Only at SXSW can you manage to travel to multiple countries in a span of a couple hours. Well, not literally of course, but it is possible to see bands from many different corners of the globe in one afternoon. I achieved this in just hours on the club-filled Sixth Street, followed swiftly by the Discovering Scotland showcase at Latitude 30. Sixth Street is every bit as legendary as the tourist trap t-shirts that advertise its amazingness. Everywhere you turn, you will either run into a band hanging out, playing [...]
The ILMC is a conference that comes to London once a year and in between a lot of industry meetings and themed events, there's a fair few showcases of some of the best up and coming music. Tonight, TGTF is at Camden Barfly for one such show and aside from the incredible mismatching of the trio of acts on display, is rather optimistic about the evening's proceedings. The night begins with powerful electronic artists Man Without Country . The Welsh band's music on its own is a storm of enthralling [...]
Being the editor of a UK music blog, it seemed only fitting that my first night would end at the British Music Embassy's home for SXSW , at Latitude 30 on San Jacinto Boulevard. To be quite honest, I was planning on an as stress free as possible first night, and when we were having a walk around, I flipped through my book to see with some shock that Frank Turner was playing a showcase there that very night. I expected to completely miss Frank in Austin, [...]
Trío originario de Aberdeen, Escocia; con un sonido al estilo británico, pero con una batería llena de energía que le da un plus a cada track tocado, sin dejar de lado el buen ritmo del bajo y la guitarra que termina de darle forma al rock. Formada la banda en 2001 inicialmente por Murray Macleod [...]
The South by Southwest madness has already started here in Austin with the Film and Interactive festivals and SXSW Music officially starts on Wednesday. From various sources I have compiled a list of 59 Scottish gigs over the next few days. My head is already spinning. Some caveats on this list. First of all, day [...]
The 2012 SXSW Music Festival kicks off next week with 12 Scottish bands set to invade Austin. Unfortunately the weather forecast suggests that they may be bringing the Scottish weather with them. Nevertheless I'm sure that the barbeques will still be fired up and the margaritas will still flow. On Monday we'll publish the full [...]
Wither'd leaves, wither'd leaves, that fly before the gale: Withered leaves, withered leaves, ye tell a mournful tale, Of love once true, and friends once kind, And happy moments fled: Dispersed by every breath of wind, Forgotten, changed, or dead! Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here! Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how [...]
LightGuides released their mini-album 'Samba Samba Samba' earlier this month on Alcopop Records. We caught up with drummer Dave to discuss the 'veggie challenge', the healthy state of Scottish music and that elusive Jay-Z and Beethoven collaboration. And it goes a little like this: Cougar Microbes: What time did you wake up today? Was it out [...]
Festival Season makes us a little bit insatiable here at Muso's Guide. We've already had Natalie Shaw's review of the festival, but we were so excited about T in the Park, we sent two writers. Here's Steve McGillivray's perspective on the festivities... [...]
We may have it big and bad Stateside, but the Brits are bringing it with this one.
It was almost a year ago to the day that GFP first sat down with The Xcerts. At the time the Scottish trio had just finished recording their soon-to-be-released second record with long-time Brand New collaborator Mike Sapone. Scatterbrain was released in September and was a heavier, more mature sounding record that the bands debut LP In The Cold Wind We Smile. The success of Scatterbrain saw the band play their biggest shows yet as part of the Rock Sound tour which also featured both Dinosaur Pile-Up and [...]
The biggest week of the year for Scottish music outside the UK starts here. Right now, there are 15 Scottish bands on their way to Austin, including Withered Hand*. The final list of all the Scottish gigs is below with a full preview from Uncle Vic. Dear Scotland will also be teaming up with the [...]
One week to go and the [un]official SXSW free party list is out. Reading this list will give you a headache, such is the amount of bands, free booze and bbq listed. But that's good practice if you plan to attend, because that's how your head will feel all week. The SXSW free party list [...]
Two weeks to go and more details have surfaced about the Scottish shows at South by Southwest 2011. Sadly it appears that Django Django may have dropped out but I've put together a nice little table featuring all the gigs that are currently scheduled. There should be some more gigs announced by next week so [...]
Good news! Everyone's favourite "distorted pop" trio, The Xcerts, are doing a headline tour! They are currently on the RockSound tour around the country with Dinosaur Pile Up but as soon as that is over they're back on the road for a lovely tour of their own to support the forthcoming release of their brand new five track EP 'The Stairs To Noise'. The 'Stairs To Noise: The Scatterbrain EP' will be released digitally on the 7th March through Xtra Mile Recordings (Far, Frank Turner, Straight Lines…). 1. 'Scatterbrain' 2. 'Tear Me Down' 3. 'Say Yes' (Elliott Smit... Read [...]
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 [...]
The third and final part of what's happening this month... THURSDAY 24th FEBRUARY ------------ Yet another good night for gigs! What is it with live music, Thursdays and February!? EFTERKLANG @ ORAN MOR The critically acclaimed Danish 4 piece come to Glasgow for what is guaranteed to be a night of childlike folky joy. I'm more than slighly peeved that i won't make it. MP3: Efterklang - Modern Drift VERDICT: Unavailable [...]
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: So here is the latest list [...]
Last week the official SXSW website was updated with hundreds more bands added but with a couple of Scottish names removed. However, as we stand there are a record 19 20 Scottish artists on the 2011 schedule. Full details below. So here is the current list of Scottish acts who are on the SXSW schedule. [...]
So New York City has been plunged headlong, once again, into the yearly industry showcase sprawl that is the CMJ Music Marathon . Aptly titled, as outside of South by Southwest (I assume) there can be no more widely spread music pow wow extending over almost an entire week. Marathon indeed. Despite the subject tagging day one here, my action was severely limited by a tight 'real life' schedule and a need to pace the week out correctly. The free evening show [...]
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