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45 THE GANNET FINNIESTON’S FINEST
Glasgow’s most hotly anticipated restaurant opening of 2013, the Gannet is a i rst venture
for chefs Peter McKenna and Ivan Stein. Stampeding critics and bloggers were not disappointed by exciting, imaginative cooking in a cool bar-restaurant central to Finnieston’s rejuvenation. (JT)
44 PAUL WRIGHT FIFE FILMMAKER
A haunting story about a young man who is the lone survivor of a i shing boat accident, Wright’s For Those in Peril won Best Feature Film at the Scottish BAFTAs, impressing critics with its deft mix of realism and fantasy. (GT)
shows from Public Enemy, Fuck Buttons, Shellac and Sparks, a last-minute concert featuring John C Reilly, y, a screening of Zidane with a live Mogwai soundtrack and a church gig by RM Hubbert. (CS)
42 NEIL LANDSTRUMM CAPITAL PRODUCER
Renowned Edinburgh techno producer Landstrumm returned to action on two fronts, initially with his i rst album in four years, Dragon Under, which emerged through Bristol’s Sneaker Social Club. Doubleheart, his collaboration with Optimo’s JD Twitch, also returned with the ‘Roots’ EP on High Sheen. (DP)
43 SYNERGY 41 TOM KITCHIN
EPIC PROMOTERS MICHELIN MASTER
Upping their game in 2013, the truly outrageous Jem-referencing gig promoters (founded by Grainne Braithwaite, pictured) put on powerful The Edinburgh chef continues to l y his restaurant high in the UK charts, buoyed by roaring
36 30 THE LIST 12 Dec 2013–23 Jan 2014