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Peenko’s Ones to Watch in 2010: The Unwinding Hours
The Unwinding Hours debut album is for me and I’m sure many others one of the most hotly-anticipated albums of 2010. Formed from the ashes of Scottish alternative/post-rock rock band, Aerogramme, the band played their first gig at the Chemikal Underground birthday bash on Sunday night.
Lloyd Meredith
February 3, 2010
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In praise of: Lloyd Cole
I think that it says almost everything about the year of Homecoming that I have almost no thoughts about it at all, but then I suppose it wasn’t for me. Some insist that the year has been successful in promoting the country around the world, but I’m not sure how such things are calculated.
Alistair Braidwood
February 3, 2010
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Twin Atlantic Announce First North American Tour
Twin Atlantic will be taking a major step towards their inevitable domination of America with a 40+ date tour with The Fall of Troy next month that includes SXSW. The band will also be in Europe again in February. Ticket links for each and every show and a preview of their new iphone game below:
Shiner
February 2, 2010
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This Week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This week in SEAN, Ewan McGregor is knighted in France, James McAvoy is expecting his first child and the latest on Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in the new Percy Jackson film. Saba has all the details from the past week with the Oscar nominations expected later today:
Saba I.
February 2, 2010
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Indelible Ink : Kill Your Friends
Rarely can an epigraph have summed up the novel to come better than the Hunter S. Thompson quote that appears before John Niven’s 2008 novel ‘Kill Your Friends’. It reads as follows: ‘The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men […]
Alistair Braidwood
February 1, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Calvin Harris
Brit nominee Calvin Harris has just finished a string of festival dates in Australia and on his way home he’ll be stopping off in Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore for a few more gigs. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway has more on Calvin along with the only listing of every Scottish gig around the world this week:
Vic Galloway
February 1, 2010
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This Week in the Gloaming 2010 #5
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of Glencoe, Irvine Beach, Tarlair and Fidra Lighthouse.
Colin Campbell
January 31, 2010
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Peenko’s Ones to Watch in 2010: Midnight Lion
Comprised of ex Drive-By Argument members, Midnight Lion are a synth-pop duo from Glasgow who have been compared to a “21st century version of The Associates“.
Lloyd Meredith
January 30, 2010
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Broken Records Live at Song, By Toad, Hogmanay 2009
On New Year’s Eve 2009, instead of fighting the crowds in the centre of Edinburgh, we decided to take it a little bit easier and we thought that a house gig would be the perfect solution. Alongside Jon Rooney from Virgin of the Birds, Jamie and Rory from Broken Records also agreed to play.
Matthew Young
January 29, 2010
