Dear Scotland

This record has sort of dropped into my lap out of nowhere, and I’ve spent a long time listening to it before writing this review.  It has a somewhat sprawling feel, despite being only three-quarters of an hour long, but that’s because it’s composed of twenty-one snippets of ideas, sprinkled through with [...]

Vic Galloway said on these pages that Dananananaykroyd are “one of, if not, the best live bands on the planet right now”. They’ll prove it again in Glasgow on Sunday night and in France next month. Drummer Paul Carlin recently spoke to Dear Scotland about taking inspiration from Eddie Izzard, Gloria Estefan and The Krankies:

The Aliens are actually former Beta Banders John MacLean and Robin Jones along with their old mate Gordon Anderson (aka Lone Pigeon). The band will bring take their intergalactic psychedelia to Switzerland in December for three special shows. Ticket details and more below:

I’d like to continue last week’s theme on the proposals for the Atlantic League because there is more to be said there, but at the moment there’s only really one big question in Scottish football: Are Rangers Donald Ducked?

Dear Scotland presents more from animati0n from Swatrick Payze. Today Brillso Brother Jamesy plans to make Craigy the most best brilliant breakfast ever.

Inspired by Alec’s column last week, we think it is time to decide once and for all who is Scotland’s greatest ever guitarist. This week we invite more of your suggestions and next week we’ll nominate 5 for a public vote. Today Glaswegian singer-songwriter Roddy Hart tells us why he’s endorsing John Martyn.

Annie Lennox will join Aretha Franklin on stage for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert to be held in Madison Square Garden on Friday night. More details below. Annie also recently wrote about some great backstage memories from her time in The Tourists and Eurythmics.

This week in SEAN, Saba brings us details on the Scottish BAFTAs and the SFX Awards as well as the US television appearances of Kevin McKidd on Bonnie Hunt, David Tennant on Masterpiece Contemporary and Gerard Butler on Saturday Night Live.

Hudson Mohawke’s debut album ‘Butter’ is out today in the UK on Warp Records and the in-demand Glaswegian artist will be in Belgium next weekend ahead of more dates in the Netherlands, Italy, Japan and Australia next month. Full details on all the Scottish international gigs this week below.