- Best of 2010 Interviews: “What Is The Best After-Show Experience You’ve Had?” As our after-parties or hangovers rage across the world, we look back on what Scottish bands have said was their best after-show happening. Answers below from members of the Average White Band, Twin Atlantic, Broken Records, Fangs, Dananananaykroyd, FOUND, Mogwai and more.
- Best of 2010 Interviews: “What Should the Scottish National Anthem Be?” It’s Hogmanay and apart from Auld Lang Syne, what other songs will should be singing to celebrate Scotland? We’ve asked loads of great Scottish bands what they thought the Scottish national anthem might be. Suggestions below from Mogwai, Camera Obscura, The Phantom Band, We Were Promised Jetpacks and more:
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Isobel Campbell in Spain We have had a few technical issues with the Scotland on Tour database recently but that has now been resolved and a quick glance shows that Teenage Fanclub, Fangs, The Cinematics, Fran Healy and Isobel Campbell all have gigs abroad this week. Full dates and more from Vic on Isobel below:
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: The Unwinding Hours Vic is back on BBC Radio Scotland tonight with Rudi Zygadlo in session and a few new tunes that he picked up in Austin. For Scotland on Tour this week, Vic likes The Unwinding Hours in Germany and Switzerland as his pick of all the Scottish bands touring outside the UK.
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Twin Atlantic After Austin, Vic is taking a few days off in San Francisco this week but he still had time to see Twin Atlantic at Slims on Friday night and recommend them as his pick of the Scottish bands playing outside the UK this week. Vic will be back on Radio 1 on Wednesday night.
- Video Highlights of Scottish Artists at SXSW Part 2 Last week Vic Galloway and Matthew Young joined me and 13 Scottish bands at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Video highlights from all four days are below including new clips from Twin Atlantic, The Law, Fangs, St Deluxe, Trembling Bells, Broken Records and one of the last WOXY Sessions featuring The Jetpacks.
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Codeine Velvet Club With the chaos of SXSW over for another year, most of the Scottish bands are heading home now but the Codeine Velvet Club were on a 6am flight to Seattle yesterday to start a mini west coast tour with Metric. Vic has more on CVC and all the details of Scotland on Tour this week:
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: SXSW 2010 This week is almost certainly the biggest week of the year for Scottish international gigs. 14 Scottish bands are heading to the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas and Vic will be there too. Here is his preview together with a listing of more than 80 Scottish gigs around the world this week:
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Copy Haho Stonehaven’s Copy Haho are heading out on their first European tour this week in support of Los Campesinos!. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway tells us more about Copy Haho alongside his listing of every Scottish band playing outside the UK this week.