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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : The Yummy Fur
Influential Glaswegian band The Yummy Fur are currently in the US for the first time and the band played to a sold-out crowd of hipsters and celebs on Friday here in Brooklyn. Featuring Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer* Paul Thomson, The Yummy Fur are in San Francisco tonight and Portland on Wednesday. Vic Galloway has more:
Vic Galloway
January 18, 2010
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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: Best Gig of 2009
Well, it’s that time of year… best album of the year, best single of the year, best weekly gig blog on Dear Scotland etc! Yes, it makes sense for me to do my best gig of the year! It’s a tricky one as I’ve seen so many. However, one really sticks in my mind:
Vic Galloway
December 21, 2009
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Camera Obscura in Australia, NZ and Japan in 2010
Camera Obscura have announced their first ever shows in Japan for early 2010. The band will play 2 nights at Fever in Tokyo after a short tour of Australia and New Zealand. Ticket details for all shows and a review of their recent Brooklyn gig below:
Shiner
December 15, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Alex Smoke
Vic is on his way to the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes with The Phantom Band and Alex Smoke is on his way to Australia for a series of shows starting with appearances in Canberra and Sydney at the weekend. Full details of all this week’s international shows by Scottish artists below, with ticket information:
Vic Galloway
November 30, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Young Fathers
Edinburgh trio Young Fathers are back in Germany this weekend at the On3 Radio Festival in Munich. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway tells us about hip-hop in Scotland and why Young Fathers are his pick of all the Scottish bands playing around the world this week. Full details of all the shows with ticket information below:
Vic Galloway
November 23, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Biffy Clyro
Tonight on Radio Scotland, Vic has an exclusive backstage interview with Biffy Clyro, recorded at the Glasgow Barrowlands at the start of their UK tour. Vic also picks Biffy’s European shows with Muse as the highlight of this week’s Scottish gigs abroad. Full details below:
Vic Galloway
November 16, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Dolby Anol
This week BBC Radio’s Vic Galloway tells us why Dolby Anol in Berne is his pick of all the Scottish artists playing outside the UK this week. Twin Atlantic, The Twilight Sad, Paolo Nutini and Biffy Clyro all have gigs in Central Europe too. Full details of all this week’s international shows below:
Vic Galloway
November 9, 2009