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Scottish Bands at CMJ 2010
Of the 1200 artists scheduled to play in New York City this week for the annual CMJ Festival, just two of them are from Scotland. Fortunately they are both brilliant: Glasgow’s The Phantom Band and Aberdeen’s The Xcerts. More details on the shows and their new albums below:
October 19, 2010
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Interview with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian
Before founding Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch went to San Francisco to get healthy. He left with songs, skills, and a promise to return with a band. After the recent Brooklyn show with Teenage Fanclub, Stuart spoke to Ian S. Port about his San Francisco Love Story:
October 16, 2010
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Watch Czech Republic v Scotland Live with Expat Surfer
Once again, Scottish football fans in the US will be unable to watch an important international match on any American TV channel. I’ve written to the SFA several times, without reply, offering to broadcast games here on Dear Scotland, but fortunately you can now watch the game for free with Expat Surfer.
October 8, 2010
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Belle & Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub played Brooklyn last night: review, photos and video
A review of last night’s show in New York from BrooklynVegan. Photos by Amanda Hatfield, Words by Bill Pearis: “Belle & Sebastian have good luck with weather, actually,” remarked Stuart Murdoch three song’s into his band’s set on the Williamsburg Waterfront. “We’ve got God on our side.” Murdoch was being cheeky but we were all […]
October 1, 2010
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The Vaselines on Tour in US, Canada and Mexico
Glasgow’s The Vaselines are back with a new album on Sub Pop, ‘Sex With an X’, and a major North America tour that includes gigs next month in Washington DC with Teenage Fanclub and in Mexico with Belle and Sebastian. Full tour dates and tickets links are below:
September 22, 2010
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Watch UK TV Live and On Demand with Dear Scotland & Expat Surfer
Apart from maybe Irn-Bru, the one thing that expats miss the most is the telly and the radio. But we have the solution. Dear Scotland has partnered with Expat Surfer to allow you to freely access online TV sites in the UK. Does it work? Use our promotional code for a free 3 day trial.
September 16, 2010
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Win tickets to see Belle & Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub in NYC
Dear Scotland has been listing every Scottish gig outside the UK for a while now, but the show scheduled for September 30th in Brooklyn will likely be one of the biggest and best yet. Teenage Fanclub will join Belle & Sebastian at the Williamsburg Waterfront, and we have two tickets to give away.
September 14, 2010
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Lithuania v Scotland Live
With no official way to watch today’s game outside the UK, we will try and bring you live video from Lithuania here:
September 3, 2010
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Interview with Joe Jordan
Man Utd, AC Milan, Leeds and Scotland legend Joe Jordan was in New York earlier this summer in his role as Assistant Manager at Spurs. Here, the man who played and scored in 3 World Cup tournaments, shares his thoughts about pre-season in the US, the World Cup and his expectations for the season ahead.
September 3, 2010
