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Interview with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai
The world premiere of Mogwai’s new film ‘Burning’, recorded live in Brooklyn earlier this year, will take place next week in Copenhagen with Stuart Braithwaite playing a DJ set after the screening. Yesterday, Stuart, one of Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists, answered a few of our questions and let us know who would get his vote.
Pete Reid
November 6, 2009
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The Twilight Sad in Europe Now
The Twilight Sad continue to blaze their way across the world in support of their latest album ‘Forget the Night Ahead’. Having survived the FatCat Scotland US tour, the band are currently in Europe before finishing the year with two intimate shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Full details below.
Shiner
November 5, 2009
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Same, Same; or Different? Part II
I am glad to see my musings on the Atlantic League generated a bit of discussion and some good points were raised in the comments. Our man Shiner nailed a lot of the concept – the Atlantic League is not a replacement for or challenger to the Champions League; however it is a replacement for […]
Billy Williamson
November 5, 2009
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Drippy Chippy
Swatrick Payze, arguably Scotland’s Greatest Ever Animator, returns with another memorable short film. Please note that this week’s video features scenes of unnecessary violence towards a fish supper.
Swatrick Payze
November 4, 2009
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Malcolm Middleton gigs in Prague and Athens
The nights are fair drawing in and Malcolm Middleton is excited again about music. He’ll play solo in Prague and Athens next week ahead of a “Long, Dark Night” acoustic tour of the UK. Malcolm has also been back in the studio with Aidan Moffat working on an Arab Strap boxset and more:
Shiner
November 3, 2009
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News : Gerard Butler’s new project ‘Slide’, James McAvoy’s new film ‘I’m With Cancer’, Scottish screenings at the Inverness Film Festival and lots of Ewan McGregor news.
Saba I.
November 3, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Primal Scream
Primal Scream will play the Planeta Terra Festival in Sao Paolo next weekend and Vic chooses that as his Scottish gig of the week. Full details on all the Scottish international gigs this week are below, along with Vic’s interesting thoughts on the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist issue. Vote this Wednesday.
Vic Galloway
November 2, 2009
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This Week in the Gloaming
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of Duns, Arran, Dunnottar Castle and Loch Ard.
Colin Campbell
November 1, 2009
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The [Future] King of Scotland – ‘The Complicated Honest Truth’ Reviewed
This record has sort of dropped into my lap out of nowhere, and I’ve spent a long time listening to it before writing this review. It has a somewhat sprawling feel, despite being only three-quarters of an hour long, but that’s because it’s composed of twenty-one snippets of ideas, sprinkled through with digressions and interludes, […]
Matthew Young
October 31, 2009
