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Exposure: White Denim

Exposure: White Denim

21 Nov 2008

Austin, Texas’s bluesy, psychedelic garage trio White Denim released one of the true noisy gems of 2008 in their riotous, twisted, brilliant and totally beguiling debut album Workout Holiday. Singer and guitarist James Petralli talks turkey ahead of the…

Scottish news bulletin: 21st November 2008

21 Nov 2008

Fiscal Powers : Reform Scotland yesterday published its fifth report, ‘Fiscal Powers’, which called for Scotland to be given the power to raise the money it spends and have its own Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Scotsman page 6…

Scottish news bulletin: 20th November 2008

20 Nov 2008

Economy. Recession: Further comment on the economic slowdown. Gordon Brown yesterday said that the government would make every effort to start banks lending again to small businesses (Scotsman page 8 , George Kerevan in the Scotsman, Times page…

Exposure: Alestorm

Exposure: Alestorm

20 Nov 2008

Excuse us while we sit down for a bit, because we’ve just had the shock of our lives. You might feel the same when you open up the MySpace page of four-piece Perth (Scotland, not Australia) rock outfit Alestorm, because nothing can quite prepare you for…

Win a bottle of Famous Grouse whisky for comment of the fortnight

Win a bottle of Famous Grouse whisky for comment of the fortnight

20 Nov 2008

Leave a comment on one of the articles at List.co.uk, or write The List a letter and you could win yourself bottle of Famous Grouse Whisky. It might be a suggestion of something you think we should be cover, a reaction to an article or it might just…

Guillemots: Picture House, Edinburgh, 13 November

Guillemots: Picture House, Edinburgh, 13 November

(2 stars)19 Nov 2008

You’d probably have a better chance of looking cool wearing a pair of bowling shoes in a supermarket than dancing at a Guillemots gig. Tight, skilled musicians they may be, party starters they are not. Their following evidently accept this, why then…

Edinburgh College of Art wins at Scottish BAFTAs

19 Nov 2008

Edinburgh College of Art is celebrating success after winning two top awards at the Scottish BAFTAs. Anders Jedenfors and Jaime Stone, two recent graduates from the city's college of art, scooped a Bafta for their work on animation. Sunday night's…

Exposure: Tokyoblu

Exposure: Tokyoblu

19 Nov 2008

Hail the Scottish Groove Armada! At least that’s how Edinburgh’s Tokyoblu style themselves, and it’s a comparison which most commentators seem happy to run with. Formed from their identically-named monthly club night – which has been held at the late…

Judge Dredd star Big Tam McNutter gets his own T-shirt

Judge Dredd star Big Tam McNutter gets his own T-shirt

19 Nov 2008

A character from Judge Dredd has earned himself the right to be emblazoned across your chest on a T-shirt. Big Tam McNutter, who made an unforgettable appearance in the 1992 2000 AD Yearbook, is the creation of Scottish 2000 AD legends John Wagner and…

New Venue sees downtown New York come to Edinburgh

New venue brings downtown New York to Edinburgh

19 Nov 2008

Edinburgh’s art scene has another new addition. The Bowery on Roxburgh Place in the Southside, opened last Saturday and takes its name from one of the famous city's hippest streets. The venue aims to replicate the quirky and semi mod attitude of the…

Scottish news bulletin: 19th November 2008

19 Nov 2008

Inflation: Cheaper fuel prices helped cause inflation to fall at its fastest level for 16 years during last month. The Consumer Prices Index slowed to 4.5% in October from 5.2% in September. (Scotsman page 9, George Kerevan in the Scotsman, Martin…

Dialogues 2008

Dialogues 2008

18 Nov 2008

University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, Sat 15-Sun 16 November. The interior of Edinburgh University’s just-built Informatics Forum on the site of the old Bristo Square car park is a retro-futurist delight resembling the set of some minimally…

Scottish news bulletin: 18th November 2008

18 Nov 2008

Borrowing & tax cuts: David Cameron has said that taxpayers face an average bill of £31,500 to pay for Gordon Brown's "borrowing bombshell" and called on the Prime Minister to be honest about his plans to increase debt to fund tax cuts.

