM EXPLAINED 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. 2 Skinnys: Boring. Bog-standard or hugely derivative. Only for hardcore aficionados of the genre.

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

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

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

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April 07 ISSUE NINETEEN

PLANET EARTH, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI The Skinny is proud t o lau nch it s f i r s t Showcase this month, a vast canvas (well, a page and a half of Lifestyle) for local creative types to display their work to tens of thousands of people in Central Scotland. Quite apart from targeti ng the ex per t critical faculties of the average Skinny reader, and giving the opportunity to show off to your mates, the Showcase means that winners’ work will be sent directly to all the influential folk on The Skinny’s mailing list, all over the UK. The Showcase runs effectively like a monthly competition, so if you’d like to be considered for future mont h s ple a s e e ma i l you r s ubm i s s ion s t o GETINVOLVED@ SKINNYMAG.CO.UK . The deadline for the May issue is Friday 20 April. This month, congratulations go to Edinburgh-based David Lupton whose eerie, scratchy, atmospheric work we rather dig. It reminded me of Trenton Doyle Hancock, whose show at the Fruitmarket Gallery ends on 8 April. As fans it turns out we’re in good company: David’s illustrations have also appeared in the Guardian, Time Out, New Scientist, Onboard, and the Independent. He has also provided artwork for a diverse range of music acts including Keane, The Veils, and Keith Caputo. Turn to page 12 to have a look, and start planning your own Showcase. /RJT

There was a time when, come daybreak on 1 May, you’d still be wandering around the top of Calton Hill talking bollocks to complete strangers while trying to remember your name. Nowadays, they’re pretty strict about sending you packing at 1am. There was a time when everybody understood that losing their friends was inevitable in a crowd of thousands, and just dealt with it. But now, co-dependent and glued to our mobiles, you only need to turn your back for two minutes and an anxious friend will start bellowing into their phone: “Where are you? Are you near people with flaming torches?” Celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, the Beltane experience has changed somewhat over time. It was cancelled for a couple of years amid dramas involving the council, licensing and, of course, money: once operating on donations only, it’s now forced to charge an entrance fee. Although alcohol is allowed, remember to

residents, £5

SALSA CARIBE!, RESIDENTS, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special wooden dancefloor, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm

bring it in a plastic bottle or it’ll have to be decanted into one at the gate. You’re also advised to sit to watch the show where possible, so that everyone has a chance to see what’s going on.

THE ELECTRIC CABARET, THE GO! TEAM, FRED DEAKIN, MANSFIELD TRAQUAIR, Eclectic cabaret, £7 UNKNOWN PLEASURES, RESIDENTS, TEVIOT UNION, Indie

OVERHEARD

A LITTLE EAVESDROPPING AT BELTANE 2006:

30 APRIL, 9PM – 1AM (GATES OPEN 6:30PM)

“Are there going to be any fireworks tonight? No? (turns around & goes home)” “You’re near people with fire too? Are they just wandering round in circles doing nothing? Oh, you’re at a different bit.” “Okay, there are these white women dressed in white, with white faces and they’re going like this with sticks. (Australian woman sitting on someone’s shoulders mimes what’s going on)” “I think I’m more druidic than wiccan. I think I could call myself vaguely pagan, because pagan is a vague term.” “Now they’re pinching the tree’s wallet.” “He’s finished his embarrassing dance.” “I’m glad the white woman has found the blue man. I thought maybe she wouldn’t this year.” “I got a blister from my powerbook.” “Oh, it’s me! Okay, me with who? (Spin-the-bottle with three players)”

WWW.BELTANE.ORG

THANKS TO: XLAPTOPCOREX

People have different reasons for going to Beltane. Some feel a connection with its pagan roots. Some enjoy the huge scale of the event and its social nature. Some find inspiration in its expression of sexuality, and some just like to ogle the scantily-clad people painted red. If you’re new to Beltane, you’ll likely be taken aback by the sheer scale of the performance, the drumming, the dancing – and all that fire. Wrap up warm, wear comfortable shoes, and don’t forget the cider.

funk cuts , £4, £3 b4 11pm

OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JD WILKES, EGO, Eclectic set, £8 PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa

SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, Free

TEASE AGE, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, VOLTAIRE, House, £8 (£6)

YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, Free

ANTICS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, Free

DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come

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

dancing at 9, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club playing chart, £4 HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, £4, free b4 11pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, Free

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

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

visual images, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games,

£3, free b4 11pm

DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, Free

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON,

LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, £4 (£2), £1 Centro

card

KAYOS, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, Free NEON, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Goth, indie,

tasty tapas, Free

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

THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, RESIDENTS & GUESTS, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, Free

SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student

bash, £5 (£4), £3 members

TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, £4 (£3)

TRAFFIC, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, Free

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to

INDI-GO, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & alternative, £2, £1 students

INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, Free

JERK ALERT, WASTED LITTLE DJS, RED, Indie meets early nineties youth club disco, Free

PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to house, Free

THE PIT, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, Free

STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, Pre-club with indie & rock, Free

TOASTER, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, £3, free b4 11.30pm

TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard rock, Free

WE ARE … ELECTRIC, TRIPTYCH: EWAN PEARSON, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech-house & breaks

SHAKE, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), SHANGHAI (UNDERNEATH LE MONDE), House, soulful & funky, £3

SIENTELO!, RESIDENTS, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, Free

SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, BARAKA, Open decks night, Free

friendly club, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm

TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, £4,

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SATURDAY CIRCUS, GARETH CRUIKSHANK, BABES & SPANKY, RED, A Snatch style affair, Free SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, TRIPTYCH: KENNY DIXON JR. AKA MOODYMANN, THE JAZZ BAR, Detroit house, disco & soul!!, £12

SEITEKI SATURDAYS, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house, £6 SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, £8 (£4)

SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, Free

SUBSTANCE, STEVE GLENCROSS, HENRYS CELLAR, Barry techno!, £5 (£4)

TEASE AGE, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alternative & soul, £5, free b4 11.30pm

UFREAK, TRIPTYCH: THE YOUNGSTERS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, French techno, £10

YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, Free

GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, free b4 12am

RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, £6,

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE,

CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music

free b4 11.30pm

MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, £4, £2 b4 12am

CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ

from the past 15 years, Free

BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

funk & RnB, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO

resident DJs, £3, free b4 12am

£3, free b4 11pm

alternative beats & rock, £5

house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, Free

CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, DE LUXE, RESIDENTS, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with EVOL, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, £6

JAM FRIDAY, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop &

MODERN LOVERS, RESIDENTS, COCTEAU LOUNGE (EGO), Soul, funk, psyche, garage, £6, £4 b4 12am

NIGHT TRAIN, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Free

PINS & NEEDLES, JON VIRTUE, RED, House & techno,

visual images, £3, free b4 11.30pm

CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games,

DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON,

LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance, £4 (£2), £1 Centro card

KAYOS, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, Free HELLRAISERS BALL, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Commercial rock & metal, Free

PUSHIN’ BUTTONS, ROTATION OF LOCALS, RED, electrodiscopunkfunkbreakseclectic supercollider, Free

SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), RESIDENTS, THE

BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, £3,

free b4 11pm

£3, free b4 11pm

SHAKE, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), SHANGHAI

residents, £5

SIENTELO!, RESIDENTS, EL BARRIO, Latin America music

bass, breaks, £5 (£4)

SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS,

PLANET EARTH, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with RED ALERT, RESIDENTS, WEE RED BAR, Jungle, drum & SALSA CARIBE!, RESIDENTS, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the special wooden dancefloor, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm

SUGARBEAT, EROL ALKAN, UTAH SAINTS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Trendy electro tunes, £7

UNKNOWN PLEASURES, RESIDENTS, TEVIOT UNION, Indie club, £3 (£2)

TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & broken beats, Free THE BONGO CLUB, Hip hop, £14

TRIPTYCH: SPEKTRUM, THE CAVES, electronics, £7 DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, RESIDENTS, THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, Free JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, £6, free b4 12am

SAT 28 APR

BERLIN, Esoteric & eclectic music, Free

ALLSORTS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart,

BAR, Live afrobeat, latin & ska, Free

DEPARTURE LOUNGE, NOSTALGIA 77, LIZZY PARKS, BELLERUCHE, ASTROBOY, THE CAVES, Tru thoughts

Vintage cheese, student anthems & requests, £2, £1 students, free b4 12am GENETIC, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, £2

night with free classes from 10pm, Free

FRI 27 APR

2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip

TASTE, MARCO SMITH, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-

PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa

BABY DOLL, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Funky house, £5,

rock n roll & electro, £5 (£3)

BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ

funk cuts , £4, £3 b4 11pm

SUN 29 APR

£7, free b4 12am

A BASEMENT BOOGIE, TROUBLE DJS & GUESTS,

MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM, TRIPTYCH: SISTER NANCY & SISTER CAROL, BONGO CLUB, Reggae, £10 MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop &

JEZ HILL, LULU, classics & disco, £5, free b4 10pm

Electronic, £8

ALTER EGO, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie,

Eclectic mix of tunes, Free

BONGO CLUB, Eclectic set, £9

TRIPTYCH: MARLY MARL & PETE ROCK,

THURS 26 APR

LOUNGE, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT),

free b4 12am

TRIPTYCH: PINCH. DISTANCE & GRAVIOUS, THE

with rotating guests in the back, £2, free b4 12am/ members RESIDENTS, BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, Free

classics, £5, free b4 10pm

disco & electrohouse, £10 (£8), £5 members b4 11.15pm LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy music, £6, £3 b4 11pm

breakbeats, Free

punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, £2

electrodiscopunkfunkbreakseclectic supercollider, Free

£3, free b4 11pm

LIFESTYLE

RED STAR INSTITUTE, JAMES THOMAS, 313, MUNKY YOYO, ARAWN, RED, Detroit techno, Free SALSA DISCO, RESIDENTS, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance &

club classics, £tbc

HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house &

MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic

THE BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners,

photo: Stuart Crawford

for perfection, every question counts, with free nibbles, £1/person PASS THE VIBES, MISTA P, JEE4CE, BEEF, RUSH, Hip hop, RnB, drum & bass, Free

£5 (£4)

TRIPTYCH: FUJIYA & MIYAGI, THE BONGO CLUB,

SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), KINGS DIE KINGS,

photo: Jethro Collins

QUIZNATION: THE JUICY DANGLER, THE QUIZMASTER, BANK HOTEL, Quest for knowledge, strive

cheese, £2

bleep, industrial, punk & eighties, Free

PUSHIN’ BUTTONS, ROTATION OF LOCALS, RED,

NO 185 IN A SERIES OF 30.000 : THE UZI

stuff, electro & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, £5 KARNIVAL, CHRIS COCO, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House, £6 (£4) LUCKYME, RESIDENTS, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, Free MUSIC IS THE DRUG, RESIDENTS, RED, Electro, techno & hip hop, Free

MISFITS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro,

mix of personal favourites, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Funky house, £5, free b4 11.30pm

On April 20th, as part of Miller’s ‘My Glasgow’ competition, a giant mosaic of photos 16 metres by 20 metres will be projected on to the side of Oran Mor. Submissions have been taken from Charleen Spiteri, El Presidente and The Hedrons so far, along with thousands of Glaswegians’ photographic depictions of their Glasgow. The most striking photo and story submitted will be a featured image on display in Oran Mor for two weeks. Photographs and comments of what people love about the city can be found at www. thisismyglasgow.com.

bass, breakbeat, healthy mid-week rave, Free

HOUSEBOUND, RESIDENTS, EGO, Sexy house, funky

RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, £6, free b4 12am ALL BACK TO MINE, RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic

MY GLASGOW

CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum &

tunes all night, £3 (£2)

house, £4, £3 b4 11pm

SUN 22 APR

“WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU NEAR PEOPLE WITH FLAMING TORCHES?”

SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS INCLUDING PLUS ONE,

GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party

GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE WED 25 APR & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, free b4 12am

ISSUE NINETEEN April 07

TUES 24 APR

play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, Free DELICIOUS, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB SATURDAY CIRCUS, GARETH CRUIKSHANK, BABES & & grime, £5 SPANKY, RED, A Snatch style affair, Free FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & music all night long, Free ASTROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Mandala MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original Moodz, £5, free b4 11.30pm soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, Free SEITEKI SATURDAYS, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house, £6 SPITFIRES SOCIAL CLUB, RESIDENTS, RED, Indie social SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, club, Free House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, £8 (£4)

ULTRAGROOVE, GARETH SOMERVILLE, CABARET

BIDOCHONS, FRENCHIES, RED, French vibes, Free HAPPY MONDAYS, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Night for

night with free classes from 10pm, Free RETRIBUTION, RESIDENTS, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, £5, £3 students

motown, alternative & soul, £5, free b4 11.30pm

SKINNY-À-PORTER...

MON 23 APR

SL records birthday, £4

SAT 21 APR,

MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop &

THE SKINNY CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHARLOTTE WITH SISTER ANN IN ROME

LETTERS@SKINNYMAG.CO.UK

GOULAG BEAT, RESIDENTS, COCTEAU LOUNGE (EGO),

students & Industry folk, indie, rock & funk, £3, free for students/industry THE LATIN QUARTER, RESIDENTS, MEDINA, Salsa, funk & club, £3 (£2) latin house, Free TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & MOJO, RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Modern music & broken beats, Free DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE timeless classics, £3, free b4 12am & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, PONY CLUB, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, £4 (£3) free b4 12am JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, £6, free ROCK KARAOKE, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Free SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO b4 12am CLUB, Cuban Salsa, drop-in classes, 7pm for beginners, 2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, 8pm for the advanced, £5 EGO, RnB & hip hop for under 18s only (14-17), £5 TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET ALLSORTS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, £2, £1 Trade Union members/ECCF members & party, £2, free b4 12am ZOOT SWING, SWINGERS, CAFÉ ROYAL, Swing dance THE EGG, CHRIS & PAUL, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, classes, beginners 7pm, improvers 8pm followed by punk, ska & more at the Art College’s long running big-band swing jazz & neo-swing beats, £4.50 (£3.50), institution, £5, £4 students/members HEADSPIN, TOM MIDDLETON, THE BONGO CLUB, House, free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, Free funk, disco, £8 KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, £3 LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk, £5, free b4 10pm music, £6, £3 b4 11pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, Free LOUNGE, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of tunes, Free

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI THE SKINNY ON TOUR

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LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE Beltane

hop for under 18s only (14-17), £5

cheese & party, £2, free b4 12am

special, £9 (£8)

THE EGG, CHRIS & PAUL, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage, punk, ska & more at the Art College’s long running institution, £5, £4 students/members FEVER 3RD BIRTHDAY, FISHER & PRICE, EGO, Pop,

(UNDERNEATH LE MONDE), House, soulful & funky, £3

mixed with chart tunes, Free

BARAKA, Open decks night, Free

TASTE, HARRI, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly club, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm

TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, £4, free b4 11pm

MON 30 APR

CODE RED, DJ PRISMAT, RED, Rap, dancehall, soul & Polish hip hop, Free

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

TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ,CABARET

VOLTAIRE,Night for deserving bar & club staff,£2, £1

Trade Union members/ECCF members PLACEX,P-HAZE,BARAKA,Mashup,Free PLACEX,KINKEY,HENRYS CELLAR,Flamenco, latin & reggae,£3 PLACEX,JEZ HILL,LULU,Classic pop & funk anthems,£5, free b4 10pm

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alternative, £2, £1 students

INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, Free

JERK ALERT, WASTED LITTLE DJS, RED, Indie meets early nineties youth club disco, Free

FIMBULVETR, MATT HOWDEN’S SIEBEN, PLEASANCE UNION, Ambient goth, £tbc

JAM FRIDAY, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, £2

MISFITS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro,

PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, £2 house, Free NIGHT TRAIN, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Free THE PIT, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, Free NOT SO DIRTY, RESIDENTS, RED, House & electro, £3 STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE NUKLEAR PUPPY, ANN SAVAGE, EGO, Hard house, £13 OUTHOUSE, Pre-club with indie & rock, Free PLANET EARTH, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with TOASTER, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, £3, residents, £5 free b4 11.30pm SALSA CARIBE!, RESIDENTS, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard special wooden dancefloor, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm rock, Free SOLESCIENCE VS. DISCOMATIK, NEIL ANDERSON, WE ARE … ELECTRIC, THE PRESETS, GARY MAC & JOE APTED, ROB, NICK, CABARET VOLTAIRE, All things FLIX RETURNS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, House, electro, tech- house, £5 (£3) house & breaks with rotating guests in the back, £2, UNKNOWN PLEASURES, RESIDENTS, TEVIOT UNION, Indie free b4 12am/members RESIDENTS, BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, £5, free b4 10pm

club, £3 (£2)

THURS 12 APR

£7, free b4 12am

ALP SCOTS MUSIC GROUP, ALP, THE BONGO CLUB, Music tutors, £10 (£7)

ALTER EGO, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie, rock n roll & electro, £5 (£3)

A BASEMENT BOOGIE, TROUBLE DJS & GUESTS, BERLIN, Esoteric & eclectic music, Free

BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ BAR, Live afrobeat, latin & ska, Free

CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, Vintage cheese, student anthems & requests, £2, £1 students, free b4 12am DAMAGE & GHANTIN’, RESIDENTS, RED, Hardcore tekno to breakcore, Free GENETIC, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, £2 GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes all night, £3 (£2) HOUSEBOUND, RESIDENTS, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, £5 LUCKYME, RESIDENTS, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, Free

QUIZNATION: THE JUICY DANGLER, THE QUIZMASTER, BANK HOTEL, Quest for knowledge, strive

for perfection, every question counts, with free nibbles, £1/person

RED STAR INSTITUTE, ZUNI, ALEX C, ZUNI, JAMIE K, RICKY PALYS, RED, Techno, Free SALSA DISCO, RESIDENTS, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, Free

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

THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, RESIDENTS & GUESTS, PIVO

TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & broken beats, Free

DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin,

VOLTAIRE, House, £10 (£8)

punk, ska & more at the Art College’s long running institution, £5, £4 students/members LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy music, £6, £3 b4 11pm

LOUNGE, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), Eclectic mix of tunes, Free

MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & funk cuts , £4, £3 b4 11pm

OBSCENE, RESIDENTS, EGO, Drum & Bass, £5 (£4) PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa night with free classes from 10pm, Free RETRIBUTION, RESIDENTS, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, £5, £3 students

TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, £4 (£3)

TRAFFIC, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, Free

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, £5, free b4 10pm

Club, £5, free b4 11.30pm

SEITEKI SATURDAYS, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house,

Free

DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, free b4 12am

RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, £6, free b4 12am

SUN 15 APR

Funk, disco, heydays hip hop, £6

mix of personal favourites, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Funky house, £5, free b4 11.30pm

BASS WARRIOR MEETS MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM, RESIDENTS, MURAL ROOM, ECA, Reggae, roots, dub, dancehall, £10

CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music from the past 15 years, Free

CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, funk & RnB, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm

ALL BACK TO MINE, RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic

BOOTYLUSHOUS, TRENDY WENDY, DALE & SIMONE,

(UNDERNEATH LE MONDE), House, soulful & funky, £3

SIENTELO!, RESIDENTS, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, Free

SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS, BARAKA, Open decks night, Free

TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, SPOOKY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly club, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, £4, free b4 11pm

MON 16 APR

CODE RED, DJ PRISMAT, RED, Rap, dancehall, soul & Polish hip hop, Free

HAPPY MONDAYS, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Night for

SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

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

& RnB, Free

THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, Free REWIND, RESIDENTS, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, £2, ladies free b4 12am SPITFIRES SOCIAL CLUB, RESIDENTS, RED, Indie social club, Free SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, Free

WED 18 APR

CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, £5 (£4)

HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & INDI-GO, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie & INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, Free

alternative beats & rock, £5

£4

house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, Free

house, £4, £3 b4 11pm

LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, £4 (£2), £1 Centro

GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, card HELLRAISERS BALL, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, £6 Commercial rock & metal, Free

ISSUE NINETEEN April 07

CLASH!, DJ MEDHI, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Hip hop, disco, clash, £5 (£4)

CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, Vintage cheese, student anthems & requests, £2, £1 students, free b4 12am GENETIC, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock anthems, £2 GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes all night, £3 (£2) HOUSEBOUND, RESIDENTS, EGO, Sexy house, funky stuff, electro & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, £5 LUCKYME, RESIDENTS, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, Free ON REQUEST, RESIDENTS, EGO, Chart, £3

NEUE LIEBE, CABARET ACTS, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ROOMS, Cabaret, £6 (£5)

BANK HOTEL, Quest for knowledge, strive for perfection,

every question counts, with free nibbles, £1/person SALSA DISCO, RESIDENTS, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, Free

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

THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, RESIDENTS & GUESTS, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, Free

£5 (£4), £3 members Drum & Bass, £5

TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, £4 (£3)

TRAFFIC, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, Free

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, £5, free b4 10pm

FRI 20 APR

3345 LIVE, MY MATE’S ODD, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Live house music, £7, £4 b4 12am

BEATROOT, RYAN ELLIS, COCTEAU LOUNGE (EGO), House & techno, £5, £4 b4 12am

BIG TOE’S HI FI, RESIDENTS, WEE RED BAR, Reggae, roots, dub, dancehall, £5 (£4)

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, CLIMAX, RESIDENTS, RED, Detroit, £3 Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social dancing at CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV 9, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club from the past 15 years, Free playing chart, £4 CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, £4, free b4 11pm funk & RnB, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, Free DE LUXE, RESIDENTS, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with

nineties youth club disco, Free

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON,

Live afrobeat, latin & ska, Free

TECHNICAL RESISTANCE, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB,

£3, free b4 11pm

GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to

BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ BAR,

punk & metal, Free

resident DJs, £3, free b4 12am

FURBURGER, THE FUNKI DIVA, DEJAYBIRD, BOY TOY & DEBI T, TWIST, 2nd birthday party for girls who like girls,

Esoteric & eclectic music, Free

ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash,

BAR, Afro, carribean, RnB, hip hop, live pa & audio

DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin

A BASEMENT BOOGIE, TROUBLE DJS & GUESTS, BERLIN,

SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID

JERK ALERT, WASTED LITTLE DJS, RED, Indie meets early

EVOL, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop,

rock n roll & electro, £5 (£3)

ANTICS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo,

CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games,

DE LUXE, RESIDENTS, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with

ALTER EGO, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie,

TUES 17 APR

alternative, £2, £1 students

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO

THURS 19 APR

QUIZNATION: THE JUICY DANGLER, THE QUIZMASTER,

club classics, £tbc

visual images, £3, free b4 11.30pm

rotating guests in the back, £2, free b4 12am/ members RESIDENTS, BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, £5, free b4 10pm

£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, £4.50 (£3.50), free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, Free KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, £3 JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk anthems, £5, free b4 10pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, Free

MEDINA, RnB, soul, funk & disco, £4, £2 b4 12am

CLUB SIMBA, RED ALERT, WELLAZ & GUESTS, THE JAZZ

rock, Free

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

SHAKE, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), SHANGHAI

music all night long, Free

GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop,

TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard WE ARE … ELECTRIC, GARY MAC & GUESTS, CABARET

House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, £8 (£4)

motown, alternative & soul, £5, free b4 11.30pm YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, Free

night, £5

free b4 11pm

& grime, £5

SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY,

& REMNANT KINGS, THE BONGO CLUB, Charity band

BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, £3,

£6

FRI 13 APR

2 TIMES PARTY, DJ JONNY 2 TIMES, THE BONGO CLUB,

SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), THE LOW MIFFS, THE

SATURDAY CIRCUS, GARETH CRUIKSHANK, BABES & DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come SPANKY, RED, A Snatch style affair, Free play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, Free SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & DELICIOUS, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop ASTROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Mosa Funk

SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, Free ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash, TEASE AGE, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, Indie & leftfield, £4 (£3)

electrodiscopunkfunkbreakseclectic supercollider, Free

ALLSORTS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese 8pm for the advanced, £5 TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET & party, £2, free b4 12am VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, £2, THE EGG, CHRIS & PAUL, WEE RED BAR, Indie, garage,

SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID

SPIES IN THE WIRES, THE BE BE SEE, CABARET VOLTAIRE,

KAYOS, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, Free PUSHIN’ BUTTONS, ROTATION OF LOCALS, RED,

SAT 14 APR

CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, Free

£5 (£4), £3 members

THE SKINNY RECOMMENDS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS

students & Industry folk, indie, rock & funk, £3, free for students/industry RESIDENTS, THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, Free JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, £6, free THE LATIN QUARTER, RESIDENTS, MEDINA, Salsa, funk & latin house, Free b4 12am MOJO, RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Modern music & timeless classics, £3, free b4 12am 100% DYNAMITE, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Dub to PONY CLUB, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & disco, £6, £4 b4 12am hip hop, £4 (£3) 2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip ROCK KARAOKE, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock Karaoke, Free hop for under 18s only (14-17), £5

AFTERDARK, JO MILLS, NEIL BARTLEY, CABARET

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS EDINBURGH CLUBS

PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to house, Free

THE PIT, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal, Free

resident DJs, £3, free b4 12am

EVOL, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative beats & rock, £5

FAKE, THE EVERLASTING BLINK, STUDIO 24, Electro house, £5 (£4)

FAST PUNK CLUB, DAMN SHAMES, THE BONGO CLUB, Punk, disco, electro garage, £5

GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to house, £4, £3 b4 11pm

GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, £6

JACHAMMER, PHIL KIERAN, EGO, Northern Irish techno, £10

JAM FRIDAY, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, £2

MISFITS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, £2 Pre-club with indie & rock, Free NIGHT TRAIN, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT), TOASTER, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, £3, Free free b4 11.30pm OUTLINES, EDINBURGH UNI INDIE SOC. DJS, CITY CAFÉ, TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG, BIG HAND, LITTLE DOSES Indie club, Free

LISTINGS

www.skinnymag.co.uk

April 07 ISSUE NINETEEN

HAMILTONS Hamilton’s has a strong reputation as one of the best pubs for dining in the capital, and on the evidence of this visit, there is no reason to expect that kudos will fade. Dishes here tend to showcase either high quality traditional fare, or a confident blend of modern contrasting flavours. The parsnip soup is fresh and hearty, whereas goats cheese and beetroot salad offers a tangy opener. Following this, gorgonzola and walnut are used to liven up chicken, and a thick cut of Scottish steak is confidently and perfectly done. Too often in British restaurants I have asked for medium rare steak, only to be brought

HIGH QUALITY TRADITIONAL FARE AND CONFIDENT MODERN FLAVOURS medium or even well done steak, as if I couldn’t possibly have known what I meant. Not here. The desserts of cranachan and apple crumble fit firmly into the traditional category, but are a hearty end to a recommended, restaurant-like meal. [RJ Thomson]

(TWO COURSES £20, £25 FOR THREE, PLUS WINE) 18 HAMILTON PLACE, EDINBURGH, 0131 226 4199 ON SUNDAYS ACOUSTIC SESSIONS WILL ACCOMPANY YOUR MEAL FROM 5.30PM.

EDINBURGH CLUBS SUN 1 APR

ALL BACK TO MINE, RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Eclectic

CATCH 22

A LITTLE MORE OF YOSSARIAN’S LEFTFIELD ATTITUDE, AND CATCH 22 WOULD REALLY BENEFIT

When my grilled sardine starter arrives with crispy skin, the flesh between the little bones is sweet and lovely. But I’m surprised that the lemon and butter isn’t softer. My dining companion is underwhelmed by the sweet potato soup, too. “Needs more seasoning”, she grumbles. It’s a pity because up until then Catch 22 had been doing brilliantly. G1 Group’s new fish restaurant looks gorgeous: decked out in rich warm reds and browns, the lights are dim enough to make the booths cosy but bright enough to make the silverware shine. And the service is spot on. My main course is much better, a raft

of juicy roast halibut with sauce vierge, on asparagus and a very buttery mash. Yum. Monica has scallops and a salty pea and ham risotto which she enjoys but isn’t blown away by. It’s all good food, just not terribly imaginative. A little more of Yossarian’s leftfield attitude, and Catch 22 would really benefit. [Cara McGuigan] MAIN COURSE AND STARTER, AVERAGE £25 WITHOUT WINE. CATCH 22, 158-166 BATH ST, GLASGOW 0141 331 6222 WWW.SOCIALANIMAL.CO.UK

mix of personal favourites, £3, free b4 11pm BABY DOLL, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Funky house, £5, free b4 11.30pm

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

visual images, £3, free b4 11.30pm

ELECTRO NOISES, JAMES, GRAND FUNK DYNASTY, THE VOID, THE BONGO CLUB, Eclectic set, £5 (£3.50) HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house &

CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games,

INDI-GO, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie &

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

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO £3, free b4 11pm

house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, Free

COUNCIL, Fresh house tunes each week, Free

DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin

LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, £4 (£2), £1 Centro

card

HELLRAISERS BALL, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Commercial rock & metal, Free KAYOS, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, Free POLYPHONIQUE, RESIDENTS, EGO, Dance, £5

wildlife, lager

PROVISIONS: it’s pretty much okay to drink coffee in

CLIENTELE: Leithers, Swedes and the occasional Neep

here, like you’re not some non-alcoholic traitor, but really you should be drinking beer

MAGIC MOMENT: when the staff get up on the bar to

CLIENTELE: Glaswegians and a few non-Glaswegians,

sing traditional Swedish songs, and they’re all cute in a Swedish way (as in, better looking than us)

basically

ATMOSPHERE: really good: we’re recommending it

concrete plinth things; no doubt they help keep the things upright, but they’re also good for putting one foot up on and looking cool, like a cowboy – you’ll get it when you see ‘em

MAGIC MOMENT: the tables are set in these solid

aren’t we?

OPENER: “Of course moose sausage just isn’t what it used to be. I don’t know what to make of this new milleniwhatsit, but it’s rubbish compared to the last one. The progression of human understanding can generally be traced in the quality of moose sausage, don’t you think?” – pessimism and ethnic cuisine, you’ll be so in...

OPENER: “I feel like a fish in ‘ere. Do you want to come home with me and my eels?” – don’t blink when you say this or they’ll have second thoughts BAR TEN, 10 MITCHELL LANE, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, G1

photo: Jethro Collins

photo: Mark Dorrian

3NU, 0141 572 1448

ISSUE NINETEEN April 07

WE ARE … ELECTRIC, GARY MAC & GUESTS, CABARET

BEAT ROOT JUICE CLUB, RESIDENT BAND THE GOAT STEW ORCHESTRA & RESIDENT DJ B*WAX, THE JAZZ

SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

HOUSEBOUND, RESIDENTS, EGO, Sexy house, funky

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

stuff, electro & disco with DJs from Edinburgh & Glasgow, £5 I FLY SPITFIRES, RESIDENTS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Pop, rock, indie, disco, £3 LUCKYME, RESIDENTS, CITY CAFÉ, Hip hop, soul & off beats, Free

TRADE UNION, KAV, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, £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, £4.50 (£3.50), free after 9 P-HAZE, BARAKA, Mashup, Free KINKEY, HENRYS CELLAR, Flamenco, latin & reggae, £3 JEZ HILL, LULU, Classic pop & funk anthems, £5, free b4 10pm MONKEY BOY, PIVO CAFFE, Various music, Free ANTICS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, Free

TUES 3 APR

DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, Free DELICIOUS, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & grime, £5 FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House music all night long, Free JERK ALERT, THE WASTED LITTLE DJS, RED, Uncool music, Free MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, Free REWIND, RESIDENTS, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, £2, ladies free b4 12am SPITFIRES SOCIAL CLUB, RESIDENTS, RED, Indie social club, Free SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, Free

Med & Middle Eastern nigtclub, £5 (£4)

CLASS!, DJ LUCKY LUCIANO, SUBWAY COWGATE, Vintage cheese, student anthems & requests, £2, £1 students, free b4 12am

LIFESTYLE

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TOKYOBLU, RESIDENTS, EGO, House & disco with live

XPLICIT, ENO, PAUL RESET, THE BONGO CLUB, Drum & Bass, £6

TROUBLE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Big gay disco to hip hop & broken beats, Free

DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, free b4 12am

RESIDENTS, THE MALTINGS, Open Mic, Free JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Upfront & classic tunes, £6, free

SAT 7 APR

hop for under 18s only (14-17), £5

ALLSORTS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Chart, cheese & party, £2, free b4 12am

THE EGG, RUSSELL BRAND & HIS MATES, WEE RED BAR,

anthems, £2

Indie, garage, punk, ska & more at the Art College’s long running institution, £5, £4 students/members GIVE IT SOME, DJRED6, THE BONGO CLUB, Funk, soul, disco, hip hop, £6 (£4) LIQUID SOUL, MARK B & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Chirpy music, £6, £3 b4 11pm

all night, £3 (£2)

Eclectic mix of tunes, Free

CLUB FREEFLOW, MARKO DE VAL, COCTEAU LOUNGE (EGO), Eclectic electronica, £5 (£4)

GENETIC, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Night of rock

GRAFITTI, KIPP$ & MASTER CAIRD, MEDINA, Party tunes LOUNGE, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT),

QUIZNATION: THE JUICY DANGLER, THE QUIZMASTER, BANK HOTEL, Quest for knowledge, strive

for perfection, every question counts, with free nibbles, £1/person SALSA DISCO, RESIDENTS, CUBA NORTE, Salsa dance & tasty tapas, Free

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

THE SKINNY INDIE DISCO, RESIDENTS & GUESTS, PIVO CAFFE, Indie classics, mash-ups & links, Free

SNATCH SOCIAL, SNATCH RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Messy night guaranteed at eclectic student bash,

£5 (£4), £3 members

SYNTHETIC, CRYSTAL DISTORTION, THE BONGO CLUB, Techno, £5

TOKYO KYOUYOU, SCOTT GRANGER, TOKYO, Funky house, RnB & hip hop, £4 (£3)

TRAFFIC, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Indie & alternative, Free

THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS, ASSEMBLY BAR, Jazz to breakbeats, Free JEZ HILL, LULU, Electro-pop, classics & disco, £5, free b4 10pm

FRI 6 APR

CLUB CLASSICS, SCOTT ELLIOT, CRAIG GEE & GAV GRANT ON ROTATION, PIVO CAFFE, Classic club music from the past 15 years, Free

CULT, DJ NICKI & GUESTS, PO NA NA, Hip hop, disco, funk & RnB, £5, £2.50 b4 11pm

DE LUXE, RESIDENTS, HUDSON CLUB, Funky house with resident DJs, £3, free b4 12am

EVOL, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie, hip hop, alternative beats & rock, £5

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, FREQBEAT, ABSOLUTE CHANCER, RED, Electrohouse, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social dancing at

rock, Free

BAR, Live afrobeat, latin & ska, Free

THE SUNSET OF PERSIA, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB,

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TOXIK, DJ NU-CLEAR , OPIUM, New & old metal & hard

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

WED 4 APR

65 HENDERSON STREET, EDINBURGH, EH6 6ED, 0131 555 7019

VOLTAIRE, Freestyle, ska, house, disco, funk, soul, £6

BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, £3,

free b4 11pm

SHAKE, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), SHANGHAI (UNDERNEATH LE MONDE), House, soulful & funky, £3

SIENTELO!, RESIDENTS, EL BARRIO, Latin America music mixed with chart tunes, Free

2HOT, RITCHIE RUFTONE & FRIENDS, EGO, RnB & hip

8pm for the advanced, £5

PROVISIONS: bar snacks and the meat of northern

SALSA CARIBE!, RESIDENTS, THE LOT, Salsa DJs on the

SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), PENNY BLACKS, THE

BERLIN, Esoteric & eclectic music, Free

HAPPY MONDAYS, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, Night for

like a fish in a tank, only there are more dulled chrome surfaces and fewer day-glo Atlantis ruins

techno & house, £5

A BASEMENT BOOGIE, TROUBLE DJS & QUANTIC,

dancehall, soul & Polish hip hop, Free

where they had the sense to install a bar

electrodiscopunkfunkbreakseclectic supercollider, Free

RESTLESS, KEV FRASER & FLIPMODE, STUDIO 24, Funky

PUSHIN’ BUTTONS, ROTATION OF LOCALS, RED,

MON 2-APR

CODE RED, DJ PRISMAT, RED, Rap,

INSIDE: there’s a giant window, so you can feel a bit

residents, £5

PLANET EARTH, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, 80s tunes with

THURS 5 APR

free b4 11pm

INSIDE: pretty small, pretty full; a bit like a house party

bleep, industrial, punk & eighties, Free

b4 12am

club, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm

BAR TEN, GLASGOW

Indie club, Free

TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, Free DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, £4,

TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary gay-friendly

SOFI’S, LEITH

KAYOS, RESIDENTS, OPIUM, Rock, metal & indie, Free NEON, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Goth, indie,

OUTLINES, EDINBURGH UNI INDIE SOC. DJS, CITY CAFÉ,

TASTE, FISHER & PRICE, MISS CHRIS & MARTIN VALENTINE, DAVE BEGG, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Legendary

BARAKA, Open decks night, Free

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£5 (£4)

STIR FRIED, B-SIDES & BOOTROSS ROCK, THE OUTHOUSE, special wooden dancefloor, £5, £4 b4 9.30pm Pre-club with indie & rock, Free TROUBLE 5TH BIRTHDAY, KWAME, BABYHEAD, TOASTER, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, Breaks & Bobs, £3, TROUBLE DJS, NEIL FERRIS & NICK YUILL, CABARET free b4 11.30pm

LIQUID ROOM, Weekly dance club, £4 (£2), £1 Centro

club, £3 (£2)

SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS,

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Free

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON,

rotating guests in the back, £2, free b4 12am/ members WHAT NEXT, RESIDENTS, EGO, Indie, artrock & agit-pop, £3 RESIDENTS, BARAKA, Funk, soul, disco, dancehall & reggae, Free MASH & JON PLEASED, LULU, Past & future electronic classics, £5, free b4 10pm ALTER EGO, RESIDENTS, PO NA NA, DJ Diverse with indie, rock n roll & electro, £5 (£3)

mixed with chart tunes, Free

your free time, we have hunted high and low through Scotland’s city-scapes, to bring a bit of sparkle back into your social life; these places are perfect for entertaining special friends, and meeting new ones. Not only do we review the drinks, food and entertainment, but more importantly, the atmosphere, the clientele and those particular details that make these bars unique.

THE PIT, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock & metal,

house with live percussion & sax from Pepe & saXingh, £3 (£2), free b4 11pm ELECTRIC, DJ KOFI, PO NA NA, Turntablism, hip hop, £8 (£7) FRESHMODE, PEAS & DJG, CITY CAFÉ (DOWNSTAIRS), Hip hop, breaks, funk & open mic, Free

TACKNO, TRENDY WENDY & FANCY NANCY, LULU,

SIENTELO!, RESIDENTS, EL BARRIO, Latin America music

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house, Free

DISUKO, JOHN TOKYOBLU, TOKYO, Upfront disco, latin

UNKNOWN PLEASURES, RESIDENTS, TEVIOT UNION, Indie

(UNDERNEATH LE MONDE), House, soulful & funky, £3

COMPETITION

PAUL DALY, PAUL DALY, PIVO CAFFE, Free flowing funk to

OCTANE, RESIDENTS, WEE RED BAR, Rock & heavy metal,

£3, free b4 11pm

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

SHAKE, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), SHANGHAI

MISSION STATEMENT

nineties youth club disco, Free

Free

CLUB, Diverse selection of music, free internet & games,

percussion, £9 (£8), £7 (£6) b4 12am

free b4 11pm

Where it’s at...

