This is the 500th article on Dear Scotland and somewhat appropriately, Peenko brings us an interview with a new Glasgow band by the name of ‘Fear the Fives’. Massive thanks to Peenko, Billy, Vic, Matthew, Colin, Kenny, Alistair, Saba, Alec, Shiner and Swatpaz and everyone else who has contributed in the last year.

Frightened Rabbit are in San Francisco tonight playing an acoustic show at the Rickshaw Stop as they start to wrap up their US tour and the band have just announced new gigs in Sydney and Melbourne in August after their appearance at Splendour in the Grass. Full details and Oz tour diary below.

This week in SEAN, Robert Carlyle provides a fascinating insight into his early life, Ewan McGregor and David Tennant annouce new projects, John Barrowman is back in Glasgow promoting a panto and Craig Ferguson turns 48. Saba has all the details:

Snow Patrol will kick off their European tour in Berlin on Friday before heading over to Copenhagen on Saturday. Excerpts from Vic’s exclusive interview with Gary from Snow Patrol are below along with a listing of every Scottish international gig this week.

Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of South Queensferry, Ardgour, Loch Lomond and the Sidlaw Hills.

My descent into rabid eagleowl fanboydom has been as slow a build as the climax of any of their songs.  The first time I heard them play I really liked it.  By the time of the release show for their ‘For the Thoughts You Never Had’ EP I thought they were bloody excellent.  Late last […]

Glasgow’s Annie Stevenson will be playing their first overseas shows in Italy next month after they made some new fans supporting Italian band “The Afterglow” in Scotland recently. Lead guitarist Nick Scroggie spoke to Dear Scotland about his expectations for the gigs and more:

My friend Greg, a Scotland and Killie fan, died on Saturday morning.  He was only a few years older than me, but a couple of weeks ago he had a terrible accident which caused irreversible brain damage.  His life support machine was switched off late last week and he passed away a few hours before […]

Week fourteen and it’s time for Edinburgh six piece, The Kays Lavelle. Having initially known lead singer Euan as a fellow blogger, I was a wee bit apprehensive as to what I might make of his music. I needn’t have worried as the ‘Kays debut album, ‘Be Still This Gentle Morning’, is an absolute corker.