17th April - HINTERVIEW : Broken Records. Glasgow PodcART have featured Broken Records
as part of our Hinterview feature on the run-up to the festival. And there's not
long to go now either! Broken Records hit Glasgow and treat Hinterland to one of
their fine performances on Friday 1st May. more >>>
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16th April - HINTERVIEW : The Xcerts. Again, our wonderful friends over at Glasgow
PodcART have done us another Hinterview, this time, with new Scots rockers The Xcerts.
The Xcerts play Hinterland on both days, April 30th and May 1st 2009. They talk about
their new album, In the Cold Wind We Smile, their live shows and Hinterland Festival.
more >>>
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Hinterland welcome The List as Media Partner
We are very proud to announce The List will be joining Hinterland as a media partner
at this year's event.
As the authoritative guide to culture in Scotland, The List has been lending its
support to artists in the early stages of their career and
championing contemporary music emerging from Scotland for 20 years. The List say
they are "proud to be associated with Hinterland and are looking forward to a weekend
dedicated to our shared passion: Good music."
You can also catch The List on myspace, twitter, lastfm, facebook and facebookgroup
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Scottish artist/illustrator Jenny Soep kicks off Hinterland’s Art
Jenny Soep will be our featured documentary drawer. Jenny specialises in drawing
original alternative musicians during their performance and has drawn from the likes
of Bjork, Sigur Ros, Bonnie Prince Billy, Jeffrey Lewis, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Union
of Knives, De Rosa, and a whole load of others.
We will be launching the art side of Hinterland with Jenny's special Solo Show 'Sketching
the Scene'
Grand Multimedia Opening - Wednesday 29th April 6pm onwards : Mono, 10 King St, Glasgow,
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Hinterland welcome Radio Magnetic as Media Partner
Radio Magnetic is one of the longest running underground online radio stations in
the UK and has recently joined forces with Hinterland to bring you some up front
coverage of the festival. Radio Magnetic has been broadcasting fresh contemporary
electronic, indie, hip hop and roots music for the past eight years with presented
shows, DJ mixes, live sessions, competitions and current contributors including Fabric
London, Mad Decent, Jim Gellatly, Electronic Explorations, Little Rock Records, and
a host of other taste makers from around the UK.
Keep locked on the Radio Magnetic site for previews of Hinterland featuring interviews
and tracks from some of the bands playing at the festival. There'll also be chances
to win tickets and live coverage after the events so that you can listen back to
your favourite acts and relive the live experience.
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Our lovely friends over at Glasgow PodcART have been kind enough to interview some
of the Scottish bands playing Hinterland Festival as part of our Hinterview feature.
They're treating us to a mixture of both podcast and video interviews. The first
two feature Guanoman and Mitchell Museum. See below.
5th April - HINTERVIEW : Hard rocking doomster, Guanoman spoke to Glasgow PodcART
about Guanoman live, his inspirations and who he'd like to see at this year's Hinterland
Festival. more >>>
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5th April - HINTERVIEW : Mitchell Museum (Cammy and Raindeer and friends Kris and
Dougie) formed in 2008. Drawing influence from various North American experimental
indie bands they create an experimental pop sound with strong hints to folk, psych,
and electronica. In this special video Hinterview, the lads talk about upcoming gigs,
recording their latest album, their dream line-up and Hinterland Festival of course!
more >>>
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3rd April - ’THIS IS MUSIC’ JOINS HINTERLAND COMMITTEE. Conceived in Edinburgh, born
at the Macbeth in Hoxton and now growing up at an motley mix of East London's finest
underground pubs, venues and sweat-box warehouses (Old Blue Last, The Legion, Madam
Jo Jo's, The Social). This Is Music is nights of no more >>>
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27th March - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: Recipient of the Radio Academy's 2008 John Peel
Award For Contribution To New Music, Jim Gellatly has been spreading the New Music
gospel in Scotland for over 20 years. Formally with Beat 106 and Xfm Scotland, he
recently launched the "Jim Gellatly's NEW MUSIC" podcast, as well as a new slot on
BBC Radio Scotland. more >>>
27th March - HINTERVIEW: The last time we saw Brigade hit our pages it was for our
Tartan Top 3 feature. However, now the band are back on the website as they've just
confirmed they'll be playing this year's Hinterland Festival. They've had a short
break from the musical limelight of late but there's been some interesting developments
since you last more >>>
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26th March - HINTERVIEW: Edie Sedgwick composes and performs all of the instruments
on his/her albums. However, the live set features collaborations with musicians such
as Melissa Quinley (Soccer team), Chad Molter (Faraquet, Medications), Jason Hutto
(Aquarium), Ben Azzara (The Capitol City Dusters), Amy Farina (The Evens) more >>>
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20th March - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: Domino Records is a London based leading independent
record label, which celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2008. The eclectic record
label is worldwide home to Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Bonnie Prince Billy,
The Kills, and more recently signings like Yo! Majesty, Eugene McGuinness, The Count
& Sinden and Animal Collective. With such a vast array of such diverse artists,
Domino lies at the heart of the music industry whilst retaining the ability to operate
solely on its own terms, tastes and mood. more >>>
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19th March - Sound Of The Underground: PHANTOM. With press accolades referencing
Elsie as a female version of Tinderstick's frontman Stuart Staples, nods to Nick
Cave, the Velvet Underground, the Shoegaze genre and even mention of PHANTOM'S music
fitting a David Lynch film soundtrack, it has been a difficult task to describe the
PHANTOM sound more>>>
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18th March - Sound Of The Underground: In 2009 Elks continue to introduce more people
to their own brand of melodramatic song. With gentle giant guitars, Bonham-esque
drumming and singers with schizophrenic vocals, Elks' music lulls you one minute
and screams obscenities in your face the next... Expect to hear this mixed bag of
musical delights more>>>
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18th March - HINTERVIEW: Sucioperro: Ayrshire is gaining quite the reputation for
being one of Scotland’s most rocking towns. With Biffy Clyro putting this small seaside
town firmly on the map, friends of Biffy, Sucioperro, have been flying the flag here
for quite a while too. More recently, members of Sucioperro and Biffy Clyro have
teamed-up to create the weird and wonderful concoction that is Marmaduke Duke but
don’t let this cloud the fact that Sucioperro are damn fine more >>>
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17th March - HINTERVIEW: The release of London band, Prego’s, Cause & Resolve single
last summer saw the band become widely tipped, rocketing to the attention of Steve
Lamacq, and NMEs Radar Buzz pages. One of the most talked about new bands of last
summers O2 Wireless Festival, Prego also featured in Rocksound magazine's Hot 100
and in their Top5 unsigned bands - as more >>>
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17th March - Sound Of The Underground: Formed in the autumn of 2007, the three young
men of 85 Bears have been busy experimenting in the railway arches of East London.