Exposure: Youthmovies

Exposure: Youthmovies

18 Nov 2008

An Oxford-based quintet consisting of former Foals bandmember Andrew Mears and Al English (both of whom assume responsibility for guitar and vocals duties), as well as Stephen Hammond (bass), Graeme Murray (drums, vocals) and Sam Scott (trumpet…

Exposure: North Atlantic Oscillation

Exposure: North Atlantic Oscillation

17 Nov 2008

Further confirming that the laptop is the discerning musician’s instrument of choice, Glasgow/Edinburgh duo North Atlantic Oscillation deploy portable personal computers – alongside a phalanx of boring old things like guitars and basses and drums and…

New York Dolls reunite with Todd Rundgren for new album

New York Dolls reunite with Todd Rundgren for new album

14 Nov 2008

The New York Dolls and legendary record producer Todd Rundgren have been reunited for the first time in 36 years. Rundgren will produce the Dolls' new album at his studio on the island of Kauai. Production is scheduled to start in January 2009. This…

Rosie & The Goldbug: Art Brut, ABC2, Glasgow

Art Brut, Rosie & The Goldbug: ABC2, Glasgow

14 Nov 2008

On a dreary Tuesday in Glasgow, Jack Daniel's keep the booze'n'bandwagon rolling on the JD Set tour. A subdued Hugh Cornwell, decked out in a black polo neck, and as far from The Stranglers’ image as you can imagine, presides over the penultimate night…

Exposure: Kid British

Exposure: Kid British

14 Nov 2008

I’m in the mood for some Specials-meets-Streets-meets-Madness-style pop hijinks. Let me just go and check if we have anything suitable in the back. Now then, how about Kid British, ‘a collection of four dudes with a broad musical mindset which all…

The Cathouse

Clubbing birthdays

13 Nov 2008

Three Scottish clubbing institutions hit big milestones this month: rock club The Cathouse is 18, the Art School’s regular soul night Divine is 18, and Slam’s techno hoedown Pressure is 10. We asked three regular punters just why they love these clubs…

Inside Deep Throat

Porn in the movies

13 Nov 2008

Platonic friends Zack and Miri one day decide that in the current economic climate the only way to diminish their respective personal debts is to make a pornographic film together, but the world of amateur porno filmmaking is not as easy as it seems. So…

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

13 Nov 2008

Three years ago the alternative music industry seemed determined to talk itself into a coma. You couldn’t open a magazine or turn on the radio without suffering some whinging executive complaining about the internet killing music. Fans who downloaded…

Sara Maitland

A quiet life

13 Nov 2008

It would seem that we’ve all become a little wary of silence. The sizeable majority of British society who own mobile phones may agree. Plug in, jump online, talk in libraries, and you’re doing OK. Withdraw however, and you have issues. Accomplished…

Calistoga Central

Calistoga Central

13 Nov 2008

The first hurdle to clear is that this is an American restaurant that doesn’t serve burgers. The best explanation of this is that it’s not an American restaurant but Californian. Calistoga has been around in Edinburgh since 2004 on St Leonards Street…

Lost in Fiction

Lost in Fiction

13 Nov 2008

It’s been eight years since the much-missed John Smith’s bookshop on Byres Road closed its doors and turned into a branch of Starbucks. At the time, many residents of Glasgow’s West End saw it as another, depressing, sign of the times. John Smith’s…

Glass Baubles

Shock! Markets!

13 Nov 2008

Something gets into the air about halfway through November, something that compels otherwise rational people to stand at tables – maybe decorated with fake snow or tinsel – offering genuinely original presents. There’s really no excuse to give anyone a…

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