JERK ALERT, WASTED LITTLE DJS, RED, Indie meets early

NIGHT TRAIN, RESIDENTS, LIBERTY’S BAR (HERIOT-WATT),

CURIOUS? SUNDAY JOINT, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO

SOUNDPROOF OPEN DECKS, SOUNDPROOF DJS,

BONGO CLUB, Alternative music for justified sinners, £3,

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INSOMNIA, WARNER POWERS & CLAUDIO, PRIVE’

beats & breaks, mashup, £3, £2 eccf, free b4 11pm GET FUNK’D, DOUBLE D & ISLA, MEDINA, Hip hop to house, £4, £3 b4 11pm GROOVEJET, TONY MCHUGH, TOKYO, Dancefloor hits, £6 JAM FRIDAY, RESIDENTS, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Pop & cheese, £2 MINGIN’, ALAN JOY, STUDIO 24, Sexy popular house, £5 MISFITS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Indie, electro, punk, rock, retro & a tequila girl, £2

(£5)

SCOTTISH HOBO SOCIETY (LIVE), THE DIALS, THE

photo: James Gray

club classics, £tbc

alternative, £2, £1 students

FRICTION, DEREK MARTIN & STUART JOHNSTON,

photo: Jethro Collins

9, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club playing chart, £4 HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, £4, free b4 11pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, Free CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, £5 (£4)

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE RESTAURANTS & BARS

MUCH MORE, NASTY P & CUNNIE, MEDINA, Hip-hop & funk cuts , £4, £3 b4 11pm

PARTY NIGHT, DJ PAPI & ALEX GATO , EL BARRIO, Salsa night with free classes from 10pm, Free RETRIBUTION, RESIDENTS, STUDIO 24, Goth music for the old, £5, £3 students

SATURDAY CIRCUS, GARETH CRUIKSHANK, BABES & SPANKY, RED, A Snatch style affair, Free SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, ERIK D’VIKING & ASTROBOY, THE JAZZ BAR, Live music from Washington Street, £5, free b4 11.30pm

SEITEKI SATURDAYS, RESIDENTS, TOKYO, Funky house, £6

SOPHISTIFUNK, JOHN HUTCHISON (TOKYOBLU), CITY, House remixes, funky RnB & bootlegs, £8 (£4)

SOULCIAL, DENNIS PROBERT & YOGI HAUGHTON, BAR 99, Early soul session, Free

SUMO, DAVE SPOON, BERLIN, House, £10 (£8) TEASE AGE, RESIDENTS, CITRUS CLUB, All things rock, motown, alternative & soul, £5, free b4 11.30pm

ULTRAGROOVE, SPIRIT CATCHER, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Underground house music, £8 VEGAS, RESIDENTS, EGO, Retro, £10 (£7)

YUMMI RECORDS, YUMMI DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Yummi Records showcase - DJs & local talent, Free

GARETH SOMERVILLE (ULTRAGROOVE) & JONNIE LYLEY (SCRATCH), ASSEMBLY BAR, House to hip hop, Free

DANNY TENNENT, GARETH SOMERVILLE, ISLA BLIGE & THE BLOND FLASH, LULU, Soul, funk, house & latin, £7, free b4 12am

RESIDENTS, OPAL LOUNGE, Saturday night soiree, £6, free b4 12am

SUN 8 APR

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

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

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

visual images, £3, free b4 11.30pm

BARAKA, Open decks night, Free

Playboy Bunny dress code, £8 (£6)

gay-friendly club, £8 (£6), £5 b4 11.30pm TASTE FOREPLAY, MISS CHRIS, BARAKA, Pre-taste, Free VELVET, RESIDENTS, STUDIO 24, Ladies night, £tbc DAVA, LULU, Hip hop, funk, head nodding beats, £4, free b4 11pm

MON 9 APR

SALSA DANCE CLASSES, SALSA HEADS, THE BONGO

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

8pm for the advanced, £5

TRADE UNION, DJ BEEFY & WOLFJAZZ, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Night for deserving bar & club staff, £2, £1

TUES 10 APR

ANTICS, RESIDENTS, SUBWAY COWGATE, Rock, emo, punk & metal, Free

DARK PLANET OPEN MUSIC, PUBLIC, BARAKA, Come play your vinyl, CDs, iPod, mp3 player or laptop, Free DELICIOUS, RESIDENTS, THE BONGO CLUB, Strictly hip hop & RnB, Free THE DIAMOND DICE, MR. JINX, MASSA, Hip hop, RnB & grime, £5 FRUNT, DJ STUART JOHNSTON, THE LIQUID ROOM, House music all night long, Free MOTHERFUNK, FRYER & GINO, OPAL LOUNGE, Original soul, funk, disco, latin & hip hop, Free REWIND, RESIDENTS, PRIVE’ COUNCIL, 100% upfront RnB & hip hop, £2, ladies free b4 12am SPITFIRES SOCIAL CLUB, RESIDENTS, RED, Indie social club, Free SPLIT, EDINBURGH LOCALS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blend of house, techno, drum & bass, breakbeat, healthy midweek rave, Free

SWING DANCE CLASSES, SWINGERS, THE BONGO CLUB, Beginners at 7pm, advanced at 8pm, social dancing at 9, £4 (£3) for one, £6 (£5) for both VIBE, JAMES LONGWARTH, EGO, Weekly gay club playing chart, £4 HOBBES, LULU, Eclectic set, £4, free b4 11pm TROUBLE DJS, PIVO CAFFE, Troublesome selection, Free

WED 11 APR

CHAMBLES, DJ JEZ HILL, OPAL LOUNGE, Funk & chart, £5 (£4)

HOT SUSHI, LISA LITTLEWOOD, TOKYO, Funky house & club classics, £tbc

INDI-GO, RESIDENTS, THE LIQUID ROOM, Indie &

April 07 ISSUE NINETEEN

PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free rock n roll, punk & electro, £4 (£3), free b4 10.30pm PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR- LOLLIPOP, RESIDENTS, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie, £3 (£2, LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, Free

SUN 22 APR

BLOC + JAM, MR. CRAIG GRANT, LOUIS ABBOT & KENNY REID, BLOC, Open mic, Free CLUB CUBA!, RESIDENTS, FAVELA, Latin rhythms, Free CLUB PRIORY: RETOX ROOMS, DJ RICHARD LEVINSON, BLANKET, RnB, £5 (£3) COLD NIGHT SONG, RESIDENTS, THE GOAT, Guests & DJs play acoustic gems, Free

£1), free b4 9pm

ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text message at this interactive club night, £3

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, £4 (£3), free b4 11pm/

12.30am with matric

PUMP UP THE JAM, RESIDENTS, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, £2

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, Funk, soul & latin grooves, Free

RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with BAR, Disco electro, £4 (£3) RUBBERMENSCH, RESIDENTS, ABC2, A night for indie other boogie next door, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/ 12.30pm with matric

JUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk fea-

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

turing live percussion by Duffy, £3, free with matric OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, Maxi- THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE GAmum eclectic, £6 (£5) RAGE, Chart anthems, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP SPANK, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up, NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, electronica, Free £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock, £5 12 HOUR TUESDAYS, SSU, Chart music & live comedy, (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Retro, £2, free b4 3pm britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, £5 (£3), free b4 ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, 11.30pm with PIYP RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

FRI 27 APR

TUES 24 APR

THE SKINNY RECOMMENDS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS

INSIDE OUT, EDDIE HALLIWELL, UNEK, ADAM SHERIDAN, THE ARCHES, Hard dance, £tbc KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, £tbc MELTING POT, SIMON CORDINER & ANDREW PIRIE,

PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

THE ADMIRAL, Underground disco, £10

SUN 29 APR

NU-SCHOOL, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, £6 OPEN DEX, RESIDENTS, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring vinyl/CDs if you think you can do better, £1, £2 non-members SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, snapshot of the ever-evolving house blueprint, £8, £5 b4 12am UN-SCENE, PAUL, BLOC, House, techno & electro, Free

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, Free

TRIPTYCH: PRINS THOMAS & LINDSTROM, THE SUB CLUB, Cosmic disco house, £12

DJs play acoustic gems, Free VALLEY OF THE DOLLS NOIR EVENING, GREGOR LAIRD, MADDAM S & MORE, BLACKFRIARS, Eclectic, £6 DISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other VOODOO, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, £6 (£3)

DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP

DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, house, £10 TRIPTYCH: SPEKTRUM, FUJIYA & MIYAGI, DIGITAL MYSTIKZ, CLASSIC GRAND, Eclectic, £12

boogie next door, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/12.30pm with matric JUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk featuring live percussion by Duffy, £3, free with matric OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, Maximum eclectic, £6 (£5) SPANK, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP

Scoots CRINGLETIE HOUSE HOTEL

Festspy

Philosophers tend to be depressives. Rather than dwell on the implications of this otherwise irrelevant introduction – those who think hard about life and what it’s worth tend to get the dumps – I intend to take a simple and optimistic message from it: it’s good to treat yourself every so often.

Festivals and Scotland go together like nosey policemen and sacrificial rituals, and this year is set to be hotter than ever. Announced this past month was Rock Ness, on the weekend of 9 and 10 June, with a line up including the Chemical Brothers, Charlatans, and Daft Punk, among many other top names to please lovers of indie and dance alike. Taking place on the shores of Loch Ness, the legendary setting is a major advantage of this rapidly growing event.

by RJ Thomson

I HAVEN’T EATEN TOO MANY OTHER FOIE GRAS AND MUSHROOM CRISPS, OR PORT MOUSSES FOR THAT MATTER

Cringletie House is a luxurious hotel in an old castle, about an hour south of Edinburgh on the road to Peebles. The hotel and reception rooms are all individual and expertly tasteful; the restaurant has a grand mantelpiece and a full Victorian painted ceiling (it’s the little things…), and wood burning fires abound. There are, as you’d expect, stunning views in all directions.

I know this to be true because this month I found myself trying the menu degustation at Cringletie: seven courses (nine if you count the canapés and amuse bouche) of the best food I’ve tasted. The only vaguely concise reportage I can offer is a list of highlights: the names will mostly do the talking. The canapés include a foie gras and mushroom crisp with a port mousse. I haven’t eaten too many other foie gras and mushroom crisps, or port mousses for that matter, to compare to Cringletie’s; but this is touching the top of the scale of my dining experiences.

Apart from its ‘treat’ status as a fancy destination, Cringletie has one great selling point: new head chef Jimmy Desrivieres. He’s the dog’s bollocks in the kitchen. In fact, in the kitchen, he’d probably fry the dog’s bollocks in lark’s tongue sauce and serve them

The entrées – yes, there are two – include scallops on a puree of celeriac and truffle, and, even better, roast pigeon with smoked pancetta served with chestnut cappuccino. Half way through is the granité, a sorbetlike palette cleanser made from Glankinchie whisky and

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk, CAMOUFLAGE, DOM D’SILVA & DECKNITION, SOUND£4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

HAUS, Techno, £tbc

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

COMPUTELOVE, RESIDENTS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Elec-

ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, Free

tronic sounds, Free

FOLK IT!, FOLKS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Up & coming folk musician session, Free FUNKY LUV,, PLAY, Driving vocal house, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, Inflatables & groovy tunes,

DAS BOOT, RESIDENTS, BLOC, Eclectic, Free ELECTROBALL, RESIDENTS, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave,

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

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

KARBON, Dance, £5 (£4)

school tunes, £6

WED 25 APR

DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alternative music, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, Free JOINTS & JAMS, RESIDENTS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night in Glasgow, £3 (£2) MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, Free NEW FLESH, RESIDENTS, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, industrial & alternative music, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm OCTOPUSSY, RESIDENTS, THE ARCHES, bouncy castle, swimming pool, jacuzzi & wedding chapel, £4 TONGUE IN CHEEK, RESIDENTS, BAMBOO, Lounge, RnB & indie, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, Free

THURS 26 APR

*.*, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, £3 ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

BABAZA, RESIDENTS, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, £6, free b4 11pm

CHIX ON DEX, RESIDENTS, CHINAWHITE, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, £4, free b4 11pm

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

CLUB NME, THE HOOSIERS, THE ARCHES, Indie rock party, £5 (£3)

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

FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record

Playerz in the bar, £4 (£3)

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

THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul & motown, Free

HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip hop to nasty electro, £3, £2 matric. card

HORRORSHOW, V-2 SCHNEIDER, FIREWATER, Indie,

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To run through the dishes in such a way may be descriptively lazy, but goes some way to demonstrating the range of Desrivieres’ scope (he is generally southern French in his inspiration, grounded by locally sourced produce) and the risk-taking confidence of his combinations. Luxury living is often excessive, useless and irrelevant, but this exquisite food has character and joie de vivre. The food at Cringletie tastes so good it could be an antidote for existentialism. THE MENU DEGUSTATION IS £55 PER PERSON, BUT OH SO

Connect Festival (31 Aug - 2 Sep) looks set to be pretty ace too. Set at Inveraray Castle next to Loch Fyne (there’s a trend here), the line-up includes Bjork, the recently reformed Jesus and Mary Chain, the Go! Team, Primal Scream, LCD Soundsystem and our cover stars CSS. So if you like your sounds loud and raunchy, you’ll want to be there.

WORTH IT. OTHER DINING OPTIONS, INCLUDING AFTERNOON TEA, ARE AVAILABLE. CRINGLETIE HOUSE, EDINBURGH RD, PEEBLES, 01721 725750

On a less musical note, The Skinny is pleased to announce the renewal of our Edinburgh Festival coverage partnership with Fest (not SkinnyFest, as last year) running throughout August. Like The Skinny, it will be free, fun and first rate, but unlike The Skinny it will be published twice weekly, and in a handy pocket-sized A5 format. We’re very excited, not least ‘cause we did the Mini Skinny last year and enjoyed being dinky. Of course, that there Festival is good craic too. If you’d like to find out about advertising your venue or show, the usual Skinny channels will put you on the right track. WWW.ROCKNESS.CO.UK

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

T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON,

blood oranges, served between the main courses. The fish dish is sea bass on black rice and sea urchin risotto, the meat lamb with pistachio croûte. After local cheeses the desert is a kind of chocolate heaven thing. A lot like heaven; a lot of chocolate.

rock & punk, £tbc

£5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP

KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, RESIDENTS, ABC2, Old school

you on oyster toast. And you’d be well pleased, because it’d taste amazing. A culinary star has come to Scotland.

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS GLASGOW CLUBS

FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLANFRIDAY STREET, RESIDENTS, BLACKFRIARS, Soul & mod, £5 KINKY AFRO, TRIPTYCH: NEIL LANDSTRUMM, SLEEPLESS CREW, THE SUB CLUB, BASS, £8 MUNGO’S HI FI, SISTER CAROL & SISTER NANCY, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Queens of reggae music, £12

NOJ, RESIDENTS, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, £6

Rock Ness 2006

(£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old PRESSURE, DERRICK CARTER, SLAM, ADAM BEYER, STEVE RACHMAND, THE ARCHES, Techno, £tbc RED & GOLD ROOM, RESIDENTS, ARTA, Soul musak, £7, free b4 11pm

SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Free STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINAWHITE, House, £8 (£5)

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

TOXIC POP, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, £5, free b4

11pm/12.30am students

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

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Clyde 1, £5 (£3) TRIPTYCH: CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, GILLES PETERSON, KENNY DIXON JR., TRAMWAY, World, house, dub, £18

SAT 28 APR

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

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm

with matric.

AUDIO, DJ AIDEN, BLOC, House, techno & electro, FreeBAD ROBOT, TRIPTYCH: ETIENNE DE CRECY, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats, £6 (£5),

£2 GSA, free after 12am

BEDLAM, RESIDENTS, QMU, Goth, £4 DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current tunes, open decks, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm

DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, £6 (£5) GROOVEJET, RESIDENTS, MAS, house & RnB, £7 (£5) HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul, electro & disco, Free HOME COOKIN’, RESIDENTS, BELO, Urban music showcase, £7, free b4 11pm

HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth RnB, jazz & funk, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Classics, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

LISTINGS

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by Tristan Trinity

ARIES Unexpected Japanese encounters coming your way. Lucky colour: meat-pink.

TAURUS A secret you once kept and have since forgotten about now rears its ugly head. Face up to it and plant a tree to apologise to the god of fertility. Or go see a doctor.

GEMINI When you walk in to work on Thursday morning someone will have stolen the photo of your dwarf. David will die from old war injuries. No miracles will take place this month.

CANCER You idly toy with the idea of same sex relations. Go out, get drunk, do it. You will either glory triumphantly or end up in a clinic. Antipsychotics are quite good nowadays.

LEO Ex-planet Pluto will zodiac like hell in your sign this month. Resist all temptations to have SM sex, since this could result in a most nasty outcome. Lucky number: 185.

VIRGO Remember: if you fish in stormy seas, you will most likely get wet pants, and even when the sun shines, they will remain wet. Change your pants, or enjoy the squelch.

LIBRA As the new moon gets mercurial, you may feel anxious and sad. But just think of all the children in Somalia. Yeah, bitch: it’s not all bad, is it?

SCORPIO As temperatures rise, your fortunes will drop. Avoid the misfortune April will bring by avoiding people altogether. Venus will bring you relief, but only if you don’t moan about things. Remember, stay inside!

SAGITTARIUS You will have at least one conversation about alternative power resources and what they can do for you! Just don’t believe that Blair fucker.

CAPRICORN Mars is tricky: it’s big, red, slimy and scary. When you least expect it, jungle animals will appear, tables will collapse, and Robin Williams will be in your children’s bedroom.

AQUARIUS BEWARE! Although things are tough, the moon will be filthy and cause jocularities at your expense. Be on your guard for tricksters and gig tickets.

Go Away! TO DUBLIN

£6 (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am

& motown, Free

DBLSPK, MR. PAULI, STEVO ROBERTSON, HUDSON MOHAWK, BLACKFRIARS, Electro, £8 DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current

HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip hop to nasty electro via the rest, £3, £2 matric. card

HORRORSHOW, YELLOW BENTINES, DELTA AUDIO CLUB, FIREWATER, Indie, rock n roll,

by Richard Molloy

I find it in the taxi on the way from Dublin airport. Dublin, that is. The satellite navigation system voices directions to the driver, and the driver responds, defiant, irate, proprietary. “At the next junction, turn right.”

punk & electro, £4 (£3), free b4 10.30pm LOLLIPOP, RESIDENTS, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm

“I will in me hole.”

message at this interactive club night, £3

This is it. This is Dublin. The taxi driver who talks to the satellite navigation as if it were a human being, the alacrity with which he does so, the total absence of self-consciousness – this is Dublin.

BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, £4 (£3), free b4

MIXED BIZNESS, DJ FOOD VS. DK, BOOM MONK BEN, THE SUB CLUB, Solid Steel, £8, £6 b4 12am ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, 11pm/12.30am with matric

PUMP UP THE JAM, RESIDENTS, SSU, Old school cheese, live bands & funky house, £2

RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, Funk, soul & latin grooves, Free

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

I want somehow to preserve it, to capture it and replicate it so I can show it to people and say, “Look, this is Dublin. You’ll not find it anywhere else. It’s Dublin. Don’t you just love it?” This little episode with the taxi driver; I’m tempted to see it as the culmination of everything that has gone before in this city, the whole history of Dublin, the whole present unloaded with one whip of the tongue. I’m tempted to construe it as a metaphor for a nation unaccustomed to and ill-equipped to cope with its newfound material wealth. But then all of a sudden I’m down on the city. I don’t love it anymore. Where do I find the love again? Perhaps the magic of Dublin is to be found in the pub. Perhaps there is a unique social experience on offer here. But the way Dublin drinks disturbs me. There is something sinister behind the wild abandon of the city on a Friday and Saturday night. How hideous, I wonder, is the malady repressed throughout the week that surfaces so feverishly every weekend? Why do those who have “never had it so good” sink to violence and vomit when released from service to the almighty Irish economy? Of course, the inhabitants of every city in the western world could ask themselves similar questions.

BAR, Disco electro, £4 (£3)

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

THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE

GARAGE, Chart anthems, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with

PIYP

CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, Free of Dublin Castle, the excellent Chester Beatty Library awaits. This art museum and library houses a fine collection of Islamic manuscripts, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and other Oriental art. Its gardens are a little known oasis of calm in the heart of the city. From here, a short walk along Dame Street leads to the striking edifice that is Trinity College. Outside the city centre, the Dublin mountains are a neglected treasure. The walk along the seafront at Sandycove and out on to Dun Laoghaire pier is more popular though no less worthwhile. A visit to Teddy’s ice-cream shop is de rigueur for all who make this trip. It is in Sandycove, too, that you’ll find the Martello tower in which James Joyce set the first episode of Ulysses. The tower is now the James Joyce Museum.

“LOOK, THIS IS DUBLIN. YOU’LL NOT FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE. IT’S DUBLIN. DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT?”

In any case, Dublin has more to offer than its pubs. The bad reputation of Temple Bar is to some extent justified. Along its cobbled streets you will invariably encounter some obnoxious strain of stag or hen party. Nevertheless, the “cultural quarter” of Dublin is home to two of my favourite places, the Project Arts Centre, and my beloved Irish Film Institute. Nearby, within the grounds

But all of this is not what I really seek. If Dublin has a distinct identity, if there is something unique and true to love about the city, it was there in that taxi. Ireland has at times admonished itself for failing to sustain its own national tongue. But the Irish appropriation of English is something to be celebrated, and there is no better example of this than the English used in the capital city. Stand on a busy street corner and

listen. Nowhere else in the world speaks the English language so colourfully, so brutally, so truthfully.

FRI 13 APR

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

ART OF PARTIES, KISSY SELL OUT, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Electro stuff, £5

Do I love Dublin? I do in me hole.

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

BLITZKRIEG BOP, EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS, DOLBY ANOL DJS, SHAKES, DJ MEHDI, THE ARCHES, Eclectic,

GETTING AWAY

£6 (£4)

Choose Ryanair, the cheapest and airline for Ireland.

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

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house sounds, £5, free b4 11pm

BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Retro,

STAYING AWAY

If you intend sleeping during your stay in Dublin, avoid the hotels of Temple Bar. There are a number of affordable guest houses on or in the vicinity of Harcourt Street and Stephen’s Green.

EATING AWAY

The Elephant and Castle restaurant in Temple Bar is the pig’s whiskers. You’ll remember the chicken wings for the rest of your mortal days. The burgers are special too, and the desserts. The difficulty is getting a table. Telephone bookings are not accepted. To make a reservation, walk in an hour or so before you intend to eat, then step outside to grimace at the hen parties.

britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP COMPUTELOVE, RESIDENTS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Electronic sounds, Free DAS BOOT, RESIDENTS, BLOC, Eclectic, Free ELECTROBALL, RESIDENTS, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk, £tbc FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RESIDENTS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, Free

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

NOJ, RESIDENTS, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

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

OOFT PRECLUB, ALI & GRAEME (SKYROCKET), TERMINAL BAR, Electronic/dub, Free

RED & GOLD ROOM, RESIDENTS, ARTA, Soul musak, £7, free b4 11pm

SEISMIC, BAS BRON, LETROSET & GUESTS, BLACKFRI-

PISCES The sun beckons on summer, but mid-April blues will set in if you don’t prepare. Hendricks, tonic and a bowl of sweeties will help you no-end, but take it easy.

ARS, Dutch funk & electro, £8

DIORAMA

Multrees Walk is generally recognised for having unleashed heavyweight fashion brands onto Edinburgh’s retail landscape: brands such as Louis Vuitton and Mulberry. Indeed, the glossy high-street attraction has until now been reserved for big-spending shopaholics and brand victims. But that’s all about to change, as two of The Walk’s empty glass-fronted retail units are set to become unique exhibition space for three talented Edinburgh-based artists. John Heffernan, Oliver Herbert & Ed Simpson – art students from Edinburgh College of Art – will this month unveil Diorama, a site specific installation that will uniquely respond to the fitting themes of retail life and the excesses of shopping and consumerism. Supported by the Edinburgh College of Art, the ambitious project will run for three months and will showcase an impressive variety of video work and mixed media sculptures. Designed to create maximum visual impact, Diorama looks set to present an intriguing alternative narrative in an environment usually populated with commercial messages. [Claire Morrison]

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DIORAMA, UNIT 20 & 22, MULTREES WALK, EDINBURGH; 20 APRIL TO 20 JULY 2007, FREE.

Techno gone wrong, £10

GROOVEJET, RESIDENTS, MAS, Weekly house & RnB

ELECTROBALL, RESIDENTS, KARBON, 80’s, nu-wave, rock

& that, £4 (£3)

& punk, £tbc

REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk, £2, £1 members

ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to rock, Free b4 12am

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

WED 18 APR

mix, £7 (£5)

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

electro & disco, Free

ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazil-

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

tive music, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP

HOME COOKIN’, RESIDENTS, BELO, Urban music show- ian Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, Free case, £7, free b4 11pm HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC JOINTS & JAMS, RESIDENTS, CUBE, The Longest running MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth

RnB, jazz & funk, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students I LOVE THE GARAGE, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Classics, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

RnB night in Glasgow, £3 (£2)

MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes

from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, Free NEW FLESH, RESIDENTS, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, industrial & alternative music, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, £tbc OCTOPUSSY, RESIDENTS, THE ARCHES, Student night with NU-SCHOOL, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern a bouncy castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chapel???, £4 soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics TONGUE IN CHEEK, RESIDENTS, BAMBOO, Lounge, downstairs, £6 RnB & indie, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric OPEN DEX, RESIDENTS, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/ WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, CDs if you think you can do better, £1, £2 non-mem£5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP bers MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock SIREN, KT RED & JT HOOKER, BLOC, House, techno & & indie, Free electro, Free

SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly

snapshot of the ever-evolving house blueprint, £8, £5 b4 12am VOODOO, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, £6 (£3) DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB & classics, funky house in the Mao room, £10 PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSORLEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, Free

RESIDENTS, REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas, Free

SUN 15 APR

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

MON 16 APR

THURS 19 APR

*.*, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, £3

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

BABAZA, RESIDENTS, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, £6, free b4 11pm

CHIX ON DEX, RESIDENTS, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funk-

students

TOXIC POP, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, £5, free b4

11pm/12.30am students

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

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

members

FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play-

erz in the bar, £4 (£3)

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

THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul & motown, Free

HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip hop to nasty electro via the rest, £3, £2 matric. card HORRORSHOW, FUTURO, FIREWATER, Indie, rock n roll, punk & electro, £4 (£3), free b4 10.30pm LOLLIPOP, RESIDENTS, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text message at this interactive club night, £3

PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS,

BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, £4 (£3), free b4

11pm/12.30am with matric

Funk, soul & latin grooves, Free

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

FRI 20 APR

RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

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

hip pop, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric

ANIMAL FARM, TURTLE & QUAILL, BLOC, House, techno

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

ART, Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, Free

BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock &

rock & indie dance, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

musician session, Free

Clyde 1, £5 (£3)

SAT 14 APR

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

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm

with matric.

AUDIO, DJ AIDEN, BLOC, House, techno & electro, Free

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

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FOLK IT!, FOLKS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Up & coming folk FUNKY LUV, RESIDENTS, PLAY, Driving vocal house, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, Inﬂatables & groovy tunes, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, RESIDENTS, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s, £3,

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

FREQ, SILICON SCALLY VS. THE WEE DJS, THE SUB CLUB, ELECTRO, £10 NOJ, RESIDENTS, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

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

OOFT PRECLUB, ALI & GRAEME (SKYROCKET), TERMINAL BAR, Electronic/dub, Free

RED & GOLD ROOM, RESIDENTS, ARTA, Soul musak, £7, free b4 11pm

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

STAYPLASTIC, BITSTREAM, BRUNSWICK HOTEL, Live electro, £10, £8 b4 12am

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

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

TOXIC POP, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, £5, free b4

11pm/12.30am students

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

ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYSTEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free JACKSON ANALOGUE, FIREWATER, Indie rock & punk

SAT 21 APR

CLUB NME, HELP SHE CAN’T SWIM, DANCE LAZARUS DANCE, THE ARCHES, Indie rock party, £5 (£3) CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, £2, £1

TUES 17 APR

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk &

DIRTY RAVE (ACEEEED), JOHNNY WHOOP (DEATH DISCO), PAUL RESET, HUDSON MOHAWK, AND OBE LIVE, GSA, Fundraiser for degree show, 9pm, £4/5 b4 12 FREAKMENOOVERS, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, BLAN-

& THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, Free

CIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY

BAR, Disco electro, £4 (£3) ian Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD FRESH, RESIDENTS, THE POLO LOUNGE, Popular gay venue RUBBERMENSCH, RESIDENTS, ABC2, A night for indie lovers, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. with house & indie, £5 SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE rock, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP GARAGE, Pop & rock, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart anthems, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP 12 HOUR TUESDAYS, RESIDENTS, SSU, Chart music & live CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, Free comedy, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS,

serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, Free

electro, £5 (£4), free b4 10.30pm GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde 1, £5 (£3)

ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazil-

pub/club workers

FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RESIDENTS, RUST BAR, Early doors

punk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, £4, free b4 11pm

WHITE, House, £8 (£5)

TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, £2 after 5pm, free 4

LIFESTYLE

FREEFALL, VALENTINO KANZYANIM, THE ARCHES,

electro, £tbc

KILLER KITSCH, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash

soul, Free

STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINA-

DIORAMA LOOKS SET TO PRESENT AN INTRIGUING ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT USUALLY POPULATED WITH COMMERCIAL MESSAGES

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

free with matric. After 12am

PUMP UP THE JAM, RESIDENTS, SSU, Old school cheese, BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institi- live bands & funky house, £2 RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, tion playing underground classics, £5 (£3), free for

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

@ MULTREES WALK, EDINBURGH

BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul

LISTINGS

LIFESTYLE

£6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. & electro, Free

metal, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco & house sounds, £5, free b4 11pm BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP COMPUTELOVE,, THE MIXING ROOMS, Electronic, Free DISCO ULTRA, THE GRID, KUSHI, THE ARCHES, Disco

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

ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), ABC2, Electro, house & pop, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm

with matric.

AUDIO, DJ AIDEN, BLOC, House, techno & electro, Free BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats, £6

(£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am

BANFF CLUB, CRAG, ROBBIE B, JAYSUS, BLOC, Eclectic, Free

DEATH DISCO, FREEFORM FIVE, UFFIE & FEADZ, SHIT DISCO, THE ARCHES, Disco pop rock, £12 DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current tunes, open decks downstairs, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 9pm DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, Northern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, £6 (£5) GROOVEJET, RESIDENTS, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, £7 (£5) HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul, electro & disco, Free HOME COOKIN’, RESIDENTS, BELO, Urban music showcase, £7, free b4 11pm

KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, £tbc MONOX, MIRO PAJIC, THE FLYING LURINSKYS, SOUNDHAUS, Techno the right way, £10

NU-SCHOOL, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, £6 OPEN DEX, RESIDENTS, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/ CDs if you think you can do better, £1, £2 non-members SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly snapshot of the ever-evolving house blueprint, £8, £5 b4 12am

TRONIC, JUNIOR LAZAROU, I AM BLIP, MAGIC DADDY & ONE CLICK CORVETTE, CCA, Live techno, electro & big beat, Free

VEGAS, RESIDENTS, THE FERRY, Retro, £9 (£7) VOODOO, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, £6 (£3)

DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP

DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB & classics, funky house in the Mao room, £10

April 07 ISSUE NINETEEN

SUN 1 APR

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

boogie next door, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/12.30pm with matric JUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk featuring live percussion by Duffy, £3, free with matric

OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, BLURT (LIVE), THE SUB CLUB, Maximum eclectic, £9.50 (£8.50)

PROJECT MONARCH, BASSHELL, GLACIDTEK, AVERALL & TR0MA, BLACKFRIARS, Electro & ambient, £3 SPANK, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, Free

MON 2 APR

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

POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE GARAGE, Pop & rock, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with

PIYP

TUES 3 APR

12 HOUR TUESDAYS, RESIDENTS, SSU, Chart music & live comedy, £2, free b4 3pm

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & hip pop, £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, Free

FOLK IT!, FOLKS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Up & coming folk musician session, Free

FUNKY LUV, RESIDENTS, PLAY, Driving vocal house, £5, £3 NUS

INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, Inflatables & groovy tunes, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, RESIDENTS, ABC2, Old school rock & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s, £3, free with matric. After 12am KILLER KITSCH, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash & that, £4 (£3) REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk, £2, £1 members ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to rock, Free b4 12am

SUB CLUB 20TH ANNIVERSARY, ROY AYERS, THE SUB CLUB, Classic funk & soul, £14

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

TUES 10 APR

FRI 6 APR

BALLBREAKER, BARRY & BILLY, THE CATHOUSE, Rock & metal, £5 (£4), £3 b4

11.30pm, free b4 11.30am with PIYP

BASSINVADERS, JEROME HILL, BLACKFRIARS, Ugly techno, £6

BOOGIE DOWN, STEWART REID, BLUU, Jazz, disco & house sounds, £5, free b4 11pm

BROWN BAGGIN’ IT, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Retro, britpop, alternative, chill, RnB & soul, £5 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with PIYP BURLY, HI FI SEAN, THE ARCHES, Gay men music, £10 COMPUTELOVE, RESIDENTS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Electronic sounds, Free

tive music, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP

80’s, nu-wave, rock & punk, £tbc FLUID, LISA LITTLEWOOD, MAS, Funky house, £5 FREAKMENOOVERS, RESIDENTS, RUST BAR, Early doors serving of hip hop, funk, RnB & soul, Free

ian Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, Free JOINTS & JAMS, RESIDENTS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night in Glasgow, £3 (£2) MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, Free NEW FLESH, RESIDENTS, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, industrial & alternative music, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm OCTOPUSSY, RESIDENTS, THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chapel???, £4

I LOVE THE GARAGE, RESIDENTS, THE GARAGE, Classics, T.I.T., LISA LITTLEWOOD & GRAEME FERGUSON, KARBON, £7 (£5), £6 (£4) b4 12am

Dance, £5 (£4)

Techno & electro, £7

WED 11 APR

IRIDIUM, LIEF RYAN, NICK DEMPSEY, BASURA BLANCA,

soul, jazz & funk featuring live percussion, classics downstairs, £6

OFF THE RECORD & ANIMAL FARM, JOHN VIRTUE, BOPSTAG, DE-FAULT, I AM BLIP, SENSU & ANIMAL FARM, SOUNDHAUS, Live techno & electro, £tbc OPEN DEX, RESIDENTS, DEEP 6 (GUU), Bring your vinyl/

CDs if you think you can do better, £1, £2 non-memCLASSIC GRAND, Techno, electro, electronic sounds, £10 bers SOLUTE, WARDY & SLAM, CLUB 69, Techno, £10 ELECTROBALL, RESIDENTS, KARBON,

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

THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT, THE LAST PROJECT, THE BLACK ARROWS & THE ROUGH CUT, FIREWATER, Indie,

SUBCULTURE, HARRI & DOM, KERRI CHANDLER, THE SUB CLUB, Weekly snapshot of the ever-evolving house

blueprint, £14

VOODOO, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Under-18 club with metal, emo & punk, £6 (£3)

DJ TOAST & MASH, THE BUNKER BAR, Eclectic, Free BARRY & ANDY, THE CATHOUSE, All things rock, £6 (£5), free b4 12am with PIYP

rock n roll, punk & electro, £5, free b4 10.30pm

DJ NAEEM & MIRRIRBAW, CHINAWHITE, Main room RnB

OF ART, Turntablism, hip hop, party, £8

PAUL CAWLEY & KARIM THE PRO-VINYLIST, MACSOR-

(£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric.

RESIDENTS, REPUBLIC BIER HALLE, Leftfield music & pizzas,

MIXED BIZNESS, DJ FORMAT, C2C, BOOM MONK BEN, BIGG TAJ, GLASGOW SCHOOL

& classics, funky house in the Mao room, £10 PAUL NEEDLES, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free

LEYS, Jazz band downstairs, eclectic upstairs, Free

SUB CLUB 20TH ANNIVERSARY, KARL BARTOS, THE SUB CLUB, Electronic, £12 TONGUE IN CHEEK, RESIDENTS, BAMBOO, Lounge,

NUMBERS, DJ PETE (SCION, BERLIN),

Free

RnB & indie, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, Free

school tunes, £6

*.*, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, £3 ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

BABAZA, RESIDENTS, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, £6, free b4 11pm

CHIX ON DEX, RESIDENTS, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funk-

ISSUE NINETEEN April 07

HELEN

USMAN

JENNY

FRASER

MALLORY

BASURA BLANCA, Techno, £5

OLD SCHOOL, GORDIE & JACK, THE BUFF CLUB, Old OOFT PRECLUB, ALI & GRAEME (SKYROCKET), TERMINAL BAR, Electronic/dub, Free

SUN 8 APR

GUTTER TALK SCOTT, 19, FINE ART STUDENT

Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD GOSSIP, DJ RICCI, SSU, Gay/mixed night, Free JOINTS & JAMS, RESIDENTS, CUBE, The Longest running RnB night in Glasgow, £3 (£2) MJAM SALSA, CHRIS TRAYNOR, LIPTONS, Salsa classes from 8pm, free club from 10.15pm, Free NEW FLESH, RESIDENTS, FURY MURRY’S, Rock, metal, punk, rap, industrial & alternative music, £4, £2 from 10pm-11pm, £1 with flyer/after 11pm OCTOPUSSY, RESIDENTS, THE ARCHES, Student night with a bouncy castle, swimming pool?, jacuzzi?? & wedding chapel???, £4 TONGUE IN CHEEK, RESIDENTS, BAMBOO, Lounge, RnB & indie, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with matric WHATEVER, ANDY & BRIAN, THE GARAGE, Chart music, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP MARTIN BATE (BEAT 106), THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, Free

photos: Cara Buchan

BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW

That. He’s reinvented himself as a hot god. LIE? ”That looks good on you!” Diagnosis: The Skinny digs the cruelty of calling your kid after the noise of a fast car. Nioarr!

I pretended to this boy that I was from the Czech Republic, and then he came round the next day when I was sober, and I had to own up. Diagnosis: International troublemaker. Like Ethan Hunt, but: girl.

USMAN, 24, RETAIL FASHION MANAGEMENTSTUDENT

FRASER, 22, AUDIO ENGINEER

IF YOU FOUND A BAG WITH £10,000 OF UNMARKED NOTES, WHAT WOULD

TONIGHT? Go home and rest my

YOU DO WITH IT? Put it in my bank. Or

neck, I twisted a muscle earlier. BREAKFAST? I know this sounds daft, but I love scrambled egg with tomato sauce and waffles. ROOM 101? Politicians who say they’ll do things then don’t deliver. KIDS? I like Ismail for a boy, and Iyzaa for a girl. R E I N CAR NATI O N ? A n E l e p h a n t. Because it’s big and strong, a masculine and domineering animal. FAMOUS PERSON? Brad Pitt, without a doubt! Diagnosis: That analysis of your reincarnation prospects is the best thing I’ve ever read ever. But why not come back as a magic dragon? Rar! - all man.

We don’t have a name yet. BREAKFAST? Full English. ROOM 101? Take That. Their time is over. £10,000? Keep it! And spend it as quickly as possible. KIDS? Simon and Olivia. REINCARNATION? An X-factor finalist. FAMOUS PERSON? Jo Whiley. LIE? I think I’m quite honest. Diagnosis: Take That, X Factor and Jo Whiley? Serious pop inferiority complex at work, surely.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO TONIGHT? Just

going to the local for a few pints. WHAT’S YOUR IDEAL BREAKFAST? Fry-up, generally. WHO OR WHAT WOULD YOU SEND TO ROOM 101? Probably Tony Blair. He’s

a bit of an arse.

spend it on clothes or CDs. WHAT’S THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU’RE WEARING TODAY? My shoes,

from Office. WHAT ARE YOUR HYPOTHETICAL CHILDREN CALLED? Fran. He’s a boy. WHAT WILL YOU BE REINCARNATED AS?

An eagle. IF YOUR PARTNER ALLOWED YOU TO CHEAT ON THEM FOR ONE NIGHT, WITH ONE FAMOUS PERSON, WHO WOULD IT BE? Probably the girl from CSS right

now, the Lovefoxx. WHAT’S THE WORST LIE YOU’VE EVER TOLD? I don’t tell lies.

DELIVERANCE, DJ DEC, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Alternative KARBON SATURDAYS, KEV MCFARLANE, STEPHEN LEE & WOODY, KARBON, House & hip hop classics, £tbc music, £4 (£2), free b4 12am with PIYP NU-SCHOOL, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Fresh northern ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian

NOJ, RESIDENTS, POLAR BAR (ABC), No Music Policy, £6

THURS 5 APR

SCOTT

SAT 7 APR

WED 4 APR

ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazil-

SUB CLUB 20TH ANNIVERSARY, LOUIE VEGA & BARBARA TUCKER, THE SUB CLUB, House, £7 TFI FRIDAY, DJ PHIL, SSU, Chart, £2 after 5pm, free 4

MON 9 APR

COTTON CAKE, JAMES LAVELLE & ALEX SMOKE,

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

THE SKINNY RECOMMENDS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS

boogie next door, £5 (£3), free b4 10.30pm/12.30pm with matric JUNK, MARKY MARK, THE BUFF CLUB, Jazz & funk featurCIGARETTES & F**K ALL, CRAIG MCGEE, THE BUTTERFLY ing live percussion by Duffy, £3, free with matric students & THE PIG, Indie & rock ‘n’ roll, Free TWISTED & BRAINFIRE, HARDCORE PEOPLE, ARCHAOS, OPTIMO, JD TWITCH & JG WILKES, THE SUB CLUB, MaxiCLUB NME, STOPSTARTS, THE ARCHES, Indie, £5 (£3) mum eclectic, £6 (£5) Hardcore, £8 CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, £2, £1 OUT TO PLAY, BANDS & DJS TBC, BLACKFRIARS, Eclectic, TOXIC POP, GEOFF M, JUNIOR CAMPOS & MAX, members £5 BAMBOO, House music, hip hop & lounge, £5, free b4 FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW SOLUTE, WARDY, SAUL & ROVEE, CLUB 69, Techno, £5 SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Play- 11pm/12.30am students VICE, MARTIN BATE (XFM), THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Indie SOUNDS OF SWEDEN, MR. SUITCASE, THE ADMIRAL, Beerz in the bar, £4 (£3) rock party, £5 (£4), £3 b4 11.30pm, free b4 11.30pm tas & boppy pop, £4 FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, with PIYP SPANK, RESIDENTS, THE CATHOUSE, Rock, punk & dance, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY TAM COYLE, THE BUNKER BAR, Vintage rock & indie, Free £4 (£2), free b4 1am with PIYP & BOOM MONK BEN, SAINT JUDE’S, Hip hop, funk, soul ROBBIE ROLEX & THE RADIO MAGNETIC SOUNDSYS- NEIL WYPER, THE BUNKER BAR, New & old rock & electronica, Free TEM, THE GOAT, Eclectic, Free & motown, Free GEORGE BOWIE, CUBE FRIDAYS, Urban tunes from Clyde HOMEBREW, TIFF PEACHES, PROVINYLIST KARIM ILL TECHNIQUE & GROUNDSKEEPER GC, THE SUB CLUB, Hip 1, £5 (£3) BURN, NORMSKI & ZEUS, THE BUFF CLUB, Glasgow institihop to nasty electro via the rest, £3, £2 matric. card tion playing underground classics, £5 (£3), free for HORRORSHOW, LE RENO AMPS & BAILLIE & THE pub/club workers ABC SATURDAYS, GERRY LYONS, ABC1, Soul, punk, FAULTS, FIREWATER, Indie, rock n roll, punk & electro, £4 rock & indie dance, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with ELETRICAT DANCE GROUP, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian (£3), free b4 10.30pm Street Dance classes, £4 (£3.50), £3 RSAMD matric. LOLLIPOP, RESIDENTS, GUU, Pop, RnB & Indie, £3 (£2, ABC SATURDAYS, DAVID SINCLAIR (KILLER KITSCH), FRESH, RESIDENTS, THE POLO LOUNGE, Popular gay venue £1), free b4 9pm ABC2, Electro, house & pop, £7 (£5), free b4 11.30pm with house & indie, £5 ON DEMAND, DJ EUAN, THE SHED, Requests by text with matric. POPTIMISM/ROCKTIMISM, DJ ANDY & DJ DEC, THE GAmessage at this interactive club night, £3 ALL TORE UP, RESIDENTS, BLACKFRIARS, Rock n roll & RAGE, Pop & rock, £5 (£3), free +1 b4 12am with PIYP PLASTIC FUNK, MARK ROBB, TANIA & FRIENDS, hillbilly hop, £5 BAMBOO, Funk, soul & rock n roll, £4 (£3), free b4 AUDIO, DJ AIDEN, BLOC, House, techno & electro, Free 11pm/12.30am with matric BAD ROBOT, LOOSE JOINTS & STEVIE ELEMENTS, GLAS- 12 HOUR TUESDAYS, RESIDENTS, SSU, Chart music & live PUMP UP THE JAM, RESIDENTS, SSU, Old school cheese, comedy, £2, free b4 3pm GOW SCHOOL OF ART, Rock to techno & breakbeats, £6 live bands & funky house, £2 ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, (£5), £2 GSA, free after 12am RADIOMAGNETIC, RADIOMAGNETIC DJS, GAZELLE, BANFF CLUB, CRAG, ROBBIE B, JAYSUS, BLOC, Eclec- RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc Funk, soul & latin grooves, Free ALL STAR, ANDY WILSON & DJ KASH, BAMBOO, Funk & tic, Free RECORD PLAYERZ, HI-FI SEAN & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC CLUB NOIR, CARLING ACADEMY, Burlesque shows & vin- hip pop, £4 (£2), free b4 11pm/12.30am with matric BAR, Disco electro, £4 (£3) DUB & GRUB, MUNGO’S HI FI, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, tage sounds, £12 (£9) RUBBERMENSCH, RESIDENTS, ABC2, A night for indie Snacks, meals & Mungo’s Hi Fi, Free COLOURS EASTER WEEKENDER, LOADS OF BIG lovers, £4 (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. FOLK IT!, FOLKS, THE MIXING ROOMS, Up & coming folk ROOM HOUSE DJS, THE ARCHES, House, £tbc SKINT, DJ BILLY, THE CATHOUSE - LEVEL 2, Metal, hip hop & DIRTY RECORDZ, PAUL N’JIE (BEAT 106), GUU, Current musician session, Free rock, £4 (£2), free b4 12.30am with PIYP FUNKY LUV, RESIDENTS, PLAY, Driving vocal house, £5, tunes, open decks downstairs, £3 (£2, £1), free b4 £3 NUS 9pm SUB CLUB 20TH ANNIVERSARY, SUGARHILL DIVINE!, MR. DIVINE & HUSHPUPPY, THE VIC BAR, North- INFLATABLE FUN, NAUGHTY NICOLA, THE GARAGE, InflatGANG, THE SUB CLUB, Old school hip hop, £12 ables & groovy tunes, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with PIYP ern soul, funk, ska & mod tunes, £6 (£5) THE THURSDAY CLUB, GERRY LYONS & BRIAN, THE GROOVEJET, RESIDENTS, MAS, Weekly house & RnB mix, KALEIDOSCOPE LIVE, RESIDENTS, ABC2, Old school rock GARAGE, Chart anthems, £5 (£3), free b4 12am with £7 (£5) & roll, soul, funk, from the 1960’s-1980’s, £3, free with PIYP HIP DROP, ROBBIE ROLEX & NEL, BREL, Funk, soul, elec- matric. After 12am KILLER KITSCH, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Electroclash & tro & disco, Free CJ, THE BUNKER BAR, Grunge & new rock, Free HOME COOKIN’, RESIDENTS, BELO, Urban music show- that, £4 (£3) ABC FRIDAYS, EUAN NEILSON, ABC1, Genre mash-up, case, £7, free b4 11pm REVOLUTION, MARTIN BATE (XFM), QMU, Rock & punk, £6 (£4), free b4 11.30pm with matric. HOMEGROWN, STEVIE SOLE MIDDLETON, DOMENIC £2, £1 members ANIMAL FARM, TURTLE & QUAILL, BLOC, House, techno MARTIN & SCOTTIE B, BAMBOO, House and smooth RnB, ROCK KARAOKE, PUNTERS, THE CATHOUSE, Karaoke to & electro, Free jazz & funk, £5, free b4 10.30pm/12.30am students rock, Free b4 12am punk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, £4, free b4 11pm

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS GLASGOW CLUBS

Diagnosis: I doubt you’d be reincarnated as an eagle. More like, maybe, housemarten or something. Has fine art not taught you that life has more to offer than being typical? Still, nice coat.

