This list is just a small selection of some of the fantastic films The Edinburgh Film Festival has to offer in 2019.
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Ten Times Video Games Became Food And Drink
Playing Video Games is one of the most popular pastimes in modern society. Eating is a necessity, much to the chagrin of some gamers (less time to game!), but if we don’t eat, we die.
Eurovision 2019: The Rock and Metal Edition
What if the Eurovision Song Contest were taken over by the world of rock and metal? It might be a little bit like this.
5 things to buy on "Alien Day" to show your never-ending love for a once great franchise...
Today is the day of all days: it’s Alien Day. What does that mean? It means it’s the day where we can all celebrate a franchise that started out with horrifying brilliantly but in more recent times has just been stumbling around in the dark looking foolish.
12 Essential Picks for Record Store Day 2019
Record Store Day is one of my favourite days of the year. Here are a few of my suggestions for what to pick up this Saturday 13th April 2019.
The Alternative Brit Awards 2019
The Brit Awards happened just last month; I didn't watch them. I've never been particularly invested in The Brits because I have no interest in most of the artists involved and the winners tend to be frustratingly predictable even when interesting artists are nominated.
The Alternative Guide to Valentine's Day
Ah, the 14th of February, that special day celebrated annually where couples are pressured into making extravagant gestures of forced affection and singles are made to feel bad about their lack of a significant other to lavish with gifts or to be lavished by.
8 Scottish Comedy Shows Absolutely Everyone Should Watch on Burns Night (or any other night of the year it's up to you...)
I'm from Scotland and a big fan of comedy but when the discussion on great British comedy shows comes up it's generally distinctly lacking in Scottish content. This list is designed to address that.
10 EPs Of 2018 You Must Listen To
Following on from the look back at my favourite albums of 2018, I thought I'd close out that retrospective by also sharing my favourite EPs of said year.
The 35 Albums of 2018 You Must Listen To
What better way to start the new year than by looking backwards instead of forwards? 2018 was a fantastic year for music and I consumed a lot of great albums and great albums deserve to be shared.
10 Alternative Christmas Films That Aren't Die Hard and One That Should Die, Hard.
Fed up of watching those same old Christmas films year after year? Here's a bunch of alternatives that might just become your Christmas stalwarts in the future; none of which are Die Hard.
15 Songs by Cuban Artists, Absolutely Worth Your Time
I was only in Cuba for a short time (10 days) but during that time, music was everywhere, whether it was a full band in the streets of Havana, a lone Troubadour in a Trinidad restaurant or a small metal festival in a car park in Santa Clara.
16 Songs by Mexican Artists, Absolutely Worth Your Time
I've been in Mexico for about 2 weeks now which obviously makes me an expert on said country's music scene. Here are 16 of my recommendations for songs you need to hear by Mexican artists.
5 Horror Films You May Not Have Heard Of Which Are Absolutely Worth Your Time (and one that's not)
It's Halloween on Wednesday so get yourself ready by digging out these horror gems and shitting yourself stupid.
The Head Scratcher's 20 Favourite Alice in Chains Songs
To celebrate the release of Alice in Chains' latest album Rainier Fog I've picked my 20 favourite AIC songs.
The Head Scratcher's 20 Favourite Alkaline Trio Songs
To celebrate the release of Is This Thing Cursed?, Alkaline Trio’s first new studio album in 5 years I’ve decided to select 20 of my favourite tracks.
Songs of the Summer 2018: Spotify vs The Head Scratcher
Spotify recently released their most played songs of the summer and for someone who likes alternative music it’s a depressing list. So I’ve decided to make my own list, an antidote to the mainstream, where I’ve listed each song from Spotify's most played and suggested an alternative take.
6 Mash-Up Albums Absolutely Worth Your Time
The dark art of the mash up is something very difficult to get right and it's especially difficult to get right over a full album. Here are some of my favourites.
9 Dinosaur Films You Should Definitely Watch and One You Definitely Shouldn't
They died out millions of years ago but returned from the dead to entertain our fat popcorn stuffing faces. Here are nine films with dinosaurs I think are worth watching and one that definitely isn't.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018: My EIFF
There’s almost always some kind of festival on in Edinburgh and every year in June the Edinburgh International Film Festival gives casual movie goers and film buffs alike a chance to see all manner of films from bona fide classics to modern blockbusters to tiny independent curios.