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Scottish bands seek to make their mark at SxSW 2015
As thousands of bands descend on SxSW with a quest to prove their mettle under the international music media’s gaze this month, three of Scotland’s brightest look forward to the scrum Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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The Twilight Sad, United Fruit, Hector Bizerk among Scottish bands set for SXSW
The seven bands set to fly the flag for Scottish music in Creative Scotland’s showcase at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival have been... Read more »| 21 Jan 2015 -
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The SxSW Diaries: Casual Sex vs Texas
Co-starring Gus Fring, an irate Russian taxi driver and a couple of dutiful canines, Casual Sex drummer Chris McCrory underlines the band's South by Southwest debut with a full and frank account of their collective experience Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
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SxSW: A Veteran's Perspective
An attendee of South by Southwest for over a decade, BBC Radio Scotland DJ Vic Galloway is still a firm believer in its ability to break new ground Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #3: Beyond Tartan and Shortbread
As our Texan adventure hurtles to a close, the away team knock it clean out the park Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #2: Insomnia Afterhours
The Skinny is already firmly in the grip of sleep deprivation’s hallucinogenic effects by day two; did we really help Kurt Vile over a fence last night? Read more »| 15 Mar 2014
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The SxSW Diaries #1: Keeping Austin Weird
In search of the indie super bowl, we report back from SxSW 2014 Read more »| 13 Mar 2014 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: How the West was won and where it got us
Well, that was quite something. I’ve now got a proper-sized keyboard, so hopefully there’ll be less typos in this one [I’ve just read it ... Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: MICHAEL BLOODY CERA
Day 4. Saturday. 8 continental US shows down, 3 remaining across a relatively intense five-hour span. First! The day begins hot and gets hotter - we loaded ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: Talking with Guitars
It was a busy, busy one today. Started off by playing the Music For Listeners party at 12 noon at the Red House Pizzeria. It's hard to describe how good t... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: Enter, His Royal Folkness
Today was a slower day. It was our first show as King Creosote's backing band at the Domino Records Showcase at Emo's in the evening. Our afternoon consis... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Like a cheerful Sauchiehall Street at kicking out time'
It is hot. The novelty has not yet warn off. What do you mean I don't need to sleep with two duvets and my thermal underwear like back in Fife? We awake to... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Good afternoon, Houston!'
After around twenty minutes at the "luggage carousel" it was clear that something was wrong. I had nipped to the "restroom" (yeah, inverted commas may fea... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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St Deluxe at SXSW: Part IV – The Last Day, Way Out West
It's our official showcase tonight at the famous Austin club Antone’s. Big Star were due to be headlining, but due to the sad passing of Alex Chilton i... Read more »| 21 Mar 2010 -
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St Deluxe at SXSW: Part III – The Scots Invade and Jad Fair Approves
We finally got the chance to play a gig and two of them came along at once. First, we played the Dart International Music showcase, who help bands like us g... Read more »| 20 Mar 2010