HELEN, 20, WORK FOR NEXT TONIGHT? Watching Americal Idol. BREAKFAST? I do eat chocolate cr-

oissants quite often. KIDS? Hah, this’ll freak my boyfriend out. I like Niamh and Elidh. REINCARNATION? Definitely a vodka and cranberry. FAMOUS PERSON? Howard from Take

JENNY, 22, ARTIST AND BARMAID BREAKFAST? A roll with potato scone,

sausage, bacon, egg and vinegar. ROOM 101? Rude customers from my bar. £10,000? Take a big group of my friends on holiday. KIDS? I’d like to call them something really cheesy like Hank, something all-American. REINCARNATION? I’d like to fly, so maybe a wasp, so I can sting too. LIE? Once when I was out drinking

TONIGHT? Rehearsing with my band.

MALLORY, 20, HISTORY STUDENT TONIGHT? Catching a movie, getting

Japanese food, shopping. BREAKFAST? Scrambled eggs, yoghurt and granola. ROOM 101? Politics. £10,000? Donate it, to a children’s hospital or something. KIDS? Athan for a boy, and Reni for a girl. REINCARNATION? A camera. Think of all the things you could see! And I’d hopefully be well traveled… FAMOUS PERSON? If it’s only one night, I want to make it a good one. Edward Norton. D i a g n o s is: D o e s eve r yo n e i n Glasgow like scrambled eggs and hate politics?

THURS 12 APR

*.*, RESIDENTS, THE BUFF CLUB, Rock’n’roll & northern soul, £3

ABOLICANO CAPOEIRA SCOTLAND, RESIDENTS, RSAMD, Brazilian martial art with dance & music, £tbc

BABAZA, RESIDENTS, BELO, Hip hop with the funk, £6, free b4 11pm

CHIX ON DEX, RESIDENTS, CHINAWHITE, Rock, funkpunk & house all mixed by lovely ladies, £4, free b4 11pm

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

CLUB NME, THE RIPPS, THE ARCHES, Indie rock party, £5 PINUP, ASTHMATIC SCENE, THE FELT TIPS, NO. 1 (£3) SON, THE WOODSIDE SOCIAL CLUB, Live tunes, £5 CRUSH, MCSLEAZY (XFM), QMU, Bootlegs, £2, £1 RED & GOLD ROOM, RESIDENTS, ARTA, Soul musak, £7, DJs play acoustic gems, Free members free b4 11pm FREAKMOVES, FREAKMENOOVERS DJS, GLASGOW COLOURS EASTER WEEKENDER, LOADS OF BIG SOUND MUSEUM, DJ HUSHPUPPY (ART SCHOOL) & SCHOOL OF ART, Fresh hip hop & funk cuts, Record Playerz ROOM HOUSE DJS, THE ARCHES, House, £tbc CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BREL, Retro soul, DIGITAL HARLOT: RESURECTION, RESIDENTS, THE BARFLY, in the bar, £4 (£3) Free FREAKSCENE, JOHN, POLAR BAR (ABC), Indie classics, £4 Goth, £5 STEREODOG, MR. LIVEWIRE & GARY CURLEY, CHINADISCO BADGER, DOMINIC MARTIN, KASH & MAX, (£3), free b4 11.30pm with matric. WHITE, House, £8 (£5) THE FUNKY PRECEDENT, D_FADE, DUNCAN HARVEY & BAMBOO, Classic house music all night long with other

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EDINBURGH COMEDY 1-APR, JOSH HOWIE; JOHN ROSS; SIAN BEVAN; MARTHA MCBRIER, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1 BARRY CRYER; BILL BAILEY; KAREN DUNBAR; MILES JUPP; RHONA CAMERON, USHER HALL, The verdict is

still out on whether giant venues work for comedy, but if anyone is likely to make it work it is this stellar line-up. And it’s for a good cause. Oight., 19:30, £27/£18 JO BRAND, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE, The verdict is still out on whether giant venues work for comedy, but if anyone is likely to make it work it is the big lady wha’ used to be a nurse., 19:30, £15/£12 RUSSEL BRAND, THE WORLD BAR, Secret gig (you heard it here first) from the man of the moment., 20:00, £11

2-APR, GRAEME THOMAS, THE STAND, 20:30, £2 3-APR, JO ENRIGHT; LIZ STEPHENS; MARTHA

MCBRIER; AL KENNEDY; SUSAN CALMAN, THE STAND, 20:30, £6/£4/£3

4-APR, VLADIMIR MCTAVISH; BRUCE DEVLIN;

LABOUR MSP FRANK MCAVEETY, THE STAND, 20:30, £6/£3

5-APR, JO ENRIGHT; KEVIN BRIDGES; BILLY

KIRKWOOD; SUSAN MORRISON, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6/£3

6-APR, SIMON EVANS; JO ENRIGHT; BILLY KIRK-

SEAN PERCIVAL; MICHAEL MEE; BRENDON BURNS; PHIL BUTLER, JONGLEURS, Now that his wild days are

WALKER, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

over, Burns has emerged as one of the most reliable comics on the circuit. Rude, personal, and loud., 20:00, £12

20:30, £2

8-APR, SIMON EVANS; JO ENRIGHT; BILLY KIRKWOOD; BRUCE DEVLIN, THE STAND, 20:30, £8/£7

7-APR, SIMON EVANS; JO ENRIGHT; BILLY KIRKWOOD; SUSAN MORRISON, THE STAND, 20:30, £10

ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID LUPTON

10-APR, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£2.50

19-APR, SEAN COLLINS; STU & GARRY; JOHN

11-APR, RAYMOND MEARNS; PAUL PIRIE; ALLEN

STAND, Collins offers classic North American stand-up of

STAND, 20:30, £2

CHALMERS; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £4

12-APR, ANVIL SPRINGSTIEN; RON VAUDRY;

SUSAN CALMAN; PATRICK ROLINK; BRUCE DEVLIN, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6/£3

13-APR, ANVIL SPRINGSTIEN; RON VAUDRY;

SUSAN CALMAN; PATRICK ROLINK; BRUCE DEVLIN,

a high calibre: sharp one liners, personal confessions and the obligatory black polo neck. Well worth heading out for., 20:30, £7/£6/£3

20-APR, SEAN COLLINS; STU & GARRY; JOHN

SIMMIT; JAMIE ANDERSON; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE STAND, Collins offers classic North American stand-up of

a high calibre: sharp one liners, personal confessions and the obligatory black polo neck. Well worth heading SIMON FOX; RONNIE EDWARDS; GEOFF BOYZ; SEAN out for., 20:30, £9/£8/£5 MEO, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10 KEITH FIELDS; SUSAN MURRAY; IAN COPPINGER; THE STAND, 20:30, £9/£8/£5

COLIN RAMONE; NIALL BROWNE; SIAN BEVAN; BILLY KIRKWOOD; STEVEN DAVIDSON, TRON TAVERN, 20:00, £6/£4.50

25-APR, SANDY NELSON; GARY LITTLE; PAUL PIRIE; JOE HEENAN, THE STAND, 20:30, £6 SUSAN CALMAN; BILLY KIRKWOOD; DEE CUSTANCE, HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, 20:30, £5/£4

26-APR, THE REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPEN-

WOLFE III; KEVIN BRIDGES; TARA FLYNN; VLADIMIR MCTAVISH, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6/£3

27-APR, THE REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPEN-

WOLFE III; KEVIN BRIDGES; TARA FLYNN; VLADIMIR MCTAVISH, THE STAND, 20:30, £9/£8/£5 TIM CLARK; ANTHONY KING; SANDY NELSON; DES CLARKE, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10

28-APR, THE REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPEN-

BRIAN HIGGINS, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10

WOLFE III; KEVIN BRIDGES; TARA FLYNN; VLADIMIR MCTAVISH, THE STAND, 20:30, £10 TIM CLARK; ANTHONY KING; SANDY NELSON; DES CLARKE, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £12

21-APR, SEAN COLLINS; STU & GARRY; JOHN

29-APR, PARROT; PAUL PIRIE; ANTONY MURRAY;

SIMMIT; JAMIE ANDERSON; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE STAND, Collins offers classic North American stand-up of

a high calibre: sharp one liners, personal confessions and the obligatory black polo neck. Well worth heading SIMON FOX; RONNIE EDWARDS; GEOFF BOYZ; SEAN out for., 20:30, £10 MEO, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £12 THE STAND, 20:30, £10

15-APR, RON VAUDRY; KEIR MCALLISTER; JANE

STAND, 20:30, £2

KEITH FIELDS; SUSAN MURRAY; IAN COPPINGER; BRIAN HIGGINS, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £12

DEREK JOHNSTON; JAMIE ANDERSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

30-APR, LOU CONRAN; ROWAN CAMPBELL, THE STAND, 20:30, £2

STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

28-APR, ALEX BOARDMAN; RICK RIGHT; BRUCE

29-APR, KEVIN BRIDGES; PHIL DIFFER; MICHAEL

2-APR, RAYMOND MEARNS; PAUL PIRIE; ALLEN CHALMERS; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £4

BY SENDING A COLLAGE 41 X 31 CM WITH YOUR WORK LAID OUT TO GETINVOLVED@SKINNYMAG.CO.UK BEFORE APRIL 20.

3-APR, PHIL DIFFER, THE STAND, 20:30, £2/£1 MCBRIER; AL KENNEDY; SUSAN CALMAN, THE STAND, 20:30, £6/£4/£3

5-APR, DES MCLEAN, HELENSBURGH HA HA, Regional new act heat seeking out the top talent of nexteryear., 19:30, £4

RON VAUDRY; JOJO SMITH; PATRICK ROLINK; DOM CARROLL, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £8 TONY BURGESS; GARY LITTLE; LIZ STEPHENS; ALLAN MILLER; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6/£3

6-APR, RON VAUDRY; JOJO SMITH; PATRICK ROLINK; DOM CARROLL, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10 TONY BURGESS; GARY LITTLE; LIZ STEPHENS; ALLAN MILLER; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE STAND, 20:30, £9/£8/£5

7-APR, RON VAUDRY; JOJO SMITH; PATRICK ROLINK; DOM CARROLL, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £13 TONY BURGESS; GARY LITTLE; LIZ STEPHENS; ALLAN MILLER; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE STAND, 20:30, £10

8-APR, THE REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPENWOLFE

PINGER; SEAN MEO, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £13 SEAN PERCIVAL; ANDY SIR; PAPA CJ; NIALL BROWNE; SUSAN MORRISON, THE STAND, 20:30, £10

15-APR, ANDY SIR; SIAN BEVAN; MICHAEL REDMOND, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

16-APR, STEVEN DICK; ALLAN MILLER; TEDDY, THE

19-APR, TOM STADE; SIMON CLAYTON; JOHN

SCOTT; GEOFF BOYZ, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £8 ALEX HORNE; JOHN ROSS; SULLY O’SULLIVAN; SIAN BEVAN; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, “I don’t think crumpled trousers are a problem. They just get a bad press.” That’s my favourite Alex Horne joke, but he’s got many more linguistic rib ticklers in his repertoire. Top stuff., 20:30, £7/£6/£3

20-APR, SIMON CLAYTON; TOM STADE; CHARLIE ROSS; GEOFF BOYZ, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10 ALEX HORNE; JOHN ROSS; SULLY O’SULLIVAN; SIAN BEVAN; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £9/£8/£5

21-APR, SIMON CLAYTON; TOM STADE; CHARLIE ROSS; GEOFF BOYZ, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £13 ALEX HORNE; JOHN ROSS; SULLY O’SULLIVAN; SIAN BEVAN; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £10

10-APR, AZHAR USMAN; PREACHER MOSS, GLAS-

CHALMERS; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £4

featuring leading American comics., 19:30, £15 GARY LITTLE; PAUL PIRIE, THE STAND, 20:30, £2/£1

20:30, £2/£1

PINGER; GLENN WOOL, JONGLEURS, Canadian Wool’s rambling political surrealism is an unlikely but successful combination of styles. (***** - SkinnyFest), 20:00, £8

SEAN PERCIVAL; ANDY SIR; PAPA CJ; NIALL BROWNE; JOE HEENAN, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6/£3

13-APR, STU WHO?; STEVE WILLIAMS; IAN COPPINGER; SEAN MEO, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10 SEAN PERCIVAL; ANDY SIR; PAPA CJ; NIALL BROWNE; SUSAN MORRISON, THE STAND, 20:30, £9/£8/£5

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CHALMERS; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £4

LYNES, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£5

£5/£4/£1

12-APR, STEVE WILLIAMS; STU WHO?; IAN COP-

30-APR, RAYMOND MEARNS; PAUL PIRIE; ALLEN

18-APR, SANDY NELSON; GARY LITTLE; JOHN

9-APR, RAYMOND MEARNS; PAUL PIRIE; ALLEN

11-APR, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£2.50

his wild days are over, Burns has emerged as one of the

REDMOND, THE STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

week price, 20:30, £5/£3

22-APR, GARY LITTLE; SULLY O’SULLIVAN; JIM

GOW COUPER INSTITUTE, Progressive comedy roadshow

FUMMEY; JOHN MANN, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £13 BRENDON BURNS; JOHN HENDERSON; ANDY MCPARTLAND; BRUCE DEVLIN, THE STAND, Now that

STAND, Increasingly highly regarded idiocy, still at a mid-

III; GARY LITTLE; LIZ STEPHENS; ALLAN MILLER; MICHAEL REDMOND, THE STAND, 20:30, £8/£7

CHALMERS; SANDY NELSON, THE STAND, 20:30, £4

LIFESTYLE

SIMMIT; JAMIE ANDERSON; RAYMOND MEARNS, THE

23-APR, KEVIN BRIDGES; BILLY KIRKWOOD, THE

most reliable comics on the circuit. Rude, personal, and loud., 20:30, £10

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GRAEME THOMAS; TOM STADE, THE STAND, 20:30, £7

STAND, 20:30, £5/£4/£1

wild days are over, Burns is ude, personal, and loud., 20:30, £9/£8/£5

4-APR, JON ENRIGHT; LIZ STEPHENS; MARTHA

week price, 20:30, £5/£3

DIFFER; REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPENWOLFE III, THE

1-APR, STEVEN DICK; BRUCE FUMMEY; MICHAEL 14-APR, STU WHO?; STEVE WILLIAMS; IAN COPMANLEY; JANE WALKER; MARTIN MCALLISTER, THE

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STAND, Increasingly highly regarded idiocy, still at a mid-

18-APR, VLADIMIR MCTAVISH; DEE CUSTANCE;

GLASGOW COMEDY

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17-APR, STEVEN DICK; ALLAN MILLER; TEDDY, THE

9-APR, SUSAN CALMAN; KEVIN BRIDGES, THE

WOOD; SUSAN MORRISON, THE STAND, 20:30, £8/£5 14-APR, ANVIL SPRINGSTIEN; RON VAUDRY; SEAN PERCIVAL; MICHAEL MEE; BRENDON BURNS; PHIL BUTLER, JONGLEURS, Now that his wild days are over, SUSAN CALMAN; PATRICK ROLINK; BRUCE DEVLIN, Burns has emerged as one of the most reliable comics on the circuit. Rude, personal, and loud., 20:00, £10

16-APR, JAMIE ANDERSON; PAUL PIRIE, THE STAND,

22-APR, KEVIN BRIDGES; JOHN SIMMIT; PHIL

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LIFESTYLE

PARK; MICHAEL REDMOND, THE STAND, 20:30,

23-APR, RAYMOND MEARNS; PAUL PIRIE; ALLEN 24-APR, BILLY KIRKWOOD; JOHN ROSS, THE STAND, 25-APR, JOHN HENDERSON; TARA FLYNN; MICHAEL REDMOND, THE STAND, 20:30, £7/£6

26-APR, RICK RIGHT; ALEX BOARDMAN; JOE

HEENAN; JOHN MANN, THE STAND, 20:00, £8 BRENDON BURNS; JOHN HENDERSON; ANDY MCPARTLAND; BRUCE DEVLIN, THE STAND, Now that his wild days are over, Burns has emerged as one of the most reliable comics on the circuit. Rude, personal, and loud., 20:30, £7/£6/£3

27-APR, ALEX BOARDMAN; RICK RIGHT; NEIL

MCFARLANE; JOHN MANN, JONGLEURS, 20:00, £10 BRENDON BURNS; JOHN HENDERSON; ANDY MCPARTLAND; BRUCE DEVLIN, THE STAND, Now that his

April 07 ISSUE NINETEEN

GLASGOW ARTS

GEORGE SQUARE, GLASGOW ART FAIR, V/A,

6-APR, 7:00 PM, Fri, Free

Buy art by hundreds of artists, 19-APR, 22-APR, 10:30 (Thur-Sat), 12:00 (Sun), Thur-Sun, £6 (£4) £10 for 4 day ticket

CCA

THE ARCHES

Art, 14-APR, 12-MAY, 11:00 AM, Tue-Sat, Free

SUPPRESSED ECHO, DANNY HOLCROFT, A giant wooden mobile!, 1-MAR, 4-APR, 10:00(mon-sat)/ 12:00(Sun), Mon-Sun, Free

SCOTTISH DESIGN AWARDS NOMINATIONS EXHIBITION, V/A, Showcasing work from across the design spectrum, 5-APR, 9-APR, 11:00, Mon-Sun, Free

IMPROVINE, ROSALIND MASSON AND SAM STEWART, from reality to abstraction through the

movement of dance, camera and animation, 15-APR, 29-APR, 11:00, Mon-Sun, Free

THE BURRELL COLLECTION

17TH CENTURY SAMPLERS, V/A, Embroidered

SPECTRUM, NAN HOOVER AND NINA KÖNNEMANN, Showcasing 40 years of German Video

GALLERY COSSACHOCK

(PERFORMANCE), BRYNDIS ERLA HJALMARSDOTTIR, An immersive installation exploring the borderline between repulsion and beauty, 6-APR,

Installation/performance, 14-APR, 14-APR, 19:00, Sat, Free

PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION, LACHLANN RATTRAY, Installation/performance, 28-APR, 28-APR, 19:00, Sat, Free

GATEHOUSE GALLERY

GLASGOW GALLERY OF MODERN ART DOWNPRESSERER, GRAHAM FAGAN, Marking the

bicentenary anniversary of the slave trade, 15-MAR, 28MAY, 10:00(mon-thu)/11:00(fri-sun), Mon-Sun, Free

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

FLEETING ARCADIAS, V/A, Thirty Years of British

CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY

AMBER ROOME

PHOTOGRAPHY, SUSANNE RAMSENTHALER & IAIN STEWART, Photographs of jellyfish and water, 19-APR,

parallels between Western and Eastern philosophies through animation and sculpture, 23-FEB, 19-APR, WedSat, 11:00 AM, Free

UNFAMILIAR SKIES, SOPHIE ASTON, A response

PAINT IT OVER, GROUP SHOW, This Danish art

FREE LUNCH, JON BURGERMAN, scratchy and colourful artwork, across a variety of media, 16-MAR, 14-APR, Mon-Sat, 10:00, Free

THE BONGO CLUB Interesting, unusual work in a stimulating environment, TBC, TBC, Mon-Sat, 11:00/12:30(sat), Free

CAMEO CINEMA

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: LIFE AFTER DOLLY, G.R. GAPINSKI, an exploratin of communication, myth and form, 6-MAR, 3-APR, Mon-Sun, 11:30 AM, Free

CITY ART CENTRE

BEYOND APPEARANCES, GROUP SHOW, Painting and picturing in Scottish modern and contemporary art, 17-MAR, 3-JUN, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun), Free LIVING IN MOTION, VARIOUS, Design and architecture for flexable living, 4-APR, 10-MAY, MonSun, 10:00/12:00(sun), Free VIEW FROM THE INSIDE, VARIOUS, Exploring the world of the interior, 4-APR, 21-OCT, Mon-Sun, 10:00/12:00(sun), Free

COLLECTIVE GALLERY

SOLO SHOW, WAEL SHAWKY, First UK exhibition of video works by the emerging Egyptian artist, 31-MAR, 21-APR, Tue-Sat, 12:00 PM, Free SOLO SHOW, KEREN CYTTER, First UK exhibition of

PERCEPTIONS, KRIS EMMERSON, Looking at the

DEAN GALLERY

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PICTURE THIS, GROUP SHOW, New acquisitions from

GROUP SHOW, GROUP SHOW, Various artists, 23-MAR, TRONGATE STUDIOS GROUP SHOW, GROUP SHOW, Various artists, 23-MAR, 27-APR, 10:00, Mon-Fri, Free

OPT IN FOR ART, VARIOUS, Work from the last two years of the GalleryÕs Opt in for Art education programme, 20-APR, 6-MAY, Mon-Sun, 11:00(monsat)/12:00(sun), Free

MONOCHROME, VARIOUS, Themed exhibition, 31MAR, 7-MAY, , 11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun), Free

AN ENLIGHTENED GENTLEMAN, ALEXANDER NASMYTH, Focusing on the man’s drughtsmanship, A LAKELAND IDYLL: CHRISTOPHER NORTH AT ELERY, ALEXANDER NASMYTH, A chance to see newly

CUTTING EDGE GEOMETRY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART, GROUP SHOW, From Piet Mondrian to Bridget Riley, 24-FEB, 30-APR, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free DADA REVIEWS, V/A, Rare literary artefacts relating to DADA, 27-JAN, 30-APR, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

PIXAR: 20 YEARS OF ANIMATION, V/A, Hundreds of

DOGGERFISHER

LA FEMME DE NULLE PART, GROUP SHOW, Curated by Lucy Skaer and featuring Anita Di Bianco, Sophie Macphersona and Rosalind Nashashibi, 23-FEB, 28-APR, Wed-Sat, 11:00(wed-fri)/12:00(sat), Free

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

INKUBATOR, JENNY MARTIN, A rare chance to see an extraordinary exhibition of Artists’ Books, 17-MAR, 5MAY, Tue-Sat, 10:00, Free

EMBASSY GALLERY

WHEN ALL OUR HEROES TURN TO GHOST, BRANDON VICKERD, Surreal sculpture , 6-MAY, 6-MAY, Thur-Sun, 12:00, Free

FRUITMARKET GALLERY

THE WAYWARD THINKER, TRENTO DOYLE HANCOCK, First European solo show by an intriguing American, 10-FEB, 8-APR, Mon-Sun, 11:00(mon-sat)/12:00(sun), Free

ATRE FESTIVAL, Arches Theatre Festival, 18-APR, 21-APR, CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED, TRAVERSE COMPANY, Set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War,

FESTIVAL THEATRE

SPRING SEASON, SCOTTISH BALLET , An exciting programme of works showcasing the versatility of this talented, award-winning company., 18-APR, 21-APR, 7.30pm, £20 - 7.50

KING’S THEATRE

TUTTI FRUTTI, NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND, Stage version of John Byrne’s pop classic, 24-APR, 28APR, 7.30pm, £21 - 7

THE QUEEN’S HALL

AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE, Mr McFall’s Chamber opera abt orchestral musicians, 5-APR 8pm, £10/8/4

MAY, 11:00, Tue-Sat, Free

SOLO SHOW, ROB CHURM, Graphic works by the Park Attack singer, 10-MAR, 7-APR, 11:00, Tue-Sat, Free

TRAMWAY

OBJECT STONES, KIRSTY STANSFIELD , Investigating how people relate to objects that make sounds, 2-MAR, 1-APR, 10:00(tue-fri), 12:00(sat, sun), Mon-Sun, Free

SUN BY EAR, KATE DOVE AND VICTORIA MORTON,

New Work, 2-MAR, 1-APR, 10:00(tue-fri), 12:00(sat, sun), Mon-Sun, Free AIRWORLD, V/A, Celebrating the aesthetics of air travel as part of the six cities design festival, 2-MAR, 1-APR, 10:00(tue-fri), 12:00(sat, sun), Mon-Sun, Free

the last five years, 24-MAR, 23-MAY, 10:00, Tue-Sat, Free

restored painting, 15-MAR, 19/08/07, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

Alan Wilkins’ Carthage Must Be Destroyed is a compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war, 27-APR, 19MAY, various, £12 - 4.50

AMADA/MOTHER, FATHER, SON, ARCHES THE-

LILLIE ART GALLERY

3-MAR, 6-MAY, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

7.15pm, £12 - 4.50

smelly cheese, rotten to the core bad guys and a mask that saves a village., 5-APR, 7-APR, various, £12 - 4.50 AFTERPLAY/THE BEAR, ATTIC THEATRE COMPANY, A double bill of Brian Friel plays inspired by Anton Chekhov., 6-APR, 7-APR, 8pm, £12 - 4.50 RE:UNION, 7.84, Four writers - Nicola McCartney, Haresh Sharma, Selma Dimitrijevic & Linda McLean - to examine the theme of Separation and Reconciliation to mark the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, 11-APR, 14-APR, 7:30pm, £12 - 4.50

Corporation 1920-1978, 5-MAR, 7-MAY, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/12:00(sun), Mon-Sun, £3(£1.50) THINKING INSIDE THE BOX, GROUP SHOW, 21st Century interiors, 24-FEB, 7-MAY, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/ 11:00(tue)/12:00(sun), Mon-Sun, £3(£1.50) THE SCOTTISH SHOW 07, DESIGN AND BUILD, 34 of Scotland’s most exciting designers, 17-APR, 3-JUN, 10:30(mon, wed-sat)/11:00(tue)/12:00(sun), MonSun, £3(£1.50)

group focus on the use of digital media and computer animation as a substitute for brush and paint, 5-MAR, 27-APR, Mon-Fri, 9:00 AM, Free

arrive on an Italian mountain, seeking out a Monk with healing powers so that one of them can be freed from a terrible past., 16-MAR, 7-APR, 7:45pm, £24 - 10 MAN OF LA MANCHA, LYCEUM COMPANY, Musical reworking of Cervantes’ classic, 20-APR, 19-MAY, 7:45pm, £17.50 - 10

ARLECCHINO’S REVENGE, LUNG HA’S, A story of

SADNESS AND GLADNESS, V/A, Films of Glasgow

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND

MONKS, LYCEUM COMPANY, Three Glaswegians

TRAVERSE

THE LIGHTHOUSE

DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE

EDINBURGH & GLASGOW THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM EDINBURGH

27-APR, 10:00, Mon-Fri, Free

Mon-Sat, Admission charge

NATION OF LIBERALS, NEIL MULLHOLLAND,

12-APR, 12-MAY, Tue, Wed, Thur-Sat, 10:00 AM, Free

ANALOGUE

featuring a selection of contemporary Scottish artwork, , , 10:00, Wed-Mon, £3.50(£2.50

FLAT 01 (52 ROSE ST)

video works by the emerging Germany-based artist, 28APR, 19-MAY, Tue-Sat, 12:00 PM, Free

to time spent in the Louvre, Paris, studying genre painting, 15-MAR, 12-APR, Wed-Sat, 11:00, Free

PROJECT ABILITY

GROUP SHOW, V/A, A new show different each month

SORCHA DALLAS APR, 30-APR, 12:00(tue-sat)/17:00(sun), Tue-Sun, Free ENLIGHTENMENT: COLLECTING FOR THE FUTURE, V/A, Acquisitions from the last six years, , 28-APR, 09:30, SOLO SHOW, FIONA JARDINE, Solo show, 21-APR, 19-

EDINBURGH ARTS

17-MAY, Wed-Sat, 11:00, Free

HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER

KALEIDASOPE, V/A, Work by various resident artists, 8-

AMBER ARTS

SOLO SHOW, JANNICA HONEY, Intimate portraits,

THE SKINNY RECOMMENDS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS

landscape photography from the Arts Council collection, YOUNG PEOPLE’S ART, V/A, Does what it says on the 10-MAR, 19-APR, 10:00, mon-Fri, Free tin, 24-MAR, 13-APR, 10:00, Tue-Sat, Free

HUNTERIAN

SOLO SHOW, PETER HOWSON, Recent and new works, samplers from Sir William Burrell’s wonderful collection 1-APR, 23-APR, 13:30(mon, thu, fri, sun)/11:30(sat), of British embroideries, TBC, TBC, 10:00(mon, thur, Thu-Mon, Free sat)/11:00(Fri/Sun), Mon-Sun, Free

CCA (INTER/MEDIA GALLERY - TOP FLOOR)

LIFESTYLE

LISTINGS THEATRE & ARTS

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND

10:00, Free

ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

EXHIBITING SOCIETIES OF SC OTTISH ARTS, VARIOUS, Annual exhibition featuring a cross-section of contemporary painting, sculpture, printmaking, crafts and jewellery, 17-MAR, 12-APR, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free SOLO SHOW, DAVID MARTIN, Works by the 2006 RSA Alastair Salvesen Scholar from his travels through the Middle East, 16-MAR, 15-APR, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART

OFF THE WALL, GROUP SHOW, Floor- and Ceilingbased Works from the collection, 9-DEC, 28-MAY, MonSun, 10:00, Free

SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

drawings, sculptures and digital paintings, 2-MAR, 28MAY, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

SHOTGUN WEDDING: SCOTS AND THE UNION OF 1707, TRACY MACKENNA AND EDWIN JANSSEN, Six

NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND

new works reflecting on the Union, 9-FEB, 6-MAY, MonSun, 10:00, Free

key role in forming Britain?s famous Commando forces, TBC, 1-FEB, Mon-Sun, 09:45, Free

13-FEB, 22-APR, Mon-Sun, 10:00, Free

COMMANDO COUNTRY, V/A, Examining Scotland?s

OPEN EYE GALLERY

VARIOUS, VARIOUS, A cornucopia of talent with works for sale, 11:00(mon-fri)/10:00(sun), Free

QUEENS HALL

SPECTRUM, VARIOUS, Independent festival for the creative arts, 1-APR, 1-APR, Sun, 15:00, £5

ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN

SIXES AND SEVENS, ANDREW MILLER, Questioning the

ENTREPRENEURIAL SCOTLAND, TRICIA MALLEY AND ROSS GILLESPIE, Photos of businessmen and women,

SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE

SHAODWS ON THE WALL, V/A, Traditional Indonesian Puppets and the Stories they tell, 10-MAR, 5-MAY, MonSat, 10:00, Free

STILLS

AT THE EDGE OF SPACE PARTS 1-3, DAN HOLDSWORTH, An investigation into the limits of human knowledge. Part of the Science Festival, 17-FEB, 29-APR, Mon-Sun, 11, Free

functionality of objects, 27-JAN, 15-APR, Tue-Sun, 10:00, TALBOT RICE Free BLACK MARKS, ALEX POLLARD, Solo show, 21-APR, AWAILABLE, JUERGEN TELLER, Work by the celebrated 2-JUN, Tue-Sat, 10:00, Free German-born photographer, 27-JAN, 15-APR, Tue-Sun,

The Arches Award for Stage Directors - in association with NTS Workshop and Traverse Theatre - offers two emergent, Scottish-based directors the chance to stage a fully-funded production

ARCHES

ENDURANCE, AL SEED & BEN FAULKS, Arches Theatre AMADA, CORA BISSET, Arches Theatre Festival, 10-APR, Festival, 20-APR, 21-APR, 7.15pm, £7/5 FAUSTCUBED.2360WORDS, AKHE, Arches Theatre Fes14-APR, 7.30pm, £10/7 tival, 20-APR, 21-APR, 9pm, £10/7 MOTHER, FATHER, SON, ROSIE KELLAGHER, Arches Theatre Festival, 10-APR, 14-APR, 9pm, £10/7 SPANGLEBABY, POORBOY, Arches Theatre Festival, 12-APR, 14-APR, 7.30pm, £7/5 THE BE(A)ST OF TAYLOR MAC, TAYLOR MAC, Arches Theatre Festival, 12-APR, 14-APR, 10pm, £7/5 CLOUD PIECE, NIC GREEN, Arches Theatre Festival, 16 & 18 APRIL, , 7pm, £7/5 OEDIPUS LOVES YOU, PAN PAN, Arches Theatre Festival, 16 & 18 APRIL, , 8.30, 7.30pm, £10/7 APENECK SWEENEY, PAUL-VINCENT MCINNES, Arches Theatre Festival, 17-APR, 18-APR, 8.15pm, £7/5 SOLO, ANN LIV YOUNG, Arches Theatre Festival, 17APR, 18-APR, 9.30pm, £7/5 SCRATCH NIGHT, ARCHES THEATRE FESTIVAL, Arches Theatre Festival, 19-APR, , 7.30pm, contributions PLUG’N’PLAY, AKHE, Arches Theatre Festival, 19-APR, , 9.30pm, £10/7 PARTICULARLY IN THE HEARTLAND, THE TEAM, Arches Theatre Festival, 20-APR, 21-APR, 7pm, £7/5

TRON THEATRE

THE STEAMIE, UPSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY, Tony Roper’s comic play set in an old Glasgow Steamie 4, 6, 7 APRIL, , various, £7/6 AFTERPLAY/THE BEAR, ATTIC THEATRE COMPANY, A double bill of Brian Friel plays inspired by Anton Chekhov., 14-APR, , 8pm, £14/10 THE PATRIOT, TRON THEATRE COMPANY, An explosive new political drama from award winning playwright Grae Cleugh (2002 Olivier Most Promising Playwright, 24-APR, 12-MAY, 8pm, £14 - 6

TRAMWAY

ARLECCHINO’S REVENGE, LUNG HA’S, A story of smelly cheese, rotten to the core bad guys and a mask that saves a village., 13 & 14 APRIL, , 1pm & 8pm, £8/4

LISTINGS

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI We’ve got a number of features this month on bisexual issues, so much so that there hasn’t been enough room to print them all: visit the LGBT section online at www.skinnymag.co.uk to read Siân Dada’s exploration of popular myths about bisexuality. In putting this bisexual special together we realised what we were covering was really just the tip of the iceberg - there’s a lot more to be said, and to muse upon. The unfortunate lack of contributions from bisexual men is a shame, and one which I’d like to remedy in the future; it’s interesting that fewer men than women seem to come out as bi, which leads me to think about things like compulsory heterosexuality and hegemonic masculinity, but I’ll spare you. Anyway, maybe they were just all too busy having hot, confused, indiscriminate sex to write anything. Still, this seems like a good opportunity to remind you that bisexual men, other LGBT folks, and straight people who have a clue are all welcome to contribute to this section - get in touch at lgbt@skinnymag.co.uk. In other news, I got knocked back from CC Bloom’s a couple of weeks ago for no longer carrying ID at 29. My thanks to the door staff for both the compliment and the favour. Cheers! /Nine

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI TOP EVENTS TRIBE 8 & TEAM DRESCH @ MONO 1 APRIL, FREE, OMGWTF

Okay, not really. But it would’ve been nice

VELVET & ZEUS @ STUDIO 24 8 APRIL, 24 CALTON ROAD, EDINBURGH

Now closer to the town centre and open till 3! £6/5/4 BEFORE 10:30PM

TAYLOR MAC @ THE ARCHES 12-14 APRIL, 253 ARGYLE ST, GLASGOW

Keywords: gender-bending and ukulele 10PM, £10/7

TRASHED @ CRUZ 21 APRIL, 14 THE SHORE, LEITH £6. SEE PREVIEW BELOW

LADY MUNTER’S VALLEY OF THE DOLLS @ BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT

QUEER AND

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LGBT

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RESOURCES AIMED AT LGBT PEOPLE TEND TO REINFORCE THE NOTION THAT BISEXUALS ARE IDENTICAL TO LESBIANS AND GAY MEN, JUST WITH A DIFFERENT NAME

am so over justifying bisexuality. You know, like when I’m at a party or a bar, and someone – straight or gay, it doesn’t matter – starts asking me mind-numbingly simple questions. Or worse, takes personal offence at my identity and gets aggressive about it. I’m bored of being the ambassador for bisexuality, being ‘the only one in the room’. But I always wind up feeling I should just grit my teeth and be nice, because if they’ve decided I’m the representative for all bisexual people everywhere, then biting their heads off isn’t going to do us any favours.

the media, the voluntary sector, the health service or the scene, tend to reinforce the notion that we are identical to lesbians and gay men, just with a different name.

There’s an assumption in some circles that bi people can access all the validation we need from the ‘straight’ world. Certainly, some of us can settle down in a monogamous mixed-sex relationship, pass as straight, and be happy with our lot. But for many, it’s a lot more tricky. I don’t wish to invoke false hierarchies of oppression; it’s not that poor downtrodden bisexuals have it so much worse than anybody else. It’s just that I’ve had a few experiences I don’t see reflected in standard A super-abbreviated response to their interroga- LGBT narratives. tions, though, might simply be the blindingly obvious: “I fancy hot people. I get off with them. I made the decision long ago to withhold all inforIt’s nice.” As such, bisexual identity is, I would’ve mation on my personal life from a family member thought, pretty unremarkable. But if we could who was keen to discuss boys with me, but who ever get beyond the dreaded FAQ, then maybe we made it clear that my getting off with girls was could look at things from my angle rather than “g ro s s a nd d i sg u sttheirs. ing”. In an abusive relationship, I learned to As in: okay, I identify as queer, right? And I’ve dilute my queerness to been out for ten years. And although during those the point of self-policten years I’ve gone through periods – phases, if ing the books I read or you will – of being quite assertive about my bi- the films I watched, besexual identity as well as my queer identity, I’ve cause anything might generally felt like my issues needed to be identical set my partner off. I’ve to a lesbian’s if they were going to merit discus- fretted that new female sion in a LGBT setting. And that seems kind of partners might freak crazy, given that we’ve got as far as (sometimes) upon finding out that calling our community LGBT. But there generally I’m not a lesbian, and seems to be little or no space devoted to address- I’ve avoided going to ing specifically bisexual issues. lesbian events when I couldn’t tell whether Occasionally, there’s some acknowledgement of bi women were delibbiphobia, and the fact that it can come from les- erately unwelcome or bians and gay men as well as straight people. had just been forgotThere’s also the issue of bisexual people – espe- ten about. I worry that cially younger ones, and the bi-curious – being even mentioning bi iswritten off as ‘trendy’. Supposedly, they’re hetero- sues will be met with sexuals who are trying to be edgy, mostly females either indifference or looking to turn on their boyfriends. But we need hostility. And I still find to go further than merely acknowledging these myself slipping into the problems - we need to look at how they affect us pronou n ga me once individually. in a while when I’m among peers – which is A handful of us might discuss our personal expe- bullshit because, havriences within a bi support group, but resources ing got together with aimed at LGBT people, whether they come from a boy worth sticking

around for, I’m doing our relationship a disservice if I play it down in order to win approval from fellow queers. Moreover, I thought I wasn’t the type of person who seeks approval by conforming. So I think it’s time we moved on from marvelling at bisexuality. I’d like to see more support in place for bi people, especially for those who are coming out, which acknowledges their identity in its entirety, and stops them from feeling like they’re the first people ever to experience these kinds of pitfalls. Perhaps some LGBT funding should be used to directly address bi people’s specific concerns – or would that be too radical? In an age when the term LGBT is practically synonymous with inclusion and diversity, it’s great that, along with trans people, we’re (sometimes) seen as part of the community. But inclusion comes down to the way an individual feels; inclusion by name alone is not enough.

28 APRIL, ALBION ST, GLASGOW

Glammed-up, dragnificent, and quite possibly various shades of frightening 11PM - 3AM, £6

CLUB PREVIEW TRASHED Amid a flurry of changes to the Edinburgh scene (the closure of Sala, opening of Destination’s women’s night, and the relocation to Studio 24 of Velvet and Zeus due to the near-razing of their venue by fire) the opening of new gay-friendly club night Trashed on Saturday 21 April is sure to be met with enthusiasm. Trashed has plenty to offer the Edinburgh gay scene in its own right. Situated at Cruz, a boat moored in increasingly queer-friendly Leith, the club night boasts an impressive variety of music – to include “Pop Trash”, house, electro and, eventually, a soul and funk room: a welcome change in a scene in need of some musical diversity. Offering great food and jazz throughout the week, Cruz itself might prove a popular destination this spring. Look out for the opening of the sun decks towards the summer, promising to transform the depths of Leith into a set from The L Word. (Cate Simpson) CRUZ, 14 THE SHORE, LEITH 10PM-3AM, £6 WWW.THECRUZ.CO.UK

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ALBUMS

LUKID

ONANDON (WERK)

Lukid’s debut album on Actress’ consistently great Werk imprint is an intriguing and strangely contradictory work, combining fresh-faced experimentation with surprising maturity and in-depth knowledge of electronic music. Straddling the ground between instrumental hip-hop and minimal electro, Onadon is brimming with four minute sketches of fragmented brilliance that echo round your head and tingle down your spine. Chock full of unique sounds and enigmatic structures, tracks such as Wonder Years and Light Up take a blowtorch, crowbar, and monkey wrench to the likes of Madlib, Dabrye and Prefuse 73, occasionally mangling everything with carefully controlled chops of static, glitch or silence. The excellent Piano Nono emphasises the contradictory nature of the album as a rolling piano riff struggles for dominance over stuttering attention-deficit beats that constantly threaten to fly off into weirder, darker, and noisier passages. What at first listen seems infuriatingly restrained, grows with every repetition as the puzzle-box subtleties of the record unfold. [Liam Arnold] OUT NOW. WWW.WERK-IT.COM, WWW.MYSPACE. COM/LUKID

HEARTS OF BLACK SCIENCE THE GHOST YOU LEFT BEHIND (CLUB AC30)

There are some elements of 80s music worth remembering, reviving and even celebrating (as has been so often the norm of late). Hearts of Black Science seem to have gotten the wrong end of the stick. The Swedish duo’s debut LP starts off in promising fashion. Snowball is layered impressively; dark and chilled with a haunting, atmospheric feel to it. It’s after

this track that they start getting it wrong. Revolver, just three tracks in, is loaded with some of the most melodramatic lyrical content you’ll hear this year. “Like a lonely wolf / You turn your back on me / The snow is falling on your fur, my love.” This worryingly poor tone persists to such an extent that you’ll begin to long for a sign (anything) that suggests this is in fact tongue in cheek. When it doesn’t come, what’s billed as Depeche Mode meets Air ends up sounding like Erasure meets Spinal Tap. [Finbarr Bermingham] RELEASE DATE: 3 APRIL. WWW.HEARTSOFBLACKSCIENCE.COM

LONDON URBAN COLLECTIVE III VARIOUS

(FREEPORT RECORDS)

London isn’t the whole of the UK. Obvious? Glaringly obvious? It would seem so. It’s a simple fact of geography, for starters. As Scots with a love of hip-hop, The Skinny reckons it gets a little grating to be sidelined. We’re sure it’s annoying if you’re from Manchester too. LUCIII is just the latest in a long line of this kind of ignorance. Some in the London scene seem unaware of just how much goes on elsewhere. The music on the album is varied and of a damn high standard, and some of the MCs are pretty lethal. Where it all falls down is where the label bills it as a showcase of UK hip-hop, when all the auditions were held in North London. Couple that scene blindness with a reliance on American talent, and the LUC doesn’t do enough to convince. That is a shame, because some of the talent on this record really doesn’t deserve to be tainted with the stink of parochial self importance. [DalaiDahmer] AVAILABLE NOW ON PRE-RELEASE. SEE WWW.LONDONURBANCOLLECTIVE. COM FOR MORE INFORMATION.

MOTOR UNHUMAN (NOVAMUTE)

Motor are back with a noticeably

developed follow-up to Klunk, taking the klunking industrial machinery electronica into warmer and more complex territory. The acid sound gets an electro-house re-birth on Unhuman, fitted around jackin’ beats, vocodered lyrics, and erratic clicks. Speeded up samples from Josh Wink’s infamous acid-house track, Higher State of Consciousness, are blended with Vitalic-styled melodies on title track Unhuman, pitch-bent into droning chords and one crunchy-as-drycornflakes beat. Flashback and AC 775 are also imbued with raging acid repetitions, Tetris beeps, a body-jacking beat, and subtle echoed and clipped synths. Bleep#1 unleashes the angry electronica, inspiring images of manic Moroder key jabbing in a momentum building moment. The lines are blurred between techno, jackin’ acid house and electronica through Motor’s sophisticated syncopation and the constant adding of layers to this multifarious electronic onion. Drug Punk subtly builds shufﬂes and fizz into a stripped down, fast-paced glitch drum breakdown with the vocodered vocal from A.I. hell declaring a need for drugs, and Night Drive’s tussle of synth and percussion faintly establishes itself as a meaner Fischerspooner, shedding the disco chic. It’s a good sign when a band only improves. [Alex Burden] OUT NOW. ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR DEBUT KLUNK.

DJ KENTARO ENTER

(NINJA TUNE)

2002’s DMC Champion Kentaro is known as ‘The No-Waller’ – he does not believe in traditional genre boundaries, and his debut album embodies this as much as his showpiece DJ sets have in the past. The opening track, Enter The New Ground, cycles through traditional Japanese instruments, electro, hiphop and drum and bass in under three minutes, an elegant morphing process that characterises what is to come. Collaborations with labelmates Spank Rock and New Flesh are particular highlights, electro and dancehall layering in some urban

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ﬂavour to the mix, while a welcome contribution from The Pharcyde turns up the heat with some crazy free-jazz drums and jumping pianos. One Hand Blizzard leaves you in no doubt as to Kentaro’s scratching abilities, whilst fellow countryman Hifana offers an entirely different take on hip-hop beats. An accomplished fusion of styles, rather than a compilation album, Enter is a triumph. [Bram Gieben] RELEASE DATE : 28 APR READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH DJ KENTARO ONLINE AT WWW.SKINNYMAG.CO.UK. WWW.NINJATUNE.NET

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

THE COMPILATION (ENIGMA)

Northern Exposure are a brother and sister hip-hop crew who have been representing south of the border and overseas, playing with acts like Kano, Ghostface Killah, Amy Winehouse and Roots Manuva. Rapper Eunice Olmide is the first lady of the Mud Fam (Skinnyman’s crew) and together with her brother ODC she seems poised to take a position on the fontlines of the UK hip-hop struggle. Her flow is gritty and invigorating – Lady Sovereign without the flippant commercialism. Hailing from The Calders, one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas, she raps about real life situations with an unflinching morality, her flow slightly ragga or grime inflected on some tracks. ODC’s voice is a counterpoint, more identifiably Scottish, rooting tunes like Edinburgh Town and Boycott This System into a definitively local reality. Their album, due imminently, should be a killer – for now this mixtape has a confident and impressive mix of dark urban beats to chew on. [Omar Kudos] OUT NOW – AVAIL ABLE THROUGH THE BAND’S WEBSITE. LOOK OUT FOR A SKINNY FEATURE ON NORTHERN EXPOSURE WHEN THEIR ALBUM DROPS. WWW.ENIGMAPROMO.CO.NR WWW.XPLETUSDESIGN.COM/NRNEXPO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/NRNXPO

SINGLES NIYI

808 KLAP / UR MUMMY (HOLLOWAY HIT FACTORY)

RELEASED: OUT APRIL. IF YOU LIKE THIS,

Niyi is a DJ, club promoter and New Rave hype phenomenon: clad in dayglo specs, a giant patchwork neon bowtie, with (no joke) a onelitre carton of apple juice hanging round his neck, he looks and sounds like the British Spank Rock. His music is equal parts Wiley, Timmy Mallett pop dross and breakbeat hardcore. 808 Klap extols the virtues of shit drum machines, London is an underground anthem, and Ur Mummy is just self indulgent and rude. Takes grime, so-called New Rave and electro, and gives it a camp, dirty spanking. [Bram Gieben] OUT NOW. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/NIYI

INTROSPECTIVE POLE KAT [GET IT ON] (SINISTER RECORDINGS)

CHECK OUT HIS LATEST TWO REMIXES (OF REX’S ALTERNATE REALITY AND DIGITALIS’ MIND GAMES) WHICH ARE ON THEIR WAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING MONTHS. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/INTROSPECTIVEMUSIC

THE KNIFE

MARBLE HOUSE

Marble house puts you in mind of Kate Bush, if Kate Bush had been born fifteen years later. It’s weird enough and pop enough all at once, all the while hanging onto the trademark wistfulness and longing that often seeps out of The Knife’s tracks. They know their way around a soundscape, these two. Some of the remixes seem more Knifey than the radio edit to The Skinny’s ears, but we’d still crank it if it came on the radio. If the variety of mixes of Marble House is a sign of album material to come we can surely justify getting all excited. The lack of original b-sides on the single is perhaps cause for pause, but it is only a short pause. [DalaiDahmer] WWW.THEKNIFE.NET

Introspective exchanges the tech funk for a minimal electro house edge on this release: a powerful dancefloor builder only slightly dwarfed by the fiercer ear-drum scratching 30hz remix. Title track Pole Kat (Get It On) has a straight up 4/4 attitude and development, slowly filtered and unfiltered, pushed to dizzying heights by the looped ‘get it on’ vocal (not at all as cheesy as it sounds). The elements of techfunk are still there with a little latin ass shake, and a deep rumbling vibration makes secret calls to your inner organs, begging them to jump about spasmodically. 30hz’s remix is the jewel in the crown, and no wonder it’s being hammered out by the likes of Meat Katie - a cacophony of un-oiled child’s swings,

SILICONE SOUL BAD MACHINES (SOMA)

Bad Machines will drive you to turn off that bad hi-fi machine allowing the music to continue. Whilst it is a fun song that you can boogie away to, it’s just nothing special or original. The b-side, Stolen Sunset, is also one of the most boring electro tunes ever heard; while the third track, 3am, does a moody introspective sound, re-mixed for the club scene. Unfortunately not a lot here to keep you awake and dancing! [Lara Moloney]

(ROLL DEEP RECORDINGS)

WWW.SOMARECORDS.COM

photo: Jack Waddington

T and Jet Le provide much of the best material, and Eskiboy Wiley’s verses are as unmissable as always. For true, grimy Roll Deep, seek the mixtapes – but if you’re put off by grime’s spiky harshness, this album will definitely be more compatible with your ears. This is the sound of London – big, brash and bold. [Bram Gieben]

1. CLIPSE - KEYS OPEN DOORS (RCA)

7. RAW SILK - DO IT TO THE MUSIC (GDC)

Tough to choose off of a great album full of killers.

Super tasty late disco track.

2. AMY WINEHOUSE - TEARS DRY ON THEIR OWN (ISLAND)

8. THE IMPRESSIONS - 7 YEARS (SPECTRUM)

Lets see how it works in the club...

Classic, heartbreaking tune by the guy who inspired me to sing.

3. JOHN LENNON - JEALOUS GUY (PARLOPHONE) The co-king. Nothing else to say.

9. ZZ TOP - ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM (WARNER)

4. GAP BAND - BURN RUBBER ON ME (SPECTRUM)

This is like the funkiest southern rock record of all time, maybe?

The synth bassline to end all synth basslines.

5. CHAKA KHAN - WHAT YOU GONNA DO FOR ME (WARNER)

Arif Mardin just destroys this.

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW.

6. RARE BIRD - AS YOUR MIND FLIES BY (EL)

WWW.ROLL-DEEP.COM

Just a great sounding record, simple.

10. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS

he lesbian who sleeps with men is an unmentionable of the LGBT community. Logical fallacy that she seems to be, she is also known or misrecognised as bisexual, label-less, pansexual, queer, byke, personspecific, and, of course, ‘confused’. Who is she, and why doesn’t she just call herself bisexual? She’s probably never going to have her own Pride march, or even a banner, as “it’s complicated” isn’t much of a rallying cry. Her tendency to sleep with men, however ma ny or i n whatever pattern, is often a disappointment to her fellow lesbians, a sigh of relief to traumatised parents (at last!), and, most significantly, a source of drama and trauma to herself. All that coming out only to end up, like the vast majority of the female population, sleeping with a bloke!

Oh man, that chord progression in the verse gets me every time. It’s so badass.

to address fluctuations in identity or desire. But reluctance to identify as bisexual, or as someone in a straight relationship, also comes from our associations with those terms. Sexist ideas about gender roles influence not only how others view your relationship but, more insidiously, how you and your partner view it. I’m ashamed to admit that I automatically expect more from a female partner – I think she’ll pick up her own socks, and make my tea as often as I make hers, whereas I’m still a bit surprised if a man does the same. I try to challenge this, but it doesn’t come from out of the

SEXIST IDEAS ABOUT GENDER ROLES INFLUENCE NOT ONLY HOW OTHERS VIEW YOUR RELATIONSHIP BUT, MORE INSIDIOUSLY, HOW YOU AND YOUR PARTNER VIEW IT.

Lesbians would likely be less defensive if same-sex relationships weren’t characterised as ‘less than’ (not ‘quite’ marriage, not ‘quite’ model parents). The ‘all she needs is a good man’ bromide makes it difficult to ‘surrender’ any member of the pussy posse. At my undergraduate university, for example, the term ‘four year lesbian’ was used to slag off anybody whose commitment to her lesbian identity seemed convenient rather than permanent. Conversely, a ‘gold star’, or so The L Word would have us believe, is American lesbian culture’s term for a lesbian who has never slept with a man. Homophobia makes us defensive and reluctant

blue – and it fits with most of the straight relationships I know, where women do the majority of the housework and childcare. This makes me less willing to think of myself as a woman who could, potentially, end up with a man – because for me, identifying as a lesbian also says something about the kind of egalitarian relationship I want. Of course, the biggest problem is that all these categories (‘lesbian’; ‘straight relationship’) are, essentially, crap. They limit possibility; they try to make static something that will never, ever stand still. They fail to account for things like personal history, cultural context, and the ebb and flow of identity. When I moved to Britain several years ago I found myself increasingly drawn to men as well as women. This could be for various reasons. I am

2. Several characters, The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin. This great 18th century Chinese novel presents an interesting, non-Western conception of sexuality, with the bisexuality of most of the male characters taken as a given. 3. The poetic speaker, Shakespeare’s sonnets. Sonnet 20 gives but one example: “A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand painted/ Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion.” 4. Alice Pieszecki, The L Word. Played by Leisha Hailey, ex of kd lang, Alice is one of the best things about this series. Alice’s motto: “I follow the heart, not the anatomy.” 5. Sparrow, Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel. Director of a women’s shelter, earthy-crunchy Sparrow’s identity shifted from lesbian to bisexual after meeting the lovely Stuart in this long-running comic strip.

1. Various members of the criminal element, Midsomer Murders. Have you noticed that if there’s a bisexual in Midsomer Murders they’re always the murderer? And they have no motive other than being bisexual?

2. Catherine Tramell, Basic Instinct. An obvious choice, fitting in quite well with the above: bisexuality clearly makes murder suspect Sharon Stone desperate enough to sleep with Michael Douglas in an acrylicblend jumper, and a bit too free with the ice-pick. 3. Cristal Connors, Showgirls. Cristal’s manipulative personality is revealed by her opportunistic use of her bisexuality to throw off-balance her competition for Number One Stripper in Vegas. Say what? Written by Joe Eszterhas (as was Basic Instinct), who clearly has some issues with bisexual women. 4. Mr Sloane, Entertaining Mr Sloane, by Joe Orton. The titular character of this controversial 1964 stage play is the classic manipulative bisexual. Yawn! 5. Dr. Frank N. Fur ter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Much as we admire Frank’s ability to seduce uptight Brad and virginal Janet (and how great his legs look in suspenders) we have to give this one the thumbs-down, as Frank murders Eddie with an ice-pick in a jealous rage and then serves him up for d i n n e r. W h a t ’s with the ice picks? WWW.EQUALITY-NETWORK.ORG

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further in distance and in time from my Catholic upbringing and feel less embattled, more willing to admit ambiguity. My ‘type’ in women is culturally specific. Perhaps I have just been lucky enough to meet some very nice men here. When I return home, I’m struck by the strength of my desire for other women – it overwhelms any attraction I may feel towards men. My old sense of my sexuality emerges, leaving me identifying as domestically lesbian but internationally bisexual. Had I never moved to the UK, perhaps I would never have realised this. The fundamental problem here is one of language, and how inadequate and yet totally foundational it is. We want words to describe how we feel and how we think of ourselves, but language inevitably defines by excluding what isn’t as well as what is. The word ‘lesbian’ feels right - except when it means that other people interpret it as never, ever having any interest in a man, rather than having a general preference for women.

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THE WIDE ANGLE: GOODBYE HEATHER MACALLISTER

ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE IN THE QUEER FAT COMMUNITY DIED THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO MEMORIALISE HEATHER MACALLISTER HERE, BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN HER. Heather Mac lived in Detroit, Tucson, San Francisco and, f inally, Portland. You can probably tell by her name that, although she was an American, her family had Scottish roots - they emigrated from Edinburgh. Heather cut her activist teeth working with local LGBT organisations, including Al Fatiha, the queer Muslim group. It was with fat liberation, however, that she really got into her stride.

But language is still creative, endlessly generative, as much as it is a trap. We cannot escape categorisation because we cannot escape language, but if Judith Butler, queer theorist and author of Gender Trouble, is to be believed, we can tweak it, pull at its corners, perform it differently. We can pick our words, and we can insist on their fitting us. We can ‘mean’, as it were, differently. It isn’t an easy proposition, but we can learn from the trans community on this one. A ‘man’ doesn’t have to have a penis to be a man, and a ‘woman’ doesn’t have to be able to give birth to be a woman. And maybe a lesbian doesn’t have to be a gold star, either.

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AS OUR SEXUALITY EVOLVES, SO TOO CAN THE WORDS WE USE TO DEFINE IT.

1. Duffy of Going to the Dogs by Dan Kavanagh. Duffy is the great bisexual anti-hero of the detective novels written by Julian Barnes under this pseudonym.

RJD2 - THE THIRD HAND (XL) IS OUT NOW.

With Wiley’s first album on Big Dada imminent, and with the knowledge that the official head of the Roll Deep crew is retiring after that release, you would think there might be a touch of regret or reﬂection on the new group effort. Not so – the Roll Deep crew are putting a ﬂame to it in their customary fashion. The grimy depths of their Creeper mixtapes and Wiley’s own offerings are smoothed out and polished for the official album releases, so you do get a couple of blatant stabs at the mainstream. However, lacing raw urban music with saccharine r&b is nothing new, and if it improves sales for a band of Roll Deep’s quality, it would seem churlish to criticise. The heavier tracks benefit from being so polished – Badman is a focused burst of ghetto morality, while classic clash tunes like Bring Ur Crew Then, Celebrate and Flame Grilled Whopper are simply Roll Deep chromed-out and gleaming. Lyrically, Tempa

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LAST MONTH’S FEATURE ON RJD2 YIELDED MUCH FRUITFUL INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCER BEHIND THE SEMINAL HIP-HOP OPUS DEAD RINGER, THE BAROQUE TRIP-HOP OF SINCE WE LAST SPOKE, AND THE FOLK-FLAVOURED, ELECTRO REDUCTIONISM OF HIS LATEST OFFERING, THE THIRD HAND. NOW, RJD2 (AKA THE MARVELOUSLY-NAMED RAMBLE JOHN KROHN) GIVES US A TASTE OF HIS EVER-ECLECTIC DJ SETS, WHICH RANGE FROM THE BLINGED-UP CRACK-HOP OF NEPTUNES AFFILIATES CLIPSE, TO THE WEIRD-BEARD ROCK STYLINGS OF ZZ TOP. GET IT UP YE!

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Most of her admirers knew Heather through The Original Fat Bottom Revue, performed by Big Burlesque, the only full-time fat dance troupe in the US at that time, which she founded. Big Burlesque shows were characterised by bodacious femmes teasing the audience with shimmies, feather boas and racy moves. The group acquired fans from every walk of life including Leonard Nimoy – yes, Spock! – who photographed the women for his Full Body Project. Heather’s activism stretched beyond the work that she did onstage. Friends remember the time she hosted a barbeque outside a weight loss clinic. She co-hosted Fat-a-tat-tat, a pirate radio show. She was the keynote speaker at last year’s NOLOSE, the annual gathering of fat dykes where, weak from her illness, she delivered her speech from a throne, with her beloved boi at her feet. Heather had a fierce personality. She could be a super-diva, and difficult. But that’s often the way with visionaries. She had an affinity with underclass people and turned many of us on to the possibilities in our marginalised bodies. Thankfully her legacy will continue, but Heather herself is gone now. She died on 13 February 2007, aged 38, in Portland by assisted suicide following a three year fight against ovarian cancer. Her last wishes were: “Please remember to love each other, and to love ourselves. Take care of our minds and bodies, without fail and against all odds. And know, beyond doubt, that we are all beautiful, amazing beings. Never forget. This is what I lived for. Take care of yourselves, you beautiful beings.” Upon her passing Mayor Gavin Newsom declared her bi rthday, 25 Februa r y, to be Heather MacAllister Day in San Francisco. [Charlotte Cooper]

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Utterly Guttered?

April is shaping up to be one of the strongest months for f ilm releases we’ve had in ages. Film of the mont h wa s a ver y tough call between three very different, but equally outstanding movies. The Best Fo r e i g n L a n g ua ge O s ca r w i n ner, The Lives of Others, hails from Germany and tells of the dark days of Stasi control in the old East Germany. The gorgeous Curse of the Golden Flower blends stunning action and royal intrigue in 10th century China. And Britain’s own Shane Meadows returns with what may his best film yet, the blistering This Is England. In the end, Golden Flower just shaded it, but make time for each of these if you can. Oh, and Half Nelson is well worth catching as well. Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse project may or may not be with us this month. It’s been doing the hokey-kokey on the release schedules for some time now, so your guess is as good as mine. At the last count, it was due out on the 6th, but then it disappeared a couple of days later. Go see it if does turn up, would you? Have fun and see you in May. Paul.

DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI RELEASE SCHEDULE 6 APRIL Blades Of Glory (12A) Close To Home (TBC) El Topo (18) Lights In The Dusk (PG) The Messengers (15) Prick Up Your Ears (15) Provoked (15) Sunshine (15)

13 APRIL Curse Of The Golden Flower (15) The Lives Of Others (15) Perfect Stranger (TBC) The Reaping (TBC) Shooter (TBC) Unknown (15) Wild Hogs (12A)

20 APRIL Alpha Dog (15) Distant Voices, Still Lives (15) Fracture (TBC) Half Nelson (15) The Hitcher (18) Pathfinder (15) Reign Over Me (15) Straightheads (18)

27 APRIL Away From Her (12A) The Breed (TBC) Next (TBC) The Painted Veil (12A) Reno 911!: Miami (15) Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (12A) This Is England (18) Typhoon (TBC)

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ALEC MCLEOD SPEAKS TO STEPHEN GRAHAM ABOUT PLAYING FARRIGHT MENTALIST ‘COMBO’ IN SHANE MEADOWS’ THIS IS ENGLAND

ince shooting his first ultra-low budget films with his mates, Shane Meadows has been dealing with witty and poignant stories of local characters who also manage to be universally recognisable. His first big project, TwentyFourSeven, received a large national marketing campaign thanks to the confidence in the British film industry that followed the international successes of Trainspotting and The Full Monty. The trickier and less publicised A Room for Romeo Brass rewarded the loyal following that had developed, but it is sad to think how much better it could have done w ith the pub licity thrown at Once Upon a Time in The Midlands, which had become messy thanks to t he i nter vent ion of backers over-eager not to miss another opportunity. Dead Man’s Shoes was a backto-basics instant classic, created in close collaboration with the cast and crew, particularly Paddy Considine, who had played the self destructive Morell in Romeo Brass. Using a small cast of largely non-actors to create a dark revenge tale developed through constant improvisation, Meadows had proven (if proof were really needed) to himself and everyone else that he knew what he was doing, and that his style of filmmaking had no need of easy laughs or a concrete script.

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and fresh performances of Romeo Brass, This Is England also goes to a more dangerous place, one that constantly threatens to enter the same violent territory as Dead Man’s Shoes. The agent of this, Combo, is portrayed by Stephen Graham in a performance that shocks with its rage. No stranger to big projects (Band of Brothers, Gangs of New York, Snatch), This Is England allowed him to tackle a challenging central role with the artistic freedom to develop it as he felt necessary. “In order to allow the film to move organically and be creative on the day, you have to know your character inside out,” he reveals. “So we each had a huge biography and did a ‘hot seat’, where we sat in a chair, read our biography out and were then asked questions about moments of our life.” For Stephen, the character of a vicious racist desperate to win over young minds initially put him in a difficult position. “You watch great films like Taxi Driver and you always hope to get the chance to play a great part like that. But with someone like Combo, the thing for me was the racism side. After the first workshop I phoned my dad and said, ‘I think I’ve got to tell them that I’m mixed race.’ My dad’s half cast and my granddad was from Jamaica, so I was really nervous to tell Shane that there’s actually colour in the family, just in case he then thought I wasn’t right and wanted someone like Tim Roth or something.”

CONSTANTLY THREATENS TO ENTER A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE.

This clarity of conviction is shown again in This Is England, his most accomplished film to date. Returning to his experiences of people he knew growing up, it revolves around Shaun (played by young revelation Thomas ‘Thommo’ Turgoose), an alienated young kid in the 80s, whose father died in the Falklands conflict. With no friends to turn to, he is spotted by Woody, the likeable leader of a bunch of skinheads, who take him under their wing. Much older than Shaun, they seem a bad influence, but it’s only when these rebels without a cause are themselves introduced to Woody’s former acquaintance Combo, fresh from prison, that we realise who we should really be worrying about. While having the humour

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On the contrary, Meadows saw it as something that would make the character even more interesting, and it became part of Combo’s past as well, one of the many aspects of the film’s world that developed through workshops and exists on-screen without being overtly mentioned. “I mean, it’s all very subtext, but there’s a scene where Milky (played by Andrew Shim, the young black actor who Meadows previously introduced in Romeo Brass) is talking about his family, and for Combo, it becomes less about wanting to destroy this person, and more about, ‘Man, I actually missed out on all that kind of life.’ That’s what we put into it.”

The original inspiration for the character was someone Shane Meadows had become involved with at a young age, who at one point took him to an underground National Front meeting, a scene that appears in the film. But by allowing the actors freedom to develop the characters themselves, Stephen was able to use his own knowledge. “I did know a Combo. Not as brutal, but when we were about eleven, there was this lad, who must have been about twenty, who’d come into the youth club and think that he owned it. He was practically a man, and we were only kids. He used to frighten the shit out of us. So I remembered how he used to make us feel and tried to carry that through with the young actors. I’d never hit them or anything, but I’d tell them stories when we were off camera - that were completely false - that would just keep that little edge of ‘Don’t get too comfortable’.” Having shown his skills to Shane, they are in talks to work again. “He thinks it would be really great to put me and Paddy (Considine) together in a film. He’s mentioned a couple of ideas, but nothing specific yet. I think he should do a comedy, because he’s great at comedy, but basically I’d just like to work with him again.” For now, Stephen’s working on Hollywood project Inkheart alongside Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, and Helen Mirren, fresh from her awards success with The Queen. So what did he make of her performance? “I haven’t seen it! She hasn’t asked me yet, so I haven’t had to say, ‘Er, yeah, I thought you were great.’ I’ll get around to it at some point.” However, there was one prize The Queen didn’t manage to get: Best British Independent Film at the BIFAs, which instead went to This Is England. “Yeah, I was talking to Mark (Herbert, producer) about this earlier, and I was saying they should put on the posters: ‘This Is England - We Beat The Queen.’ He probably won’t go for it though. It’s a bit too much, isn’t it?”

DIR: SHANE MEADOWS STARS: THOMAS TURGOOSE, STEPHEN GRAHAM, JOSEPH GILGUN, ANDREW SHIM RELEASE DATE: 27 APR

UTTER GUTTER IS FIRMLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, SO YOU’D BETTER GET DOWN TO GLASGOW OR EDINBURGH TO EXPERIENCE THE CLUB NIGHT by Gill Tasker IN ALL IT’S DELICIOUSLY DEBAUCHED GLORY.

he sad closure of The Riverside Club has meant that quietly infamous alternative club night Utter Gutter has had to find a new home. I spoke to Madame Sannex about the closure of the club, and the exciting new direction that Utter Gutter is taking in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Utter Gutter’s tag line is “whatever you want it to be...” and it is just that. A night for glamorous guys, gals and everything-in-betweens, it is the one night that can be relied upon to host a true party – it really is all about the party spirit. All that Utter Gutter asks for is “the love of good music and the ability to smile”. Sounds simple enough. Music-wise the tunage is really anything that gets you moving and keeps you moving. It mainly consists of electro, so expect to hear the likes of Vitalic, Boyz Noise, Bodyrockers and Graffiti, albeit mixed in with the likes of Sons and Daughters, The Cramps and some camp classics sprinkled in for good measure. The music is usually brilliant, and many times I have first heard a now-favourite tune played on the Utter Gutter decks. The individuals in the crowd consistently make an effort to dress up more so than most other clubs, with fun being the main objective of the night. Madame Sannex told me that initially the night started as a “DIY party” where she and fellow founder DJ Hushpuppy would showcase their own record collection to friends “like a house party without the free booze”. Since those days two years ago the night has gone from strength to strength, attracting a fiercely loyal throng of regulars who know that the mad monthly party is one not to be missed. Although Madame Sannex is “devastated” about the closure of The Riverside Club as it marks an end of an era for Utter Gutter, it does however herald a new direction for the night. The new home of Utter Gutter in Glasgow is upstairs in The Classic Grand, a carefully chosen venue that was originally an old porn cinema - more than in keeping with Utter Gutter’s sleazy but sexy vibe. Although the new venue is quite different, shiny and new in comparison to the old charm of The Riverside, Madame

Sannex is keen to emphasise that the night will keep the same raw, home-grown ethic that the clubbers are familiar with. The new Utter Gutter venue doesn’t feel cold like many newly opened clubs but traditionally beautiful, boasting a real sense of old charm. The floor space in The Classic Grand is about the same capacity as The Riverside Club and again, it is one big open space, encouraging participation and promoting the close-knit party atmosphere. The move to The Classic Grand also enables the club to expand the overall experience, with plans to incorporate video visuals. The huge bar might mean no more queuing for twenty minutes to get a drink – hooray! The Skinny asked Madame Sannex what the most important aspect of the night was for her, besides the fun factor. She said the door policy, as Utter Gutter pulls in a “very specific crowd”. Clubbers should be able to “have a good party with like-minded people”. In the move to The Classic Grand, as with The Riverside Club, Madame Sannex will be liaising closely with security to ensure the open-minded and friendly door policy is maintained. She hopes that the same people and the same ethos will carry on with the new venue. Utter Gutter’s new direction in Glasgow arrives alongside a new the night launching in Edinburgh, in Studio 24. Madame Sannex feels that Utter Gutter Edinburgh will compliment the rich history of gay clubbing in Edinburgh, providing a night for the East-coasters to rip it up on the dancefloor and go all out to glam it up, possibly more than before. The Edinburgh expansion proves that Utter Gutter is going from strength to strength, with more and more clued-up club kids realising that it is the place to drink, dance and be merry.

BOTH UTTER GUTTERS WILL SEE MORE LOCAL GUEST DJS AND LIVE ACTS PLAYING, ADDING A NEW DYNAMIC DIMENSION TO THE NIGHT; FORTHCOMING ACTS IN LINE ARE TO INCLUDE THE LIKES OF DJ BITCH, DIRTY MARC (DEATHKILL 4000) AND FAKE FANG (FORMERLY ELECTRO INDIE UPSTARTS MOTORMARK).

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THAT MUSIC-INTENSE TIME OF YEAR IS UPON US AGAIN, AND WHAT YOU NEED IS A FILTER OF ALL THE BEST BITS - SO HERE IT IS! READ, AND PLAN YOUR SCHEDULES WELL.

t’s a great achievement when musicians manage to produce a piece of work that can so brilliantly ref lect such a wide scope of their influences, as Brighton’s electronica krautpop-tastic Fujiya & Miyagi have done. Traces of their faves, from Talking Heads to Captain Beefheart to Kraftwerk are highly recognisable in their recent second release, Transparent Things. It’s an alluring mix of delicate but danceable beats and synths with soft-spoken yet punchy vocals that create undeniably cool tunes, drawing in both indie and dancehall ears alike (The Bongo Club, 8pm, £8, 27 April).

ate menacing soundfeasts laced with obscure cinematic samples. His approaching set at Yardcore alongside the likes of Hellfish and Breakage are an apt indication of his niche in the London scene, and with a veritable catalogue of releases via innovators Hotflush, Sting, Destructive, and Boka, his long-awaited debut is due for release on Planet Mu later this year. Also at the Bongo, Scotland’s own The Great Ezcape are not to be missed, delivering some of the best beats’n’rhymes the northern hip hop scene could ask for. Profisee and Vigilante have undoubtedly gone from strength to strength since they self-released the mighty Escapades in ‘06. Radio 1, 1Xtra and Kiss FM all bigged them up with a tirade of airplay, and you are most graciously advised to catch one of their formidable shows while they’re still playing relatively intimate venues. It surely won’t last (11pm-3am, £14, 27 Apr).

We’ll just call him Ewan Pearson, but this DJ is known by many monikers, including Maas, Sulky Pup, and Dirtbox, outputting in-demand house and techno. Pearson, signed to Glasgow’s Soma, has remixed for big names like The Chemical Brothers and Depeche Mode, and now holds a residency at Berlin’s Watergate club. Imagine listening to his music in a shiny, fast car. Or on top of it. Or Master of atmosphere and the eternal chillax, Chris Coco is due at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh on 25 April - it’s free before 12am to play Cabaret Voltaire on 26 Apr (11pm-3am, £6/£4). You may remember him from BBC Radio 1’s The Blue Room, the after-hours and only £2 after so you’ve got no excuse (11pm-3am)! treatise for slaves to the nocturnal, but Coco also helped to chaperPulsating techno with sonorous beats may not be the first thing one the acid house revolution in the late eighties, equally encourone conjures at the thought of the land of romantic gestures and aging the germination and subsequent flourishing of chillout as a extravagant art, but this Montpellier pair prove that there’s more genre. Careful crafted diversity and a dash of brooding electronica to France than the sappy stereotypes: Oliver Mateu and Gilles consistently insinuate themselves with his work. Escoffier, aka The Youngsters, began professionally crafting music with one another eight years ago. Since then, they’ve re- And from the downbeat to the Detroit, we move to the Jazz Bar on leased the critically-acclaimed albums Lemon Orange and The Army 28 Apr for Kenny Dixon Jr, perhaps better known as Detroit house of 1.0 under Laurent Garnier’s F-Communication label, and con- pusher Moodymann, appearing with the Trouble DJs (11pmtinue to take their eletromagnetic energy all over Europe. Next stop 3am, £12). Dixon is one of the few in electronic dance music is Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire, (11pm-3am, £10, 28 April) where to channel a confrontational political stance through they’ll be supported by Carl Legend, Jay Steinveg, Laurie Duncan his music - a unique brand of tech-house that comes riddled with references to Detroit’s heritage of soul, and Cactus. Sentimental slow dancers need not apply. funk and jazz, a nod to the acid era, and appropriSay yes to tyrannical basslines and dark, dirty beats as DJ ated choice samples from b-movies, soft porn and Distance attacks Edinburgh’s Bongo Club (11pm, £9, 26 Apr) with blaxpolitation films. his dubstep and breakcore juggernauts. Distance, the Rinse FM selecta, manipulates d&b, hip hop, metal, breakstep and more to cre- Alternatively, get ready for earth-trembling

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HEADSPIN, THE BONGO CLUB, FEB 24 Straight outta Southampton, Matt Ford, AKA DJ Format, is one of just a handful of truly prolific British hiphop producers, and quite a coup for the Bongo Club. Previously the tour DJ with Jurassic 5 and DJ Shadow, he really made his name with debut album Music for the Mature BBoy in 2003. It was followed two years later with If You Cant Join Em’ Beat Em’, which saw his production skills flourish, aided by MCs Abdominal and D-Sisive. This time, without his rappers, he lets the records do the talking, and after typically solid support form the Headspin residents, he opens with fan favourite Ill Culinary Behaviour, before diving headfirst into an orgy of every style, era, and region of hip-hop. Much like his recent Fabric mix, the set gradually builds up the tempo and branches out into other musical disciplines, always demonstrating the ear for funky breaks and catchy riffs so evident in his production work. [Peter Walker]

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SEQUENTIAL, STUDIO 24, ,23 FEB Dubstep remains on the lower periphery of underground music. The representation at Glasgow’s Universal is evidence of this, and not necessarily in a ‘Who stole the

reggae and dub as Messenger Soundsystem take the floor at the Bongo on the same evening (11pm-3am, £10, 28 Apr). For two decades now they’ve throbbed and reverberated original roots to redden your eyes and open your m ind, ranging from the lazy and hazy to the loud and proud. A cultural selection of MCs, effects galore and last but certainly not least, the phenomenal soundsystem itsel f a re t h re e fantastic reasons to check it out. WWW.TRIPTYCHFESTIVAL.COM

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photo: Jack Waddington crowd’ way - because the place is nicely full for the majority of the night. But when obser ving the crowd itself you can tell that these people live each tune and hanker for each and every reload. This is tough within this genre, which is hard to keep up with at the best of times. The bass is massive, each tune rattling the whole building with the Mungo’s Hi Fi sound system only just warming up. Dubstep is truly a new culture, one which is beginning to infiltrate on the back of its pioneering producers like NType, the headliner of the evening. [Jonny Ogg]

TOKYOBLU, EGO, MAR 2

Ego can be an awkward space for the really hyped up club nights. The one room is just that, a room - with nothing wondrous or charismatic about it, and with little potential for delivering something particularly grandiose. Tonight’s house-grooved Tokyoblu was meant to be “the best club night in Scotland” however there had to be more than a few thinking “Is this is it?”. But the aglow deco was a good effort for what the atmosphere lacked, and so was DJ George T - one energetic man on a mission to keep the beats reverberating though the floor; a little bewildering and exhuasting to watch. A wander downstairs to the annex was like discovering someone’s cool

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and inconspicuous den, with funky house music and a tranquil intimacy. Perhaps ‘the best’ stuff happens with Tokyoblu’s live band, which unfortunately did not happen this month but certainly sounds promising and more capable of fulfilling the club’s inflated ambitions. [Kelly Smith]

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Trance and all things hard are the order of the day at Absolute, a night which has been healthily bubbling away down at Studio 24 for a while now. Tonight’s guest is DJ Sean Tyas - a US trance producer who has rapidly become one of the scene’s hottest properties. He takes to the decks around midnight commanding a healthy dancefloor, thanks to preparation from resident Paul Nisbet. Pushing the tunes shattering past the 145bpm mark, Tyas hurls some meaty tracks at the crowd, but while there’s not a dry eye in the house when he drops a new mix of Rank 1’s Airwave, the set as a whole lacks build and direction. Still, egged on by the Absolute dancers on stage, the crowd love it, and the night finishes on a high with a packed dancefloor. [Tom Donohue]

SOLESCIENCE VS. DISKOMATIK, CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH, 13 APR

The first Friday 13th of 2007 is going to be lucky for many folk who catch the battle for supremacy of all things house. Diskomatik, who have been together for just two years, are going to be up against Solescience, their northern counterparts who have been formed for almost a year longer. Neil Anderson and Joe Apted, two of the main players from Diskomatik, are already famed for their secret boat parties down south, and for having hit the London scene with high quality trance, disco, and

house mixes. They are sure to be up for a crazy fourway-wrong-off with Solescience that will leave everyone sweating. Solescience have been standing at the forefront of the Edinburgh house scene for a few years now, and resident’s Rob Mathie and Nick Yuill will be spinning tracks like Hot Chip’s No Fit State remixes or John Daley’s Freak Out or Get Out to get the crowd going. Go and hit the dancefloor and see how the southern souls fare against those with the northern charm and see who comes out on top. [Lara Moloney] 11PM-3AM, £3 B4 12AM/£5. WWW.SOLESCIENCE.CO.UK

DJ ACADEMY

CITY NIGHTCLUB, EDINBURGH, SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, APR 2007 Ok bedroom DJs, if you’ve had the decks for three years now, and still haven’t progressed past beat-matching, then perhaps you need to hand over tutelage to the professionals – The DJ Academy. That’s right, if the police can have one, DJs can, and the Scottish branch still has some places left on Edinburgh and Glasgow’s eight-week courses. From the beginning to the end, the course is an intense introduction to DJing as a profession and skill, starting with taking students through the mechanics of DJ equipment; stripping down the decks to scrutinise the parts and learning how to get the best quality and production out of your decks and mixer. The course also extends into PR and management territory, advising on how to secure sets at clubs and gigs, how to develop a helpful relationship with your sound engineers, even down to making and creating your flyers and club nights. In between all this you will learn to beat-match, scratch, avoid the red-line monster, and generally improve your mixing skills. The sessions will be taken by five-time Scottish DMC Champion, Ritchie Ruftone (Edinburgh only), and you can’t get better tutor

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credentials than that. He will be joined by DJ Bunty, the DMC UK World Supremacy winner, and lecturer at James Watt School of Music in Turntablism. The people behind the Scottish branch of the Academy have already been in talks with the Education Minister about possibly developing the idea into a NVQ module and useable framework for schools and colleges. Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate, the course can help you towards realising your dreams! [Alex Burden]

EVANS WAS THE FIRST MOVIE’S STANDOUT In the current Hollywood goldfish bowl there are few young talents grabbing attention like Chris Evans. Literally burning it up at the moment, playing both a member of a team investigating the sun and reprising his role as a human flame, Evans is making huge leaps and, rather promisingly, is being touted as ‘the new Tom Cruise’. Regardless of such high praise, this new talent still seems to have a level head as he continues to pursue his dream, as he muses: “I love movies, I think movies can strike a chord in a way that I don’t think many things can.” His new Cruise-ster comparisons, which thankfully are not due to a loss of height or a new interest in Scientology, can be attributed to Evans’ rugged charm, hands-on approach and rising action star status which have taken the silver screen by storm. Speaking of storm (and, while we’re at it, silver) the man of the moment will soon return to the role that set his popularity alight, one Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch, in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Despite the enormity of the franchise, he refuses to get carried away: “At this point in my career I’m still trying to pay the rent. The fact is doing these type of big budget movies has enabled me to go to India for two weeks, or own a home I can come back to and go explore myself - so it’s a means to an end.”

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type of education in a short amount of time but doing a project that was so filled with passion.” Touted as “more NASA than Star Wars” the movie has shown Evans the meaning of preparation with the crew staying together in student digs for bonding purposes, watching classic sci-fi movies like Alien and 2001: Space Odyssey as research and even experiencing simulated zero gravity to achieve authenticity. Sunshine, according to Evans, is not another typical CGI-packed, blue-screen laden effects bonanza. “There wasn’t a whole lot of special effects for us in Sunshine,” he detailed. “Most of the special effects in this movie were done in post production. The majority of our scenes were on a set and it was very tangible. We had the entire set right there in front of us.” As well as all this, Evans can currently be heard voicing our favourite hockey-stick wielding vigilante Casey Jones in the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is presently busier than Gordon Gecko at a stock-market convention. From strength to strength (a comparison to Ethan Hunt himself is no small achievement), Evans is a man on form and has a successful career in prospect. In fact, you could say that he’s on fire. TMNT IS OUT NOW. SUNSHINE IS RELEASED ON 6 APRIL. FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER IS RELEASED IN AUGUST.

Along with The Shield’s Michael Chiklis, Evans was the first movie’s standout as his young, cocksure-yet-likeable hothead stole many a scene and alerted the world to his presence. Before the second instalment is released though, Evans will take to the stars with Cillian Murphy to investigate the failure of the sun in Danny Boyle’s new feature, Sunshine, which is clearly a part he loved. “It was a pleasure. It was a real treat not only to get that

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FILMOGRAPHY FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (2007) TMNT (2007) SUNSHINE (2007) FANTASTIC FOUR (2005) CELLULAR (2004) NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (2001)

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THIS IS ENGLAND DIR: SHANE MEADOWS STARS: THOMAS TURGOOSE, STEPHEN GRAHAM, JOSEPH GILGUN RELEASE DATE: 27 APR CERT: 18

I t ’s 19 8 3 a n d y o u n g S h a u n (Turgoose) is having a tough time of things. He lost his father in the Falklands and he’s constantly picked on at school. So when a group of skinheads let him into their gang, he’s grateful for the attention and the friends. But the real cause for concern comes when Combo (Graham), an old friend of the gang leader, is released from prison. Playing on Shaun’s grief for his father, Combo soon poisons his mind towards anyone and anything that doesn’t have a St. George’s Cross tattooed on its forehead. What begins by harassing local Asians escalates into underground National Front meetings and calamitous physical aggression. As a depiction of a turbulent time and a portrayal of a sub-culture that may have been more outwardly prevalent in Thatcher’s Britain, but clearly still exists today in one form or another, This Is England serves as a devastating drama and a timely reminder that racism is far from eradicated from our society. Something in

Graham’s eyes the second he appears on screen tells you he’s going to be trouble, and he follows this promise through with a mesmerising performance, amid scenes of truly horrifying violence and hatred. But Young Turgoose’s journey carries the film and for a debut, he’s nothing short of remarkable. With This Is England, Meadows has crafted his most accomplished and accessible film to date. [Paul Greenwood]

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Inland Empire show off his torso. The real problem is the lightweight acting - as drug dealers go, Hirsch is as intimidating as the pharmacist at Boots, while veterans Willis and Stone chew up more scenery than a plague of termites. Cassavetes occasionally pleases with his visual flair, but elicits no empathy for, or interest in, this crowd of chuckleheads. [Parker Langley]

INLAND EMPIRE DIR: DAVID LYNCH STARS: LAURA DERN, JUSTIN

DIR: NICK CASSAVETES STARS: EMILE HIRSCH, BEN FOSTER, JUSTIN

THEROUX, JEREMY IRONS

TIMBERLAKE, BRUCE WILLIS, SHARON

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW

STONE

CERT: 15

RELEASE DATE: 20 APR

Clocking in at three hours long, INLAND EMPIRE is by far David Lynch’s most uncompromising creation to date. It may also be his best. Ostensibly revolving around a remake of a ‘cursed’ Polish film that was never completed, Lynch casts Laura Dern as the star of the piece - and this is indeed a career defining role for the actress. Dern undergoes numerous Lynchian transformations throughout the film - from movie star to abused wife to prostitute and as the surprising wit and pacy dialogue of the film’s first half gives way to a sustained assault of jar-

CERT: 15

Based on the true story of long-time FBI fugitive Jesse James Hollywood, Nick Cassavetes’ fifth feature is the cinematic equivalent of a Hawaiian shirt - a senseless attempt at high style which can’t disguise a lack of personality or taste. Johnny Truelove (Hirsch) becomes involved in a drug feud with psychotic junkie Jake (Foster) and, foolishly, kidnaps his younger brother. Cue violent mayhem in the Valleys, inexplicably interspersed with tedious party scenes which allow Justin Timberlake to

ring, traumatic imagery, it is Dern’s ability to impose a dramatic unity upon these disparate elements that makes us feel that Lynch is taking us on a fantastic journey, rather than just bombarding us with deliberate non-sequiturs. A triumph of the imagination, INLAND EMPIRE is a vindication of Lynch’s maverick instincts that throws into stark relief the artistic limitations of conventional cinematic modes and narratives. [Jay Shukla]

THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS

The Lives Of Others Aside from the odd bit of amateurish direction and clumsy editing, this is a warm and sensitive production from the Philippines. The cops and robbers subplot is pretty flimsy, but serves its purpose as the background to Maxi’s coming of age tale, his chaste relationship with the kind and honest policeman balanced against a somewhat dysfunctional family, but one that loves and accepts him without a hint of question. Young Lopez overdoes the mincing a touch, but his moving portrayal of lost innocence ultimately holds the film together. [Paul Greenwood]

THE LIVES OF OTHERS

DIR: AURAEUS SOLITO

DIR: FLORIAN HENCKEL VON

STARS: NATHAN LOPEZ, SOLIMAN

DONNERSMARCK

CRUZ, PING MEDINA

STARS: SEBASTIAN KOCH, ULRICH

RELEASE DATE: 13 APR

MÜHE, MARTINA GEDECK

CERT: 15

RELEASE DATE: 13 APR

Flamboyantly effeminate twelve year old Maxi (Lopez) lives in impoverished conditions with his small time crook father and older brothers, doing all their cooking and cleaning in between performing beauty pageants with his friends. When he falls in love with a local cop who helps him out, his loyalties are torn between his family and the handsome authority figure.

