Dear Scotland

Vic will be hosting the live TV coverage of T in the Park on the BBC next weekend, but before then he has our weekly listing of Scottish bands on tour outside the UK and more on Edinburgh’s Broken Records who will be in the Netherlands with Brooklyn’s The National.

Broken Records with The National in The Netherlands

by Vic Galloway

Edinburgh isn’t as prolific as Glasgow at filling the world with new bands and music. That has something to do with the smaller population, the inferior infrastructure of venues and possibly the more middle-class approach to art and pop culture. That’s not to say it’s a wasteland… far from it. I live in Edinburgh and can whole-heartedly stand by the huge amount of world-class acts, groups, DJ’s and clubs that are happening on each night of the week.

Broken Records are one of the many who are proving themselves to a burgeoning audience all over the UK and now abroad. The bluster and bombast of their songs is wholly suited to large cavernous rooms filled with crowds of drunken romantics linking arms and singing along. Expect songs from last year’s debut ‘Until the Earth Begins To Part’ LP and the recent EP as well as potentially a few new songs.

If you don’t know what they sound like… epic folk-tinged indie with guitars, fiddles, accordion, cello, bass, drums and anthemic songs in copious amounts. One of the capital’s finest exports and definitely worth checking live and in recorded form.

Also on tour this week: Average White Band, Paolo Nutini, Belle and Sebastian, Sparrow and the Workshop, Frightened Rabbit, Hudson Mohawke, Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris, Kassidy, Simple Minds and We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Vic

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Broken Records - Ones to Watch

The National - Afraid of Everyone

Scotland on Tour this week

Artist	Date	City	Country
Hudson Mohawke All Over The World Summer 2010
Hudson Mohawke	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Novi Sad	Serbia
	Exit Festival
Hudson Mohawke	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Rotterdam	Netherlands
	North Sea Jazz Festival
Hudson Mohawke	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Liege	Belgium
	Les Ardentes Festival
Hudson Mohawke	11 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Dublin	Ireland
	Oxegen Festival
Simple Minds in Europe 2010
Simple Minds	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Stavern	Norway
Simple Minds	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Bergen	Norway
We Were Promised Jetpacks Summer US Tour 2010
We Were Promised Jetpacks	05 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in West Chester, PA	United States
We Were Promised Jetpacks	06 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Baltimore, MD	United States
We Were Promised Jetpacks	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Millvale, PA	United States
We Were Promised Jetpacks	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Detroit, MI	United States
We Were Promised Jetpacks	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Louisville, KY	United States
	Forecastle Festival
We Were Promised Jetpacks	11 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Chicago	United States
	West Fest
Average White Band in USA 2009-2010
Average White Band	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Niagra Falls, NY	United States
Average White Band	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Rochester, NY	United States
Average White Band	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Springfield, MA	United States
Frightened Rabbit Summer Festivals 2010
Frightened Rabbit	07 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Hultsfred	Sweden
	Hultsfred Festival
Frightened Rabbit	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in County Kildare	Ireland
	Oxegen Festival
Broken Records in The Netherlands 2010
Broken Records	06 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Amsterdam	Netherlands
	w/ The National
Broken Records	07 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Utrecht	Netherlands
	w/ The National
Paolo Nutini in Europe and UAE 2010
Paolo Nutini	07 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Vienna	Austria
Paolo Nutini	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Linz	Austria
	Supporting Pink Related post.
Paolo Nutini	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Balado	United Kingdom
	T in the Park Related post.
Paolo Nutini	10 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in County Kildare	Ireland
	Oxegen Festival Related post.
Belle and Sebastian Summer Festivals 2010
Belle and Sebastian	11 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Turku	Finland
	Ruisrock Festival Related post.
Calvin Harris in Europe 2010
Calvin Harris	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Lisbon	Portugal
	Optimus Alive Festival
Calvin Harris	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in County Kildare	Ireland
	Oxegen Festival
Biffy Clyro Summer Festivals 2010
Biffy Clyro	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Lisbon	Portugal
	Optimus Alive Festival
Kassidy in Europe 2010
Kassidy	09 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in County Kildare	Ireland
	Oxegen Festival Related post.
Sparrow and the Workshop in Europe 2010
Sparrow and the Workshop	08 Jul 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Trencin	Slovakia
	Pohoda Festival Related post.

Photo Credit: Ian Mackay