The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 3 December

NEW VIDEO & FREE TRACK BY DUNDEE'S FAT GOTH
Dundee's Fat Goth have an album, Stud, due out on 28 Jan. A band comprised of veteran members from several Scottish acts, including Alamos and Laeto, Fat Goth formed in 2007. Their sound nods to the bass-driven proto-grunge rock of The Pixies, and the bizarro humour of Mike Patton and Primus. You can check out their new video for Creepy Lounge below, and the band are also offering a free download of the track from their Soundcloud page. If you like what you hear, they have another album track, Debbie's Dirty Harry, up for free download as well! Can't say fairer than that.  

HYPERDUB ANNOUNCE NEW BURIAL EP
It was announced today that shy and retiring ghost garage pioneer Burial will release a new two-track EP via Hyperdub in the next two weeks. The shipping date, and indeed the title, are a closely guarded secret, but The Quietus reports that the single will follow the same long-playing format established on Burial's Kindred EP. So why are they keeping the title secret? According to Hyperdub's Kode 9: "It ain't called one / two by the way... just can't trust shops to keep their mouths shut." You can pre-order the 12" from Boomkat. The announcement of the EP has fuelled speculation that 2013 could be the year we see Burial produce a full-length follow-up to 2007's critically acclaimed, game-changing Untrue.

JAMES KELMAN WINS SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR
Author James Kelman fought off competition from Irvine Welsh, Ewan Morrison and Carol-Ann Duffy to win the 2012 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year, for Mo Said She Was Quirky. Kelman, who received the Booker Prize in 1994 for his novel How Late It Was, How Late took home the prize for the third time in his career, and accepted a cheque for £5,000. The Scotsman reports that Kelman used his acceptance speech as a platform for an expletive-filled polemic against the cultural life of Scotland, saying that in 2011: "...as a writer, last year I think I earned about £15,000. And that after being a writer for about 40 years." He suggested that Scottish writing, language and culture – not to mention writers such as himself – are not valued highly enough at home, adding: "Our culture is as rich as any culture and it’s shocking to me that our children, and the likes of myself at the age of 66, have to struggle to fucking express it." 

NEW FILM: HITCHCOCK

Telling the story of the making of arguably the most influential horror film ever made, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a new film from director Sacha Gervasi (director of Anvil! The Story of Anvil). Featuring an all-star cast, the film centres around the love between Alfred Hitchcock, played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, and his wife Alma, played by Dame Helen Mirren. It also features a glamorous turn from Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, the actress who performed the famous 'shower scene.' Watch the preview below. The film is released nationwide on 8 Feb.

FREE TRACK FROM SKULLCANDY: FIGURE X DELTRON 3030
Trendy ear-wear purveyors Skullcandy released this beasting remix by dubstep mentalist Figure over the weekend – it sees him reinterpreting a classic track by Deltron 3030 (aka Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Dan The Automator). Upgrade is taken from the rap supergroup's eponymous 2000 debut. Download and stream the track for free!

WEED, RAP & BRUCE WILLIS: CYPRESS HILL INTERVIEWED
Hip-hop's most celebrated stoners Cypress Hill gave an exclusive interview to Red Bull over the weekend – in the candid chat, the band talk about the reason why Rick Ross was booed by fans at a New York Mets game; the reasons for their longevity; their love for Kendrick Lamar; and smoking sessions with Oliver Stone, Mark Wahlberg and Bruce Willis. Watch the interview at the Red Bull site.

AUTHORS LIVE POETRY SLAM: FINAL
As part of Book Week Scotland, the BBC and The Scottish Book Trust last week arranged a very special Poetry Slam, featuring three of the UK's top poets. Elspeth Murray, Paul Lyalls and Dizraeli did battle in front of an audience, reading poems they had prepared on specific topics. Watch the final round below, and decide for yourself who you think should be the winner...