CERT: 15

In contrast to Goodbye Lenin’s playful nostalgia, The Lives of Others shows a much murkier side of life in East Germany pre-Wall-fall. Focusing on the political skulduggery of East Berlin, it’s a rigorous case study that blueprints each of the greasy cogs that kept the Stasi surveillance machine ticking over. Powered by the slightest whim of the politician at its

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CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

PRICK UP YOUR EARS

DIR: YIMOU ZHANG

DIR: STEPHEN FREARS

STARS: YUN-FAT CHOW, LI GONG, JAY CHOU

STARS: GARY OLDMAN, ALFRED MOLINA, VANESSA REDGRAVE, JULIE WALTERS

RELEASE DATE: 13 APR

RELEASE DATE: 6 APR

CERT: 15

core, as interpreted by his promotion-hungry department head, the order is given to his right hand man, intellectually superior but socially disconnected, to study the movements of a Party-loyal playwright, the one person who stands out from the landscape for being free from suspicion. Comparisons with New Labour - particularly in light of their recent backtracking on Freedom of Information regulations, and the spate of Channel 4 dramas mocking their needy abuse of power for personal selfgratification - make this strangely timely for British audiences. All of the performances are first class, and its methodical pace compliments the themes. However, it’s so meticulous in its dissection of an isolated social system, that it sometimes seems incapable of ever showing the deeper motivations of the characters involved beyond the level of cipher. But maybe that is the point. In any case, it’s a smart political thriller of the highest order, and recommended viewing for anyone turned off by the inescapable pessimism of The Good Shepherd. [Alec McLeod]

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EVERY SHOT IS AN EXPERTLY COMPOSED MOVING CANVAS. It would be nice to think that if Shakespeare had had $45 million with which to spin a yarn, he’d have spent it as gleefully on extras, wardrobe, and art direction as Zhang Yimou did in creating Curse of the Golden Flower. Yimou’s plot is pure Bard - the return of an embattled king (Chow Yun-Fat) to his duplicitous queen (Gong Li), set within a royal court filled with usurping princes and plenty of plotting behind the hand-carved, gilt-edged palatial doors. Such tragic themes as greed, envy, suspicion, lust for power, the past returning, and an unavoidable hurtling towards disaster are all present, along with a final body count that leaves Hamlet in the shade. With

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this unapologetic melodrama as his foundation, Yimou assembles the rest of his production through adornment and effects, living up every bit to his reputation for spectacle, acquired via House of Flying Daggers and Hero. The result is a screen consistently drenched in brilliant colour and populated by hundreds of identikit extras. Set pieces and pageantry abound, with every shot an expertly composed moving canvas, depicting the kind of visual splendour rarely seen in Western cinema. If the theatrics don’t seduce you, the aesthetics will. Fantastic stuff. [Lindsay West]

At the risk of making a cheap gag, Prick Up Your Ears isn’t a straight movie in any sense of the word. Tracing the shared lives and premature deaths of acclaimed British playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and partner Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina), from their beginnings at RADA to riding in cars with Beatles, this is a boy-meets-boy story. Said story ends, however, with second boy bludgeoning first boy to death with a hammer before committing suicide. But it’s a comedy. See, told you it wasn’t straight. Though boasting British institutions both in front of and behind the camera – an Alan Bennett screenplay directed by Stephen ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ Frears – the film has been widely praised for its anti-establishment ‘queerness’, both in

terms of its foregrounding of marginalised sexuality, and for its general avoidance of conventional expectations. Prick Up Your Ears, as Frears himself would have it, isn’t a ‘gay’ film, but rather the story of a marriage gone sour: with Orton the high-flying husband, and Halliwell the neglected housewife pushed over the edge. Prick Up Your Ears is also a film that, despite having a murder/suicide at its core, simply can’t keep its face straight. Thanks to the pooled witticisms of Alan Bennett and Orton himself (posthumously contributing to Bennett’s screenplay through his salvaged diaries), the script is rife with impish dialogue and filthy laughter. Prick Up Your Ears is a classic well worth the revisit. [Lindsay West]

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THROWING THE RAVERS IN WITH THE RADICAL ARTISTS AND THE FACE-MUNCHERS AMONGST THE CHIN-STROKERS were dreaming of back when they still wetting the bed. As vital and invigorating as a pure adrenal gland at 5am, this deserves your attention (The Tramway, 7.30pm, £18, 25 Apr).

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Twisting and warping boundaries in the footsteps of the visionary Blixa, Boom Bip is one of hip-hop’s most unnerving and consistently unpredictable exponents. His most successful work was the heaving grotesquery spawned by collaborating with avant-MC Doseone: Circle was an impenetrable mess of gnarled rhythms, nauseous spitting and melancholy wails. The 2004 28:06:42:12 release, which saw him trading blows with Daedalus, proved that this wasn’t some anarchistic ‘Wigga’ upstart, but a genuine innovator who knew his hip-hop inside out. Hollon has consistently pushed boundaries and kept alive the legacy of the acid-fried genre-benders like Zappa, Mike Patton and Ian Anderson. Though the name parodies the ubiquitous beats of all rap, his latest work was a raised two fingers to hip-hop conformism and saw him collaborating with Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals. A mix of esoteric Welsh folk and pulsing riddims (some call it hip-hobbit), this fine hybrid of noise-core and delicate melodies should appeal to fans of Dabrye, Sileni or Edinburgh’s rising stars, Double Helix (w/ Gruff Rhys - see Sounds for more details. Tramway, 7pm, £14, 28 Apr). And just to prove that Triptych really has its fingers on the latest musical pulse, there’s monster dubstep extravaganzas hitting Edinburgh and Glasgow, with local boys the Electric Eliminators unifying the whole event (Classic Grand, 11pm, 28 Apr).

onsistently impressive in its balance of artistic merit and unrefined adoration of good music, this year’s Triptych sees some of the finest proponents of both hitting a spree of venues across Scotland. Deconstructionists in the truest sense, wrecking London’s ICA with power tools and sledgehammers in ’84 under the title Concerto for Voice and Machinery, soviet-era relics Einsturzende Neubauten resurrect their throbbing noise-beast for one last slog across the globe. EndeNeu were crucial in the formation of the West German experimental arts scene that gave the world Die Tödliche Doris, Kosmonautentraume, Christiane F and Amongst the numerous performers treating the expectant Scottish all the other lunatics Richard D James and Mike Paradinas crowd to some mouthwatering nights is the legendary Andrew

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IMPACT, SOUNDHAUS, 3 APR Impact certainly do not disappoint. Boasting an acid/techno room a n d a h a rd c o re/g a b ba ro o m, and featuring some of the best electronic music artists around at the moment, it is understandably full to the brim tonight. Oliver C h e s t e r, p l a y i n g u n d e r t h e pseudonyms DJ Skinhead and The Horrorist, growls a brief hello to the crowd before dropping the tempo to an almost manageable level for the exhausted crowd. The lull doesn’t last, however, and he soon has the audience whipped into a sweaty tribal frenzy. It’s worth noting that this included bar staff and bouncers. The Producer’s set is a maelstrom of migraineinducing audio onslaughts, in the best possible way. Taking the level which Oliver set out so carefully and raising it to a harder, faster bpm, he entices the crowd to dance until their toes bleed. [Sarah Mair]

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THE UNIVERSAL, 2 MAR

FRANCE COPLAND

DBLSPK, MAGGIEMAY’S, 17 MAR France Copland deserve bigger and better. They play better than the sound system allows us to hear, and they do so with all their trademark enthusiasm, rinsing it out and having fun with it. Their twin laptops are only part of an entire array of cleverness, but every loop and every layer is struggling to get out of the tiny monitor speakers. The meagre crowd is definitely up for the gig (even Rusty from Voltaic was there rather than at his own night at Club 69), packing the tiny dancefloor all through the set. DBLSPK reassures The Skinny that they won’t be using the same PA rentail company again, talking to folks about PA hire before the night was even over. Given all that, we reckon the next one should kick some serious dance. [Dalai Dahmer] THE NEXT DBLSPK IS ON 14 APR IN BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT, AND FEATURES MR PAULI (NOVAMEN/VIEWLEXX/CLONE/BUMPER) LIVE.

Dubstep remains on the lower periphery of underground music. The representation at Glasgow’s Universal is evidence of this, and not necessarily in a ‘Who stole the crowd’ way - because the place is nicely full for the majority of the night. But when obser ving the crowd itself you can tell that these people live each tune and hanker for each and every reload. This is tough within this genre, which is hard to keep up with at the best of times. The bass is massive, each tune rattling the whole building with the Mungo’s Hi Fi sound system only just warming up. Dubstep is

Weatherall (Classic Grand, 7.30pm, £12, 27 Apr). His remix duties have included the likes of New Order and the Happy Mondays, but he is especially known for his work as part of Two Lone Swordsmen and previous incarnation, Boys’ Own Collective. He’ll be playing acid-house, techno, indie rock and much more, as part of Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire night. Also appearing in both cities is Erol Alkan: gaining popularity all the time, his delightful electro, techno, remix and mashup-infused sets have become a firm favourite at Glasgow’s Death Disco and venues across Europe(Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve: Erol Alkan & Richard Norris, The Hold, 10pm-3am, £8, 29 Apr). Another very special guest exclusive to Glasgow is Parisian deep house legend Etienne De Crecy (The Art School, 11pm-3am, £7, 28 Apr). He’s best known in the mainstream for his Super Discount albums and appearances but you may also know him by his other monikers Motorbass and Minos Pour Main Basse. Based in the French capital where he has collaborated with the best in French dance - including Air, and more significantly Cassius on the second Super Discount album - his appearance at the atmospheric Art School in Glasgow will be a true show of quality. And lastly, one of the most intriguing acts to be appearing is a fourpiece free from pretention and big on tunes - Spektrum’s sound is a clash of electro, funk, punk and a good bit more (Classic Grand, 11pm-3am, £12, 28 Apr) - get down for the quality live show and tracks from their second album Fun at the Gymkhana Club: disco funkiness at its most flavoursome. WWW.TRIPTYCHFESTIVAL.COM

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CLUB NME, THEARCHES, 8 MAR It’s a little after 11pm and the kids are alright at the Arches. More specifically, the kids are dancing happily to 2 Manky DJ’s rendition of The Gossip’s latest hit, Standing in the Way of Control. Finally at half past midnight Calvin Harris emerges in a dinosaur jumper, and the party is on! The place is overloading with ridiculously cool looking people, and the music, although not lyrically challenging, is perfect

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This ten-disc box set includes a selection of his films that covers his output well. On it are some of his best-loved: Wings of Desire, a tale of unseen angels in Berlin, the cross-culture story The American Friend starring Dennis Hopper, and of course Paris, Texas. More interesting are the films previously little seen, or unseen completely. Wrong Move is a Goethe adaptation that shows the interest in ‘life as travelling/travelling as life’ that he shares with fellow German auteur Werner Herzog, and has an appearance by a young Nastassja Kinski. The earlier A Scarlet Letter (remade by Hollywood with Demi Moore and Gary Oldman) shows a village stifled by its surroundings and prejudices in a way reminiscent of Dogville, and there is also the more recent A Trick of The Light, which documents the German contribution to the birth of cinema, shot mainly on an old handcranked silent camera. The most interesting, though, are the documentaries which show Wenders in conversation with his idols and colleagues: Yazujiro Ozu in Tokyo-Ga (check out the recent release of some of his films below), Nicholas Ray in Lightning Over Water (director of Rebel Without

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for a crowd high on alcohol. Harris jumps around like an excited monkey in front of his magical sampler, pressing buttons between swigs of water and Jack Daniels. The crowd is wild as he starts to perform his recently acclaimed future-disko hit, Acceptable in the 80s, in which he declares that he’s got hugs for you if you were born in the 80s. In the next thirty minutes or so, Harris makes it very clear that he likes girls and he likes to party. And he can get away with being so cheeky because he’s so damn cute. [Lauren Mooney]

The cult count (don’t say that too many times i n a r ow ) h a s returned for the DVD release of his second series. Stand-out episodes include The Lost Valley, in which the vampire baron sends the castle into a B-Movie, and HiDuck, featuring French criminals Louis and Gaston (re-incarnated into humans for the shorter-lived animation Victor and Hugo, Duckula himself being a DangerMouse villain in a previous life). Here’s a few words from the duck himself, via Cosgrove Hall.

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Ninja Tune producer, Treva Wateva, comes to play at The Ivy for the official launch of Mini Biz, the brainchild of local boy Boom Monk Ben - the man behind the Mixed Bizness nights. With a capacity of 80 the basement of the Ivy is soon packed with people eager too see what all the fuss is about. Unfortunatly, for too long the undoubtedly fine selection of hip hop, soul and funk proves to be rather too chilled out for the crowd’s taste, especially since this is a launch night. A cheeky remix of Eric B and Rakim gets the place moving and is followed by material from Treva´s Music´s Made Of Memories LP, which seems to be the highlight of the evening as far as the crowd are concerned. The last hour features tunes by Quantic and Mr Scruff but is still lacking the kind of block rockin’ beats required. However, with forthcoming guests such as Hint, A Skills, Danny Breaks and Subcity Block Party smashers, and Leisure Allstars, Mini Biz looks set to be make a valuable contribution to Glasgow´s clubbing scene. [Pete MacLeod]

One of the filmmakers’ filmmakers, Wim Wenders’ name has managed to become synonymous with an entire genre – the road movie – though he has actually experimented with many forms of cinema over his career span of forty years. Always simmering on the level between mainstream renown and arthouse rebel, his projects have ranged from big-budget flop, Until The End Of The World (an underrated futuristic European co-production that pre-dated 1997’s The Fifth Element) and Bono-scripted The Million Dollar Hotel to lowbudget hit The Buena Vista Social Club - the film that put Cuban ‘son’ music on the map.

ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR CULT FOLLOWING? Merka: he’s a Berserka, or so they say Photo by Sekond Hand Projects

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Kid Koala capitalises on the success of his Your Mom’s Favourite DJ album by bringing his decks, fx and funnybone to The Arches for a one off show with Boom Monk Ben (Mixed Bizness) and human beatbox, Monkey Moo. With album titles and imagery culled from the Encyclopedia of Esoteric Wackiness that seems to be Ninja Tune’s bible, The Kid’s psychedelic, bong-friendly sets are as much about the joyous comedy as they are about grooving along. A deck-wrecking turntablist of the highest order, The Kid shouldn’t be missed. Hell, this guy could spin 20 minutes of my Gran reading the agricultural section of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, and still make The Bug look like an amateur. Previous shows have seen him drop everything from Wagon Christ to Monty Python’s Holy Grail theme tune, to his own classic Fender Bender, said to be the secret to success at Pacman. He’s even managed to make crowds move with a crushingly gnarly version of Genesis’ Land of Confusion! Get down there and get moving. Up, down, left, right and watch out for that ghost. [Liam Arnold]

“Gnar Gnar, Hail Satan, I am Count Grishnakh. Urrrgh.” No, it’s not on our top ten list of chat-up lines any longer, but with the Barfly launching a new club night with deathly overtones for the evening, it might be worth writing on the back of yer hand. Kicking off their first night by hosting the aftershow for electro-death industrial (skinny) puppies the Deathstars, The Barfly plays host to an intriguing night of industrial, techno and a wee bit of the guitar stuff. With the past successes of Petty Vendetta and Blitzkrieg Bop, this could be worth keeping an eye on, not least considering the pleasant decadence of UV dancers, staff twirlers and a DJ set from ol’ troll-face, Mortiis. This guy was bassist with the founders of melodic death metal, Emperor, before he switched track totally and started making synthy industrial stuff that sounds like the bastard offspring of Gary Numan and a cement-mixer, with a feminine touch. There’s also a set from local boy Effigy (Olum/Deathkill 4000). Gnar... [Liam Arnold]

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A Cause), and a variety in Room 666. Shot in 1982 at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, Wenders placed a camera and tape recorder in said room and invited a selection of filmmakers to give their opinions on the future of cinema. Included are a poetic Godard, a chilled Herzog, a financially-obsessed Spielberg (this was the year of ET after all), and a confused Antonioni. It’s a great insight into the futility of prediction (magnetic tape was supposed to have taken over by now) and will act as a good companion piece to To Each His Cinema, a portmanteau film being made for the 60th Cannes festival this year, which also features Wenders and concerns filmmakers’ views on cinema.

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Although Castle Duckula itself isn’t hooked up to this interweb thing, sometimes I go to one of those cafes in the town centre and I’ll admit I have been known to google myself. There are hundreds of fan sites out there, although there are some unflattering pictures that I wish they’d take down. I’ve had some, erm, interesting things sent to me in the post as well, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to go into that. Nanny gets quite upset.

IF YOU WEREN’T THE STAR OF A TV SHOW WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE DONE FOR A LIVING? I’m quite artistic. I think I might have been the next Beethoven had I had the chance, and if I wasn’t permanently bombarded with ridiculous ideas from Igor about feasting on maidens and drinking blood or performing some kind of hippy ritual then I might be able to actually get something done!

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Well, my people - that is, Igor and Nanny - are in talks about various of fers. You may still see Castle D uckula te le por ting acros s to Hollywood - watch this space. For the time being I’m excited that my show is coming out on DVD. Series 2 has just been released, so hopefully that will encourage some more offers – not that I don’t already have quite a few… [Alec McLeod] COUNT DUCKULA SERIES 2 IS OUT NOW

THE HOST Korean horror has been on a slippery slope towards mediocrity for a couple of years now, but The Host is a triumphant return to form. Leaving behind the usual ghostly shenanigans, it’s an old fashioned creature feature wherein a toxic-waste-mutated beastie runs amok in downtown Seoul, forcing a layabout father to search the sewers for his missing daughter while trying to stay out of the way of the authorities. Fresh and energetic, it’s terrific fun for the most part, although there’s a bit of a lag in the middle when the monster disappears for long stretches and it takes a turn into government conspiracies, while occasional lapses into slapstick make for a slightly uneven tone. But it’s creepy and tense in all the right places and the special effects are startlingly good, with several scenes of huge technical audacity and flair. The best monster mash in an age. [Paul Greenwood] OUT NOW

THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED This Film is Not Yet Rated documents the history of censorship in the USA a n d th e secrecy that shrouds the ratings system. It

THE SCARLET LETTER THE WRONG MOVE THE AMERICAN FRIEND LIGHTNING OVER WATER ROOM 666 PARIS, TEXAS TOKYO-GA WINGS OF DESIRE NOTEBOOKS ON CITIES & CLOTHES A TRICK OF THE LIGHT

A Notebook On Cities & Clothes pretty much does what it says on the tin: a documentary on the fashion industry, something Wenders isn’t particularly interested in to start with, but seems to take a shine to as events progress. To attempt to sum up such a prolific filmmaker in one concise edition of films would otherwise seem impossible, but this collection does a pretty good job, featuring the films that hardcore fans would want to see again as well as a few choice surprises. They add up to an insight into the filmmaker himself, a man in love with the idea of cinema, who is still able to perceive what that means differently each time. RELEASE DATE: 26 MARCH.

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CLUB PREVIEWS truly a new culture, one which is beginning to infiltrate on the back of its pioneering producers like NType, the headliner of the evening. [Jonny Ogg]

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particularly focuses on the decisionmaking process for an N-17 rating, the American equivalent of 18. In essence, the ratings are decided by a panel of ‘ordinary American parents’, but the identities of these ‘parents’ are an incredibly guarded secret. The real star of the show is private investigator Becky Altringer, who uses a mixture of sneakiness, brass-neckery and manic driving to dig the dirt. Also of note are the understandably irate inter views with directors including Kevin Smith (Clerks), Trey Parker (South Park) and Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), decrying the farcical nature of the whole ratings process. However, with too many dry interviews with faceless suits, the film feels overlong, particularly for a British audience not quite so intrigued by the American moviemaking process. Interesting facts definitely emerge, but Grass or Bowling for Columbine it ain’t. [Cara McGuigan] RELEASE DATE: 9 APRIL.

MULLHOLLAND DRIVE 2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION

David Lynch’s psychological thriller remains a cult classic, blurring the edges between the conscious and subconscious, reality and dreams. Gripping from the opening sequence, we follow aspiring movie star Betty (Naomi Watts) attempting to help a woman who is suffering from amnesia (Laura Harring) as a result of a car crash. Several seemingly unrelated stories thread alongside the central plot, revealing their significance as the film progresses and successfully displacing conventional narrative. The cinematography is both hypnotic and surreal and attempting to

unravel the meaning behind the complex narrative and the kaleidoscope of images is intrinsic to the film’s appeal. However, to over-analyse may also be to miss the point: this is a film that will mean different things to different people. However, one thing is certain - Mullholland Drive continues to be an essential film for anyone’s collection. Extras in this two disc special edition include ‘the making of’, exclusive interviews, the Cannes press conference and trailers. [Julie Paterson]

FILM RELEASES

RELEASE DATE: 30 APRIL

The Maysles Brothers’ award winning documentary gets a welcome release by Eureka’s Masters of Cinema range. It details the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale (Jackie Kennedy’s aunt) and her daughter, Little Edie, in the crumbling mansionhouse of Grey Gardens in upstate New York. Eccentric is possibly too soft a word for this mother and daughter singing and dancing double act, living in squalor and sharing their 28 room pile with cats, raccoons and fleas. One of the most genuinely bizarre films you’re likely to see, it comes on like a cross between Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, Even Dwarfs Started Small and Thundercrack. A must see!

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EMMANUELLE Its first time uncut on DVD, 1974’s Emmanue l le is strange viewing. C l e a r l y h av i n g aspirations above base pornography, it presents itself as a comment on colonialism and the pleasures of submission through the conceit of having its main character shag people in Bangkok (that’s the plot by the way - any more explanation would be a waste of your time and mine). The notion of this film making such things desirable for anyone other than male fantasists who’d want to believe ‘no’ means ‘yes’ is preposterous. Ultimately, the motivations behind this film - the attempt to convince women that sexual liberation through degradation is good, just as the ‘civilised’ occupation of the ‘barbaric’ Third World is mutually advantageous – just seem tasteless now, and the result is like watching Bernard Manning chatting up a polite Shilpa Shetty with his repertoire. Certainly well past its toss-by date, this $5bn brand long since fell from the top shelf and is now tacky to the touch. [Alec McLeod] RELEASE DATE: 23 APRIL.

THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, 9 APRIL Ever wondered how those folks over the pond come by their film ratings? Well wonder no more! Kirby Dick hires a private investigator to get to the bottom of the grey area that is the “decision making process” used by the MPAA, and also to find out just who these people are. This is a no holds barred account of just how unfairly independent movies are treated compared with mainstream Hollywood fare, as well as the huge disparities when dealing with sex, gay issues and violence. “They’re not protecting children. They’re turning us all into children.”

GREY GARDENS, 23 APRIL

OLD JOY, 23 APRIL Director Kelly Reichdart’s Old Joy is the story of two old freinds reunited for a weekend camping expedition. In very few words the film explores how relationships change over time as people drift apart, the fragility of the friends’ relationship juxtaposed against the mountainous landscape. Featuring a top notch soundtrack by Yo La Tengo and a cracking performance from Will “Bonnie Prince Billy” Oldham, it’s an unexpected treat.

LONDON TO BRIGHTON, 30 APRIL Hot on the heels of Red Road and The Great Ecstacy Of Robert Carmichael comes another British movie that leaves the viewer with a sense of a dark, bleak and brutal Britain. But don’t let this deter you from what is another fantastic example of the quality of films being made on these shores. Dominated by a violent menacing tone, prostitutes, runaways and thugs are the central characters of this gripping and emotional story. Well acted by all concerned this is another slice of life from the underbelly of society, captured effectively by director Paul Andrew Williams.

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IF GAMES HAVE TAUGHT ME ANYTHING, IT’S THAT BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF ANIMALS IS A GREAT WAY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE

by Josh Wilson

GIMME by Colin Chapman

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fatter flames for Bowser etc. Secondly, and more confusingly, Mario has the ability to change his perspective (presumably via mind altering substances, though I’m not sure). At any rate, he is able to change the 2D platform land whenever the urge takes him, for a limited time, until he starts to lose health (aka. overdose). In this altered state, the action becomes a vertical scroller (check the pics, to compare), allowing for some interesting puzzles. For example, in 3D, a previously impassable chasm can be crossed via the use of elements that were once in the background. Essentially, this allows for a whole new dimension (sorry) of game play, whilst not strictly being a 3D platformer.

This month should prove interesting for those lucky bastards out there who got their greasy goddamn mitts on Wii before the drought kicked in (all five or so of you. Did I mention you were bastards?). Super Paper Mario is coming, and it promises to provide more of a drug fuelled rampage than Fear and Loathing in casa del Scarface… Previous incarnations of Paper Mario have been all about the ‘2D characters in a 3D world’ shenanigans, which is still true here, though to more cryptic effect. This time playing largely as a platformer, our lil’ plumbin’ pal is on an emergency call-out to save Peach from a life of marital woe, as some drug addled freak tries to force her to tie the knot with Bowser, or something. In the course of preventing this travesty, Mario and his crew must

travel across eight worlds, curb stomping Goombas and solving puzzles with traditional decorum. There are however, two additions which stop SPM from being a Wii port of New Super Mario Bros. Firstly, on top of the standard platform action there is a somewhat stripped down version of the RPG element taken from previous Paper games. Some may be disappointed by this (the 1000 year door was pretty darn good), but fret not younglings. If games have taught me anything, it’s that beating the shit out of animals is a great way to gain experience, and Nintendo don’t stray from this mantra. There’s experience to be gained by chucking ‘turtles’ like there’s no tomorrow and torching foes with you fiery dino breath. Of course, this being a Wii title, thrashing your arms around wildly and waving the wiimote will score you some bonus points, which are, naturally, used to level up. This increases your basic abilities, as well as each character’s special ones: longer floating for Peach,

As well as all the perception altering madness, there are other flavours of fun to be utilised in your quest to, erm… (I’ve forgotton what we were doing here…). Anyway, to help you along, you can switch between characters on the fly and abuse their special abilities: use Bowser’s bad breath for extra damage, or Peach’s peaches should the urge take you. Couple this with a new take on the powerups - flowers alter time; stars pump you up 8-bit stylee, allowing for some level-trashing action (these drugs are cool) and a pill which, upon consumption, awakens a dozen or so mini Mario-pixies who will attack whatever - normally inanimate object - is bearing down on you at that time. My train of thought has derailed somewhat over the course of scribing this piece. I was going to say something about drugs developers, Jack Thompson, the banning of games, yadda yadda. I’m not so sure I can now. The prospect of Super Paper Mario has me confused and craving. Is this a good thing? Perhaps. Do I really care about kids and drugs? No. Will I care when a drugged-up youth starts stomping on my head in a towering fit of Mario based rage? I expect so, but I can always eat some stars and storm off into the horizon myself... WWW.NINTENDOGAMES.COM

GAME REVIEWS KIRBY’S ADVENTURE (NINTENDO)

Character design has come a long way over the years. Kirby is best described as a pink gumball with red trainers, tasked with saving Dream Land in a fun and colourful platform title. The game is confined to two buttons, yet has a wealth of depth. Kirby’s special power is his vacuum-like gob that can be used to suck up enemies and absorb their powers. He can be anything from sword fighter to fire breather and later levels throw in alternate routes that can only be accessed depending on the guise you choose. The music and graphics are as sickly sweet as the character design but don’t let that throw you. Kirby is one of the original platform legends and if you want a nostalgic gaming experience without the headaches that come with puzzles or narrative then this will surely delight. This is classic Nintendo - simple, cheerful and fun (and it’s yours for under the price of a burger meal.) You’d be mad not to download this retro treat. [Dave Cook] OUT NOW ONWII VIRTUAL CONSOLE.

FINAL FANTASY XII (SQUARE ENIX)

A rebel alliance tries to topple the imperial regime aided by sky pirates and a princess in distress. The story seems to infringe on all that George Lucas holds dear but is as deep and engaging as any game in the series so far. The combat is real-time and does away with confusing menus as found in many RPGs. Team-mates

are commanded by the clever ‘gambit’ system telling them how to act in certain instances. The AI is intelligent and you could (theoretically) start fighting, go for a cuppa and return victorious. Character development throughout the story is entirely up to the player. Do you want your team to be good marksmen or handier with swords or their fists? Do you want to avoid direct combat and fight with magic? Do you need therapy because the game has taken over your life?(Don’t laugh, it may happen!). Square Enix have produced the most essential game in the Fantasy series so far: it oozes high production values - and with more depth and grace than most games have managed in the past ten years. If you like RPGs then stop wasting time reading this and buy it. If you don’t then at least give it a try. This could prove to be the best game released this year. [Dave Cook] OUT NOW FOR PS2.

CRACKDOWN (MICROSOFT)

Pacific City is in trouble, and its police force are nigh on useless. Gangs run riot, drugs are rife and mental muta nts h a ra n g u e old women. Gutted. How does one solve this social apocalypse? Build a genetic super soldier capable of leaping entire buildings, chucking buses and other forms of extreme crime fighting athleticism - obviously. You take control of this GM freak, utilising his skills to enact a social purge – as ordained by ‘The Agency’ – and removing the three kingpins to bring about

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peace. That is Crackdown: you are free (really free – there is no plot, and everywhere in game is accessible) to do this however you want – run in, guns blazing with a couple of grenades between your teeth, or take to the hills and snipe the don without getting near any plebs. The choice is yours. Which is nice… for the first gang you wipe out, anyway. However, after your first cull, everything becomes a smidgen samey. This is the game’s one failing. Even with impressive graphics and a massive and beautiful city, which does add variety, you can’t help feeling somewhat let down by the actual gameplay - as fun and innovative as it is. Eliminating the second gang is largely just a repeat of the first, jumping a bit higher and pointing a slightly bigger gun. Can you really be bothered doing it all again? You might head back in game to make some nifty explosions, but it’s far more likely you will get gun apathy and go and play something else. [Josh Wilson] OUT NOW FOR XBOX 360. WWW.CRACKDOWNONCRIME.COM/

EXCITE TRUCK (NINTENDO)

This is a massively arcade-y take on driving, which is very fun, but definitely not for the petrol-heads out there. Excite Truck boasts an interestingly feminine control system: we’ve all seen girls playing a driving game, but before the Wii, their arm-flailing madness was for nought. Now, however, this ‘technique’ is integral to the game. Turn the remote to steer, tilt to control your jumps and flick for some hot stunt action. All sounds very

simple, no? It is, but it is also subtly complex, making Excite Truck one of the hardest driving games to master. You can easily get around the track on your first run, but to excel, not only will you have to learn control but also stamina. Holding your arms up to steer can be very tiring. Innovative and immersive controls aside, the game itself is - as with most things Wii - graphically mediocre but fun: boost, drift, spin and jump your way around a good selection of tacks. ET is not a long game, and the two player mode doesn’t add heaps, but what it lacks in longevity it makes up in spades with sheer intense fun. [Josh Wilson] OUT NOW FOR NINTENDO WII

GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 2 (UBISOFT)

To say GRAW:2 is a sequel is perhaps pushing it a little, full-priced expansion pack is perhaps closer to the mark, but that’s certainly not to say it should be overlooked. Despite the engine only being a tweaked version of the original, hollywoodesque explosions and some breathtaking landscapes still wow at a time when Gears seems to be the new visual benchmark. The ability to see through the eyes and control pretty muc h eve r y thing no n-M ex i c a n brings something new to the albeit short single player campaign. Playing with real people rather than the often difficult AI teammates is much more fun, and a number of new game types and maps makes it worth a look for the multi-player alone. However, the game is not without flaws: unintentionally daft voice acting removes some of the intensity during crucial moments; and it seems hard to believe that a true

crack soldier would take a good 30 seconds to throw a grenade. (Philip Roberts) OUT NOW FOR XBOX 360 £39.99 WWW.GHOSTRECON.COM

ROCKY BALBOA (UBISOFT)

Released in conjunction with the new film, Rock y Balboa allows you to take control of any fighter from the entire series - from the quick and nimble Apollo Creed from 1976, to the lumbering powerhouse of Rocky Balboa from 2007. All the characters are exceptionally well modeled and even move in identical fashions to their on-screen personas. Thus Clubber Lang will angrily hook you into oblivion but is easy to dodge, while Rocky himself will come at you headfirst while sim-

ply refusing to stay on the canvas. The fighting mechanics themselves are detailed and varied, perhaps to much so for a handheld game, but this does allow a healthy amount of depth. The sound is excellent, the most powerful hits ringing like gunshots. The loading times however, are absolutely awful. Additionally, the whole experience is near ruined from the moment you get knocked down. To get back up you have to use the analogue stick to balance your character back onto his feet. This is impossible: no matter how hard you try you’ll inevitably sway too far and fall back over. I had to beat everyone without getting knocked down once to beat this game. Overall it’s a nice little boxing sim with cinematic touches that make it all the more attractive if, like me, there’s nothing you enjoy more than watching Rocky run up those steps again and again. It’s a shame that merely trying to stay on your feet almost ruins the entire experience. [Craig Wilson] OUT NOW FOR PSP

20 YEARS OF THE SUB CLUB THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF A GLASGOW INSTITUTION, THE SUB CLUB, AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE VENUE HAS ALWAYS PUT CUTTING-EDGE MUSIC AT THE FOREFRONT OF ITS OPERATIONS. Back in the mid ‘80s the ‘Sub Club’ was a soul, jazz, and funk club night running in several city centre venues. Promoted by resident DJ Graham Wilson, it eventually came to rest at Lucifer’s on Jamaica Street. Wilson and local publican Greg McLeod purchased the basement club in late ‘86, re-naming it The Sub Club and opening for business on April Fool’s Day in 1987. Refusing to diversify the music or dilute its quality, the club was open Friday and Saturday nights, with DJs like Wilson, Segun, Bob Jeffries, Gerry MacGlauchlan, Yogi Haughton, Nick Peacock and notably, a young Harri all playing. “The music policy was dictated primarily by the DJs,” recalls the then manager, Brian Mullen. “There was no structured plan for it to change; as the music developed, we developed.” Sure enough, the inf luence of Chicago house gradually took hold with Harri and Yogi in particular pushing this sound.

be taken more seriously.” By 1999, the club was experiencing its most successful year to date and Mike was beginning to feel it was ‘mission accomplished’. Then, in November, disaster struck. A huge fire destroyed a building adjacent to the club, forcing it to close for weeks, then months, as demolition work took place. Fortunately, an alternative venue - Planet Peach (now Cube) was found and its intimate confines served the Sub well ‘til a second relocation to the betterequipped, larger capacity Mas, in the summer of 2001. All this time, the end date for the re-building work was delayed on several occasions. “The whole period that the club was shut was a nightmare,” recalls Mike. “As deadlines for completion were repeatedly missed, people started to lose faith that the Sub Club would ever re-open.” Subculture and Optimo were the only two nights retained after the move to Mas, partly due to financial constraints, but also because Paul and Mike were concentrating their efforts on brokering a deal to buy the Sub Club from the MacCrimmons. As these negotiations intensified, Subculture was pulled in June 2002, with a finalised deal that summer, giving the pair jointownership. Then, in late November, almost three years to the day that it closed, the Sub Club reopened.

“ITS SUCCESS IS LARGELY DUE TO FACT THAT IT’S NEVER FOLLOWED FASHION, BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE, IT’S DOWN TO THE PEOPLE WHO’VE COME TO THE CLUB OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE REALLY MADE IT WHAT IT IS.”

In 1989, Slam’s Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle, alongside current Soma Director Dave Clarke, became the first outside promoters to get involved, starting Joy on Fridays. The following year, the trio joined forces with Harri to start their now legendary Saturday residency, Atlantis. Glasgow’s status of European City Of Culture meant the night enjoyed a weekly 5am license, helping to fuel the hedonism that the night became famous for. Running till ‘94, it came to an end just as Slam edged toward a more techno-based sound and began concentrating on their new Friday night at The Arches. Current Sub Club owners, the MacCrimmons, installed Mike Grieve as the new manager, who, alongside Paul Crawford, took over the running of the club. “I was keen to get the Saturday night re-established,” Mike explains. “Atlantis hadn’t had many guests but we began booking a lot of Detroit DJs such as Stacey Pullen and Derrick May to play.”

“I felt like I was starting all over again,” admits Mike. “The first few weeks were really nervewracking, but six months forward things were going really well.” Five years on, the club has gone on to truly re-establish itself. “Reaching 20 years is a milestone that could hardly have been predicted a few years ago”, concludes Grieve. “Its success is largely due to fact that it’s never followed fashion, but above all else, it’s down to the people who’ve come to the club over the years that have really made it what it is.” THE SUB CLUB 20TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE OVER SUNDAY 1 - 6 APR WITH BLURT, ROY AYERS,

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After a small re-fit in ‘95, a more major refurbishment took place the following year, opening up the disused area in the back of the club. “That put the Sub truly on the map,” Grieve remembers. “We didn’t tamper with the fundamentals of the club - the DJ box, dancefloor or bars – but now we really had something to shout about and began to

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BOOKS REVIEWS

Best of Berlin

MEASURING THE WORLD DANIEL KEHLMANN

by Peter Walker

KIDZ IN THE HALL – SCHOOL WAS MY HUSTLE IS OUT 16 APR.

A runaway bestseller in Germany, Measuring the Wo r l d r u s h e s through the stor y of the intertwined lives of two remarkable 19th century Germans, the polymath Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematical genius Carl Friedrich Gauss. It has to rush, because both men lived crammed lives. Humboldt was a botanist, geographer and diplomat who made his name with a perilous but successful expedition to explore and map South America. Gauss explored the world with his mind whilst rarely leaving his home in Gottingen, happily publishing revolutionary mathematics papers if possible. This is a quick but fascinating read - Kehlmann writes both lives in breathless prose, short sentences running into each other and driving the reader along with his subjects’ driven lives. Both men are different characters, Gauss a virtually untutored prodigy who loved to be around women, Humboldt a virtual celibate who had been extensively trained by rich parents to be a great man. Kehlmann clearly has to take liberties with the details, but his subjects are likeably real characters throughout. And by juxtaposing their stories – one chapter on one man, the next on the other for the most part - the story allows for several cliffhangers and will rivet eyes to its pages. It’s easy to see why this was a sales success. But in reading the book, in experiencing the speedy, controlled flow of the story whilst becoming fascinated by Gauss and Humboldt, it also becomes clear that this is literature of a high quality. [Keir Hind]

PANACEA – INK IS MY DRINK IS OUT NOW. MARCO POLO

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BERLIN HAS LONG BEEN A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC. PETER WALKER TAKES A LOOK AT TWO OF ITS FINEST EXPORTERS OF BEATS GET PHYSICAL RECORDS Get Physical Records are at the centre of the ongoing German re-invigoration of house music, based in the capital of both the country and the scene, Berlin. At t he c or e of t he label is a collective of five rather talented individuals, firstly production duo du jour Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, otherwise known as Booka Shade, who impressed with debut album Memento in 2004, followed by one of last years best LPs, Movements, featuring the massive singles In White Rooms, Mandarine Girl, and current hit Darko. They are joined by another successful pairing, Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung, more

commonly known as M.A.N.D.Y, who combined with Booka Shade for the label’s biggest release to date, Body Language, as well as mixing the labels first compilation CD (also called Body Language), and compiling the superb second mix in the At The C o n t ro l s S e r i e s . And finally there is DJ T, or Thomas Koch to his friends, A prolific producer for several other labels, he also founded and published Germany’s longest running electronic music magazine, Groove, before helping set up Get Physical. Incredibly the label has only been up and running for four years, and in that time has made a significant impression across the industry, winning several awards in the process,

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including DJ Mag’s label of the year 2005, and numerous prizes for individual artists. In the beginning they operated a vinyl only policy but the success of artist albums and mixes lead to rapid expansion, and 2007 sees seven artist albums and five compilations scheduled, including new releases from Fuckpony and DJ T, who will also be playing the Arches on the 6 May. POKER FLAT RECORDS Also hailing from Berlin, but with a more minimal edge to their sound are PokerFlat Records. Started by renowned minimal maestro Steve Bug from the ashes of his previous project Raw Elements back in 1998, the label has been at the forefront of European electronic music ever since. Not surprisingly the roster reads like a who’s who of the scene: Patrick Chardronnet, Guido Schneider, Martin Landsky, Steve Bug,

Martin Buttrich, and Midas Touch producer Trentemoller. Previously overshadowed by larger German labels like Kompakt and International Deejay Gigolos, 2006 was Poker Flat’s year with releases like Martin Landsky’s 1000 Miles, the second in Steve Bug’s Bugnology compilation series, and most importantly Trentemoller’s excellent debut album The Last Resort, not to mention his string of huge remixes for Moby, The Knife, and Djuma Soundsystem. He also shone the spotlight on the label with the most popular Essential Mix of last year, along with best album awards in the German dance music awards and two prestigious gongs in his native Denmark.

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Rawkus Reloaded

SLATER’S APPROACH TO PRODUCTION by Bram Gieben IS ONE OF EXPERIMENTATION AND HAVING PARTED WAYS WITH GEFFEN, RAWKUS ARE BACK WITH A NEW ROSTER THAT BREAKS NEW EXPLORATION, WHILE HIS DJ SETSGROUND RETAIN WHILE RESPECTING THE LABEL’S HISTORY. THE SKINNY TALKS TO KIDZ IN THEAHALL ABOUT THE NEW RAWKUS, AND THEIR DEBUT, CROWD-PLEASING, SOLID CONSISTENCY SCHOOL WAS MY HUSTLE. Rawkus defined the tail end of the 90s hip-hop boom, with albums from Hi-Tek, Black Star and Pharoahe Monch transplanting underground sounds and conscious sentiments into the mainstream, via compilations like Soundbombing and Lyricist Lounge. Company Flow’s seminal Funcrusher Plus was released on Rawkus, providing the blueprint for the Definitive Jux label. Famously, they also launched Jurassic 5, facilitating one of hip-hop’s most celebrated infiltrations of the mainstream. Industry rumour has it that their 2005 split from Geffen was due to the major label attempting to steer Rawkus in an ever more commercial direction. Moving to Sony BMG and shedding many of their core artists in the process, in 2007 Rawkus are quietly back in the game.

