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It’s a pretty bold step for a front man to decide to go solo, so after the demise of Falkirk stalwarts, Y’all Is Fantasy Island, it felt like a natural step for Adam Stafford to step out into the limelight. He already recorded a fantastic covers album, “Music in the Mirabel”, plus two prior albums [...]
Vic will be on Radio Scotland each night this week on the ‘Get It On’ show from 6-8pm UK time. Below he has more on electro-prog-rock-tronica outfit North Atlantic Oscillation who start an 11 date European tour in the Netherlands next weekend. Full details below:
On the fourth and final day of SXSW, music and hipster fatigue often begins to sink in. It did for Matthew, so he spent the Saturday exploring some of the real Austin: South Congress, End of an Ear Records and the legendary Donn’s Depot:
I am guilty of saying this a lot, but the way I like to find out about new artists is through recommendations from friends. For those of you who are regular visitors to my site, you’ll have noticed that we have started to post up our very own sessions. The last session night that we [...]
Vic is back home and on Radio Scotland tonight he has the brilliant FOUND in session. Tune in at 8pm UK time to hear live versions from one of the albums of the year ‘factorycraft’. As always listings of all the week’s Scottish international gigs below and Vic has more on Belle and Sebastian:
Matthew’s video diary from SXSW continues as he strolls through the University campus to the Muzzle of Bees BBQ where he meets up with Erland from Erland and the Carnival and Josh T Pearson.
The one thing I love about Le Reno Amps is the fact that I really don’t know what they’re going to do next. For the past the few weeks I have been listening to their forthcoming album ‘Appetite’ on heavy rotation, each time racking my brains as to how the hell I was going to [...]
Vic is off on his jollies this week but I’m sure that he would approve of “unsigned noise-mongers” Bronto Skylift as the international Scottish gig of the week this week. Vic will be be back next Monday and in the meantime you can follow his adventures in Maui here.
Matthew’s video diary from SXSW continues as he ventures into the East Side of Austin, recruits more unwilling participants to ‘Hipster Cam’ and catches a late night performance from Orkney’s Erland and the Carnival.
