- Interview with Dananananaykroyd Vic Galloway said on these pages that Dananananaykroyd are “one of, if not, the best live bands on the planet right now”. They’ll prove it again in Glasgow on Sunday night and in France next month. Drummer Paul Carlin recently spoke to Dear Scotland about taking inspiration from Eddie Izzard, Gloria Estefan and The Krankies:
- 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’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.
- This Week’s Scottish Gigs Around the World with Vic Galloway Vic had them in session last week on his Radio Scotland show ahead of their Hampden gig with U2 and today Vic highlights Glasvegas as the Scottish band to see this week. Glasvegas will be back in North America soon with the Kings of Leon before heading to LA to work on their 2nd record.
- Dananana Knackered That’s the problem when you start to fly so high. There’s always the danger you might fall and painfully shatter something. Glasgow fight pop six-piece Dananananakroyd were this week forced to cancel the remainder of their Australian tour after drummer/vocalist John Baillie Jnr broke his arm three songs into a much-anticipated set at the Annandale […]
- Vic Galloway Previews This Weeks Scottish Gigs Around the World Vic highlights Frightened Rabbit as the pick of the Scottish gigs around the world this week. The Rabbit are in North America right now and they will return in September with labelmates The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks. The Jetpacks are live in session with Vic on Monday night on BBC Radio Scotland.
- 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 Previews This Weeks Scottish Gigs Around the World For the week of July 6 – July 12, 2009. Calvin Harris in Ireland As well as most of the acts that I mention here, I supported Calvin right from the start as he launched his ever-so-slightly-tongue-in-cheek club anthems on the unsuspecting public.
- Dananananaykroyd in Australia and Europe Glaswegians Dananananaykroyd have been added to the 2009 Splendour in the Grass line-up in Byron Bay, Australia. Tickets for that festival sold out in an hour in May but you can catch the ‘Naykroyd’s incredible live show in Melbourne and Sydney in between a few European festivals.