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Rapper Naledge and producer Double-0 are the epitome of Rawkus’ new signings – educated and precise in their approach to beats and rhymes, their collaboration as Kidz In The Hall would sit comfortably alongside Rawkus earlier recordings. Naledge is matter of fact about this: “Rawkus has a history for making real hip-hop stars in an organic way. They understood me and my vision and gave me a good offer. I envisioned myself being placed in the same categories as their stars of yester-year and it was a no-brainer to sign.” Double-0 argues that the mid-90s feel of School Was My Hustle is a question of sources: “I think my production is more soulful than anything. At times I use samples that evoke an early 90s feel but I always try to find a new twist to put on it. My inspirations range from the way a girl moves her hips, to a story I heard. Life is my biggest inspiration.” On the subject of the track Till The Wheels Fall Off, the producer is clear that it was an experiment and a tribute to re-imagine Souls of Mischief’s classic 93 Til Infinity: “I think the original is one of those classic hip-hop records that helped shape my freshman year of high school. I flipped it because the sample was just so dope that when I found it I had to rework it my own way. I always thought of it as a mixtape record. It was only after the fans heard it that we knew it was bigger than that.” One theme that recurs in Naledge’s lyrics is that of unity – he wants to make music for everybody,

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not just the backpackers, or the gang-bangers: “Most artists either take themselves too seriously, or they are too concerned with making ignorant, fun-loving music,” he says. “I feel as though I am right in the middle. I make extraordinary music about ordinary topics. I may try to educate you but at the same time, making entertaining music that feels good is key. Nowadays most conscious rap sucks because there’s no originality is the way their messages are delivered.” Rawkus’ other major signings are Panacea, a duo

comprising Raw Poetic and producer K Murdock. Their blend of trippy, hallucinogenic guitars, farout lyrics and mellow soul influences, as heard on their debut Ink Is My Drink, is yet another facet to the re-booted Rawkus. Panacea tracks such as Coulda Woulda Shoulda explore the r&b waters that Mos Def occasionally swam in, while tracks like Trip of the Century and Steel Kites break new lyrical ground with Raw Poetic’s Saul Williamslike stream of consciousness raps. A forthcoming album by Marco Polo, which he describes as his own Mecca and the Soul Brother (a seminal hip-hop

album by producer Pete Rock), features contributions from old Rawkus favourites like D.V. Alias Khrist and Wordsworth, alongside such luminaries as Kool G Rap and Masta Ace. It is good to see that while they’re breaking new ground with Panacea and Kidz in the Hall, Rawkus can still look to their laurels.

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BELIEVE IN THE SIGN MARK HODKINSON

“RAWKUS HAS A HISTORY FOR MAKING REALHIP-HOP STARS IN AN ORGANIC WAY.” – NALEDGE BEATS

Despite a premise that seems the ver y definition of niche appeal (an adolescence supporting league minnows Rochdale Football Club in the ‘70s, anyone?), Mark Hodkinson’s page-turning recollections of growing up in the North have universal appeal by exploring what it means to pathologically follow failure. As boys romp in the streets, mentally fenced in to dustbin estates and wear y of the green space outside, Believe In The Sign avoids being nostalgia-by-numbers. The murkiness of the murder of a local disabled girl and the subsequent witch-hunt of a reclusive immigrant, together with the infiltration of pie and blokes football matches by thuggish skinheads, hangs like perpetual drizzle over the cheekier recollections of trashy local paparazzi hounding managers who dinner dance with their peroxide secretaries and Hollywood coming

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to the Dale in the shape of ‘Meet The Real Stars of The Planet of The Apes’. Despite its fairly bluntly journalistic prose (Hodkinson earned his stripes as a cub sports reporter) this is a dreamily fragmented memoir that trips from moment to moment to create a montage of a lost aesthetic; of Asda stores as portholes to a glamorous future of choice and wheezing low-rent footballers constructed from an unreformed brutish machismo. A century away from Ashley Tweedy-Cole fretting about what to blow £60k a week on. [Ruth Marsh] OUT NOW. PUBLISHED BY POMONA PRESS. COVER PRICE £9.99 PAPERBACK.

GOLD DAN RHODES

Literar y novels can be a pain, but Dan Rhodes’ Gold brings nothing but blissful relief. Miyuki Woodward, born in Osaka but brought up in Wales, is taking a holiday, as she does each January, in a village on the Pembrokeshire coast. She takes clifftop walks during the day and in the evening heads to a pub called The Anchor, where, over the years, she has become confidante to some of the locals, a pub quiz secret weapon to others, and herself a prodigious consumer of the local beer. She also reads a lot, generally the sort of ‘short, abnormal’ books that Rhodes, writing on his website, claims to favour. As time passes, Rhodes carefully pays out Miyuki’s back-story, along with those of friendly locals like Tall Mr Hughes, Short Mr Hughes and Septic Barry, the caravan park lothario. Characters who were initially strangers become familiar to the reader, by which process of gradual illumination Rhodes creates a remarkably full and convincing universe in a book that is less than two hundred pages long. With the book’s key dramatic event the disappearance of Tall Mr Hughes - a sense of foreboding arrives. The emphasis of the narrative shifts gently from the comic to the dramatic, before achieving a lovely, ambiguous resolution at the book’s end. Couched in perfect prose, and full of beautifully-pitched character writing (who but Rhodes can weave so seamlessly the hilarious and the pathetic, in its best sense?), Gold is a great and deceptively wise little book. Read it. [Michael Gallagher] OUT NOW. PUBLISHED BY CANONGATE. COVER PRICE £9.99 PAPERBACK.

THE PESTHOUSE JIM CRACE

This book has been written before and written b et te r. A nyo n e who was sucked into Cormac McCarthy’s dank, dystopian trip through post-apocalyptic America in The Road will recognise the territory covered in The Pesthouse. The America envisioned by Crace has been ravaged by a plague, with society and history the

first casualties. The great exploration that gave birth to America, settlers and explorers coming from across the sea and travelling inland from east to west, is reversed: the displaced seek escape, their hopes pinned on rumours of ships setting sail to a safer place. If details of what brought a superpower to its knees sound sketchy, the ideology that hums beneath the surface of the novel is all too clear; America is committing suicide, it just doesn’t know it yet. Blame big business, blame Bush. But unless the country changes its ways, Crace is saying, the United States will get a taste of the dark ages. Lest the moral of the stor y get you down (or alienate the lucrative American market) there’s a love story to divert the attention. As our hero Franklin journeys forth, he encounters Margaret, amongst the cadavers, quarantined in the pesthouse, her head shaved and eyelashes plucked out to combat the plague. Romance and adventure entwine, as the two cling together for 250 pages until a happy ending implausibly kicks in. As a writer Crace deserves attention. His prose is simple but lyrical, with flashes of tenderness and incandescence. But this is not his best novel. It is less than Crace has proved himself capable of. [Graeme Allister]

PRINCE: THIEF IN THE TEMPLE BRAIN MORTON

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THE SAVAGE ALTAR ASA LARSSON

W h ateve r h a p p e n e d to Pr i n c e Rogers Nelson? In the 1980s he was pop’s most critically lauded darling, his purple and peach sex grooves evolving at a frightening pace. In the

decade that followed, as his legion of followers dwindled, he became a “Symbol” and considered himself a slave to the record label which had once nurtured him. Today, he pops up every couple of years, as if to remind the world of his former glory, usually accompanied by an album of insipid and bland popfunk. Whatever happened to him? Morton’s critical biography aims to show why Prince still matters today. Unfortunately wrapped in a cover that seems to present a quick-fix knock-off biog, this slim volume is an insightful appraisal of Prince’s work through album releases and side projects. Understandably, Morton concentrates heavily on early breakthrough albums (Dirty Mind, 1999, Parade) while swiftly skimming over the troubled and uninspired later work (Chaos and Disorder, pretty much everything from 1995 onwards). This leads to later chapters having a rushed feel, as if Morton is finding it difficult to present his case for Prince’s continued importance when the music proves the opposite. Little is revealed of the man himself, beyond the usual “paranoid control freak” accusations. The denizens of Paisley Park have clearly closed ranks around their famously guarded employer. Still, as an album-by-album guide book, this is a useful reminder of why The Artist once mattered and simply doesn’t now. [Euan Andrews]

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Asa Larsson’s first novel The Savage Altar, also published under the title Sun Storm, w o n S w e d e n’s Best First Crime Novel Award and has been translate d into several languages. It is the story of tax lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, who reluctantly returns to her hometown after the vicious murder of a friend’s brother. The murder investigation that unfolds illustrates Rebecka’s connection to the victim and town, but never quite explains the sense of bondage she feels towards her friend, Sanna. Despite being a top ten bestseller in Sweden, Larsson consistently uses tired clichés and one-dimensional, over-familiar characters. Her attempts to deepen her heroine with stories from her youth are unconvincingly constructed, and many of the supporting cast are superfluous. The novel is heavily influenced by a line up of noir personalities, in the Assistant Chief Prosecutor, police officers and most notably a femme fatale in Sanna. There is something clumsy and uneasy at play in the writing though; Sanna’s history seems improbable, and her supposed manipulation more a figment of the heroine’s bitterness than reality. In spite of these flaws, Larsson evokes the freezing Swedish landscape effectively, albeit with unsophisticated metaphors, and the novel will be enjoyable for readers who can overlook the bland prose style. If the character of Rebecka Martinsson is to continue in a series of novels, as promised, some originality and spark is sorely needed. [Laurel Wilson] RELEASE DATE: 5TH APRIL. PUBLISHED BY VIKING. COVER PRICE £12.99.

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI A punk rock spirit infuses everything The A rches does, according to its programme director Jackie Wylie. If that means championing the very best in emerging Scottish and international theatrical talent with initiatives such as this month’s Arches Theatre Festival (see feature) then I am dusting off the bondage trousers and giving that red vinyl Read About Seymour 7” a spin right now. The line-up looks fantastic. From sometime Mogwai and Arab Strap member Cora Bissett’s Amada to Rosie Kellagher’s edgy, otakuinspired piece Mother, Father, Son, the festival promises to be one of those ‘I was there’ events. Block it out in your diaries now. Don’t worry if you can’t make it through to Glasgow, both the above mentioned plays tour to the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh later in the month. Also infused with the punk spirit is dance provocateur Michael Clark whose latest show Mmm is reviewed here. Collaborations with new wave heroes such as The Fall, along with his infamous buttockless leotards, helped make the former English Ballet star a byword for controversy in the dance world. Twenty years on he still has something to prove. Even the establishment is getting in on the act with works in the newly announced Spring Season (see Theatre listings) at the Scottish Ballet influenced by cinematic oddball David Lynch. And that is what performance is all about. If Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty is a benchmark for intelligent, edgy and outright confrontational drama that demands a reaction from its audience, then there is still much to be done in Scotland 2007. But we are definitely getting there. / Hugo Fluendy

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There is aBassline debate that rages on within drum & bass about MCs and what at Sequential Smith Simon they bring to the scene. Some people see them as an embedded part of a good night, others would prefer to listen to the beats without any MC at all. The Skinny has decided to remove the microphone and see what one of Scotland’s top MCs - BZ (Manga, Xplicit) has to say on the matter.

As T.S. Eliot remarked, April is a bit of a bugger. So many great acts are hitting Scotland and we’ve not enough space to speak about them. Friday the 13th sees SOLESCIENCE bracing against bad luck by teaming up with DISKOMATIC (11pm-3am, £3 b4 12/£5) at the Cab. FREQ-BEAT hold the fort for Edinburgh breaks on the first Friday of the month at their Red Vodka club residency (details tbc) and if that’s to your taste, then AZ-TECH are offering more of their breaks, techno, electro and house on 6 Apr with Silver Storic and Verr (The Caves, 10pm-3am, £5). The best action in the capital is being eaten up by Triptych though, with WE ARE ELECTRIC partying with Ewan Pearson, and SUGARBEAT bringing in sleazy trash-master Erol Alkan to mash-things up (see our Triptych feature for full details).

Welcome back to another roundup of hip-hop news and views brought to you by bringdaruckus.com, the ONLY dedicated website for Scottish hip-hop. Last issue I mentioned that BBC Radio Scotland are in talks to launch a show to help showcase Scotland’s urban scene. Well no sooner was the column printed than Blackstreet hit the airwaves. Hosted by Laura McCrum, this six part show takes a look at music of black origin from a Scottish perspective. The first show featured an hour long interview and live set from Steg G & The Freestyle Master. Expect a mixture of jazz, funk and hip-hop every Tuesday from 8.05pm. Now here are Glasgow’s April highlights:

“At the end of the day everyone has got their own opinion on what they like and dislike about d&b - different strokes for different folks! I think an MC is a very important part of a d&b night, and has always been important through the history of d&b. It links the DJ to the crowd. I understand that there are people who don’t like MCs and that’s cool ‘cause it’s not everyone’s taste. To be honest I’ve been to a night and seen a really bad MC ruin it. But there are a few certain people that keep on going on and on and on that we shouldn’t have MCs, that it’s killing the scene blah, blah, blah! I call them bedroom critics.” You can read the full profile interview with BZ at www.skinnymag.co.uk. The bass comes into effect this month on Fri 6 April starting with CODENINE at the City Café (£Free), followed by XPLICIT at the Bongo Club with residents Paul Reset b2b with E.N.O on three decks along with Morphy and P-Haze, and MCs Tonn Piper and BZ (11pm-3am, £6). OBSCENE is at Ego on 14 Apr and they are keeping tight lipped on the line up. The weekend starts early mid-month on 19 Apr when Technical Resistance presents NEUROSESSIONS at the Bongo Club, with N.Phect, Paranoise Optimal, Drypher and Irritant. Fri 20 Apr is the pre-club staple, CODENINE at the City Café followed by Morphy at SEQUENTIAL. Residents Sawagashi, Weak Hunt & Covalent also play at Calton Studios (11pm-3am, £6/£5 members). Thurs 26 Apr presents a FORTIFIED SESSION (dubstep) at the Bongo Club with DJ Pinch, DJ Distance, Gravious (live debut) Monochrome (live) and Electric Eliminators. Friday 27 Apr sees more dubstep at the Tramway Theatre, Glasgow, with KODE9, The Space Ape Bass Poetry and various. Or staying in the capital, you can catch RED ALERT with C64 plus Alcane, J.L.Boco, Kid Ill, Aeroplane Dope and Mc Si-an all on the same evening (11pm-3am, The Wee Red Bar, £5/£4). To round off the month it’s back to Glasgow for Sat 28, for another FORTIFIED SESSION at The Classic Grand, with Digital Mystikz Vs Loefah, Sgt Pokes and Electric Eliminators. [Jonny Ogg]

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In Glasgow, the Black Dog plays with Slam at RETURN TO MONO on the 13th (The SubClub, 11pm-3am, £8/£10), celebrating the release of a retrospective collection on Soma - the electronic soundtrack to Rene Magritte doing a stripshow: this is premier weirdness. Rubadub record store is the epicentre of Glasgow’s electronic scene this month, with Dan Monox and Jackmaster putting together some awesome local shows. Dan’s sideproject, the Flying Lurinskys, have just put a brand-new stonking industrial track online and they can be seen at MONOX on 21 Apr (Soundhaus, 11pm-3am, £tbc). When you hear Gubbarama, the only method of survival is to either throw your hands up and dance, or just prolapse, vomiting. Nasty. JACKMASTER is throwing a seismic party in Blackfriars on the 13th (there’s a superstitious theme here!) with SEYMOUR BITS (live) (10pm-3am, £8), then he takes over The Brunswick on 20 Apr with Bitstream performing live (10pm-3am, £8). Experimental and melodic, this should be awesome. And DOUBLESPEAK also take over Blackfriars with digital dancer Mr Pauli on 14 Apr (11pm-3am, £8), making wobbly synth noises and 8-bit meditations. All this in Glasgow, without even mentioning the city’s TRIPTYCH lineup, or the SUBCLUB BIRTHDAY BASH. If all that techno gets too much for you, soften up with the New York flavours of Studio 54 - funk, soulful house, and disco will abound at MORGAN’ S SPICED OUT OF THE ORDINARY events ( www. morganspiced.co.uk), coming to Glasgow on 6 Apr (Sub Club, 11pm-3am, ltd advance tickets £5 from www.ticketweb.co.uk/£7 on the door). The night will be hosted by the ‘diva’ of disco dance music, Barbara Tucker, the cofounder of The Underground Network, with DJ support from Louie Vega, Craig Smith and Kev Stevens. Vega will be spinning latin, soulful house, and maybe even a bit of hip-hop, while local talents Craig Smith and Kev Steven will be bringing a Studio 54 disco set. [Liam Arnold]

DJ Format, MIXED BIZNESS, Glasgow Art School (06 Apr, 10.30pm - 3am, £8) Mixed Bizness invites Brighton’s DJ Format to Glasgow with a Scottish support of Boom Monk Ben and Bigg Taj. French DJ crew C2C also join in on the fun. THE SUGARHILL GANG, Sub Club, Glasgow (05 Apr, 8pm, £12). To help celebrate 20 years of the Sub Club, the legends that are The Sugarhill Gang will be performing alongside Scotland’s own DJ Bunty. This is sure to be one hell of a night! BANKRUPT EUROPEANS, Party Groove, Bar 10, Glasgow (26th April, 8.30pm - 12am, £FREE) Expect to hear the likes of Chill Rob G, Lord Finesse, KMD, MC Shan, as well as more recent Eastborn classics by Porn Theatre, Danny Breaks, Edan, Mad Skillz, and Juice. A top pre-club offering. Meanwhile, over in Edinburgh: Various Artists, BRING DA RUCKUS 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY, Jazz Club, Edinburgh (5 Apr, 11pm – 3am, £FREE). To celebrate a year of bringdaruckus.com we have organised with 17th Letter a jazz/hip-hop fusion that is sure to please. Witness the first live performance of Blunt Force Trauma. Sit back and enjoy with a specially created BDR cocktail from LA Bartenders! UNDERLING, Open Jam, Forest Café, Edinburgh (14 Apr, 8pm, £FREE). Calling all emcee`s, singers and karaoke fruitcakes! Take to the stage in this open mic session with music provided by the Underling. Don’t bother going if your walking the path of 8mile... but do if you’re up for talking, laughs and smiles! LIVESCIENCES, The Octopus Diamond (21 Apr, 8pm-1am, £TBC) Rap’s Father Jack, Jee4ce, supports Livesciences with his own brand of Irish/Scottish hip-hop. That’s it for April. Look out for exclusive interviews, gossip and insider information in the coming months, and check out www.bringdaruckus.com for even more exclusive content, supporting Scottish hip-hop to the fullest. If you have a gig you wish me to cover, email me at chris@bringdaruckus.com. Peace. [Chris Torres]

EVENTS

1. ARCHES THEATRE FESTIVAL Amada

12-21 APRIL, ARCHES, GLASGOW

The Arches respected annual showcase of new talent returns

HOOLIGAN’S THEATRE STRICTLY DEDICATED TO THE NAUGHTY CHILD LIVING IN US ALL

2. SCOTTISH BALLET 18-21 APRIL, FESTIVAL THEATRE, EDINBURGH

Spring programme 2007 from the resurgent company

3. ARLECCHINO’S REVENGE 5-7 APRIL, TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH & 13-14 APRIL, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

The acclaimed Lung Ha’s Theatre Company and Paragon Ensemble combine to present this Commedia delle Arte-inspired piece

4. RE:UNION 11-14 APRIL, TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH & 20 -28 APRIL, CITIZEN’S THEATRE, GLASGOW

As Scotland marks the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union and prepares to vote on its political future, 7:84 presents four dramatic meditations on the theme of separation and reconciliation from top writers

5. STAG 16-28 APRIL, GILMOREHILL G12, GLASGOW

Four Glaswegian student-penned pieces compete for an Edinburgh Fringe run at The Bedlam this year

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Famed for playing host to legendary club nights such as Pressure and Death Disco, The Arches is perhaps better known for its lasers and ‘banging’ tunes than its cutting edge theatre programme. This year’s Arches Theatre Festival, however, is going to give international superstar DJs such as Jeff Mills, Mylo and 2ManyDJs a run for their money.

The award gives the winners an opportunity to stage a fully professional production with the support of The Arches and associates the National Theatre of Scotland and the Traverse. Previous winners of the award include luminaries such as Davey Anderson, who is now a key figure at the National Theatre of Scotland as Director in Residence.

Now in its sixth year, The Arches Theatre Festival 2007 is a bountiful feast of international and local talent providing downtown Glasgow with a glorious display of mind-bending theatre. According to Programmer Jackie Wylie, “The programme is infused with the Arches distinctive punk-rock spirit.” This year the programme boasts acts from as far as New York City, Ireland, Russia and Japan.

The two award winners look set to follow suit with challenging yet soon-to-be popular pieces of work. The multi-talented Cora Bissett is also a musician - having played with self confessed outsiders Mogwai and Arab Strap - and actor, with credits including the BAFTA award winning Red Road. Her directorial debut, Amada, honours the oldest profession in the world and was inspired by a short story by Chilean writer Isabel Allende. Using three actors, a Chilean guitarist and a Basque singer, Bissett’s adaptation is an eloquent rendering of Allende’s tale, and evokes the same riot of emotion, colour and passion as Latin America itself.

Since its beginnings, the festival has remained a highlight in any dedicated theatre-goer’s diary. Originally a showcase for Scottish talent, the festival has subsequently cast the net further afield and is now truly international. However, it has maintained its policy of nurturing Scottish talent by giving a platform for new writers who can compete for The Arches Award for Stage Directors, which is handed to emerging directorial talent. Amada and Mother, Father, Son, directed by first time director Cora Bissett and Rosie Kellagher respectively, are set to open this year’s festival. The directors have been bestowed this honour following their winning of the coveted The Arches Award for Stage Directors 2007. Unique in the UK, this exciting award is presented to budding directors who are dedicated to working in Scotland.

Mother, Father, Son, is a new piece penned by Hugo Plowden, and examines Japanese subculture Hikikomori. The term, coined by Tamaki Saito, describes the apparently growing phenomenon of young men entirely alienated from society who often inhabit one room of their parents’ house and refuse to leave. If that sounds familiar behaviour in adolescents the world over then prepare to see the teenage strop accelerated at breakneck speed twenty years into the future. In Kellagher’s play, characters Mother or Father haven’t seen Son, who has locked himself in his room, for years

and they are beginning to wonder if the person at the other side of the door is in fact their son. Communicating through a series of knocks, this offbeat story of two parents’ relationship with their dysfunctional son is a true original. As Rosie - whose CV includes credits as Assistant Director on the Lyceum’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Staff Director at Oran Mor’s A Play, a Pie and a Pint - explains, “It’s a play about a bizarre family. Son, or someone who they think is their son lives in his bedroom and they haven’t seen him for years. They only know someone is in the bedroom because they eat the food Mother and Father leave out. It’s a strange little piece and funny in parts. It is the writer’s first stage play so it’s a great opportunity for him as well.” Other featured dramas include Plug and Play by Russian company Akhe, which is intriguingly described as “a hooligan’s theatre piece strictly dedicated to the naughty child living in us all” and a Fringe First Winner, Particularly in the Heartland, presented by American company Team. The Arches Theatre Festival’s reputation for showing innovative, edgy and quite frankly odd theatre is in good hands this year. Cabaret, music and visual art are are also well represented to ensure it remains as diverse as ever. With discounted festival passes there’s no excuse for missing this quality selection of theatre.

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Any month in Scotland could easily be confused for April – the one month of the year when we can blame our frequently bad meteorological occurrences on the traditions of those 30 days: rain, rain, and solid rain. But don’t let that dampen your spirits; let music and The Skinny Beats section lift them! We kick off with an interview with DJ Food about Now, Listen Again, his latest phenomenal Solid Steel mix with DK – a five star journey through genres! And the Sub Club celebrates their China (20th) anniversary this month, so peruse our ever-so condensed history! And with the birthday of one club, we bid adieu to another; Glasgow’s Riverside club, and find out where resident club Utter Gutter is moving. April wouldn’t be complete without Triptych: DJ Distance, Spektrum, Einsturzende Neubauten, Erol Alkan and more will be hitting Edinburgh and Glasgow, so get the info at your disposal. Online we have even more from DJ Kentaro, Guru, Big Dada, and Filthy Gorgeous comes to Scotland. We’re also putting together a Scottish record label feature – if you are interested in having your label covererd, get in touch with us beats@skinnymag.co.uk with your spiel! Later, Alex.

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1. DJ KENTARO – ENTER (NINJA TUNE) Possibly the best DJ in the world, but how many times have you heard that old chestnut? This album is incredible for the simple reason that Kentaro manages to communicate the feel of his versatile scratch sets – blending everything from electro and house, to jungle and reggae with hip-hop, often in one song. Help from Skinny favourites Spank Rock and New Flesh can’t hurt either. Stonking.

2. DJ FOOD & DK – NOW, LISTEN AGAIN (NINJA TUNE)

Dude, we just can’t get enough Ninja! A compilation of DK and Food’s best-loved and most polished mixes, covering rare funk and soul, surfer pop and of course the obligatory supersize doses of hip-hop and d&b. That rare thing – a mix you will still be listening to in five years time. This is a classic.

3. LUKID – ONANDON

(WERK)

Straddling electronica and experimental hip-hop, this LP really pushes the sonic envelope. Highly recommended for fans of Prefuse 73 and Madlib, this is a gem from the consistently excellent Werk label.

4. J-DILLA – RUFF DRAFT

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The much-missed J Dilla (alongside Madlib) managed the transition from jazzy, De La Soul and Tribe-style beats into a rawer, more innovative sound that departed from traditional sample techniques and sources – this LP documents his early, pre-Jaylib forays past the limits of Slum Village.

5. ROLL DEEP – RULES & REGULATIONS (ROLL DEEP RECORDINGS)

This could well be the last Roll Deep LP to feature Wiley, so best get your hands on it. Lyrically and in terms of production, Roll Deep make good on the promise initially shown by So Solid – they sound like they could convincingly crack the US, and like they were born to rap over grime beats.

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DK, and (right) DJ Food, Photo By Gem Pope & Strictly Kev

THE CHAMPIONS OF SOLID STEEL ARE HERE! BACK WITH A NEW MIX ALBUM THAT COLLECTS THEIR SHOWPIECE LIVE MIXING, SHAKING SERIOUS BOOTY, DJ FOOD AND DK ARE IN FULL EFFECT. DJ Food’s current identity began as Food for DJs - records for other DJs to make records with. Think of a living sample unit with access to a plethora of material, and a highpowered filtration and mixing system, backed with the hard-earned experiences of DJing and producing, and you have something close. His “studio collective project... went in many directions, and sometimes didn’t have any focus,” says present-day DJ Food, Strictly Kev. Coldcut were the original masterminds behind DJ Food back in 1990, followed by Patrick Carpenter, Paul B r o o k , P au l R a b i g e r, Isaac Elliston, and the sole heir of the legacy, Strictly Kev. “With me being the sole inheritor, I think I can stamp a bit more personality on it - because it’s not a sound made up of various personalities, it’s more of a sound made up of one - it’s a bit easier to personalise.” He saw the parameters for previous DJ Food work as slightly narrow, and for a while, the name was mainly affiliated with jazz breaks: now drum and bass, electro, 80s pop, hip-hop, surfer pop, and the cut-up style are more familiar aspects.

there an element of record shop scouring? “We already had them, that’s why there isn’t too much contemporary stuff on the mix CD. To us it was classic, and we were attempting to make something that was meant to be listened to, and listened to, and re-listened to. There are more layers than people initially get - everything you hear on there is there for a reason, whether it’s a piece of spoken word, or the choice of tracks that are put next to each other. When the final album comes out, there are reasonably extensive sleeve notes that go with it that point out further things

with.’ Amazingly he said yes because previous contacts that I’d had, had said ‘oh yeah we tried to licence from him, he’s a weirdo, he won’t do it, and all the rest of it’. And he actually said yes, but not only did he say yes, he sent us a whole album of unreleased Dragons stuff made at the same time as Food For My Soul, which we’re gonna release on Ninja Tunes later on this year. It’s all the same sort of thing: tripped-out, West Coast surf pop from the 60s and it’s absolutely fabulous. It’s a lovely postscript to this mix, and that track is gonna prime people for this album.” Other little gems include the Are You Being Served film theme tune, and Jo Ann Garrett’s It’s No Secret nestled against throbbing d&b. The build into d&b is a bit of a trademark in Food’s DJ sets, raising the tempo as the music speeds on through to its conclusion. Why use d&b as the link between dancehall and soul? “We love d&b as much as we love hip-hop and funk and soundtracks, so we always try to include something like that in the live set. In the live version of this mix we expand it quite a bit, as we do with all the sections, as it’s one of the most powerful dance music elements bar something like gabba, or terrorcore industrial stuff. It’s a furious but palatable dance medium if you like and it’s always good to have something like that, and save it for later rather than have it at the beginning. You lose a a lot of energy if you play your ace cards early on. That was another thing you were speaking earlier about the arrangement - we were very conscious of how the mix flowed, not playing all your good hands at the beginning and saving up some decent tracks, and also very fast tracks for later. The whole thing was meticulously thought out in terms of tempo and push and pull.”

“WE’RE SO MUSO IT’S RIDICULOUS!” - DJ FOOD

What were the influences for this mix with DK (Darren), the follow-up to Now, Listen? “We were listening to ourselves really, because the jumping off point for that mix was DJ sets from the time we toured with the last Steel mix in 2001-2002. Occasional bits of this mix actually started back that far, and they lasted a lot longer, becoming little staples of mixed sets. They seemed to always work with the crowd - you could put the same three records in the same way everytime, and you’d always get a good response.” It was a gradual build then? “We sat down and made a list of little nuggets from sets that have gone past and played them to each other and said, ‘look check this out, it always works, I’m still not bored of it’, and narrowed that selection down to the best of the best, and weaved them together with other newly created bits that didn’t just all fit together. It was like adding to a puzzle.” Were t hese record s ta ken f rom you r ow n expensive and expansive collection then, or was

that people wouldn’t have necessarily have known about certain tracks - why they’re on there, what they mean. So I’m hoping people get even more out of it when it finally comes out.” It sounds like you’re giving birth to a generation of musos! “Oh god yeah, we’re so muso it’s ridiculous!” If you had to choose one of the tracks from the mix as your post-apocalyptic comforter, what would it be and why? Food pauses to think: “I’m just mentally flicking through the album in my head. I’m pretty sure it would be Food For My Soul by The Dragons, for me personally. Darren’s choice would be different. This is the jewel in the crown of the mix. The Dragons were three brothers: Doug, Darren and Dennis Dragon who lived on the West Coast throughout the 60s and 70s as session players. They played with The Byrds, Phil Spector and all that lot, and they resurfaced and did a soundtrack called A Sea For Yourself with a bunch of other musicians, which is very rare and hard to find, and also where Food For My Soul is from, back in the 60s. I got that soundtrack and managed to find a copy of it, and because I’m DJ Food, it had a certain resonance when I heard it originally because it’s such a positive record. I mean the lyrics are fantastic; it’s hippy, but it’s beautiful. It’s uncynical and talks about trying to be a good person and I thought this was just a blueprint for how to live your life. I tracked down Dennis Dragon, who was the drummer and owned the copyright, and said ‘will you licence this to us? Because this is the last track on the mix, it’s the one we want to go out

The Now, Listen Again! tour kicks off this month, and if the American tour goes to plan, DK and DJ Food will be gigging through ‘til the end of June, and onwards into summer and a raft of European dates. In between these Food intends to start fitting in work for the new album, so hats off to his productive energy. NOW, LISTEN AGAIN! IS OUT ON 2 APR ON NINJA TUNE WWW.NINJATUNE.NET

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In the battle for aesthetic supremacy, The Arches seems set to emerge triumphant at the end of April. The annual Theatre Festival takes place between the 12th and 27th, promising new work from local talent and visits from international companies. Already an imposing venue for any event - their productions of Beckett took the miserable modernist even deeper into hell - The Arches is threatening to turn Glasgow’s cognoscenti into subterraneans. The highlight of the festival could be Pan Pan’s re-imagining of the Oedipus myth, reminding us that even the earliest theatre was preoccupied with the same brutal themes as contemporary performance art. A fusion of modern stage-craft and ancient extremity, Oedipus Loves U is apparently to be directed live on the night, leading us through the horrors of incest, self-harm and self-delusion. Perhaps not the ideal first date, it aims to make the connection between our heritage and modern anxiety.

greasepaint. His most recent work had him exploring his memories of being an insect with an agility that denied his emaciation. Endurance is not the only local art being supported in this festival: new works have been commissioned from Cora Bissett and Rosie Kellagher (see feature). Overall, the Arches Theatre Festival will contain work that challenges, frightens and provokes. Undoubtedly, some may find the bill not to their taste - of all art forms, experimental theatre can be especially subjective. But patience and persistence will reward, and Glasgow is fortunate to have so much cha l lenging work in a single venue.

THE ARCHES THEATRE FESTIVAL WILL CONTAIN WORK THAT CHALLENGES, FRIGHTENS AND PROVOKES

While tabloid headlines predict the end of arts funding in Scotland as the London Olympics drains away lottery cash, the Arches still supports the psychotic clown Al Seed, who will be collaborating with Ben Foulks in the aptly named Endurance. Al is a terrifying performer, bringing to the surface the viciousness that hides behind the circus

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Over at Tramway, preparations are being made for a hectic summer season. In the meantime, it presents a single production - a collaboration between two Scottish companies. Lung Ha’s are working with Paragon Ensemble in a show that manages to express the entire Tramway remit in a single production. Paragon explores modern classical music, while Lung Ha’s are an inclusion theatre company that works with adults who have learning disabilities. Arlecchino’s Revenge is a timely political parable that celebrates the power of drama: a fitting response to those who question the importance of arts funding. WWW.THEARCHES.CO.UK/THEATRE

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MMM BY MICHAEL CLARK, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW, 28 FEB

THE SHINS

Numerous comebacks, drug addiction, extensive nudity and polymorphous eroticism: Michael Clark has been shocking since the 1980s. Through his bracing fusion of punk aesthetic with classical technique and his provocative use of costume and video, his unique choreography attracts a partisan audience of hipsters and dance aficionados. The twin patrons of his company are Kate Moss and Mikhail Baryshnikov, representing the worlds of fashion and serious dance that his works are balanced between.

On the Shins’ new album, Wincing the Night Away, the first track is really just a prelude – it’s second single Australia that raises the curtain on the band’s growing indifference to the overused conventions of pop. Ironically – and weirdly – a bad German accent is heard to say “Time to put ze ear-goggles on,” before the group break into a characteristic upbeat groove and James Mercer’s voice ghosts in sublimely. And it’s Mercer who carries the song. While his vocals can be distinctly frothy elsewhere, on Australia he is backed by a meaty, driving rhythm, and the effect is priceless. [Nick Mitchell]

After a period away from dancing, Clark has recently rebooted his company - partially through the financial support of his celebrity friends - and has entered into collaboration with the Barbican Centre in London. Over three years, he is working on a trilogy of shows inspired by the music of Stravinsky. His choreography, at once brazen and rigid, returns to the pieces that moved ballet away from a purely classical mode and into the modernist and the shocking.

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The first of these works, O, toured the UK last year to tremendous success. Clark’s gift is to manipulate the highly technical and acrobatic modern dancer into movements that are both traditional and contemporary. Mmm was the highlight of the New Territories Festival, a revival of his collaboration with Leigh Bowery and Charles Atlas. Using Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring as an inspiration, Clark’s strong company extend the possibilities of the balletic form. At first disorientating and alien, each sequence sets slow, elegant movement against discordant, angry punk, evoking incomprehensible rituals or imaginary creatures parading across geometric landscapes. Before becoming predictable, he switches the scene - a series of dances to Stravinsky’s score for two pianos.

Clark’s st yle is strangely formal. The dancers’ acrobatics and revealing costumes emphasise his debt to tradition while taking the repertoire into unsettling territory. His company’s technical skill makes his world familiar even as it chases the absurd: only his own solos in the second half are less than accomplished. His eye for detail settles on the static image (such as a naked woman wearing a moustache, or soloists performing in what appear to be toilet seats) rather than movement. His use of video projection is awkward and as dated as the post-punk music he champions. The wild applause is well deserved, but more for style than substance. Clark is becoming an establishment radical. [Gareth K Vile] RUN ENDED, WWW.TRAMWAY.ORG dancer: Amy Hollingsworth photo: Hugo Glendinning

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Ok, it sounds a lot like Wish, but as a radio-friendly appetiser for Reznor’s forthcoming apocalyptic opus, Year Zero, Survivalism serves its purpose admirably. In line with NIN’s new minimal aesthetic, the percussion sounds like it was lifted from a Detroit techno record, whilst the mutating electronics and subliminal vocal cutups pulse and stammer without detracting from the impact of Reznor’s newly politicised lyrics. “I’ve got my fist/ I’ve got my plan/ I’ve got survivalism” he barks, and on this evidence you’d be a fool to doubt him. [Jay Shukla] RELEASE DATE: 9 APRIL. THE DVD BESIDE YOU IN TIME IS OUT NOW. THE ALBUM YEAR ZERO IS OUT 16 APRIL. WWW.ANOTHERVERSIONOFTHETRUTH.COM

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Mrs Warren’s Profession, George Bernard Shaw’s early play exposing hypocritical Victorian mores, had to wait until 1905 for its first public performance, some ten years after its first publication. So explosively seditious were its contents considered that the Lord Chamberlain banned its performance outright. It took Shaw’s own money to finally give the piece the run it deserved in a private members’ club.

Royal Lyceum and Nottingham Playhouse’s suitably nuanced production is acted with flair and does justice to the moral ambiguities slyly revealed by Shaw’s witty script. Paola Dionisotti’s wonderfully modulated Mrs Warren conducts proceedings with aplomb, supported eloquently by Emma Stansfield as her daughter, Vivie. John Bett, too, is excellent, creating real depth to old family friend Praed with a deceptive lightness of touch. As the play draws to its depressingly predictable denouement, Vivie declaims that “…there is no such thing as circumstance!” as she primly banishes her mother from her life for her newly discovered moral improprieties. Shaw may have shocked Victorian England with his studied ambivalence but Vivie’s joyless, proto-Thatcherite dismissal of her mother suggest where Shaw’s sympathies truly lay. [Hugo Fluendy]

There are some truths that are so difficult to deal with that we actively spend time not thinking about them. Strangers, Babies by Linda McLean has one of those truths sitting at its centre, shielded from view, intangible, frequently sliding out of the audience’s grasp, but there and undeniable none the less. May’s life is defined by a terrible act she and her brother perpetrated when they were just children. Every relationship in her adult life is defined by her search for normality, her attempts at personal absolution and her yearning for a lost innocence that she has denied herself. The audience are shown May with each of the men in her life – her caring husband, her dying father, her estranged brother, the man she met in an internet chatroom and the Child Protection Officer. Each relationship more closely defines her attempts to put her past behind her, and the reasons why that will probably never be possible.

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This is a strong cast – each of the male actors brings nuance to roles that could be presented purely as

In 2007, it could be easy to mistake the Victorian finery of the costumes and the mannered suavity of Shaw’s dialogue as simply another enjoyable period piece. But with poverty still driving young women into prostitution, Shaw’s tale of a high class international madam from an impoverished background who has propelled her unwitting daughter through boarding school and Cambridge with the proceeds of her dubious career, packs as powerful a message now as it did then. Indeed, Shaw’s refusal to condemn his eponymous protagonist makes this work a key feminist text.

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BRIANSTORM

The first thing to notice about the Monkeys’ first effort from their fast approaching second long player is a slightly heavier sound to their norm. However, its Fugazi-lite opening soon gives way to a familiar Monkeys hook and Brianstorm becomes something altogether more recognizable. The lyrics appear a pithy critique of a certain contemporary type (“we can’t take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination, well see you later, innovator”) and in being so are more or less in keeping with what we’ve come to expect. This isn’t entirely bad, even if Turner’s vaguely self-righteous reverse-snobbery is starting to grate. [Leigh Pearson]

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FROM THE MORNING AFTER EP

“Excuse me for asking, but were you in a movie?”, followed by a few power chords here and there, borders heavily on gimmick. Nurnberg has the fiesty melodies, but they’re a tad contrived and not as “dark” or strange as they’d perhaps have you believe. It’s like the musical equivalent of what four years at art school does to your dress sense: it becomes a little bit too self-aware. [Lucy Galloway]

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Much like a certain yeast based spread, Bright Eyes is either loved or loathed. Conor Oberst’s melancholic crooning and countr ytinged melodies have divided the indie community like Moses at the Red Sea for years. New single Four Winds may have finally bridged the gap – but not necessarily for the better. Limping along like a substandard Dylan cast-off hijacked by The Thrills, the jingling guitar and eloquent viola lack any of the enigmatic sparkle of old. He may be pandering to the masses but, love or hate his music, it’s hard not to be saddened by Bright Eyes’ sudden ambivalence. [Billy Hamilton] RELEASE DATE: 2 APRIL.

Isobella bursts out of feedback into intense alternative rock. Sinister and aggressive, the Little Flames still seem to be excited by the possibility of the guitar. The melting distortion and disgruntled attack set them above the macho crop of indie-rockers who are content to retread the great riffs of the past. The verses ease the pace just enough to make the choruses all the more anxious and threatening. The instrumental version reveals the debt to Sonic Youth more obviously, but also elucidates their cunning use of dynamics and song structure. Eva Peterson’s disinterested voice and cutting lyrics focus the song into a

sing some of his songs. His tunes are well produced, well performed and well written, but lack the edge to immediately be considered contemporary, meaning this is music probably best appreciated by a mature audience. [Mark Webb]

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NORMAN LAMONT ROMANTIC FICTION 2 EP (SELF RELEASED)

N o, n ot t h e N o r m a n L a m o n t whose name was synonymous with Thatcher’s government but a talented singer-songwriter from Edinburgh. Nicole and Submarine Girl show he has a sense of humour, which undoubtedly goes down well at his live performances, most evidently on the latter’s chorus of “I’ve never gone down on a submarine girl.” Like Leonard Cohen in recent years, he gets female singers to

LURIN

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Steel Hall Productions (AKA B-Burg of Livesciences) offers a pleasingly laid-back take on Edinburgh live favourites Lurin. Spin is mellow gringo-funk; Broken Walls has some Dylan-esque harmonica looping around the female vocal; Chameleon veers off into stranger territory with cascading guitar lines and a driving bassline, as close as Lurin get to really rocking out. Throughout, the interplay between the female vocalist and the half-whispered bass of songwriter Leemo holds your attention. Buy a copy from their MySpace, and save it for the first sunny days of spring. [Bram Gieben] AVAILABLE NOW FROM MYSPACE.COM/LURINTHEBAND

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The Gold Rush EP is instantly agreeable, magnetic rock with unobtrusive vocals and upbeat melodic riffs. It has a subtle country twang to it, with jangly, restless guitars and wispy harmonies - though they are let down slightly by naff lyrics such as “drop their hands and beg for the saviour.” Although Don’t Look Down ebbs on tediously, plodding along in a minimal-chord mantra - as perfected by Coldplay and chums - the soothing vocals carry it along sufficiently, and it remains buoyant over mediocrity. Stonesthrow sound likeable enough, but it’s uncertain as to whether they’d hold their own atop a CD stack. [Lucy Galloway] OUT NOW

Little John Rocket have the riffs and lyrics to draw you into their melodrama without verging on emo. The quirky vocals are certainly distinctive, though the Automatic-styled gratuitous shouting throughout the chorus should certainly not be encouraged. The shrieks of “rawk and roll!” and other lines such as

shall never hear Tibi Lubin’s latest single, which plays nothing safe, and loses every throw. It’s good to have leftfield ideas, but Frankie Quinn’s atonal horns sound misplayed, Hurr y Monkey Hurr y’s minimalism forgets to include a tune, and Romany Rye shuffles and waltzes into an empty room. Ultimately, Tibi Lubin try to stretch disposable snippets of ideas into full-blown songs without the imagination to make anything stick. In comparison, Radio 1 sounds exhilarating. [Ally Brown]

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KID CANAVERAL SMASH HITS

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It’s a familiar conundrum: “She’s fit, but her music taste’s shite.” Erase Errata vs. Neil Sedaka. And you might dwell on this - the most wretched of relationship killers - until such time as she tells you to “stick it up yer arse.” It’s no ideal situation to be caught up in, and Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor laments some poor bastard’s plight over this considered piece of up-tempo indie pop which echoes the Delgados at their most playful. Smash Hits is a refreshingly pleasant wee tune, sure to go down well at the Fence Homegame in Anstruther on the 15th. Take the Mrs, popcorn is optional. [Dave Kerr] OUTNOW ON 7”, LIMITEDTO 500 COPIES.

