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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – I Build Collapsible Mountains
This is a real first for my Scots Way-Hay feature, never before has an artist cropped up in two different guises. I guess I’d have to have a pretty special reason to justify doing something like that, so for all of you folk over at Dear Scotland who may have missed my big announcement, here […]
Lloyd Meredith
October 20, 2010
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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:
Pete Reid
October 19, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: The Vaselines in Seattle
This week Glasgow’s The Vaselines will be heading up the West Coast of North America with a Friday night show in Seattle likely to be one of the highlights. Also on tour this week in the US are Belle and Sebastian, Isobel Campbell, and Frightened Rabbit who hit Austin on Wednesday. Full listings below:
Vic Galloway
October 18, 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:
Pete Reid
October 16, 2010
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Woodenbox With A Fistful of Fivers
To my detriment I can be a bit presumptuous at times, which means that quite often I assume that everyone will have heard of a band based purely on the fact that I have. Hence I almost feel like I should apologise for not giving Woodenbox an airing much much sooner.
Lloyd Meredith
October 13, 2010
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The Scottish Enlightenment – ‘Little Sleep’ EP Reviewed
Oh ambassador, with these EPs you are really teasing us… JUST RELEASE THE DAMN ALBUM ALREADY! I like EPs. I don’t release many, because the bands I work with seem to be more into the idea of albums at the moment, but I like EPs. They are leaner, less prone to that period at about […]
Matthew Young
October 9, 2010
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Zoobizaretta
Dananananaykroyd are the undisputed champions when it comes to the title of Scotland’s most mispelt band name, and until now that position remained realtively unchallenged. That was until Zoobizaretta came onto the scene.
Lloyd Meredith
October 6, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Belle and Sebastian in Mexico
Having played one of the shows of the year last week in Brooklyn with Teenage Fanclub, Belle and Sebastian head to LA and then onto Mexico where they will play three gigs with The Vaselines. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway has more on that and a listing of all the other Scottish gigs abroad this week.
Vic Galloway
October 4, 2010
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Benni Hemm Hemm – ‘Retaliate’ Reviewed
Benni Hemm Hemm could be forgiven for thinking I’d taken against him, given he has lived in Edinburgh for something like two years now, has been playing and releasing pretty much as an Edinburgh artist, and plays exactly the kind of music I love and… I’ve written nothing about him at all. Not that I […]
Matthew Young
October 2, 2010
