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Interviews: “What Is The Best After-Show Experience You’ve Had?”
As our after-parties or hangovers rage across the world, let’s look back on what our musician friends reckon was their best after-show happening. Answers below from members of the Average White Band, Twin Atlantic, Broken Records, Fangs, Dananananaykroyd, FOUND, Come On Gang! and more.
Pete Reid
January 1, 2010
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Interviews: “What Should the Scottish National Anthem Be?”
It’s Hogmanay and apart from Auld Lang Syne, what other songs will we be singing to celebrate Scotland? In 2009 we asked loads of great Scottish bands what they thought the Scottish national anthem should be. Answers below from Mogwai, Camera Obscura, The Phantom Band, We Were Promised Jetpacks and more:
Pete Reid
December 31, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Vic Galloway at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay!
Today Vic highlights one last gig of 2009, and it sounds like a cracker. We Were Promised Jetpacks and Frightened Rabbit will join Vic Galloway on stage at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party on Thursday night. The music starts at 9pm. More from Vic including Frightened Rabbit’s session version of ‘Walking in the Air’ below.
Vic Galloway
December 28, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Hudson Mohawke v Rustie
Glaswegian DJ/Producer Hudson Mohawke is in Brisbane tonight and recently played to 12,500 people in Tokyo. However on Friday night he will join fellow Lucky Me member Rustie in Berlin for a special Warp20 show. Radio One’s Vic Galloway highlights that gig alongside the only listing of all Scottish artists touring internationally this week:
Vic Galloway
December 7, 2009
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Interview with Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band
Legendary soul and funk group the Average White Band will be back in NYC this weekend. Founding member and Greatest Ever Bassist nominee Alan Gorrie spoke to Dear Scotland this week about hanging out with Marvin Gaye, what goes through his mind each night when he plays ‘Pick Up the Pieces’, and much much more:
Pete Reid
December 4, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Primal Scream
Primal Scream will play the Planeta Terra Festival in Sao Paolo next weekend and Vic chooses that as his Scottish gig of the week. Full details on all the Scottish international gigs this week are below, along with Vic’s interesting thoughts on the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist issue. Vote this Wednesday.
Vic Galloway
November 2, 2009
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Vic Galloway on This Week’s Scottish International Gigs
The Pictish Trail (Johnny Lynch) is currently on tour in Europe with former Arab Strap Malcolm Middleton. Tonight the Pictish Trail are in Koln Germany and Vic highlights that gig along with their other shows in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway as his pick of all the Scottish gigs abroad this week.
Vic Galloway
September 28, 2009
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Vic Galloway’s Pick of This Week’s Scottish Gigs Abroad
The Twilight Sad are currently in the middle of their North American Scottish invasion tour with Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks. This week the three bands will be in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama and according to Vic, The Twilight Sad will take your breath away.
Vic Galloway
September 21, 2009
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Vic Galloway’s Pick of This Week’s International Scottish Gigs
The Cinematics are in Belgium tonight, Nurnberg on Wednesday and Berlin on Friday, and Vic highlights those gigs as his pick of this week’s Scottish shows abroad. The band have recently finished recording a new album which will be released on 28th September 2009.
Vic Galloway
September 14, 2009
