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Tartan Specials Will Be Coming to Oslo
The Tartan Specials are heading to Oslo next month to play an acoustic gig ahead of Scotland’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Norway. Their blend of new terrace anthems and classic Scottish covers have long been a live favourite of the Tartan Army, and their international popularity grows with every campaign.
Shiner
July 16, 2009
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The Incredible String Band – Part 1
In December 1968 Ed Ochs of Billboard wrote “The Incredible String Band have the lock and key to a very special musical experience” and of late Bob Young of Uncut scribed, “Modern ears frequently can’t get past the more frivolous side of The Incredible String Band: the Gilbert & Sullivan silliness of “Minotaur Song”, or […]
Alec Downie
July 15, 2009
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King Creosote – ‘Flick the Vs’ Reviewed
Well it’s taken me a while to come to this conclusion, but this really is a bloody gorgeous album. It seems that the King’s brief excursion back to Fence Records last year has informed a lot of this. Last year he released the excellent They Flock Like Vulcans… which was shot through with fuzzy, lost […]
Matthew Young
July 14, 2009
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Sons and Daughters Will Shine at Polish Festival
Sons and Daughters will play their only international show this summer at the Co Jest Grane Festival in Warsaw, Poland, later this month. Not unlike Dear Scotland, the band’s latest album “This Gift” unashamedly offers glimpses of a romanticized Scotland; a result of the band spending so much time out of the country, on the road.
Shiner
July 13, 2009
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Vic Galloway Previews This Weeks Scottish Gigs Around the World
Fresh from presenting BBC Scotland’s live coverage of T in the Park, Vic highlights Rustie in Amsterdam and Mungo’s Hi Fi in Mexico as the pick of this week’s Scottish gigs around the world for the week of July 13 – July 19, 2009
Vic Galloway
July 13, 2009
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Jesus! It’s Nazareth
Some people may be surprised to know that vintage Scottish rockers Nazareth are still going strong but, as previously noted on Dear Scotland, the band are currently on a tour of Canada. Later this summer the Fifers will visit Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Tour dates below.
Shiner
July 10, 2009
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The Vaselines – Gig in Japan too
After a 20 years hiatus, The Vaselines reformed last year playing shows in Scotland, London and New York with members of Belle and Sebastian backing up Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee. Next month the band will play on the same stage as Teenage Fanclub, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth and The Flaming Lips in Tokyo and Osaka at […]
Shiner
July 9, 2009
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How to be a “Rock and Roll Tourist”: on the Cludgy with ISB
Admit it. We all read on the throne and Billy Connolly made Scottish humour synonymous with toilets, so this week’s article is going down the pan.
Alec Downie
July 8, 2009
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We Were Promised Jetpacks to tour Europe
The debut album by WWPJ, released yesterday in the US, has been described as “a 50-minute, 11-song tour through the Scottish scene’s past, present, and future, emphasizing how much of the country’s best pop music has been concerned with transporting listeners to specific places, so we can all linger there together”.
Shiner
July 8, 2009
