Notes on Scottish bands touring internationally and features on Scottish music, sport, film and the life written by and for Scots around the world. More →
Interview with The Law
Hailing from Dundee, The Law will start a US tour next week which includes dates in New York, California and Texas. The East and West Coast dates are below with the South by Southwest gigs listed here. The Law’s lead singer Stuart Purvey spoke to Dear Scotland about SXSW and playing abroad:
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This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This week in SEAN, Brian Cox has a new film coming out, Gerard Butler promotes his new rom-com with that one from Friends, John Barrowman talks Desperate Housewives and Glee, Alan Cumming films his last day on the set of Burlesque and more. Saba has all the details:
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Indelible Ink : The Trick is to Keep Breathing
Let’s reflect on the state of Scottish literature of the 1980’s. James Kelman, Alasdair Gray, Iain Banks and Iain Rankin came to wider public attention and William McIllvaney continued to write gritty stories of West of Scotland hard men. As another cultural icon of the 80’s Frank McAvennie might have asked; ‘wherz the burdz?’
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Copy Haho
Stonehaven’s Copy Haho are heading out on their first European tour this week in support of Los Campesinos!. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway tells us more about Copy Haho alongside his listing of every Scottish band playing outside the UK this week.
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This Week in the Gloaming 2010 #10
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 Rannoch, Loch A Chroisg, Liathach and the Carse of Stirling.
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King Post Kitsch – ‘King Post Kitsch’ EP Reviewed
Well well well, this is extremely good indeed. King Post Kitsch is an exiled Weegie currently residing in London, and was recommended to me by Lloyd from Peenko. I’ve been a little slow on that count, I suppose, because everyone and their blogger seems to have been chattering about this EP for a while now [...]
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Screw The Planet, I’m Off To Melbourne To See Franz Ferdinand
Regular readers of this column should now by now that I live a globetrotting lifestyle, carbon emissions be damned. Last week it was London, this week it’s Melbourne to visit our pals Chris and Michelle and to see Franz Ferdinand live (they were superb).
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Scottish Artists at SXSW 2010: Hudson Mohawke
Alongside Unicorn Kid and Young Fathers, Hudson Mohawke will show the South by Southwest Festival goers that Scottish music is more than just great indie bands. The in-demand Glaswegian DJ/Producer released his debut album ‘Butter’ in 2009 and is already rumoured to be working with members of Bloc Party and Spank Rock in 2010.
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Interview with Aberdeen Midfielder Paul Marshall
Manchester City fans must be revelling in their sudden elevation to the footballing elite off the back of all those petrodollars, but for some at the club the arrival of those riches was not entirely welcome. They’re the youngsters coming through what has long been a highly regarded youth system at City.
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