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Best of 2011: Clubs

Best of 2011: Clubs

The best sets and gigs, including Plastikman, Ivan Smagghe and Bloody Beetroots

19 Dec 2011

Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe. Karnival’s fifth birthday featured vinyl vs computer hardware in a delicious back-to-back set that meshed in all the right places for a dynamic and unpredictable set that kept both DJs and clubbers guessing. Karnival…

Best of 2011: Films

Best of 2011: Films

Best films of 2011, including Drive, Neds, A Separation, Black Swan and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

14 Dec 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy Starring a firmament of male British character actors, this taut, sparse and moody le Carré adaptation, directed by Swede Tomas ‘Let The Right One In’ Alfredson, is an incredibly stylish orange-tinged 70s package (yet not a…

Best of 2011: Albums

Best of 2011: Albums

The best albums of 2011, including Josh T Pearson, Com Truise and Metronomy

14 Dec 2011

Josh T Pearson – Last of the Country Gentleman. A phenomenally stark and moving record from the enigmatic, deeply talented Texan with a foot-long beard. The fact that some tracks come in at almost 12 minutes long may have been off-putting to some, but…

Best of 2011: Songs

Best of 2011: Songs

The best songs of 2011 featuring Austra, Lana Del Rey, Aidan Moffat

14 Dec 2011

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - ‘Bubble’ / Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – ‘The Copper Top’. It was a straight tie between these two underground power-duos. Showing off the cream of Scottish vocals (and one doesn’t even really sing); the emotions soar, the…

Best of 2011: Theatre

Best of 2011: Theatre

The best theatre work of 2011, including The Age of Arousal and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Har

14 Dec 2011

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. The story of the overly curious girl/boy who encounters the Devil is as old as theatre itself, but David Greig’s inspired play-cum-ceilidh brought a dynamic twist to the Border Ballad form. Touring pubs around the…

Best of 2011: Visual Art

Best of 2011: Visual Art

The best exhibitions in Scotland in 2011 including Jeremy Millar, August Sander and BAS7

14 Dec 2011

Jeremy Millar: Resemblances, Sympathies and Other Acts Many artists use their own bodies as the basis for their work, but few have done it so literally as Jeremy Millar. A life-sized silicon cast of the artist, entitled ‘Self Portrait as a Drowned Man…

Best of 2011: Comedy

Best of 2011: Comedy

The best comedy shows of 2011, including Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and J

14 Dec 2011

Tim Key Having netted Edinburgh’s big fat award for comedy in 2009, the former Coward blasted back in August with an absolute corker of a show. Masterslut was a masterclass of interactive improv raised to glorious levels by the most memorable use of a…

Best of 2011: Books

Best of 2011: Books

The best books of 2011, including George Pelecanos, Ali Smith, Jane Harris, Sunjeev Sahota, Julian B

14 Dec 2011

George Pelecanos – The Cut. Every time the name ‘George Pelecanos’ is mentioned these days the words ‘The Wire’ closely follow. But the Washington writer has been knocking out quality crime novels long before his involvement on the HBO show. The Cut was…

Best of 2011: Gigs in Scotland

Best of 2011: Gigs

The best gig of 2011, including Remember Remember, St Vincent, Arcade Fire and Group Inerane

13 Dec 2011

Remember Remember and Miaoux Miaoux The Planetarium, Glasgow, Sat 8 Oct We don’t tend to throw about words like ‘spellbinding’ and ‘mesmerising’. But for a gig that asked us to lie back and gaze at the stars, while laptop wizardry and shimmering…

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