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A trawl through the 2012 SXSW music schedule published earlier today reveals that there at least 8 Scottish bands who have been invited to attend this year’s festival in Austin, Texas. We expect more to be announced in the next few weeks.
Earlier today the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) updated its list of showcasing artists for the 2012 music event. Included in that announcement are the first two Scottish bands who are expected to make the trip to Austin next March – Laki Mera and Three Blind Wolves. More below.
Vic Galloway hosts our regular listing of all the upcoming Scottish international gigs. This month, Vic has the latest on Frightened Rabbit who are currently touring America with Death Cab for Cutie. Other gigs this month include Alex Smoke in New Zealand, Texas in France and Primal Scream in Taiwan. Full details below.
The BBC’s Vic Galloway returns with his personal pick of all the Scottish international gigs of the month. Below, Vic has more on King Creosote’s upcoming shows in and around NYC. Also on tour this month are Frightened Rabbit in Canada, Simple Minds in Europe and Glasvegas in Australia. Full details below.
It has become something of a tradition, on the Sunday following South by Southwest, for the visiting Scots to convene here at Dear Scotland HQ for the recording of a margarita infused podcast, and then to go bowling. And so it came to pass:
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:
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.
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.
