Classic Grand

Hungarian, East African, Russian and Brazilian flavours explode throughout Scotland

20 Jan 2010

The latest draft of new or imminent restaurants around Edinburgh and Glasgow promise flavours rarely encountered in these parts. Glasgow has Nur Egyptian restaurant and Botego du Brazil (from the owners of Classic Grand), along with two new African…

Alphabeat

Glasgow gets ready for some wonky pop

16 Oct 2009

It’s always a dubious honour, spearheading a movement or new sub genre, so when Alphabeat were proclaimed the jewel in the crown of ‘wonky pop’ a year or so ago it was a double-edged sword. Especially because wonky pop turned out to be a total chocolate…

Patrick Wolf

28 May 2009

It’s hard to pin down Patrick Wolf, a musical magpie happy to lift Romanian folk refrains or electro basslines for a truly eclectic sound. Amazingly he manages to make this mish mash gel together, returning with new album The Bachelor and his trademark…

Stag & Dagger

14 May 2009

Even as some of Scotland’s smaller festivals-in-a-field take a sabbatical or call it a day in the current financial climate, new city events like Hinterland and now Stag & Dagger are enjoying their debuts this year. Could the way of the future for fans…

Classic Grand

Back to the floor

10 Oct 2006

Next door to the Sub Club - one of Scotland’s most revered clubbing institutions - a new venue has just opened its doors to an eager public. One of Glasgow’s oldest cinemas and formerly the Coco Club, The Classic Grand on Jamaica Street is a newly…

Surface Noise

Surface Noise

4 Sep 2006

Returning to the real world post-Festival madness, The List has spotted bloody millions of perfectly fine live pop concerts coming your way between now and Kwanzaa (or Christmas for all you non-African Americans out there). For starters, in the ‘by god…