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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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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.
Pete Reid
November 27, 2009
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Interview with James Hamilton of Errors
A popular choice among fellow musicians for the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer shortlist was James Hamilton from Errors, who received high profile endorsements from the likes of Stuart Braithwaite and John Disco of Bis. This week we spoke with James about being nominated, touring with Mogwai and the other Scottish drummers who have influenced him:
Pete Reid
November 20, 2009
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Interview with John Maclean of The Aliens
The Aliens have been described as “the sound of sunny Scotland” and they’ll be taking their radiant tunes to snowy Switzerland next month. John Maclean travelled the world with the Beta Band before forming The Aliens and he recently spoke to us about being on the road, and being Scottish:
Pete Reid
November 13, 2009
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Interview with Twin Atlantic
Twin Atlantic were definitely one of the buzz bands at the CMJ Festival last month and tomorrow night the Glasgow band will kick off a European tour with The Fall of Troy in Germany. Tour details follow an interview that drummer Craig Neale gave us ahead of the band’s first ever New York gigs.
Pete Reid
November 7, 2009
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Interview with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai
The world premiere of Mogwai’s new film ‘Burning’, recorded live in Brooklyn earlier this year, will take place next week in Copenhagen with Stuart Braithwaite playing a DJ set after the screening. Yesterday, Stuart, one of Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists, answered a few of our questions and let us know who would get his vote.
Pete Reid
November 6, 2009
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Interview with Dananananaykroyd
Vic Galloway said on these pages that Dananananaykroyd are “one of, if not, the best live bands on the planet right now”. They’ll prove it again in Glasgow on Sunday night and in France next month. Drummer Paul Carlin recently spoke to Dear Scotland about taking inspiration from Eddie Izzard, Gloria Estefan and The Krankies:
Pete Reid
October 30, 2009
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Interview with Fangs
Glasgow’s Fangs are currently on tour in the UK and next weekend the band will be heading back to Hamburg for two shows in a day. Band members Lloyd Alex, Jojo Doll, Marko Nein and The Queen recently took time to answer the Dear Scotland questions. Interview and show details below:
Pete Reid
October 23, 2009
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Interview with Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura are currently in the middle of a European tour and the band will be at La Maroquinerie in Paris tonight. Last weekend, bass player Gavin Dunbar (far right) spoke with Dear Scotland about Camera Obscura’s upcoming gig at the Barrowland Ballroom, hearing their songs on Sportscene and the importance of Lorne sausage.
Pete Reid
October 16, 2009
