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Submitting... Originally created by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany and Brussels design museum ADAM, Night Fever has been updated to feature a dedicated showcase of Scottish club culture, entitled The First Big Weekend, after The Arab Strap song. It recalls the impact of venues and club nights like the Sub Club and Optimo, in Glasgow, Locarno in Dundee, Fever in Aberdeen, Club 69 in Paisley and The Rhumba Club, which has been staged across Scotland since 1991. The exhibition – which features an eerie laser scan film of a deserted Sub Club – recalls the rise and fall of venues, ill-fate...

Turning Heads podcast to speak about their new album,  As Days Get Dark Turning Heads speaks to Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat from Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap. Arab Strap’s new album,  As Days Get Dark, is their first in 16 years. Arab Strap formed in 1995. Their debut album,  The Week Never Starts Around Here, arrived the following year. It was led by the single ‘The First Big Weekend’, which has become the group’s signature song, combining spoken word vocals, drum machines, plucked guitars and themes of unglamorous late-night hedonism. They’d go on to release a to...