- By the Time I Get To Greenock “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe. Having been coaxed out of ‘self imposed exile’ by Dear Scotland, this was the first of many brilliant articles by Alec Downie on the joys of Scottish music . Happy Birthday Alec.
- Toad Session : FOUND Earlier this year Matthew recorded a stunning session with Ziggy and Tommy from Edinburgh band FOUND. The inventors of the magnificent Cybraphon, which later won a BAFTA, were on top form and Matthew captured something really special on a beautiful summer’s day in Edinburgh.
- 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:
- FOUND win BAFTA, gig in Hamburg After a highly successful trip to New York, Edinburgh’s FOUND will play the ByteFM Ball in Hamburg later this month. On Sunday night FOUND won a Scottish BAFTA for their Cybraphon project and we spoke to Ziggy yesterday about what he was thinking as he stood on stage next to Lorraine Kelly.
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : FOUND Vic highlights FOUND in NYC as his pick of all the Scottish bands on tour this week. The inventors of Cybraphon, (see video below), FOUND will thrill audiences at The Rose in Williamsburg on Thursday night, and at the Central Park Bandshell on Saturday. More from Vic and details on all Scottish international shows below:
- Interview with FOUND; CMJ gigs in New York FOUND are an artist collective / pop band based in Edinburgh. They are also one of the most exciting and creative new bands in Scotland right now. FOUND will return to New York for the CMJ Music Marathon later this month and last week a hungover Tommy and Ziggy spoke to Dear Scotland about the upcoming gigs.
- Toad Session – Found Earlier this summer Matthew recorded a stunning session with Ziggy and Tommy from Edinburgh band Found. The inventors of the magnificent Cybraphon were on top form and Matthew captured something really special on a beautiful day in Edinburgh.
- Cybraphon – Found are F*cking Geniuses I’d hate to turn into the sort of parent who thinks their brain-dead, irritating, charmless little f*ckwits of children are cleverer, lovelier and more delightful than the very Baby Jeebus himself, despite their evident lack of any sort of talent or even bare sliver of tolerability to the entire rest of the human race. In […]
- By the Time I Get To Greenock “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe Following our tragic national tradition that sees our brightest minds scattered like wilting heather around the globe, I recently put myself into self imposed exile in Didim Turkey and spent 21 months […]
