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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 North Uist, South Uist, Portobello Beach and North Berwick.
Mitchell Museum have an album finished and simmering away (and sounding extremely good). By way of warming us up and also giving a home to some of the songs which became orphaned along the way, the band are giving away an EP, which you can download from their Bandcamp page.
Though initially accepted and confirmed for SXSW 2010, London based Scottish band Django Django sadly were not able to get visas issued in time. Dave and Tommy spoke with Dear Scotland earlier this month when it looked like they were heading to Texas. It’s a really funny interview and hopefully they’ll make it next time.
One of Scotland’s most cherished and most popular singer songwriters will be making their first appearance at South by Southwest in 2010. Colin MacIntyre, formerly the driving force behind the Mull Historical Society, also happens to be one of the nicest men in pop. SXSW show details are below:
On Friday morning I arrived at Heathrow’s overrated Terminal 5 and picked up a broadsheet in the BA Lounge. I head straight for the back page, as usual, and all I see are articles and opinions on an announcement that Tiger Woods is – wait for it! – going to make an announcement later that [...]
As we’ve already mentioned on Dear Scotland, the Scots invented rap music, so it is no surprise that Edinburgh’s Young Fathers are widely tipped to be the next hip hop superstars to emerge from the UK. Young Fathers will be making their first appearance at SXSW in 2010.
For a country which can be pretty miserable at times, we produce more than our fair share of happy indie-pop bands, Teenage Fan Club, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, BMX Bandits, The Pastels, etc. Now we can add Spaghetti Anywhere to that ever growing list.
Selkirk’s Frightened Rabbit are no strangers to SXSW. The beloved hare band were in Austin in 2007 and 2008 and they will return this year stronger than ever with their new album “The Winter of Mixed Drinks” set for release on March 1.
This week in SEAN, Ewan McGregor looks to be reuniting with Trainspotting pal Kevin McKidd while Irvine Welsh casts Dougray Scott in his football comedy film. Peter Capaldi is on the red carpet at the BAFTAs and David Tennant is cast in a new film. Saba has the details:
