- 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.
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Alex Smoke Vic is on his way to the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes with The Phantom Band and Alex Smoke is on his way to Australia for a series of shows starting with appearances in Canberra and Sydney at the weekend. Full details of all this week’s international shows by Scottish artists below, with ticket information:
- This Week in the Gloaming 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 the Squinty Bridge, the Cromarty Firth, Stirling and Loch Sunart.
- The Sea is Salt – Reviewed This is the second of my introductions to other projects by people in Song, by Toad Records bands. Nightjar’s The Moth Trap, Toad Records’ first full release, was the work primarily of Andy McKay of the now sadly deceased Celebrity Chimp, and an Edinburgh gentleman by the name of Jack Richold. Nightjar itself was just […]
- Interview with The Phantom Band Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band will join Vic Galloway in Rennes next weekend for the Trans Musicales Festival. Dear Scotland spoke with the band’s keyboard player Andy Wake this week who revealed the band’s healthy obsession with outdoor swimming as well as their plans for SXSW 2010.
- The Yummy Fur Reuniting for US Tour Glaswegian 90’s band The Yummy Fur have announced that they will be getting back together for a few shows in America next year. The band formerly included ‘Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer‘ Paul Thomson and Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Word has it that Paul will feature in the reunited line-up. Details below.
- Ten Scottish(*) Football Books Worth Reading, Part 1 (*) ‘Scottish Football Books’ are defined under the ‘FIFA granny rule’ – even if they’re not Scottish but they mention Scotland, they qualify. (I ignore the fact that Fever Pitch would almost certainly choose to play for England if it had the choice.) In No Particular Order:
- 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 […]
- And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer is… …Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand, according to the readers of Dear Scotland (and a few thousand new visitors). Congratulations to Paul who joins guitarist Stuart Adamson in our Greatest Ever Scottish Supergroup.
