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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Broken Records
Edinburgh’s Broken Records have a couple of interesting shows coming up. They’ll play a special Burns night show at King Tuts on the 24th and next weekend they’ll be at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen. Vic has more on that gig and details on all the Scottish bands on tour this week:
Vic Galloway
January 11, 2010
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Matthew’s Thoughts on the Coming Year
This is just a brief list of some stuff I’m looking forward to in the Edinburgh music scene over the coming year. I don’t intend to be parochial about this, or too narrow, but I am not as close to the precise ins and outs of what’s happening in the rest of the country so […]
Matthew Young
January 9, 2010
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Interviews: “What Is The Best After-Show Experience You’ve Had?”
As our after-parties or hangovers rage across the world, let’s look back on what our musician friends reckon was their best after-show happening. Answers below from members of the Average White Band, Twin Atlantic, Broken Records, Fangs, Dananananaykroyd, FOUND, Come On Gang! and more.
Pete Reid
January 1, 2010
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Interviews: “What Should the Scottish National Anthem Be?”
It’s Hogmanay and apart from Auld Lang Syne, what other songs will we be singing to celebrate Scotland? In 2009 we asked loads of great Scottish bands what they thought the Scottish national anthem should be. Answers below from Mogwai, Camera Obscura, The Phantom Band, We Were Promised Jetpacks and more:
Pete Reid
December 31, 2009
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By the Time I Get To Greenock
“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe. Having been coaxed out of ‘self imposed exile’ by Dear Scotland, this was the first of many brilliant articles by Alec Downie on the joys of Scottish music . Happy Birthday Alec.
Alec Downie
December 30, 2009
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Withered Hand (and Charity) Win at Christmas
Dan Willson is a clever fucker, really he is. I always think indie Christmas music fails somewhat, primarily because all the pain and unhappiness which I tend to like in music clashes with what tiny of fragment of Christmas spirit may still survive within me.
Matthew Young
December 19, 2009
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Interview with Come On Gang!
Edinburgh’s Come On Gang! will be in Washington DC this week for a St Andrews Day show hosted by the Scottish Affairs Office. The band were one of the stand-out Scottish acts at SXSW 2009 and an excited Sarah, Mikey and Rob spoke to Dear Scotland this weekend before they headed back across the pond.
Pete Reid
November 30, 2009
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Scottish Bands Announced for SXSW 2010
South by Southwest (SXSW) has announced an initial line-up of 200 or so showcasing artists for the annual music festival in Austin, Texas next year. Seven Scottish bands are among them: Broken Records, Frightened Rabbit, The Law, Tommy Reilly, Trembling Bells, Twin Atlantic and The View. As well as these bands, we also believe that […]
Shiner
November 25, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : FOUND
Vic highlights FOUND in NYC as his pick of all the Scottish bands on tour this week. The inventors of Cybraphon, (see video below), FOUND will thrill audiences at The Rose in Williamsburg on Thursday night, and at the Central Park Bandshell on Saturday. More from Vic and details on all Scottish international shows below:
Vic Galloway
October 19, 2009