All praise mainstream radio: purveyor of inoffensive wallpaper, anaemic pop trash, and brand-aware slop for chosen demographics - for in it you

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foils. Sean Scanlan finds poignancy in an embittered dying man and Iain Robertson as May’s brother Denis is scaldingly raw. But this is, has to be, May’s play, and Gillean Kearney provides the focus that the piece needs. By turns vulnerable and fiercely strong, lost and determinedly certain, Kearney walks a tightrope that turns the character of May from the ghost left over when a child killer grows up into a living individual deserving of our understanding. It is refreshing to find such deceptively simple writing in a new piece: Linda McLean deserves much credit for precise, lean writing: the audience are encouraged to keep up and engage with the characters rather than waiting for easy answers and pat solutions. This is a piece of theatre that, while it might not take you on quite the emotional rollercoaster you would expect, will make you think – and that is a rare thing. [Philippa Cochrane] RUN ENDED, WWW.TRAVERSE.CO.UK

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SOUNDS ALBUM REVIEWS OUR EARTHLY PLEASURES (WARP) The house that Paul Epwor th built has fallen, and only Ma x imo Pa r k emerge unscathed. Two years ago, Epworth produced catchy angular debuts from Bloc Party, the Futureheads and the Rakes: each band subsequently changed producer, and follow-up albums have received mixed receptions. That’s not the case with Our Earthly Pleasures, which has ditched the trendy soundof-the-scene in favour of straighter, bigger pop songs, this time aided by Pixies producer Gil Nor ton. Relentless guitar chopping has been replaced by varying tempos, prominent keyboards and grander choruses; the head-first rush of youth with the reflection of second-album maturity. With that growth comes the inevitable mis-step into sentimentality on two tracks – but that’s a small complaint when there are at least six others here to rattle indie dancefloors nationwide. Ma ximo Park used to be easily dismissed as postpunk scenesters – not anymore. Our Earthly Pleasures confirms that their unpretentious pop credentials exceed those of each of Epworth’s other proteges. [Ally Brown] RELEASE DATE: 2 APRIL. MAXIMO PARK PLAY BARROWLAND, GLASGOW ON 5 MAY. WWW.MAXIMOPARK.COM

SOULSAVERS

IT’S NOT HOW FAR YOU FALL, IT’S THE WAY YOU LAND (V2) Featuring such alt. folk luminaries as Mark Lanegan and Will O ldham, Soulsavers’ sophomore effort, It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land, sees the collective continue along the route that has seen them fuse southern rock with gospel and country influences in glorious and stirring style. Haunting and delicate, the eclectic sounds rely heavily on electronics and choir backing vocals. Like Blur’s Tender given a good going over, the results are conflicting and ultimately uplifting. Melancholic melodies and downtrodden, browbeaten vocals mix with a genuine lyrical positivity to complete the pensive, brooding and refreshingly un-ironic march towards

salvation. Elusive and almost fragile, It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land follows the archetypal Soulsavers sound closely but becomes, nevertheless, a satisfying, heartening and warm journey for the listener. [Neil Ferguson] RELEASE DATE: 2 APRIL WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SOULSAVERS

TENEBROUS MITCHELL THE HAVERING (FIRE)

drools in equal measures on the rapid-fire McFearless (maybe the stand-out track) and seven-minute opener Knocked Up, but seems to straighten itself out on slushy tune The Runner. Thoughtful, considered, Because of the Times appears carefully sculpted as a grower. [Wilbur Kane] RELEASE DATE: 2 APRIL. KINGS OF LEON PLAY CARLING ACADEMY, GLASGOW ON 24 APRIL. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/KINGSOFLEON

The Havering is an eponymous experiment that ties together the rabid, disquieting poetry of Gerry Mitchell and the random noise / Arab Strap ethics of Tenebrous. The latest in the present flux of poetryset-to-music projects, The Havering offers little to suggest that the two mediums are not, at least sometimes, mutually exclusive. It’s an old story, attempted by bards and troubadours for centuries. Content to be carried by the deranged tempers and notions that flutter by, Tenebrous interpolate noises that follow, rather than set the mood, instead of adding something of substance to the mix. When Tenebrous’ music manifests itself proper, rather than clamouring around behind the façade of Mitchell’s cogitations, The Havering offers a glimpse that portrays the beauty and symbiotic notions that run through the Tenebrous Mitchell project. All too brief and fleeting to be redeeming, however, it is the language-based experimentation of Gerry Mitchell that becomes instantly more memorable than the work of Tenebrous. [Neil Ferguson] RELEASE DATE: 4 APRIL. WWW.FIRERECORDS.COM

KINGS OF LEON BECAUSE OF THE TIMES

THE PRIMARY 5 GO (REACTION)

Secondary s c h o o l wa s a drag. Exams crushed the joy of learning, detention became a daily chore and pretty girls were wooed by the violent tendencies of Kappa wearing delinquents. Elementary school just seemed so much better, and in the sound of The Primary 5’s Go, you can finally revisit those simple days of carefree wonderment. A luminous cocktail of mouthwatering harmonies, the Glasgow quartet’s sophomore record tantalises with breezy arrangements that yearn for the blue skies of summer. Doused in gushing pop hooks, tracks like 2 A.M and Reach For The Light nudge gorgeously into the sunset dreaminess of The Shins and The Byrds. But rather than feyly simulating these all-jingling American beach sensations, this album retains a distinctly Scottish glow in Window Shopping’s shimmering down-tempo strings. Much like a straight ‘A’ student destined for greatness, The Primary 5’s Go is in a class of its own. [Billy Hamilton] OUT NOW

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It’s a sign of these fickle times that we now have the ‘difficult second album’. The Kings of Leon, now on album three, could be considered veterans of the rock n’ roll scene. Have they played it safe by sticking to what they know? Well, yes and no. The Southern fried rock we’ve seen previously is now tempered with a healthy side salad in the form of effect-laden build-ups and more intricate guitar playing from these sons of preachers. The influences of Pearl Jam and U2 (touring buddies) can be seen on the stadiumdesigned anthem Black Thumbnail. Caleb’s voice still caterwauls and

BILLY CHILDISH AND THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

PUNK ROCK AT THE BRITISH LEGION HALL (DAMAGED GOODS) Simply typing the band name and album title alone almost fills up the allotted word count for this review, but that’s about the only piece of flab or over-elaboration on Wild Billy Childish’s latest incarnation. Always the master of re-invention, (the Madonna of the garage-rock underground maybe? No, maybe not) the rocker/poet/artist and his two new bandmates have cut 14 short, sharp and sometimes witty slices of homemade punk ‘n’ roll.

THEE MORE SHALLOWS - BOOK OF BAD BREAKS (ANTICON) To some at least, “Anticon does indie rock” might make for an attractive proposition on paper - but mightn’t such a hip-hop hybrid go horribly wrong? Don’t concern yourself. Not if (forgive them the daft name for a second) Thee More Shallows are a large part of that proposal. Using Modest Mouse, Eels and Anticon’s own Why? as touchstones while mucker Odd Nosdam interjects with a few breaks here and a French horn segue there, the brittle, fuzzy-headed style of Book of Bad Breaks is sublime at best throughout its numerous euphoric peaks, easing up only for a few brief interludes and a chin stroking duo of ambient closing ditties.

downtrodden poetry in these lyrics, optimism and vitality shines brightly throughout the Shallows’ sound. The pace sways between a crawl and a stampede with the trio appearing at their most dangerous when they muster a tempo for the eloquent two fingered salute of Night at the Knight School and break out into the rumbling dysfunction of Fly Paper. A heavy release for heavy times. [Dave Kerr]

Otherwise, this is a full on sonic safari; a predominantly sharp and inspiring release that boasts an array of inventive instrumentation that frames the calming delivery of vocalist Dee Kesler. Despite the haunting,

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KEN ANDREWS

SECRETS OF THE LOST SATELLITE (DINOSAUR FIGHT)

Besides his cult status as a g o -to g u y for nuggets of dark pop production, Ken Andrews also continues to amaze with his own leisure time endeavours. Releasing albums under the monikers of On and Year of the Rabbit while sound engineering for the likes of A Perfect Circle, Beck and Chris Cornell, his former band Failure was also a much overlooked moment in the halcyon days of alternative rock. With Secrets of the Lost Satellite, Andrews has carved out a solid amalgam of hooks and atmospherics that is both awkward and inviting. Forging a fragile alliance between synthesizer and guitar, the terrain he walks on is more Numan than Nirvana but it still rings true with the air of the strange that made Failure so fascinating. While the twist and turn of Up or Down might appear the most instantly palatable of the songs on offer, it is the deep and luscious industrial grooves found elsewhere (see Does Anybody Know) that really hammer home the quality of Andrews’ unique style of writing. This is an indie release well worth tracking down. [Dave Kerr] AVAILABLE NOW ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OR ON ORDER VIA WWW.DINOSAURFIGHTRECORDS.COM FROM 13 MARCH. WWW.KENANDREWS.COM

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Billy’s Johnny Rotten meets Paul Weller snarl sounds most potent when he’s cutting false Gods down to size, such as on the opening track where “Rupert Murdoch rules the waves… and Joe Strummer’s lying in his grave,” and on upcoming single Snack Crack, raging that “watching Big Brother on the telly is just another case of lying on the sofa with a moron in your face.” Easy targets they may be, but no other rock ‘n’ roll band are hitting those targets with such articulate, eccentric rage as the lavishly mustachioed Childish and friends. [Barry Jackson]

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inspirational. [Jay Shukla]

ROMANIAN JAZZ

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Having been restricted under Ceaucescu’s government, Romanian music has developed somewhat independently: their folk music is wild and often discordant (a tradition not entirely separate from the tradition of not being able to afford new instruments); as potent as garlic and silver bullets when travelling through the Carpathian mountains. That untamed passion is present here too, as fiery as anything released by Blue Note during the same period (1966-78), and surprisingly enough, equally as well recorded. More than being of anthropological interest alone, there are some soaring performances that need to be heard: Johnny Raducanu’s thunderous bass and Aura Urziceanu’s multi-layerd vocals are both stellar, as well as the Prez Prado-isms of Orchestra Universitatii. As with any introduction to a new scene, the mavericks are left out, but as the Electrocord archives are explored further, we are sure to find some more gems on par with Taraf De Haidouks. [Ali Maloney] RELEASE DATE: 22 APRIL. WWW.SONARKOLLEKTIV.COM

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ALONE IN THE DARK WOOD

GRANT LEE PHILLIPS STRANGELET (COOKING VINYL)

While quietly carving out a career for himself outside the confines of his fo r m e r b a n d Grant Lee Buffalo, Phillips returns with his fifth solo record. Combining the hooks of his former day job in GLB with the more personal majesty of his own latter day output, Strangelet could be his most affecting release yet. Not since the days of Fuzzy in the early 90s has Phillips sounded so immediate. With nothing left to prove, the Californian seems to be more content to let flow with whatever comes. Mostly recorded on his own with the trademarked pervasive, relaxed tone of his voice, it’s of no disappointment to hear the electric guitars plugged in once again on tracks such as Runaway and Soft Asylum. With Strangelet, Phillips may well prove to eclipse his past and be recognised as a great performer in his own right. [Garry Thomson] RELEASE DATE: 2 APRIL WWW.GRANTLEEPHILLIPS.COM

Fursaxa, aka Tara Burke, can often be found tooling around with folk like Charalambides, Jack Rose and Espers, and is heavily involved with the so-called free folk movement. Relying heavily on detuned strings, looping devices and delay pedals, Burke creates repetitive, lo-fi soundscapes on top of which she deploys her own heavily multi-tracked, funereal vocals. As much as The Skinny enjoys lo-fi atmospherics, there’s only so many droning chord-scapes and sub-Hildegard von Bingen histrionics we can take before we start to question whether Fursaxa is really bringing anything new to the table. As pretty as some of these tracks are, they are for the most part pretty standard fare, despite Burke paying lip service to the tradition of radical experimentation. Disconcertingly, this is Fursaxa’s fif th full-length release, yet she still seems some way from making the leap from the merely evocative to the genuinely

YOU CAN’T BUY A GUN WHEN YOU’RE CRYING (DAMAGED GOODS) Here we see indie-pop chanteuse Holly Golightly teaming up with “Law yer Dave” to make their hastily recorded debut: a gritty country album with a dark heart. There’s murder afoot on the foreboding Crow Jane, where the uppity lady in question is told that one day (baby) she’s “gonna die” - then her grave is promptly dug “with a silver spade.” Meanwhile, incest is heavily implied on I Let My Daddy Do That - the title alone being something of a dead giveaway. With dusty slide guitar backing mournful barroom vocals, You Can’t Buy A Gun When You’re Crying isn’t exactly a chuckle-fest; in fact, it’s probably best digested at four in the morning with nothing more than a bottle of Bourbon and twenty Marlboro Red for company. [Barry Jackson] OUT NOW. WWW.HOLLYGOLIGHTLY.COM

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WOLF & CUB - VESSELS (4AD)

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4. KEN ANDREWS - SECRETS OF THE LOST SATELLITE (DINOSAUR FIGHT) 5. SISTER VANILLA - LITTLE POP ROCK (CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND)

DAVID O’DOHERTY THE STAND, EDINBURGH, 18 MARCH David O’Doherty sits on stage with an affable charm; a mane of hair spills over his face but a smart tie round his shirt collar polishes the effect, like a “dapper 70s tramp” according to his dad. The 1980s Casio and Yamaha mini keyboards round off the lo-fi look, and add to the suspicion that O’Doherty’s outlook hasn’t progressed past primary school. He sings with boyish glee about having very mild super powers, and accidentally texting the person the text was about, with the effect more cun-

ning than cutting. Punctuating the punchlines with preprogrammed 80s beats adds to his wry observations on life, like a 30 year-old Charlie Brown with a Rocky soundtrack. “I’m gonna rock your world in quite a gentle way,” he sings defiantly, “like a delicious cake, opposed to a bag of drugs.” O’Doherty proves that in comedy you don’t need shock or controversy to be cool. [Emma Lennox]

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ARDAL O’HANLON GLASGOW CARLING ACADEMY, 17 MARCH What better way to spend St. Patrick’s Day than in the company of one of Ireland’s best loved comics? Everybody remembers Ardal O’ Hanlon as the lovable eejit Dougal in Father Ted, whilst trying to forget his role in family-friendly debacle My Hero, but his stand-up is where you get to see the man behind the characters. He retains Dougal’s slightly bemused demeanour, but has lost much of his youthful innocence, looking decidedly middle aged. After some fairly generic observational comedy O’Hanlon

gets stuck into the meat of his set, which is dominated by the many issues associated with being 40. We are treated to a range of musings about his wife, new found grievances, and additional responsibilities. Although much of his routine is rather safe it seems to delight the mature Academy crowd, and a polished set is rounded off fittingly for the occasion when he caves in to the hecklers and gives a hilarious rendition of the Father Ted ‘Eurosong’ entry, My Lovely Horse. [Peter Walker]

SEAN HUGHES ABC, GLASGOW, 16 MARCH Asked by his girlfriend, after a drunken argument: ‘do you want me to stay or go?’ Sean Hughes tells us his ill-advised, although admirably honest, response was ‘a bit of both’. It is this unfortunate sentiment that characterises Hughes’ much heralded return to stand-up. After eight years away, Hughes has clearly lost none of his contagious, good natured charm. He can still craft beautiful lines, but there is a distinctly pedestrian feeling about this gig. It’s not that Sean Hughes is a poor comedian, nothing could be further from the truth; it’s

just that he only reveals what separates him from his contemporaries in fleeting glimpses. And whether it’s an acute observation about recent cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, or musings on the effects of eastern immigration on London, it shows that on his game Hughes can be as good a performer as anyone. ‘Do you want me to stay or go?’ If Hughes can turn his focus to consistently producing the tight jokes and hilariously skewed observations we know he is capable of, then the answer is definitely ‘stay’. [Craig Hamilton]

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THE HORRORS - STRANGE HOUSE (POLYDOR)

WE ARE KLANG

TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW, 15 MARCH

31 KNOTS - THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF EVERYTHING ANYWHERE (POLYVINYL)

Greg Davies (like a fat Giles from Buffy) Steve Hall (a poor man’s David Baddiel) and Marek Larwood (a damaged adult baby) are the self deprecating trio more commonly known as We Are Klang. Nominated for various Fringe awards, the gang bring their show to the Glasgow Comedy Festival to spread their misplaced and ill-judged love. Klang’s irreverent lunacy takes the form of songs and sketches, which their anarchic stage manner prevents from falling into an ordinary sketch show format.

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WILLY MASON - IF THE OCEAN GETS ROUGH (VIRGIN)

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With guitar in hand and “we know a song about that, don’t we?” style, Davies, Hall and Larwood could be mistaken for three kids’ TV presenters on a bad acid trip. Their absurdity is on a par with early 90s Reeves and Mortimer - with a lap dancing horse and the literally arse-faced Gary Mabbot as just some of the belly laugh inducing characters. This is humour at its stupidest and most sublime. [Emma Lennox]

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI From Picasso to Pixar - that thing we call ‘art’ is a strange beast at the best of times. It m i g ht s e e m perfectly natural to see a feature on animated films in the art section - but why does Pixar make the cut, as opposed to a studio like Paramount or Universal? Is it just because we associate the creation of Pixar films with the tools of the artist? With pencil, paper and good old fashioned craft? The answer, of course, is that there is a false distinction being made. We are clearly falling into the trap of wantonly attaching bogus labels to things in order to create the illusion of order. Great art has the power to shatter our received ideas and notions, our inherited baggage of the where and the why. As of last month, UK audiences have had the opportunity to experience David Lynch’s new film, INLAND EMPIRE and I’m pleased to report that it is one of the most affecting pieces of art I’ve seen so far this year. During its three hour running time, INLAND EMPIRE manages to tear up the rulebook on how one should construct a film and supplant the lazy viewer’s expectations with more questions than they know what to do with. Lynch has succeeded in smuggling radically experimental art into the structurally conformist world of film and in doing so has tweaked the nipple of its complacency. Bravo. [Jay Shukla]

20 Years of Pixar By Gabriella Griffith

Regression is a wonderful thing. Excited eyes and lit-up faces fill this exhibition favouring no age bracket; old and young alike take great joy in it. As children whiz past, whooping with excitement at their favourite characters, it’s difficult not to join them in racing around to discover where the monster’s roar came from. One might compare this to a trip to Disneyland, where adults too revel in the mythology of traditional characters. But there is something more sophisticated here that sets it apart. Pixar: 20 Years of Animation is an exhibition of skill that showcases works by real, talented artists whilst mapping out its deceptively long history.

For anybody who has ever muttered at a piece of furniture or electrical appliance, it might not seem too peculiar to bestow inanimate objects with a smidgen of personality. For others, it is quite odd. As this is the basis for many of Pixar’s characters, their success is even more admirable. Suddenly people see themselves in objects and animals. It began with a desk lamp in 1986; when short film Luxar Jr. came out, the technology involved wasn’t what captivated audiences.

The exhibition is full of a wide range of mediums. Beautiful pencil and charcoal sketches are mixed in amongst vibrant chalk studies. The colours and detail that are captured are astounding. One section is dedicated to the worlds created for their charismatic inhabitants. Leaves, on the edge of turning, embrace every thin vein and thread of reality. The range of brown and yellow in the autumn leaf is mesmerising. A number of characters have been made into what are known as maquettes. These 3-D replicas explore a wide range of charming facial expressions and fur textures. Every inch of the creative process is brought to the viewer, from story boards to finished product. For a full multimedia affair, Pixar have added some extras to the exhibition. Artscape takes certain pieces from the collection and creates a simulated 3-D motion on a large screen. In a darkened

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room, it pulls us into the sketches themselves and even fu r ther into the process of filmmaking.

For a start, the band used two producers; New Order uber-producer Stephen Hague taught them the ways of the studio while the rest of the time was spent in a converted church in Wales with a guy known only as ‘Barney’. The fruit of these sessions is a balanced record where catchy pop jostles for space with the less immediate. “We’re a schizophrenic band and there’s poppy elements but there’s also leftfield sort of songs,” explains singer Scott.

A def i nite highlight is found Bob Pauley, Buzz, Toy Story in the 3-D Toy Stor y zoetrope. Invented in 1834, this little piece of Victoriana is stunning. Models of Woody and his friends are placed on a disc; slightly different versions of each are placed next to each other so that when it spins it gives the impression of continuous movement. For an old trick it certainly packs a punch.

Pixar make their point, and make it well.

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by Tali Burgess

Ever a success story in the making, it may feel as though The Cinematics have been touted as “the next big thing” in Glasgow since The Skinny was but a twinkle in the media-milkman’s eye. But last month finally saw the release of debut album, Strange Education. As the outfit reveal, the album wasn’t recorded in conventional ways.

Pixar seem to be eager for people to accept their work as art rather than computer generated imagery. The general praise for their well crafted narratives and lovable characters is not enough. As John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar says, “Computers don’t create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is artists.”

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What everyone wanted to know was whether the big lamp was the mummy or the daddy. This installation of human essence in Pixar’s creations has continued successfully since.

“WE’RE A SCHIZOPHRENIC BAND”

Given the “diverse inf luences” they tout, it’s hardly surprising that they’ve ended up with such a varied palette. Everyone from Jeff Buckley to The Cure has been mentioned in the same breath as the Cinematics, and they have varied tastes themselves. “Bass players and drummers love their dance music,” claims Scott, while guitarist Ramsey admits to not even attempting to put on his CDs: “I get outvoted,” he shrugs. They do, however, agree on the Cinematics’ sound and are adamant that they don’t want to be trapped in one box. Scott outlines this importance. “We try to avoid being the kind of band that references three or four bands so they can really find themselves a niche, be extremely careerist and make a

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lot of money.” The result is a sound that has risen to be regarded as slightly more sophisticated than some of their contemporaries in Glasgow.

Technically, of course, they’re from a few hundred miles north of Glasgow, but that hasn’t stopped the city playing a vital role in their formation. They all cut their musical teeth in bands up in the wilds of Dingwall but, like so many others, only pooled their creative juices once they migrated down to the Central Belt. For simplicity’s sake they tend to accept describing themselves as “a Glaswegian band from the Highlands.” This attitude is bound to make life easier as they set off on their first proper tour of the US this month. All due respect to our American cousins but you can forgive the band for not relishing the prospect of describing Dingwall’s unique charms. Nevertheless, the quartet is excited about “getting in a bus and driving around all the crazy places in America.” Certain, perhaps predominantly teenaged elements of the American population will of course already be familiar with the Cinematics, what with their recent Playboy appearance. The boys are quick to stress that they were not this month’s centrefolds, but they did do an interview for the March issue of the publication. “They actually have a journalist that deals with just music, so apparently there’s more to it than just breasts!” With the tunes, the attitude and a uniquely British innocence, how will the US be able to resist? A STRANGE EDUCATION IS OUT NOW ON TVT. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THECINEMATIC

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Surreal, unsettling and provocative sculptures.

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New work by Graham Fagen that combines elements of Scottish national heritage with that of the West Indies. Includes photography and screenprinting.

4. OFF THE WALL FLOOR AND CEILING-BASED WORKS FROM THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART AT SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, EDINBURGH UNTIL 28 MAY.

Giant egg-slicers and a big load of balls (see review).

5. ALEX POLLARD - BLACK MARKS AT TALBOT RICE, EDINBURGH 21 APRIL TO 2 JUNE.

Solo show taking influence from the new romantic, the fable of Pierrot the clown and notions of the gothic.

Rob Churm is famed on the Glasgow scene for his involvement with the band Park Attack. His drawings, exhibited here in his first Glasgow solo show, are often seen dotted around the bars, clubs and venues of the city, advertising local gigs. It is impossible to separate Churm’s poster works from the works in the gallery; after all, the style is the same despite the different context. When displayed in the bars and clubs, Churm’s surreal and awkward designs have a purpose: to advertise an event. This immediately stops you from looking deeper for any further revelations. However, when the works are stripped of this and curated in a clean environment, you are forced to consider the imagery and search its seemingly specific narrative references. The unconscious, continuous lines of pen and ink fill the pages, as they would fill time. Churm’s work is influenced by the environment of the pub and clubs he plays in. The hectic lines combined with the jutting together of imagery and his use of coloured acetate alludes to city night life. However, a more pronounced aspect of the work is the refining of the ability to access the unconscious mind - similar to the way a musician may improvise by allowing each previous action to dictate the next. This makes the work difficult to access and there is a temptation to scan each piece, hunting for explanations or conceptual links that might shed some light on Churm‘s aesthetic choices. [Morag Keil] SORCHA DALLAS, GLASGOW UNTIL 10 APRIL. FREE.

DAVID MARTIN THE CUSP OF CHANGE

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Featuring oil paintings, pencil drawings and a recreation of the artist’s studio environment within the gallery, this show by the 2006 RSA Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship winner is a powerful sensory experience. The work here documents Martin’s five month journey

from the Middle East to Europe, via countries including Egypt, Turkey and Serbia, and paints a picture of the transformations these cultures are experiencing during these turbulent times. Martin’s attempt to draw a parallel between his own journey and the fabled journeys of the alchemists is somewhat over-ambitious and underdeveloped. The artist offers us no huge insights, but instead sketches a very intimate, human portrait of dayto-day life in these countries; his jumbled, mixed media paintings creating a vivid sense of wonder for the point at which tradition intersects with modernity. [Celia Sontag] ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH UNTIL 15 APRIL. FREE.

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Comprised entirely of floor and ceiling-based works, this exhibition serves as a showcase for artists who have embraced a more non-traditional, conceptual praxis. Jim Lambie manages to steal the show with a pair of works that are both highly stimulating and commendably lo-fi. In Bedhead, the artist has completely covered a small mattress with thousands of buttons - each one representing a dream that he had while sleeping on it. In Lambie’s hands each one becomes a powerful and personal sigil of the artist’s subconscious life and the mattress assumes a hyper-saturated, almost magical significance. Converseley, in Zobop, Lambie attempts to thoroughly disorient us by covering a floor with lines of coloured vinyl tape - a gloriously simple Op art intervention. Another highlight is David Mach’s Dying for It - in which the artist ingeniously uses white dye and glass bottles to create a pseudo-holographic figurative sculpture that subverts the form of the Saltire to question attitudes to both nationalism and sexuality. Amusingly, Martin Creed’s room full of balls has been cordoned off because “too many of them got popped in the first week.” [Jay Shukla]

It becomes the thing, 2007 by Rob Churm, framed felt tip pen, Indian ink and biro on paper, 62 x 74cm

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The First Corner, 2006 by David Martin

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performance reaffirms the abiding notion that there’s something special about the Montreal troupe. Much has been made of the darker nature of the new material and despite Butler’s at-times reverential delivery from behind his pulpit-like keyboards, the enduring theme of tonight is a celebratory one with a carnival atmosphere taking over the Barrowland. Intervention and Keep the Car Running more than hold their own in the company of the predictably stirring Wake Up and Rebellion. After all the excitement and enthusiasm around this band, what a pleasure to see it reciprocated fully tonight. [Finbarr Bermingham] NEON BIBLE IS OUT NOW ON ROUGH TRADE WWW.ARCADEFIRE.COM

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ABC, GLASGOW, 6 MARCH

NINE INCH NAILS - Charlotte Rodenstedt

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB KING TUT’S, 1 MARCH

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are somewhat of a veteran act in today’s one-hit industry; having produced three albums over the past five years and currently preparing the world for their fourth. This ‘one-off’ headline show comes amidst a nationwide arena support slot with the Killers and is in support of their forthcoming Baby 81 LP. Tonight sees the boys on cracking form, entertaining an adoring crowd with nearly two hours of tracks, old and new, delivered with exquisite rock and roll dirtiness and the epitome of cool. Oldies Spread Your Love, Red Eyes and Tears and Six-barrel Shotgun threaten to reduce Tut’s to rubble as the trademark fuzzy bass takes hold, whilst new tracks Berlin and Weapon of Choice hold their own with ease, and show promising signs by combining the finer points of the ‘Club’s previous works. The highlights are many and though Whatever Happened to my Rock and Roll (Punk Song) holds up as a fine live staple, the beautiful encore of Faultline, Mercy and a cover Dylan’s The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol steal the show. [Jon Seller] BABY 81 IS RELEASED THROUGH ISLAND ON 30 APRIL. WWW.BLACKREBELMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM

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CARLING ACADEMY, 28 FEB The smoke machines have already over worked themselves for several minutes before Nine Inch Nails emerge on the stage as silhouettes, leaving anyone further than five metres from the stage guessing as to what exactly is going on. Opening with Mr Self Destruct, the weight of experience behind Reznor and his band is immediately obvious: they hold the audience by an iron grip, making this sell-out crowd dance and scream exactly where and when they want us to. The stage set-up

is thrifty but effective, featuring red lines at the back and spotlights (clad in an industrial/Chinese style) hanging from the roof - slightly recalling a hi-tech recording studio. Of the highlights, set staple Closer is delivered with goosebump inducing fervour. Trent, only a few metres away from these eyes, blocks a spotlight from below with his hands, sweating, screaming that infamous line: “I want to fuck you like an animal,” looking more devilish than you previously thought possible. Tonight NIN leave the crowd hungry for more: as with any special occasion, this show is over far too quickly. [Charlotte Rodenstedt] NEW ALBUM, YEAR ZERO, IS RELEASED THROUGH ISLAND ON 16 APRIL. THE SINGLE, SURVIVALISM, IS RELEASED THROUGH ISLAND ON 9 APRIL. WWW.NIN.COM

MASTODON ABC, 7 MARCH

As Mastodon take to the stage tonight, there is a sense that they will have to do something special to pull this night back from the brink. After all, their support band, The Saviours, have just tried to kill metal. So consumed are they by wankery and cliche that their monotonous, headache-inducing squall almost succeeds in dissipating any sense of anticipation that has built up for the headliners - it is emphatically NOT OK to write a song that is just one long solo. Never ones to recoil from a challenge, Mastodon - led by the physically expressive Troy Sanders, tonight looking for all the world like a heavy metal David Duchovny - succeed in turning the moshpit into a battleground. Drummer Brann Dailor is very much the heart of this outfit, infusing punk-influenced tracks like Circle of Cysquatch with a vicious, driving precision that renders them irresistible to the thrashing masses. Blood and Thunder is the crushing highlight of a set that never wavers in intensity, and the band leave the stage safe in the knowledge that our

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faith in metal has been restored. [Jay Shukla] WWW.MASTODONROCKS.COM

AMY MACDONALD KING TUT’S, 13 MARCH

With only acoustic guitar and a voice that slightly recalls an ambitious Joan Armatrading, Amy MacDonald’s set breezes through a variety of strummed moods. Opener This is Life showcases this powerful voice against a straightforward accompaniment; Mr Rock’n’Roll is the scathing one and The Footballer’s Wife is more sensitive. Her functional and unfussy guitar playing makes her songs immediate, if lacking subtle depths: her weakness lies not so much in ability but in the limitations of the singer-songwriter genre. More imaginative arrangements would liven up a set that is sprightly at first, but drags towards the end. Her lyrics are direct, insightful and concise - her music is more about framing the words at the moment - and there is potential for her to lead her songs through more memorable journeys with the addition of a band. Still at the start of her career, her ear for detail and vocal control promise much. [Gareth K Vile] AMY MACDONALD PLAYS KING TUT’S, GLASGOW ON 12 APRIL AND CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH ON 13 APRIL. MYSPACE.COM/AMYMACDONALD

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Thisfamiliarsmile are not fazed in any way by this rainy Monday evening and they proudly leave the stage safe in the knowledge that the hordes soon to arrive had missed something of worth. A commanding performance from DB68 follows and despite garbled between-song banter, they provide their steadily expanding fan base with note perfect chunks of power pop. A few members of the audience leave the premises after DB68 finish, which

The Skinny finds completely baffling given that Drive by Argument prove to be on top form. Rock, pop and electronica deftly glued together with a hint of cabaret, all executed to a steadily more animated crowd. Frontman Stoke plainly relishes the prospect of wider acclaim, performing an old school stage dive and crowd surfing on the back of set closer and new single The Sega Method. The place errupts and, quite simply, there are few better ways that tonight could have been spent in Glasgow. [Xavier Jones-Barlow]

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BARROWLAND, 11 MARCH It must come as a relief to Arcade Fire that their sophomore release has been so rapturously received. On record the panoramic fibre of their music is apparent. In the live arena, it’s inescapable. Be it the sight of Win Butler crowd-surfing his way through Lights Out or the nomadic Régine Chassagne seamlessly marshalling every instrument she happens upon - everything about this

It seems that Jesse Hughes just can’t control himself when his audience is a pent up charge of bull horn waving adrenaline. Indeed, as the Carolinian showman pauses to marvel at this bustling rabble, he looks close to welling up at the sheer beauty of it all. With his trio of fellow Desert Sessions alum in tow, the Eagles lay down a colourful set peppered with grimy slabs from last year’s Death By Sexy and older ditties like the grinding lament Already Died, before paying homage to their forefathers with a few raucous Stones and Ramones covers. Zipping left to right, and speed rapping every utterance, there’s more than a little humour in the air. But Hughes and co soon belie their collective court jester-like charm and prove that there’s more than enough conviction here to meld the comedy into an entirely satisfying rump shaking triumph. Pass the hankies. [Dave Kerr]

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Nick Evans - RATIONAL SLAB by Jasper Hamill

The head curator of Tate Modern was on Richard and Judy last week, decrying the inaccessibility of the institutional gallery system and proposing that her X-Factor-style art competition was the key to involving those scared off by intimidating galleries. Openness and inclusivity, the buzzwords of the twenty-first century, are now key to any gallery venture. Mary Mary, in its new position off St. Enoch’s square, clearly has little time for such namby-pamby niceties: to get inside you ring a buzzer, once you do the gallery is empty, no helpful gallery guides to hand out interpretation notes, and the work, whilst uniformly excellent, is not the sort you could base a CCA kids’ club around. The reason this came to mind at the Nick Evans show is that this is one of those rare exhibitions that actually makes you question how you should tackle it. Should the big guns of critical theory be brought to bear like a daisycutter on Tora Bora? Is it correct to do as the other two people in the gallery did, and simply wonder how Evans made the sculptures? Perhaps, and I sincerely hope this is the case, it is the done thing to simply immerse yourself in the textures, subtly intellectual humour and quirky narrative allusions in Evans’ show, wryly entitled Rational Slab, without recourse to Art in Theory.

‘real-world’ reference point. The king is tall and slender, his head a square sheet of aluminium that manages to appear haughty, proud; the queen slightly shorter, with womanly hips and an almost deferential posture. The sculptures have an almost fairy-tale quality, yet use the familiar imagery in a wholly innovative way. Likewise the sinuous ‘Worm’, coiled up in the other room, invites theoretical target practice as well as a more subjective response. It is a winding organic form, made from a mesh of organically textured polyester resin which changes colour from green to blue over its length. Resembling a piece of brightly coloured intestine, but when examined in parallel with King and Queen, starts up a narrative of decay and mutability, using the worm just as Shakespeare used it: as a motif for death. The elegance of Evans’ work lies in these rich art-historical and literary references, which are used with such lightness of touch, the interpreting viewer is free to make their own assumptions. Some of his previous work has been a little more proscriptive, such as mimicking the form of an Inuit canoe in black resin. Others have been equally resonant, such as Pieces of the Dialectical Terror Machine, a series of brightly coloured sculptures resembling enormous pieces of a giant mechanism, which seemed to gently mock the whole foundation of philosophy and artistic criticism, but could also refer to the processes of some totalitarian state. It was funny too, a sort of burlesque of aesthetic theory. In all his work, Evans gives the viewer, however educated or ignorant, sufficient breathing space to apprehend the work as they see fit. Academics are free to take their angle just as a casual visitor is free to take theirs. It is an exciting, rare position to be in, giving the observer full control of interpretation. Richard and Judy probably wouldn’t find galleries so bloody intimidating if there was always work like this on show.

EVANS GIVES THE VIEWER, HOWEVER EDUCATED OR IGNORANT, SUFFICIENT BREATHING SPACE TO APPREHEND THE WORK AS THEY SEE FIT

The three sculptures, King, Queen and worm, could warrant all three approaches, and that is their victory. The regal pair in one room, made from precariously stacked curves and planes of brushed aluminium, clearly engage with formalist theory, which makes two claims: that a work of art is made in isolation from a social context and that its form, rather than its content, is what drove its creation. Terry Eagleton memorably described Animal Farm as a formalist would, namely that it was written as an opportunity to use an allegorical form, rather than as a comment on a social or political context. A ridiculous example, clearly, but applicable to sculpture, particularly Evans’, whose practice is so in love with form and material. Yet the two sculptures also have a plainly

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by Gareth K Vile James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem’s frontman, is still waiting for the kids he baited in the band’s debut single, Losing My Edge, to come and usurp him. In the meantime, a second LCD album, Sound of Silver, is out and impressive. Us Vs. Them opens the proceedings, suggesting that Murphy has been listening to Talking Heads quite a bit recently. North American Scum retreads past glories, with a simple funk-bass riff and more self-deprecating lyrics. However, when you’ve practically invented your own genre, you can be forgiven for mining it somewhat. Meanwhile, an incendiary performance of Movement and an exuberant re-working of Daft Punk… bring a welcome familiarity that ignites the mosh-pit. Despite a technical glitch, the crowd are treated to a relentless run-through of Yeah - perhaps their finest moment. For 15 minutes it snakes in and out of recognition, encompassing disco-funk, earshredding techno and yes, a cowbell breakdown. Tellingly, there is no Losing My Edge. As Murphy pushes ever-forward into his own musical territory, perhaps he isn’t looking over his shoulder so much these days. [Darren Carle]

IT’S ALL TEA AND HOT CROSSED BUNS THIS MONTH, ALL IN THE NAME OF ROCK N’ ROLL YOU UNDERSTAND... As bands return home from the South by SouthWest Festival to celebrate their international s uc c e s s e s t h i s mont h, THE DYKEENIES continue their climb to glory at the QMU on the 13th and YourSound invites previous winners We Are The Physics to host their monthly battle of the demos on the 1st. This month’s highlight might well be something a little more out of the ordinary; BUTCHER BOY are staging a benefit for the RAFA club on the 6th and planning something special to mark the occasion. The band say: “we’re hoping to put a good evening together, with tea, hot crossed buns, a Glasgow film, a live performance, and then dancing & drinking ‘til 1am.” Butcher Boy are a gentle proposition in the first place, and have played some interesting venues in the past, including the Panopticon, a disused music hall. They take the efforts to deliver beyond the usual.

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deavour to outdo the norm, however, as LOU HICKEY - who releases an EP this month - performs between burlesque acts at Club Noir. Also Cossachok, the Russian restaurant in the Merchant City, has been holding performances by local and international folk and jazz artists on Sunday nights. Tchai-Ovna in the West End offers tea and intimate music three nights a week and the laid-back vibe of Mono is often accompanied by local musicians. That’s not to say that the trad itiona l venues a re laggi ng behind, as BIS return to King Tut’s on the 6th for as intimate an encore as they could hope for. And of course, between the 25th and 29th, Triptych comes to town, managing to edge into the experimental whilst giving value for money in a series of shows that make use of some of Glasgow’s more interesting venues. See Glasgow Live Music listings for full details of who to expect.

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DITORIAL * EDITORIAL * EDI Watch yourself, it’s a no holds barred Battle Royale in Sounds this issue. But we didn’t converge on a mysterious island for delinquents and start shooting each other or that. No, no, this month we grapple with musical movements in a way that only a gang of cynical hacks fuelled by ravenous curiosity would dare try. It might help you tell what the sounds team have been up to if you imagine us as WWF wrestlers from the 90s. Paul and Nick Mitchell (no relation) assume the Battering Ram as our Bushwhackers; the former clears a path to the leftfield psyche of the forthcoming Triptych festival and catches a grip on the enduring Southern charm of Kings of Leon. Meanwhile, the latter of the dynamic duo sifts through the confusion of internet-based inaccuracies with those foxxxy Brazilians, CSS - and he’s not talking about Cascading Style Sheets. Also in the ring, Billy Hamilton makes like Superfly Jimmy Snuka and tackles the media-made beast of new-rave from the top turnbuckle. Of course, our own Sean Michaels is back with the Gramophone, but there’s no Papa Shango - gutted! /Dave

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What’s so new about rave? The neon glow emitting from hundreds of sweaty kids tribally dancing to strobe-infused grooves suggests little has changed since the heyday of 808 State and the Hacienda. But if you look deep beneath the fluorescent lighting of these bassladen discos you’ll find the acid-house euphoria of the late 1980s has made way for an altogether more modern form of hedonistic hip-shaking. The days of pill-popping and 24-hour party people are over. Rave is no longer the underground movement of yesteryear – now they call it a scene. When debut album Myths Of The Near Future blazed its way to number two in the charts, the sci-fi throb of Klaxons triumphantly straddled the NME sponsored throne of ‘new rave’. But after recent proclamations of deadpan indie-ness, the London-based quartet’s crown rests a little unsteadily - especially with the breathtaking nihilism of Shitdisco lingering menacingly in the shadows. It seems a new rave coup is not too far off, and in the guitar-driven electro of Xvectors, Edinburgh may just have found itself an heir in waiting. The rattling neo-punk-funk quartet formed in 2003 and quickly established themselves as the antithesis of the local scene’s postLibertines jingoism. Fusing !!!’s fuck-you polemic with the boorish fervency of Green Velvet, their live sets were a relentless mass of resonating beats and thrashing guitars that seamlessly bridged the divide between clubbers and gig-goers long before the New Rave phenomenon was contrived.

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Catching up with those lick delivery experts The Fucking Champs recently, The Skinny got an obscurist’s top 10 to remember. Lubricated who? Not ones to utter a full sentence, it seems, we were surprised that The Champs didn’t go the distance and replace their verbs with a series of crazy riffs... “What have we been up to?” Phil - “On tour with Trans Am...” Soete - “Working, preparing...” Tim - “Working, finishing the new Concentrick album...” Anyway, here’s their list of top tunes:

1. GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION - EARTHQUAKE 2. JEFF BECK - CONSTIPATED DUCK 3. BIRDS OF AVALON - HORSE CALLED DUST 4. LUBRICATED GOAT - ANAL INJURY 5. UTOPIA - THE IKON 6. ALICE COLTRANE - BHAJA GOVINDAM 7. THE MASS - THE BRINGER 8. EXTRA GOLDEN - ILANDO GIMA ONGE 9. JOE WALSH - BARNSTORM 10. THE FUCKING CHAMPS - FOZZY GOES TO AFRICA THE FUCKING CHAMPS’ NEW ALBUM, VI, IS RELEASED THROUGH DRAG CITY ON 9 APRIL. WWW.THEFUCKINGCHAMPS.COM

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A string of startling shows, including a couple of floor-shaking Optimo homecomings, brought them to the attention of the nation’s record labels and in November 2006 their debut single Now Is The Winter Of Our Discotheque was released on OSCarr records. Nuzzling up to the bosoms of Madonna and Kelis at number 67 in Mixmag’s 100 Records Of The Year, its intoxicating hook and

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twisted synths were rapturously received by clubbers and became a firm favourite with mainstream DJs like Rob Da Bank and Steve Lamacq.

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divulges the ingredients, the mystery looks set to remain. But rest assured, when the glowsticks fade and the scenesters latch on to another culture-sucking fad, Edinburgh’s Xvectors will continue to have you raving away to the unique sound of their own beat.

