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Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra - Exploration

Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra - Exploration

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

JAZZ (Spartacus Records) There is ample evidence here that the flow of talent on the Scottish jazz scene continues unabated. Saxophonist Tommy Smith launched this big band at his own expense in 2002 to help foster the cream of Scotland’s emerging…

Rick Veitch

Rick Veitch & Gary Erskine - Army@Love: The Hot Zone Club

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

WAR/SATIRE (DC/Titan) Given the irreverent nature, speedy production and counterculture placement of the medium, it’s unsurprising that comics should come in under the radar with a satirical first strike at the bogus war in the Middle East. American…

Warren Ellis, Cary Nord

Warren Ellis, Cary Nord & Dave Stewart - Ultimate Human No.1

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

SUPERHERO (Marvel) Marvel’s Ultimate line was intended to reinvent the company’s main characters for the 21st century, to drag them out of the hands of continuity-obsessed fanboys for a while and show off how well superhero stories could function as a…

Also Published - 5 Unit Shifters

17 Jan 2008

Cathy Kelly - Lessons in Heartbreak Izzie has broken her own rules about having affairs with married men while her ageing aunt has just discovered her husband’s infidelity. HarperCollins. Monty Don - Around the World in 80 Gardens The presenter…

Eagle Vs Shark

Eagle Vs Shark

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

COMEDY (15) 84min (Optimum DVD rental/retail) With its sweet soul and crumbly heart, you’d think that Eagle vs Shark would only be fit for shooting out of the sky or being drowned at birth. But in the hands of writer/director Taika Waititi and…

Jeff Smith - Shazam!: Monster Society of Evil

Jeff Smith - Shazam!: Monster Society of Evil

(3 stars)17 Jan 2008

SUPER HERO (DC) Jeff Smith will forever be known for his wonderful, self-published, multi-award-winning Bone series, a whimsical fantasy tale that got the balance of childish wonder and compelling storytelling just right. Here he takes on Captain…

Sherrybaby

Sherrybaby

(3 stars)17 Jan 2008

DRAMA (15) 92min (Metrodome DVD retail/rental) A useful companion piece to the much more lauded Half Nelson, this story about a woman trying to get her life together after a prison sentence and a drug habit, utilises a quirky visual style to…

Robert Venditti

Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele - The Surrogates

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

SCI-FI (Top Shelf) In the near-future cybernetic surrogates will live our lives for us, reducing humanity to a race of reclusive couch potatoes. That’s the intriguing premise of this cleverly conceived and smartly executed science fiction/crime…

Jamil Sheriff Octet - Backchat

Jamil Sheriff Octet - Backchat

(3 stars)17 Jan 2008

JAZZ (Jazz Services) This disc marks the launch of the new Recording Support Scheme begun last year by the UK’s jazz umbrella organisation, Jazz Services, and gets the scheme off to an auspicious start. Pianist Jamil Sheriff hails from Bolton, and…

The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

(3 stars)17 Jan 2008

INDIE (Nonesuch) Ostentatious douchebag or modern master of clever pop, Stephin Merritt certainly knows how to divide opinion – and ten offerings down the line, there’s still no stopping him. Following I, which featured entire songs that began with…

James Bond

Fleming centenary

17 Jan 2008

Details of 007 creator Ian Fleming’s centenary year celebrations have been announced. As part of the festivities, acclaimed Birdsong writer, Sebastian Faulks, has written new James Bond tome, Devil May Care, due for publication this Spring. Penguin will…

Sons and Daughters

Sons & Daughters - This Gift

(4 stars)17 Jan 2008

ROCK (Domino) Everything about this record is a massive leap forward which, consider S&D were pretty shit hot in the first place, is really saying something. From the poptastic hooks to the pristine production (courtesy of Bernard Butler), from Adele…

The Young Republic - 12 Tales From the Winter City

The Young Republic - 12 Tales From the Winter City

(3 stars)17 Jan 2008

ECLECTIC (End of the Road) It’s a rare thing to have to turn the term ‘genre defying’ against a band, but in the case of Boston octet The Young Republic there’s little alternative. Although rich in melody, texture and skilled playing (all eight…

Finniston - Organised for Hi-Fi

Finniston - Organised for Hi-Fi

(2 stars)17 Jan 2008

GUITAR POP (Ruby) This is the debut album from Glasgow-based guitar pop outfit Finniston, and maybe they’ll get better with time, but at the moment they sound as if they’re struggling to find their own distinctive voice. This is all reasonably…

Kim Novak - Luck

Kim Novak - Luck & Accident

(2 stars)17 Jan 2008

ROCK (Talitres) Does the influence of Coldplay know no bounds? Even the normally independent-minded French are succumbing to the epic rock bug, as this rather derivative debut from Gallic foursome Kim Novak demonstrates. While everything here is…

Celtic Connections - Mindy Smith

Celtic Connections - Mindy Smith

17 Jan 2008

Two albums in, Mindy Smith is solidifying her reputation as one of America’s most affecting songwriters. 2006’s Long Island Shores showed her gentle touch and growing prowess as a writer. Her ethereal vocal style at first brings to mind Joni Mitchell…

Win tickets to the JD Set

Win tickets to the JD Set

17 Jan 2008

The JD Set is a series of nationwide live music events featuring hotly tipped talent that’s storming the underground. Calling in on Glasgow will be Leicester’s finest The Displacements (pictured), who will be taking to the stage for one of their…

Neue Liebe

Neue Liebe

17 Jan 2008

Pulling together a host of well-meaning, spiffily-clad and shamelessly talented Edinburgh bohemian types in the brand new surroundings of the Voodoo Rooms, Neue Liebe, performance-poetess-about-town JL Williams’ (pictured, right) cabaret evening, is…

Rob Acid

Rob Acid

17 Jan 2008

Starting his career under the moniker Acid Warrior, making his live debut at Sven Vath’s legendary Omen club in Frankfurt, you kind of know what you’re letting yourself in for at Cotton Cake as Rob Acid (aka Robert Babicz) puts in a two-hour live set.

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

17 Jan 2008

Britpop’s psychedelic contenders Kula Shaker have been back on the live circuit for the last few years with Crispian Mills still firmly at the helm (they even released a new album, Strangefolk, in 2007). But they will forever be remembered for the acid…

Seasick Steve

Seasick Steve

17 Jan 2008

Grizzled hobo Seasick Steve tore it up on the live circuit through 2007. His one-man country blues is packed with uncooked honesty and impassion vocals: this is the real blues built from experience panhandling across the US. It’s hard to believe he…

Re-make/Re-model

Re-make/Re-model

17 Jan 2008

This exhibition brings together cross-generational artists who use performance as an integral part of their practice. The work on show examines the act of making and recording live actions, as well as presenting the two and three-dimensional objects…

Noisia

Noisia

17 Jan 2008

Expect techno-inflected drum & bass as Dutch production trio Noisia (Vision) descend on Xplicit for their third birthday. Not forgetting Shy-FX and Sub Focus (Ram), an impressive roster of the best drum & bass from past and present. Xplicit…

Roman Signer

Roman Signer

17 Jan 2008

A mini-retrospective of work by the Swiss artist. Signer’s sculptural installations and film work that records the straight-faced slapstick actions the artist has undertaken throughout his career. The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 27 Jan.

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