The Southern
Cool bar, cool people, cool music. Make it your not-so-local local.
Hot Head
The only place in town to get a decent new mop.
Fast Punk Club, Bongo Club
Monthly Friday nights, it’s a punky disco party.
Faith (Nightclub)
Jodie Marsh auditioned contenders to be her husband here, ‘nuff said.
Potterow, (University of Edinburgh Student Union)
Hosts nights like The Big Cheese and Roller Disco - it’s basically a shithole.
Arthur’s Seat
Definitely not hot – a chilly but beautiful outpost to view the city from.
This well-heeled city's recent emergence as a breeding-ground for great new music is illustrated by Broken Records, whose beguiling string-laden folk rock has quickly led admirers to christen them the UK’s Arcade Fire. To see just how active, impassioned, and occasionally pretty catty the Edinburgh scene can be, go to www.jockrock.org, the one-stop-shop for any would-be scenester.
Alumni: Broken Records, Garbage's Shirley Manson
Pub fact: Local metal and punk venue Studio 24, is the spot where Kurt Cobain first met Eugene Kelly from The Vaselines and persuaded them to reform to support Nirvana.
Best Fwends
Dogtooth (club) Henry’s Cellar Bar
26/10/07
Come and witness an energy-spewing, roughed-up thrash-pop spectacle with Moshi Moshi’s lo-fi-cool duo.
Los Campesinos!
Cabaret Voltaire
16/10/07
Los Campesinos! are oxymoronic – their music is twee and cutesie, yet grand and imposing. Confusing but brilliant.
Trash Fashion
Spies In The Wires (club) Cabaret Voltaire
11/10/07
Whatever you think of these guys, with their neon baseball hats and faux bling they’re at least entertaining!
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