
Moving Mountains Announce February Tour Supporting Biffy Clyro Moving Mountains are excited to announce the winter tour as main support for Scottish trio Biffy Clyro . The tour will kick off February 10, 2011 in Washington, DC and wrap up March 1st in Los Angeles. Buy CDs, MP3s, more: Moving Mountains on Amazon.com Moving Mountains on Amazon.co.uk [...]
The surliest of all Thrash Hits' surly bastards, Hugh Platt, mulls over the latest line-up announcements from both Sonisphere and Download Festival. Hmmmm... By now you've probably heard the news - last night, Download Festival confirmed that Linkin Park, the biggest-selling rock band of the last decade, are the second headline act for at next [...]
The surliest of all Thrash Hits' surly bastards, Hugh Platt, mulls over the latest line-up announcements from both Sonisphere and Download Festival. Hmmmm... By now you've probably heard the news - last night, Download Festival confirmed that Linkin Park, the biggest-selling rock band of the last decade, are the second headline act for at next [...]
Vic is back after putting together his definitive list of the albums of 2010. On that list was Edwyn Collins new record and Vic has more on Edwyn who is on tour this week in Germany. Other artists touring this week include Biffy in Australia, and Fran Healy in the US. Full details below. Edwyn [...]
Biffy Clyro have announced dates for a forthcoming North American tour set for next year.
Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs" Directed by Spike Jonze. Video was pieced together from selected scenes out of the short film Spike and Arcade Fire shot in Austin, Texas back in April. Keep your peepers open for the blink or you'll miss it cameo of Win and Regine as shotgun wielding cops. "The Suburbs" is out now on Merge Records. Freelance Whales [...]

Fighting Smiles - Jonquil Fighting Smiles - Jonquil ( Free Download / Buy ) Get Up - Jonquil Get Up - Jonquil ( Free Download / Buy ) Though it's far easier than in the past, it's still very difficult for an indie/pop band from the UK to reach a widespread US audience. Even with a major label backing, many artists (e.g. Mika , Bombay Bicycle Club , Biffy Clyro ) haven't been received in the US quite the same way [...]

Myspace I don't really participate in Twitter memes, but if I were to ride the one currently trending for #why90srocked , one of my contributions might be Boston's Buffalo Tom . One of my favourite bands of that decade, their Let Me Come Over and Big Red Letter Day were two of the gateways that led me to the world of college rock (what the kids now mostly call indie) - jangly guitars, raspy vocals, big hooks all around, what's not to like? [...]

Sorry - actually no, I'm not - for the massive Death Cab proclamation but I'm a tad excited. Read more..
As we mentioned last week, The Phantom Band just played their first ever US shows at the CMJ Festival in New York and they'll now head down to Atlanta to join Frightened Rabbit on tour. Those dates are below and Vic has more on Sparrow and the Workshop in Italy: Sparrow and the Workshop in [...]
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The obligatory tour video diary makes up the video for Biffy Clyro's 1,000 single release off Only Revolutions, 'Booooom, Blast and Ruin'. It marks a year in the life of the trio which has become one of the biggest live bands in the world. It has been a slow build, [Read more]
This week Glasgow's The Vaselines will be heading up the West Coast of North America with a Friday night show in Seattle likely to be one of the highlights. Also on tour this week in the US are Belle and Sebastian, Isobel Campbell, and Frightened Rabbit who hit Austin on Wednesday. Full listings below: The [...]
Having played one of the shows of the year last week in Brooklyn with Teenage Fanclub, Belle and Sebastian head to LA and then onto Mexico where they will play three gigs with The Vaselines. Radio 12s Vic Galloway has more on that and a listing of all the other Scottish gigs abroad this week. [...]

U.S. audiences may not be so familiar with the name Biffy Clyro, but that will soon change. The Scottish rockers, who have been together for 15 years now, are wildly popular in the U.K. with five full-lengths under their belts. The band's latest release Only Revolutions has catapulted them into even further heights, reaching platinum status earlier this year. With momentum behind their backs and embarking on their first-ever U.S. tour, Biffy Clyro brought their high octane live show to the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco this past Wednesday night. The band wasted no time igniting [...]
Radio Scotland and Radio 1 legend Vic Galloway has more on the brilliant new Scottish band 'Hey Enemy' and why they are the band to see this week in Europe. Vic also has the only listing of every Scottish band on tour outside the UK this week. Check out Scotland on Tour for more shows. [...]

Photos from St. James' Gate from yesterday's Arthur's Day celebrations featuring photos of Snow Patrol, Manics, Westlife, Biffy Clyro and snaps from the Red Carpet. [Show as slideshow] [View with PicLens] [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News They may have missed out on the 2010 Mercury Music Prize for fifth album, 'Only Revolutions,' but Scotland's Biffy Clyro demonstrated with an almost indecent ease why they've become one of the UK most exciting an electrifying live bands. Stripped to their waists and battering their instruments into submission, the Ayrshire three-piece brought the birthday celebrations to a rousing close at Dublin's Guinness brewery at the end of a long [...]
Fresh from touring with Biffy Clyro in the US and UK The Twilight Sad have immediately followed up their 'Forget The Night Ahead' album. 'The Wrong Car' EP consists of two unreleased tracks from that session and 2 remixes and is due the end of September. The EP sees the band continue to show their flair [...]
Vic is back from his jollies and will return to Radio Scotland tonight with Kid Canaveral live. Bands on tour this week include Hey Enemy, Teenage Fanclub and The Cinematics but Vic has more on Glasgow's Sparrow and the Workshop who will join Biffy Clyro, The View, and Broken Records in Ireland for Arthur's Day. [...]