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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – St. Deluxe
Once upon a time a wee baldy ginger man from Scotland heralded St Deluxe as being “a Scottish Nirvana for the 21st Century…”. No this wasn’t my fellow blogger Jim ‘Ayetunes’, instead it was the notorious Alan McGee, aye him what discovered Oasis. At the time I am pretty sure that the band would have […]
Lloyd Meredith
April 20, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Errors and Mogwai (NYC shows postponed)
Mogwai were due to return to NYC this week with label mates Errors for two shows at Webster Hall, however news reached us late today that due to “visa issues”, the first 5 gigs of the tour have been postponed. More here. The first date of the tour should be in Montreal next week:
Vic Galloway
April 18, 2011
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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 5
It has become something of a tradition, on the Sunday following South by Southwest, for the visiting Scots to convene here at Dear Scotland HQ for the recording of a margarita infused podcast, and then to go bowling. And so it came to pass:
Matthew Young
April 16, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Adam Stafford
It’s a pretty bold step for a front man to decide to go solo, so after the demise of Falkirk stalwarts, Y’all Is Fantasy Island, it felt like a natural step for Adam Stafford to step out into the limelight. He already recorded a fantastic covers album, “Music in the Mirabel”, plus two prior albums […]
Lloyd Meredith
April 13, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: North Atlantic Oscillation in Zoetermeer
Vic will be on Radio Scotland each night this week on the ‘Get It On’ show from 6-8pm UK time. Below he has more on electro-prog-rock-tronica outfit North Atlantic Oscillation who start an 11 date European tour in the Netherlands next weekend. Full details below:
Vic Galloway
April 12, 2011
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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 4
On the fourth and final day of SXSW, music and hipster fatigue often begins to sink in. It did for Matthew, so he spent the Saturday exploring some of the real Austin: South Congress, End of an Ear Records and the legendary Donn’s Depot:
Matthew Young
April 9, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Michael Cassidy
I am guilty of saying this a lot, but the way I like to find out about new artists is through recommendations from friends. For those of you who are regular visitors to my site, you’ll have noticed that we have started to post up our very own sessions. The last session night that we […]
Lloyd Meredith
April 6, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Belle and Sebastian in Germany
Vic is back home and on Radio Scotland tonight he has the brilliant FOUND in session. Tune in at 8pm UK time to hear live versions from one of the albums of the year ‘factorycraft’. As always listings of all the week’s Scottish international gigs below and Vic has more on Belle and Sebastian:
Vic Galloway
April 4, 2011
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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 3
Matthew’s video diary from SXSW continues as he strolls through the University campus to the Muzzle of Bees BBQ where he meets up with Erland from Erland and the Carnival and Josh T Pearson.
Matthew Young
April 2, 2011