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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Inspector Tapehead
I’d always thought the old adage of ‘good things come to those who wait’ was actually a load of old bollocks, in fact I guess I still do. That being said I am chuffed to bits to have finally managed to get Inspector Tapehead to do a wee interview for me. I think it was […]
Lloyd Meredith
February 16, 2011
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Scottish Bands at SXSW 2011 – Official Showcases Announced
Four weeks to go and SXSW have released the details of the official showcases for the Scottish bands. As the festival nears, we’ll keep you informed of all the unofficial gigs that the Scottish contingent will play too. Last year 14 bands played over 80 gigs in 4 days. This year there should be well […]
Pete Reid
February 15, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Mogwai in Dublin and New Album Out Today
This weeks listings include international dates from Fran Healy, KT Tunstall and Biffy Clyro, while Vic has more on, arguably, Scotland’s biggest band Mogwai who celebrate the release of their new album today with a gig in Dublin tonight. The album is out in the US tomorrow. Details, as always, below:
Vic Galloway
February 14, 2011
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Sparrow & the Workshop – ‘Black to Red’ video
“Joanna Newsom backed by Black Sabbath.” Apparently Sparrow & the Workshop have some rather smart-arsed friends, because that’s how one of them described some of their recent material, according to the press release I received.
Matthew Young
February 12, 2011
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You Have Been Watching…Whisky Galore!
This is one of the very best. If you’ve never seen Whisky Galore!, and that surely can’t be many of you, then you have a real treat in front of you. Based on the real-life story of the sinking of the S.S. Politician, which went down near the Isle of Eriskay in 1941 along with it’s cargo […]
Alistair Braidwood
February 11, 2011
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Broughty Ferry to Brazil
This past week saw Dundee FC file a financial plan to allow them to escape administration at the end of the season – saving the club from extinction. Good news for Dundee fans, though other Division One teams can justifiably complain that Dundee’s excessive spending has been wiped out at the expense of the club’s […]
Billy Williamson
February 10, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Dear Mountaineer
After all the fun and games of my ‘Ones To Watch’ posts, normal Scots Way-Hay will now be resumed with indie-folk four piece, Dear Mountaineer. Having recently played at the Chem 19 showcase gig in Glasgow a few weeks back, the band first came to my attention through Halina with whom I run Olive Grove […]
Lloyd Meredith
February 9, 2011
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Scottish Bands at SXSW 2011 – Latest News
I had the chance to speak with a few people over the past week to get the inside scoop on what Scottish bands will be heading to Austin next month, and it looks like there will be a record 17 bands here for SXSW. The full list is below:
Pete Reid
February 8, 2011
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Indelible Ink: Ron Butlin’s ‘The Sound of My Voice’
Ron Butlin seems to be one of Scottish writing’s best kept secrets and I don’t quite know why. Scotland is lucky to have the writers we do, and Butlin can show his medals with the best of them. He is perhaps best known as a poet, he is Edinburgh’s Makar after all, but even in […]
Alistair Braidwood
February 7, 2011
