- This Week in the Gloaming 2010 #5 Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of Glencoe, Irvine Beach, Tarlair and Fidra Lighthouse.
- Peenko’s Ones to Watch in 2010: Midnight Lion Comprised of ex Drive-By Argument members, Midnight Lion are a synth-pop duo from Glasgow who have been compared to a “21st century version of The Associates“.
- Broken Records Live at Song, By Toad, Hogmanay 2009 On New Year’s Eve 2009, instead of fighting the crowds in the centre of Edinburgh, we decided to take it a little bit easier and we thought that a house gig would be the perfect solution. Alongside Jon Rooney from Virgin of the Birds, Jamie and Rory from Broken Records also agreed to play.
- Biffy Clyro European and US Tour Dates. SXSW? 2010 will be a huge year for Biffy Clyro. This Friday the band will start a headline European tour before joining up with Manchester Orchestra for more American dates. The US leg is scheduled to end in Boise on March 15, two days before the start of SXSW. Coincidence? Ticket details and new videos follow:
- More Tales of a TA Gourmet: On Fast Food and Football Continuing last week’s culinary travelogue, I hope you appreciate the risks I have taken along the way – most notably a wonderful jalfrezi in a dirty curry house in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions which set a new record time through my intestine. It reappeared within four hours of the meal’s completion.
- Peenko’s Ones to Watch in 2010: Panda Su I can be pretty stubborn some times, quite often to my detriment. No matter how much something is staring me in the face I’ll ignore it. Last April I went to my first ever Homegame, the festival run by Fence Records. I remember seeing the name Panda Su and immediately dismissing her. Even after continually […]
- A Night Out with B.A. Robertson and Billy MacKenzie I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Scottish Songbook concert at the Concert Hall in Glasgow last Saturday night (Thanks Chris!) I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but it was a grand evening. More contemporary than I was expecting. Performers included Karine Polwart, who was the director of the evening, Ricky […]
- Robin Guthrie and Aidan Moffat playing in Castellón Later this week former Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie will make a rare appearance at the Tanned Tin Festival in Castellón, Spain. Also appearing at the festival is former Arab Strapper Aidan Moffat with The Best Ofs. Aidan will also play a gig in Paris on Friday night. Full details below:
- Scottish Entertainment / Actor News This week in SEAN, rumours resurface about Gerard Butler playing the Bard, bad news for David Tennant fans suffering Dr Who withdrawals, John Hannah at the Spartacus premiere and the first look at Kevin McKidd as a Greek God. Saba has all the details:
