- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Admiral Fallow in Boston After a massively successful SXSW in Austin Texas, where they impressed huge amounts of people at the ‘Showcasing Scotland – Night’ in Maggie Mae’s as well as at various other shows, Admiral Fallow continue their US jaunt by hitting the East Coast. If you’re in the area, I’d recommend you get along to see them, […]
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Kid Canaveral, Rachel Sermanni and Withered Hand in New York As they travel the road towards SXSW and Austin’s new music extravaganza, some Scottish bands are taking the initiative to book some shows before and after the event. This makes sense in a load of ways. They’re in the USA already, the travel costs have been paid and they might even help earn some cash […]
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Glasvegas in Copenhagen This weeks listings feature international dates including Belle and Sebastian in Japan and Mogwai in Germany, while Vic has more on the triumphant return of Glasvegas who kick of a European tour in Denmark next weekend. More below:
- Interview with Camera Obscura in Austin, Texas Camera Obscura are set to play one of the biggest shows of their career so far at Coachella tomorrow and last week they were in Austin for a show at Emo’s on 6th. I met up with the band at Casino El Camino to talk about Coachella, the Beastie Boys, Craig Ferguson and Doctor Who.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Scottish Bands on Tour This Week with Vic Galloway Sons & Daughters supported The Pixies last night in Glasgow and next weekend they will join Glasvegas to headline the Vena Festival in Poland. Below, Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway highlights Sons & Daughters as his pick of all the Scottish international gigs this week.
- Catch a Falling Star at the Barrowland Ballroom – Part 3 For those who enjoyed reminiscing about the Barrowland Ballroom in Parts One & Two, this is a more personal look at Alec’s favourite Barrowland gigs. It was going to be a top ten before he got lost in memories of laughs, tears, hugs and flying cups of pish and it became a magical top 50. Enjoy.
