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The Mafia Stole My Guitar
Alec Downie’s take on Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists: Sir Alex Ferguson works on a simple premise: get a strong defence, build from the back and allow the creative players to play. Applying that theory to music you’ll find that the foundation of all Rock ‘n’ Roll is bass and drums and everything else is art.
Alec Downie
October 21, 2009
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Twin Atlantic in New York this week, then LA and Europe
Glasgow’s Twin Atlantic will play their first ever shows in New York this week for the CMJ music festival. The band will play two free gigs on Wednesday and Friday ahead of their official showcase on Saturday night. Full details on the CMJ gigs and additional dates in LA and Europe below:
Shiner
October 20, 2009
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News includes updates on US talk show appearances for Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle, the latest on ‘Triage’ starring Scottish actor Jamie Sives (pictured) and footage of James McAvoy on the set of Robert Redford’s ‘The Conspirator”.
Saba I.
October 20, 2009
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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:
Vic Galloway
October 19, 2009
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This Week in the Gloaming
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 Prestwick, Callanish, Stirling Castle and from the top of Ben Starav.
Colin Campbell
October 18, 2009
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Kid Canaveral – ‘Left & Right EP’ Reviewed
Certain bands make very difficult things look very easy. One of the hardest and most elusive things in music is on the face of it pretty straightforward: write memorable tunes. It seems simple enough, but I’ve lost count of the number of faceless, unremarkable indie bands I’ve heard in the last few years who all […]
Matthew Young
October 17, 2009
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Interview with Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura are currently in the middle of a European tour and the band will be at La Maroquinerie in Paris tonight. Last weekend, bass player Gavin Dunbar (far right) spoke with Dear Scotland about Camera Obscura’s upcoming gig at the Barrowland Ballroom, hearing their songs on Sportscene and the importance of Lorne sausage.
Pete Reid
October 16, 2009
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Young Fathers On Tour in Germany
According to a report by an American academic earlier this year, Scotland invented rap music “ages ago”. And Edinburgh’s Young Fathers are continuing that tradition with some style. The group recently completed a UK tour with Simian Mobile Disco and they will rejoin SMD for 2 shows in Heidelberg and Berlin later this month.
Shiner
October 15, 2009
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Ennui’ll Support You Evermore
Billy Williamson reports from Yokohama: Ennui (noun): boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitude, languor, weariness, enervation; malaise, dissatisfaction, melancholy, depression, world-weariness, Weltschmerz. Sums it up, eh?
Billy Williamson
October 15, 2009