This year, the band have been touring Europe with the aforementioned kings of the genre, Klaxons, and their fervid disco-fuelled chaos returns to the UK for an appearance at this month’s Triptych festival. Lining up with the mighty Fujiya & Miyagi, Xve c t o r s a r e sure to be one of the h ighlights in a glut of warped Scottish acts that includes The Roya l We’s s i r e nstompi ng gla m-pop, the ragged new-wave racket of Park Attack and Errors’ throbbing electro anarchism. We’re still none the wiser as to what actually constitutes new rave and unless some all-knowing marketing guru at IPC Media ever

XVECTORS PLAY TRIPTYCH AT THE BONGO CLUB WITH FUJIYA & MIYAGI ON 25 APRIL

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“IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY JUST TO RELY ON THE STORY AND MILK THAT FOR ALL IT’S WORTH, GOING AROUND LOOKING LIKE WE’VE JUST WALKED OFF THE SET OF ALMOST FAMOUS...” - NATHAN FOLLOWILL “The most fun thing is coming backstage after a show and meeting someone who’s in a band that is so huge that the shit is scared out of us.” Nathan Followill ponders on the recent adventures of the Kings of Leon, when those backstage luminaries included Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, and the divinity that is U2. “We’re just kinda like sponges, we like to hang out with the legends and just let them fill us with knowledge of ways to avoid the pitfalls of the rock n’ roll lifestyle. Then we usually get shit-faced and forget everything that they told us.” Followill acknowledges the effect these experiences have had on the band’s new sound. “We’ve evolved. We knew the kind of record we wanted to make, and that we couldn’t go into the studio with our tails tucked between our legs scared to try something, because you’re not guaranteed a next record – ever. The record business nowadays is so fucked up. Also, we did get to tour with three huge bands in the span of a year and a half. Most guys would kill to tour with just one of those acts at any point and time in their career. Playing with U2 every night to huge arenas definitely planted a seed in our minds, that’s why we tried to make a lot of these songs sound really big. It helped we also had the luxury of soundchecking them in huge big arenas like Madison Square gardens. It just amazed us how U2 records translate live in those huge arenas and it sounds just as good. It kinda clicked a lightbulb in our heads, like ‘no shit man, you can make big sounding music that can sound great in a 300 person club but can also sound great in a 30,000 arena.’”

30,000? If this is where their ambition lies, they’re currently on a trajectory to match. What’s the reason for this popularity? “Oh man I don’t know, I think at first it was the whole story, the UK has always been fascinated with the south for some reason, being from here I really don’t get it. At first I think it really was the story: being sons of a preacher gone bad and now we’re doing the devil’s music and all that. But fortunately for us, we try to make each record better that the last. We try to grow musically and as a band. I think the fans grew with us and realise that ‘they’ve got an interesting backstory and that’s all cool but at the end of the day they can still put on a hell of a show, they’re actually a good band and they write good songs.’ It would have been so easy just to rely on the story and milk that for all it’s worth and still be going around looking like we’ve just walked off the set of Almost Famous and playing it up. That was fun, that was a period in our lives that got us where we are today but we always want to be growing, always want to be changing, always want to be getting better because if you’re not getting the job done there’s a thousand young bands foaming at the mouth that’ll do anything they have to do to take your spot.” What is it, then, about their upbringing that seems to fascinate the UK audience? “It is what it is We can’t change the way we were brought up. If people want to discredit that or make it into something that it’s not, that’s their problem. If they’ve got time to waste on stupid shit like that, you know, go for it. It’s just so easy for journalists to read one thing about someone else and just take it and run with it and put their spin on it when

really they’re just repeating the same thing over and over. At first the thing that bothered me the most was talking about my dad, how he was kicked out for being a drunk and was a disgrace to the family. That kinda got to me I’ll admit.” Particularly with the family focus being so prominent in the public psyche, aren’t the brothers sick of the sight of each other after all these years? “It amazes people that we don’t rip each other’s throats out every day. But, we didn’t really grow up as brothers, we grew up as best friends ‘cos we didn’t have the luxury of staying in one town a long time and making our own set of friends. Whatever town I was in I knew my two brothers would be there, we got along fine, that’s who we hung out with. That helps so much to this day. We have our occasional tiff, but it’s so much easier to get into a fight as two brothers as opposed to a lead singer and a drummer. If it’s the lead singer and the drummer, the band breaks up. But we’re brothers and we’re not going to break up if one brother punches another in the head for looking at a girl he had dibs on in a bar.”

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IN THE PAST I USED TO LIGHT UP, AND WIELD MY CAMEL LIGHT LIKE AN ORANGE TIPPED LIGHT SABRE.

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CABARET VOLTAIRE, 1 MARCH Tonight, opening band SPIDER SIMPSON (2/5) play to an almost empty venue, being the first of three acts on a bill with little hype. However, the unsold tickets at Cabaret Voltaire are no indication of the evening’s quality. Though a functional rock band, Simpson’s compositional inexperience begins to show after a few songs of noisy but empty tracks. The emphasis on sound over substance is a pitfall for many new bands and Simpson’s eventual evolution - which comes with experience - will directly define their success.

THE MEXICOLAS (3/5) are an energetic three-piece whose postgrunge guitar rock echoes the sound of My Vitriol, the London based band whose single Always (Your Way) brought shoegaze rock to the 21st century. Though the Mexicolas are like an echo of a band reflecting a scene, it’s no bad thing. If they’d played tonight’s set in London five years ago their pictures would be all over the NME. Unfortunately, their grungy, heavy rock lost the war to Franz Ferdinand’s art-rock revolution. The same could be said of headliners MY ALAMO (4/5), who follow up with great grunge noise - although discouragingly, the venue is still near empty. Kids today go to concerts to dance. Badly. That My Alamo do not yelp and clap their hands should not be held against them. “I’m not the enemy” they scream in tandem, as if apologising for their musical isolation. But frankly, they shouldn’t apologise at all. In fact, they should stand resolute. The twangy guitar dance rock scene is done to death and it’s about time for mutiny. Jackets should be made of black leather or denim and that’s it - not Peruvian mink from Posh Spice’s winter wardrobe. Furthermore, the lead singer’s hair (long and greasy) should fall across the face as Cobain perfected, not sculpted by a Dutch professional known only as Hans. The band should mumble. The drummer must keep time to an 80s

track he heard on the radio earlier, which the bassist frantically struggles to understand. Only the guitarist is allowed to look cool. And if your songs begin to sound the same after a while, screw it! You’re on the road to grunge greatness. Sure, sometimes My Alamo’s 90s revival stretches too far back, incongruous Metallica riffs open some tracks, and My Friend Said veers dangerously close to Bon Jovi territory. But when they lock into the Pavement cum Soundgarden sound of 1995, they’re going for gold, as on tracks like 1994 - mashed guitars and perfect hazy lyrics. Fittingly, their instrumental closing jam brings back memories of better times. [Hamza Khan] WWW.MYALAMO.CO.UK

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in. Thankfully this is the only intimation of “diva culture” from one who through his incarnations in Crowded House, Split Enz and various other collaborations with brother Neil - or, indeed, his own solo work - has one hell of a back catalogue. Tim Finn admitted to The Skinny in an earlier chat that this tour band was the best he’d played with. High praise indeed, but not empty hyperbole based on tonight’s evidence. They coax the very best out of the NZ institution in what is essentially a greatest hits set. At 55 he shows no sign of slowing up: jaunting around like an artist in his prime. The tunes are timeless and the only giveaway sign of his advancing years is the shock of grey hair atop Finn’s head. If latest album Imaginary Kingdom suggested there’s plenty more oil in the tank, this gig indicates just how precious that oil is. [Finbarr Bermingham] SEE OUR INTERVIEW WITH TIM FINN IN FULL

Still recovering from their previous week when The Vivians tore the Bongo Club a new orifice with their raucous glam-punk, The Hobo Society tonight hosts the talents of relative newcomers, Clean George IV. Beginning with discordant keyboard and vocalist George calling for a drummer before said sticksman casually strolls up to hammer out the beat to set opener, Wasted on the Radio, one sentiment strikes immediately: these boys are intense. Part Beefheart, part Mark E Smith, George spits his lyrics with a vitriolic Scottish twang while the bass player scowls at the crowd like they’d just spat in his grandmother’s face, thundering out the vital hooks that make these songs work. The crowd assembled are without exception staring back transfixed. For a band of virtual unknowns, the atmosphere they create is tangible and on this evidence it seems unlikely that they’ll be playing such small gatherings for long. [David Coyle] MYSPACE.COM/CLEANGEORGEIV

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Power chords jump out of amps as KIDDO (3/5) take the stage. “I know it’s Tuesday but… Are we having fun yet?” poses front man Raff. The crowd, engaged again, scream in affirmation. “That’s what I like to hear, happy Tuesday!” A scruffyhaired four-piece fresh around the gills, KiDDO play affable, good fun music with the charisma to back it up. Their sound flicks between Strokes inspired jaunts and potential radio rock hits. Songs about lost best friends and spoilt pretty princesses flow quite naturally. The performance itself proves tight and the songs retain enough diversity to sustain their audience.

LITTLE DOSES (4/5) hit the stage decked out in red and black, oozing confidence. Lead singer Kirsten Ross languidly gestures to the crowd with one hand, clasping a champagne flute in the other: their banter is comfortable and funny. Each song displays layers of texture, as little doses manage to muster a full sound from a single guitar.

Their new single, Mile High, reflects a move towards more complex arrangements and there is a distinct difference between old songs and new, though the band is barely a year old. If their album can reflect the charisma of their live shows, this will definitely be one to pick up. [Hamza Khan] MYSPACE.COM/KIDDOBAND MYSPACE.COM/LITTLEDOSES MYSPACE.COM/NFSPROMOS

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live show is script perfect tonight: error-less and delivered with aplomb and a degree of gusto – much like the album itself. Those who thought the LP was slightly over produced may have looked forward to hearing a rawer performance out of the shackles of the studio. This gig soon appears in essence a hybrid of both notions. Snippets of ad libbing punctuate what is a rather stringent rendition of his back catalogue. An

excellent stripped-down solo rendition of Lady of the Sea shows how much can be achieved when the theme is varied, and there is by some superb fiddle riffage. Most frustrating is the perceived mothballing of certain elements of his portfolio (see banjo). True to form - a good show, but no hoedown. [Finbarr Bermingham] WWW.SETHLAKEMAN.CO.UK WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SETHLAKEMAN

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THE LIQUID ROOM, 27 FEB It’s refreshing to encounter a popular singer who has such obvious instrumental talent at his disposal. With a repertoire that takes in banjo, ukulele and violin, Seth Lakeman certainly fits this bill and for those wholly satisfied with hit album Fields of Freedom, this gig should really have proven a joy to attend. It’s a record packed with catchy melodies and competent songwriting but which ultimately suffers from a lack of edge. Lakeman and his band’s

1. LEOPOLD AND HIS FICTION - BE STILL Be Still is built around rattling drum-sticks and a persistent kick drum, but despite the track’s indie-rock vitality there’s a distinct aura of weariness. Leopold, or perhaps his fiction, sounds tired. And this contrast seems to manifest a particular spring angst, like Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy getting into a fight in a New York garden. DOWNLOAD AT: WWW.LEOPOLDANDHISFICTION.COM/ SONGS.HTM

2. SKULI SVERRISSON - GEISLAR HENNAR While I was in Iceland I stopped at the record-shop 12 Tonar and asked the owner for some recommendations. “This is one of the best album ever made,” he said, and he gave me a white CD by Skuli Sverrisson, called Seria. We listened to it as we drove through ice and snow, around icebergs, toward the Northern Lights. There’s an old, steady melancholy to this drone and wheeze; to the organs and guitars that seethe under Olof Arnalds’ song.

THE LIQUID ROOM, 12 MARCH The lights go down in the Liquid Room and the fans are holding their breath waiting for the freeform rambles of Mark E Smith; grumbling it seems until his breath or stream-of-consciousness runs out. Bizarre Sloganeering! Slurred Proclamations! And then we have to wait for half an hour whilst the video-jockey unimpressively mixes footage of James Brown and Elvis and crashing the sound, and clashing the sound, is trashing the sound, and we’re getting restless - what’s the delay? Then finally - The Fall! It’s twenty-past-ten, two bassists one guitarist, Post TLC Reformation, is driven into view. The monstrous rhythms, wrestling crunching bass to the floor, works better than on plastic, and it’s classic Fall but then – the 50 minute Mark, stops, like a rebellious jukebox. Demented Drunkard. But you are no teenage punk band with three and a half songs – you are The Fall, and you leave Edinburgh too soon. [Ally Brown]

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by Dave Kerr VIVA LA LIQUID ROOM! Here’s an early heads up; just in case some sort of touting hawk decides to buy up and e-bay half the tickets in order to secure some chrome alloys for his mince mobile. This month, the Surveillance salutes THE LIQUID ROOM; about to celebrate its 10th birthday in mid May with a selection of shows from hand picked Scottish bands and various other legends who have steadily risen to global status since their first gigs at the now legendary venue.

ing events like East Meets West and the eastern central wings of the annual T-Brea k and Emergenza showcases, international heavyweights ranging from Public Enemy, Smashing Pumpkins and Afghan Whigs through to high profile British exports like Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs and The Zutons have all graced the venue’s intimate environs over the years. Not to mention the fact that, this coming month, they’re about to host a few of the Triptych Festival showstopp er s w it h ou r cover st a r s CSS appearing on 25 April, quickly succeeded by sophisticated Ninjatune jazzmongers CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA who arrive on the 26th and rounded of f by F u r r ie s t roubadou r GRUFF RHYS who shares a bill with Philadelphian psych-folk trio Espers on the 29th. See listings for full details.

Whether it’s a performance from Glasgow’s MOGWAI (the first band to play there under t he L iqu id Room mon i ker, and returning on 13 May), Edinburgh’s own IDLEWILD, a DJ set from the Dundee University formed SNOW PATROL (16th) or - no lie - a rare Scottish gig from wormy haired hip-hopper COOLIO, the line up promises a smattering of the eclectic ethos that The Liquid Room has come to represent throughout its res- The Surveillance says long idency. may this kind of stellar gigging behaviour continue: viva Besides consistently champion- la Liquid Room and a Happy ing homegrown talent by hous- Birthday to You!

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3. KATIE DILL - THE BODY’S ONLY RENTAL She strums the hard steel of a ukulele and sings to an echoing, empty room. But while she sings some sad lines - “And lonely is what you make it / and I am sure to make it,” - there’s nothing sorrowful in the song’s lifting la-la-la. She’s a singer-songwriter with a heart full of hopes, and every confidence in tomorrow. DOWNLOAD AT: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/KATIEDILLMUSIC

4. THE LIMES - BETWEEN ROOF AND BIRD The Limes are a collaboration: the French groups Toy Box and Orouni, the Paris-and-New-York singer Mina Tindle, the songwriting of an American called Henry Sparrow. Trading bits-and-pieces by email can seem like a recipe for an incoherent whole, but instead The Limes make something remarkable. Between Roof and Bird is insisting in its gentleness, like a dozen voices calling and being loudly answered. Tindle sings with a dusky jazz-singer’s voice and behind her there’s organ, cello, guitar, and a wistful love.

B e fo r e I b e g i n, I s ho u l d p o i nt o ut that although I am a smoker, I am all in favour of the smoking ban. Ba r staf f a nd pu nt ers have the right to work and drink in a smoke free environment, without having to inhale lu n g f u l s of ot he r people’s addiction. And lets face it; we’ve all smelled slightly better since last March. With that said, I think the smoking ban spells tragedy for gigging ambience. To think that these rosy cheeked 17 year-olds are never going to experience the same joys of the smoke filled halls I grew up in. Smoking at gigs had many benefits. I’m not a big fan of crowds. I like my space. Especially my personal space. At gigs nowadays there seems to be a lot of invaders. In the past I used to light up, and wield my Camel light like an orange tipped light sabre. If you look like you might accidentally burn somebody who gets too close, well, they don’t come too close. Another problem is I get easily annoyed by people at gigs. Chatter-boxes; people with the ability to sing louder than the PA and so out of tune they could be on Celebrity Fame Academy; and people who are generally better looking than me. As a smoker, one subtle move of the bottom lip and the offender could be assaulted with a steady stream of tobacco infused smelliness. Generally they would back off.

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ACOUSTIC LADYLAND CHANNEL THE SAME SPIRIT OF FEARLESS INNOVATION THAT MADE JIMI SO ELECTRIC

EDINBURGH THE HORRORS seem to be at the top of their schlocky goth punk game right now, so if you fancy a gig experience that’s guaranteed to keep you engaged, you could do worse than check this lot out. Underneath the bad hair and attitude they’ve got some serious tunes, so prepare to be pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained. CABARET VOLTAIRE 8 APRIL. Glaswegian party monsters SHITDISCO blend high energy disco adrenalin with spiky, danceable guitars and crazed, electric vocals. Celebrating the release of their new album, Kingdom of Fear, these boys will have much to celebrate. This might get messy. LIQUID ROOM 20 APRIL. Well gosh darn and heavens to Betsy, HAYSEED DIXIE are in town again! This band prove definitively that the sound of Motorhead’s Ace of Spades being played on banjo and violin is the best fun your ears can have. Their bluegrass-on-speed renditions of popular and metal classics sounds like a gimmick - but in the flesh these folk will re-wire your brain with their good-time shenanigans. LIQUID ROOM 23 APRIL. Hotly tipped Sunderland-based trio FIELD MUSIC are definitely ones to catch while they’re still doing the rounds in intimate venues. This band make surprising, exotic, infectious pop music that will restore your faith in all things melodic. They’re guaranteed to put a spring in your step. BONGO CLUB 27 APRIL.

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GLASGOW Hard-rocking, ear-fucking duo WINNEBAGO DEAL want to make filthy love to all five of your senses - and they will use force if necessary. Stripped of all unnecessary accoutrements, the Deal deliver body-rocking rhythms and sick riffs day in and day out. Pulverising the pit is their number one priority, so step up to the plate if you think you’re man enough to handle the Deal. BARFLY 4 APRIL.

T he Sk inny l ove s BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB. Filthy riffs; black leather; wearing shades indoors - you just can’t go far wrong with that shit. And then there’s the tunes: from hulking fuzz-bass onslaughts to devastating Cash-esque ballads, BRMC have rarely put a foot wrong over their short but turbulent career. One of only a handful of UK dates in support of upcoming album, Baby 81, this’ll be a blinder. ABC 14 APRIL. If you’ve not heard of ACOUSTIC LADYLAND yet, then you’re in for an awesome treat. Blending brutal metalinfluenced rhythms with complex jazz structures and unorthodox instrumentation, this will be a frenetic, high energy showcase for one of the most exciting live bands around. Brought together by a love of Hendrix, this outlandish four-piece channel the same spirit of fearless innovation that made Jimi so electric. KING TUT’S 26 APRIL.

What I really miss is the buzz of the smoking interaction with the artists. I’ll never forget that Gene gig at the Garage in Glasgow where Martin Rossiter asked the crowd for a smoke. I had mine handy and tossed one to him – and for the duration of the next song… HE SMOKED MY FAG! And that, my friend, made me cool. I know this is really just a misty eyed reminiscence of times gone by. And the majority of you are glad you are no longer hazy eyed after the ban. Nowadays you can actually wear the same jeans the day after a gig as they don’t stink and the chances of passively picking up a life threatening disease are reduced. But have you noticed how the lights just don’t look as good anymore? Of course it’s a good thing, and it will surely encourage more people to go to gigs than it’ll stop. I mean, you can always pop outside when the band are playing one of those filler album tracks – if you have the correct ticket stub, a stamp, your passport and a visa. Now, let’s get the Executive to deal with the real problems at gigs. Bad dancing and tall people.

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5. SUFJAN STEVENS - CASIMIR PULASKI DAY (DEMO) I shared a Sufjan duet last month and yes, again here’s more. But here’s the thing: whereas Sufjan’s albums are often meandering and unfocused, on individual songs he’s forced to tighten things up. So these one-off appearances are worth crowing about. Casimir Pulaski Day is the single finest song that Sufjan Stevens has ever recorded, and this demo shows it before it’s fully grown, before there’s hair on its legs. The timidity is almost cute - especially when Sufjan threatens to “kick [someone] in the face” - and for all its wussiness the lyrics remain a beautiful, complicated rumination on death, god, and a little bit of sex. DOWNLOAD AT: HT TP://ASTHMATICKIT T Y.COM/NEWS. PHP?NEWSID=133

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JIM GELLATLY’S X-POSURE TOP 10

1. THE TWANG - WIDE AWAKE 2. AMY MACDONALD - POISON PRINCE 3. CALVIN HARRIS - ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80S 4. THE DYKEENIES - NEW IDEAS 5. THE FRATELLIS - BABY FRATELLI 6. FUTURO - LIGHTS OUT 7. FOALS - HUMMER 8. DUMB INSTRUMENT - OOR WULLIE’S BALDY 9. BIFFY CLYRO - SATURDAY SUPERHOUSE 10. DANLE SAC VS SCROOBIUSPIP - THOU SHALT ALWAYS KILL

METAL UP YOUR ASS!

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LIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE... It’s almost six years since Dave Williams proclaimed “ONE! Nothing wrong with me!” on DROWNING POOL’s big hit, Bodies. Head down and respect the irony of that statement at The Cathouse on Wednesday 11th to see the melodic

metallers in tandem with IL NINO and PANIC CELL. Underground highlight of the month is without a doubt an all day orgy of toothy hardcore enchantment at Subway

in Edinburgh on Saturday the 14th. With SCISSORS, WHORES WHORES WHORES and CHRONICLES OF ADAM WEST are among the ensemble of strapping acts, with events likely to kick off in the early afternoon. Moving things in a decidedly more Viking direction, why not heave your long-boat along to The Cathouse on Tuesday 17th to salute unkempt Norse revivalists AMON AMARTH and their surprisingly folksy pals FINTROLL.

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With their cool-o-meter plummeting at an inversely proportionate rate to their bank balances, maybe only a platoon of haircut wielding sensitive types can save LOSTPROPHETS from musical banality… watch the cavernous SECC inexplicably fill on Wednesday the 18th.

1. THE VIEW - THE DON 2. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH

3. ASH - YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL 4. THE ENEMY - AWAY FROM HERE 5. THE DYKEENIES - NEW IDEAS 6. MARK RONSON - STOP ME 7. BLACKREBEL MOTORCYCLECLUB - WEAPON OF CHOICE 8. SWITCHES - LAY DOWN THE LAW 9. JACK PENATE - SPIT AT THE STARS 10. COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE - HEAD

TOP 5 RECOMMENDED ALBUMS 1. ARCTIC MONKEYS - FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE 2. MAXIMO PARK - OUR EARTHLY PLEASURES 3. KINGS OF LEON - BECAUSE OF THE TIMES 4. OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - ON THE LEYLINE 5. THIRTEEN SENSES - CONTACT

Darkwater Admit it. We all feel a perverse pleasure in watching the deluded and often plain weird X-Factor ‘contestants’ who queue for hours with the expressed purpose of making a complete arse of themselves in front of millions of people. Anyone with a soul is simply incapable of remembering the few glimpses of talent that fleetingly break through. Except, of course, unless you have a purpose to remember.

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The following day it’s off to ABC Glasgow for a filling of CRADLE OF FILTH, supported by HANZEL UND GRETYL and their fantastically named frontman Kaizer von Loopy. Wrapping up the cream of our metal leaning exploits for the month are the smashingly different screamo purveyors KADDISH, who will be live and destructive on Friday 20th at The Tron in Edinburgh, kick off 7.30pm.

“AS SOON AS WE SAW LORA ON X-FACTOR, WE KNEW SHE WAS PERFECT FOR US.”

maternal façade of Sharon Osborne and the scathing sarcasm of Simon Cowell. It’s far away from boot camps and premium rate TV votes. It’s about rock. Let’s make that clear. It’s all about three in a bed in a Travelodge; about, “Punky Lora and her tattoos among all those Barbie dolls.” It’s all about an alternative model and four Glaswegian fellas making 21st century music for a world audience.

It’s all about standing on the brink of something so, so big and playing to two people and a dog until their time arrives. DARKWATER SUPPORT HAYSEEN DIXIE AT THE LIQUID ROOM, EDINBURGH ON 23 APRIL AND ABC, GLASGOW ON 25 APRIL. WWW.DARKWATERUK.COM

You see, one fateful Saturday evening, Graham Forbes and Doog Crosbie of fledgling Scottish band Darkwater sat watching XFactor, no doubt having a laugh, when a girl walked into the audition chamber. A shock of black hair, tattoos and piercings, she sang Sandi Thom “as a bet,” and, against all odds, found Louie, Sharon and Simon sending her through to boot camp. In that same moment, Forbes had an idea that - as he talks to The Skinny - he simply describes as a gut instinct. “As soon as we saw her on the show we knew she was perfect for us, and we tracked her down.” Before this epiphany, he reveals that Darkwater had been through three girl singers in a year. When asked if “tracking her down” sounded a little stalkerish, Cosbie reflects coyly: “It all happened through some emails and phone calls. Our management tracked her down through ITV.” Maybe it’s a more salubrious idea of rock n’ roll, but who cares? Darkwater got their singer. And anyway, this is 2007, not 1985 and Darkwater aren’t that sort of heavy drinking, fighting, rocking and rolling band. They’re more about playing gigs with a focused mentality; about cultivating a sound that is purely theirs. A sound that they describe as one that, “hits you as soon as you start listening to it. BANG there’s some synth, BANG there’s a massive guitar… it just explodes in your face!” So, as they stand here, on the edge of stardom and with many a critic talking about how this is the sound of the remaining nine months of 2007, the whole scene is a million miles from the

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The Feast of Easter

“I’ll try and keep it fresh,” asserts Brian Cook, former Botch bassist and founding member of post-hardcore quartet These Arms Are Snakes. Going by the state of his outfit’s recent longplayer, Easter, he’s not lying either. Although, rather than lift a poisoned chalice, Cook soberly suggests that there’s nothing brand new about twisting the high tempo two-tone meets Fugazi template into another shape. And so what if they do throw in a little blues for good measure? They are from Hendrix country, after all.

by Dave Kerr

servative, Christian, very safe and obedient sort of mindset creeping in and becoming so accepted. I think it’s really weird that all these people who are playing punk music - or at least they call it punk music - are, for now, not having difficulty reconciling a lot of the punk ethics with the Christian ethics.”

It’s a familiar story, but a sad one all the same. The goalposts have changed; a new purpose has snuck in, incognito, to replace the old non-conformist sentiment made famous by a legion of punk fanat“I certainly don’t think that we’re reinventing ics. Although Cook is quick to point out that they the wheel musically and I don’t think that should don’t hate the player, they just miss the once ragnecessarily be anyone’s goal as a musician. We’re ing passion of the game. all big music nerds who are always kind of digging around. One moment we’ll be thinking ‘let’s write “I don’t want to diss on beliefs or a desire to make something that sounds like a David Lynch movie,’ a certain kind of music but I think it definitely the next we’ll say ‘let’s just write something that shows that having an aggressive sound now isn’t sounds like a really heavy, doomy prog band’ or synonymous with necessarily having a very radisomething.” cal or forward thinking philosophy. It’s just a sound.” A bit coy then, and in summing up the momentary diversions that their sound has come to be Of course, lamenting yesterday will usually get applauded for, Cook merely suggests: “we kind of you nowhere but, then again, a few bands like this have a short attention span.” On the strength of one are maybe exactly what a jaded genre needs this chat, the Snakes seem largely unconcerned to be resuscitated. TAAS, along with the likes with the self-proclaimed minutiae of their own of Blood Brothers and Big Business represent a music. In fact, the way Brian tells it, Easter is more new breed of bands from the same north western an ethical manifestation to express the idea that hotspot to have sent us Soundgarden, Mudhoney, something’s not quite right about the punk move- Tad - and who could forget those hair metal renment, or rather, that something alien is entirely egades: Queensryche? too present. So besides identifying a recent penchant for placing “I think it’s telling to see how prominent rock or subservient punk bands up on the pulpit in its numermore specifically punk music has become a part ous churches, what strengths does Cook identify in his of the cultural landscape; to see this very con- local community, some 15 years after the gold rush?

“I THINK IT’S TELLING TO SEE HOW PROMINENT ROCK OR, MORE SPECIFICALLY, PUNK MUSIC HAS BECOME A PART OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; TO SEE THIS VERY CONSERVATIVE, CHRISTIAN, VERY SAFE AND OBEDIENT SORT OF MINDSET CREEPING IN...” - BRIAN COOK THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES PLAY ABC2, GLASGOW WITH PELICAN ON 16 APRIL. EASTER IS OUT NOW ON JADE TREE. WWW.THESEARMSARESNAKES.ORG

“I think Seattle’s kind of its own little microcosm in some ways and I don’t believe it necessarily had anything to recover from. Every so often it’ll pop into the limelight, whether it’s a case of

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Nirvana or Death Cab For Cutie or on the smaller spectrum of it, a band like Blood Brothers, us or Minus the Bear. Every once in a while people take notice and remember.”

by Sean Michaels

“I’M NOT GOING TO USE A THESAURUS OR A COMPUTER TO WRITE – I JUST USE WORDS THAT I USE IN MY LIFE. IF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRANSLATION AND RESEARCH MAYBE YOU’LL END UP SAYING SOMETHING YOU DON’T MEAN TO SAY.”

As puppeteers toss around the letters Y, O and U, David HermanDüne strides through the music video for I Wish That I Could See You Soon, guitar in hand. It’s the first single from his band’s latest album, Giant, and he’s wearing a pink fuzzy monster head. “I think about you every day,” he sings to a lover off-camera, “You hit my heart with a harpoon.” Around him there are a dozen children dancing, going down playground slides while Y, O & U bounce. Other band-members play bongos and horns, girls doing Motown ooohs. “Do you really think she will wait for you?” asks one of these backup singers. And David, even in all this sneaker-squeak gladness, can give only the honest answer: “There’s no way to say and there’s nothing I can do.”

been different at all – we haven’t allowed them to control anything. We recorded wherever we wanted to, the way we wanted to.” Source’s lucre allowed the band to bring in friends – Brooklyn girlgroup The Babycakes contribute backing vocals, and brass-lines come courtesy of the Jon Natchez Bourbon Horn Section. “I’ve always wanted to have horns on a record,” David-Ivar admits, “but I never met anyone I could work with because I don’t know how to write music... I met these guys while playing with a friend in NYC and I was like, can you do this: ‘Boo-deedla doo dee’? And the guy could do it. And then I’d say ‘What about boo-da-da-dee-DOW!’ And then he would do that.”

Though David-Ivar now lives in Paris, most of the album’s songs were written in New York. Even the one called Take Me Back to New York City. (“I was thinking about going away,” David-Ivar explains, “and already missing New York.”) The French-Swedes also continue the tradition of only recording in (charming, gangly, idiosyncratic) English. “I’ve never tried anything else,” he says. “I like the language. I’m not going to use a thesaurus or a computer to write – I just use words that I use in my life. If you have to go through translation and research maybe you’ll end up saying something you don’t mean to say.” He laughs. “If Chuck Berry had written songs in Russian maybe I’d be into Russian.” HERMAN DÜNE PLAY KING TUT’S, GLASGOW ON 16 APRIL.

Several months later, The Skinny asks David-Ivar about happy songs on unhappy subjects. It’s something his band is expert at – over eight albums, David-Ivar and his brother André have composed dozens of sad-happy numbers, nostalgic and love-sick. And with their idiosyncratic French-Swedish pronunciation, their rock’n’roll-reared vocabulary, it’s utterly magic. “You start playing with words,” David-Ivar says, “playing with lines and choruses and rhymes and stuff. Making up melodies, arranging horns, having your friends singing backing vocals – that’s very happy times. You can have a lot of fun talking about stuff that’s not that fun.”

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Giant is as shiny and “fun” as anything Herman Düne have recorded; a far cry from the DIY ethic of their earliest releases. “Before,” says David-Ivar, “it was tape recorders, eight tracks, wherever we could record with whoever was willing to help us – but for [2005’s] Not On Top and even more for Giant, we chose the location (North Wales), we had time, and we could really record live. All the things that make your songs breathe a little.” This was in part courtesy of new label Source Etc, a subsidiary of major EMI. Has dealing with a major label brought any headaches. “No,” says David-Ivar, nonchalant, “for the moment it hasn’t

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“WHEN WE GOT TO AMERICA PEOPLE STARTED SAYING ‘OH MY GOD YOU TALK SO MUCH ABOUT SEX, SEX, SEX’.” - LUIZA SÁ

BRACE YOURSELF FOR AN ARRAY OF AURAL DESPOTS AND ALCHEMISTS...

Enjoy your Timelessness: the touted theme of the laudable musical landmark that is Triptych. Reading the accompanying programme one might have thought that obscurity was what they were really after. So, this year, brace yourself for an array of aural despots and alchemists, some cunning proclivity for diaphanous ballads and lustrous idioms, verdant endeavours from various unparagoned global forces, decalescence, dessicance and so much ardour that you’ll think you’ve happened upon a Mills and Boon conference.

Sexing up Scotland

by Wilbur Kane

Bad Seeds fame) and experimental in the extreme, they’ve recently been trying out silence as a form of music. You dare not miss this, dare you? Minimalism is also used to describe the work of Californian legend Terry Riley. Expect lots of short, repetitive phrases and monotones. It will grow on you, we promise. If not, just nod your head sagely, and bear in mind you’re in the presence of a bona fide legend. If this is your thing, then you’ll also need to check out the Free Noise sessions featuring Evan Parker and Yellow Swans. Crazy.

Worried the music’s going to be this standoffish? Well, don’t be. As it happens, most of the superlatives are justified, once you’ve deciphered what they may actually mean. Though Triptych operates away from the glare of the mainstream, quality is always assured. Most of the acts are well-known and revered in their own right, and it’s the perfect opportunity to give exposure to high class examples of not-socommon-in-these-parts genres.

Developing legendary status themselves (but for how long?) are the increasingly prominent Brazilian electro-pop-rockers Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS – see our interview). We’ve already witnessed the energy of their live sets in these parts, and their lead singer is called Lovefoxxx (insert random obvious joke here). Their party nights with Ratatat and Prinzhorn Dance School promise much in the way of joie de vivre. Stash up!

You want an example? Ok. How often have you seen music played with rotary saws, sheet metal and traffic cones? Fair enough, could be any given evening on the Byres Road, but how often have you seen good music done in this way? Einstürzende Neubauten, leaders of the industrial avant-garde movement (yes, there’s been one) grace us with their presence for one night only. Formed in 1980 by Blixa Bargeld (of

Another line-up to relish is that of Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) teaming up with Cincinatti producer / DJ / all-round talented guy Boom Bip. The two are rumoured to be cooking up something special together this year. Given their mutual propensity for mischief, humour and bloody good tunes, expect any such collaboration to do nothing but good for the planet. Also appearing on the same bill are the Philadelphian fantasists

Espers. Not quite folk, not quite drone, not quite orchestral. Certainly quite good though. Another act frequently put in the ‘quite good’ department is Cat Power, whilst others maintain that she’s a tuneless Norah Jones. Yet, she was nominated for a Brit Award last year in the same category as Pink and Gwen Stefani, so she can’t be that bad, can she? If you really want to see versatility effortlessly combined with class, then check out the electronic jazz/soul/beats outfit the Cinematic Orchestra. Turntables, samples, and jazz improvisation all on stage in joyous harmony. Enjoy!

term post-rock anymore (not a bad thing), but that’s kinda what these guys are. Melancholic, yet strangely uplifting all at once. Then there are the various prodigies who have splintered from their old day jobs - from postrock poster boys David Pajo (of Slint fame) and Alexander Tucker (formerly of Unhome and sometime Jackie-O-Motherfucker co-conspirator) to electronic pop wonder, Euros Childs (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci). You’d do well to catch all three, although Pajo and Tucker are only in Glasgow for a one off at the Classic Grand. Good news? They share the same bill.

Featuring possibly the most familiar name of the lot, Idlewild, along with an intimidating who’s who of contemporary Scottish fiction, poetry and music, make up Ballad of the Books - an altogether more literary approach to this year’s festival, and a one off at the Tramway. See our preview below. In that vein, let us also welcome Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire. Childish is a poet, photographer, artist, filmmaker and author with a substantial legacy of work to his name. Oh, and he sings and plays guitar too and used to be friends with Jack White, who cites him as an influence.

Finally, much heed, as ever, is paid to the local scene. Sons and Daughters make a much vaunted return, and you can expect good impressions to be made by the likes of Belleruche, Kling Klang (ok, they’re Scousers), Park Attack and Tom Brosseau.

Anguished Texan Micah P. Hinson is a redneck goth. If you’ve ever wondered what one of those might sound like, check out his gig with the excellent Califone. Nobody really uses the

TRIPTYCH TAKES PLACE IN EDINBURGH, GLASGOW AND

And there we have it: a splendiferous smattering of highlights from this five day-long all-rounder of unconventional sound taking place right at your front door. Now do yourself a favour: suck it and see.

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King Creosote

Sons & Daughters Idlewild

Ballads of the Book by Duncan Forgan

The most surprising thing about Ballads of the Book is that the concept and format has not been adopted more readily in the past. From Jim Morrison’s obsession with Aldous Huxley and Arthur Rimbaud to Morrissey’s penchant for a bit of Keats and Yeats, rock music’s obsession with books and poetry has been almost as much of a staple as sex, drugs and hissy-fits. Nevertheless, occasions when the spheres of literature and music have collided head on have been few and far between - until now that is. The BOTB project, spearheaded by Idlewild frontman Roddie Woomble, saw various luminaries of the Scottish music scene including King Creosote, Norman Blake and James Yorkston - adapt lyrics contributed by top home-grown writers such as AL Kennedy, Michel Faber and Alasdair Gray - the results of which were released to great acclaim on the

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Chemikal Underground label in early March. This month sees the whole multi-faceted hoopla converge upon Glasgow’s Tramway Theatre for a one-off extravaganza to mark the union of some of Scotland’s finest creative minds. Among those appearing will be former Delgados member Emma Pollock, whose bittersweet and darkly humorous collaboration with novelist Louise Welsh is one of the album’s highlights. Pollock, speaking to The Skinny after her showstoppi ng appea ra nce at the last Tennent’s Versacoustic event at Edinburgh’s Bongo Club, is lavish in her praise for the project, saying that it has opened up new avenues of songwriting for her. “I definitely believe that,” she agrees. “It has been really great for me as a songwriter having to work around someone else’s set of lyrics. Normally when I’m writing I’ll fit the words around a vocal

ebrate or subvert pop culture? “We’re not a manufactured band but we like pop and we’re not ashamed to say it. We named ourselves after a Beyoncé quote ‘cos we really like her. We’re not trying to change the world or change music history. Music is just something that feels good for us, we’re not very pretentious about it. We do pop music and we don’t feel bad about it.”

Discussing cross-cultural matters with Luiza Sá, CSS’ drums and guitar gal, The Skinny jokes that it’s the two countries’ evident similarities – great weather, great footballing pedigrees etc – that foster the friendship. But down a fuzzy phone line, in a (no-doubt bewildering) Fife accent, the humour is lost on poor Luiza.

But it isn’t just pop is it? “I saw The Gossip the other day and it was amazing. It’s very simple garage pop on one level but they represent much more – it’s more than the music. But they also like pop music and understand it. I’m not saying we’re doing the same, or that we sound like them, but we also like pop and make our own version of it.”

After a moment’s painful silence, she redeems the situation: “Scotland’s really different to Brazil but we get along really well. We love Scotland, everybody’s really nice. We have a great time every time we go there. We love Franz Ferdinand and the 1990’s are really cool friends to us. It’s a beautiful, beautiful country.” Flattery can get you a long way, but CSS have already established a devoted British fanbase in the time since the release of their eponymous debut album last July. A high-profile slot at the inaugural Indian Summer festival in Glasgow won over many to their colourful, groove-laden style, effortlessly exemplified in calling-card single Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above. The sextet (and never was the term more aptly applied) recently cemented their reputation on the NME Indie Rave Tour. The Scottish connection is further strengthened by the fact that they’re signed up for both Triptych and T in the Park. Luiza explains why they came here: “If we stayed in Brazil we’d have to work on the side, this wouldn’t be our main job. There’s no scene in Sao Paulo. There’s the clubbing and electronic party scene but the rock & roll scene is very poor, very fragmented and specific. The UK is the best place for us, we have our biggest audience here. The UK is very fast, the other places are open too but not as fast as here. You’re very eager for music and culture.”

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It’s fair to say that Brazil and Scotland don’t share a lot in common. The Copacabana, the Amazon, five world cup wins; Portobello beach, the Clyde, never past the first round. We shouldn’t wallow in any apparent inferiority however, because CSS, Brazil’s first, best and only ambassadors of sassy electro-pop, seem to love our nation regardless.

ROCK MUSIC’S OBSESSION WITH BOOKS AND POETRY HAS BEEN ALMOST AS MUCH OF A STAPLE AS SEX, DRUGS AND HISSY-FITS

Having settled one matter it’s time to approach another. The Skinny’s pre-interview research kicked up an intriguing piece of gossip in itself, sourced from the good old lesst h a n - r e l i a b l e v at o f good and bad informat ion, Wi k iped ia : “Lovefoxxx’s first solo album should be released in late 2007. The project’s current working title is Luv 2 Luv U Foxxxy… The album is being produced by Timbaland and Nigel Godrich after some initial demos

were recorded by bandmate Adriano Cintra.”

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THE SKINNY HAS TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY FOR CSS’S GLASGOW SHOW, COURTESY OF TRIPTYCH.

Luiza: “That’s rubbish. Don’t trust the internet. I think she’d love to do it if it was true because we’re all huge fans of Timbaland, but it’s not true at all.”

TO ENTER, JUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: CSS IS THE ABBREVIATED FORM FOR: A) CLASSY SUGARY SCENT B) CANSEI DE SER SEXY

So if the CSS unit is as tight as Luiza proclaims, what can we expect from the Triptych gigs? “We’re going to have a new show in April. Not completely new, since we’ve just re-released the album, but we’re going to have new songs.”

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With CSS’s frequent and riotous visits to our country’s live music venues, and our willingness to provide the hedonistic, preferably sexy audience that tunes like Alala and Off the Hook demand, the future of Brazilian-Scottish relations looks very bright. CSS PLAY LIQUID ROOM, EDINBURGH ON 25 APRIL AND THE BARROWLAND, GLASGOW ON 26 APRIL AS PART OF TRIPTYCH. WWW.CANSEIDESERSEXY.COM

To hasten their overseas breakthrough, CSS chose to sing in English despite the minor fact that they couldn’t speak the language. But the band have no qualms with this, and singer Lovefoxxx’s lack of regard for the rules of grammar do give their songs a charm of their own. Luiza says: “It’s more about the phonetic sounds of the words than the meaning. We had songs in Portuguese but we’ve always sung in English. Portuguese is very serious and beautiful, but it’s hard to write pop songs in Portuguese. We’ve listened to songs in English ever since we were kids.” For a band called Cansei de Ser Sexy (meaning ‘Tired of Being Sexy’, a poor little rich girl line once thrown off by Beyoncé Knowles), who write lyrics like ‘lick, lick, lick my art tit’, it may come as a surprise to learn that they didn’t understand their own provocative wordplay at first.

melody but here it was a new thing for me to have to phrase things differently and I think that the result is very different.” Pollock nearly missed the boat for the album due to recording commitments for her own debut, but a delay in the BOTB camp saw a window of opportunity open that she was only too glad to slide through. “I’m really chuffed to have been able to take part in all this,” she says. “I’ve been reading loads of Louise Welsh stuff since we did the collaboration, so hopefully, as well as turning on the artists involved on both sides to other possibilities, it will encourage listeners to investigate further as well.”

“We didn’t realise because our English wasn’t too good. Then when we got to America people started saying ‘Oh my God you talk so much about sex, sex, sex’. We didn’t expect people to pay so much attention. Now we’ve been speaking English a bit longer we’re not going to mention it so much because we feel more like English speakers now.”

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Sex aside, are the nods to Beyoncé and Paris Hilton intended to cel-

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