An instrumental band creating songs hanging tentatively on delicately looped guitar
riffs, thundering bass lines, and breathtaking drum patterns. Inhale and the heart
stops as the music feigns fragility, exhale and the sky come crashing down around
you. more>>>
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16th March - HINTERVIEW: Geordi La Force, man of mystery, is the journey of one man
armed with one guitar and a super computer! Anyone who sees the man and his laptop
live will tell you that GLFs eye-popping performances are absolutely legendary. His
lightning quick taps and ear-melting riffs leave audiences thirsting for more. Now
with added visuals, the whole performance is more >>>
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The Fall confirm Hinterland Festival appearance
Legendary post-punk band The Fall are confirmed to appear at Glasgow's Hinterland
Festival. The band, who have achieved a phenomenal cult status since their formation
in 1977, join over 100 other acts including Metronomy, Sons and Daughters, Prego,
Michachu, Count and Sinden and Simian Mobile Disco for the first ever Hinterland
Festival.
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We have announced the names of another 27 acts taking the overall band tally for
the festival up to 57. Among the new bands announced are:
Glasgow’s acclaimed Sons and Daughters, Michachu who can currently be seen touring
the UK with Late of the Pier, The Invisible, BBC 6Music favourites Metronomy, Drums
of Death and hot production duo Count and Sinden who were behind one of last year’s
biggest club hits Beeper.
Previously announced Hinterland act Tommy Reilly, has also won the Orange Unsigned
Musician competition that aired on Channel 4 since being confirmed for Hinterland.
More top names will be announced in the following weeks, keep checking the website
for details or join our mailing list for the latest news!
Early bird tickets are still available but not for long, nab them now while you can!
- 2 Day Early Bird Discounted Tickets - £35 (saving of £7.00 per ticket)
- 2 Day Standard Tickets - £42
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Ticket holders will be entitled to a free download compilation from 7Digital.com
Curious about the name ‘Hinterland’? Read the superb feature by The Daily Telegraph.
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4th February - TARTAN TOP 3: Vic Galloway presents weekly, new-music programs on
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland. He has presented many other radio series, various
documentaries and done outside broadcasts from the T in the Park, SXSW, Indian Summer,
Live 8 and Connect festivals. His forays into TV include BBC 1 and BBC 2's T in the
Park coverage and The Music Show. more >>>
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2nd February - HINTERVIEW: Formed at Edinburgh College of Art in spring 2007, Come
On Gang! immediately started writing the sort of music they wanted to hear on a night
out: punky guitars, driving bass, inspired sing-along lyrics and melodies that get
firmly stuck spinning through your head. They are playing this year's Hinterland
Festival so drummer / vocalist, Sarah, stopped by for a chat... more >>>
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28th January - Sound Of The Underground: Desalvo make hard, visceral and genuinely
perverse music. Their shows are something to behold and have been flying the flag
for the true believers in loud, heavy, alternative music for a number of years now.
Never afraid to speak the truth, shock and dismember, p6, chatted to us about their
label, Rock Action, the wave of heavier bands hitting the Glasgow music scene and
their plans to more>>>
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23rd January - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: Rockfeedback.com started nearly a decade ago as
one of the first wholly independent online music magazines in the UK. Rockfeedback
have also promoted shows for the past six years, putting on legendary gigs from the
likes of The Libertines more >>>
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20th January - Sound Of The Underground: Fangs strut, shout, sing, and riff their
way through the red lights of new wave and disco…Bringing their Boombox of Blood
back to GLASGOW after gigs with Justice, Santogold, Presets, Black Kids & Sons &
Daughters plus Reading & Leeds festival & T in the Park. Along with their infamous
appearances on T4, 2008 was …more>>>
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19th January - HINTERVIEW: Stonehaven is in Scotland - a small but not-too-small
town on the north east coast where Joe, Rikki, Stuart and Richard formed their band,
Copy Haho. Since 2005-ish, they've been working on their songs in a portacabin in
the countryside, surrounded by cows and mud, putting this practice to use by venturing
South to do tours with more >>>
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16th January - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: After starting life as a simple gig listings Gigwise
has since become the UK's leading independent music website covering live music throughout
Europe, North America and Australasia. more >>>
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15th January - TARTAN TOP 3: If there was ever a band to capture the essence of powerful
dynamics, emotional sincerity and perfectly crafted songwriting then Brigade are
that band. Residing in London but with roots in Suffolk, Japan and Bristol, Brigade
are a shining example of a band that fall outside the remit of genre classification.
more >>>
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13th January - Sound Of The Underground: The Covergirls are an alternative, arty
pop group from Glasgow who have had a stop-start existence since being formed through
musician wanted ads by Neil in spring 2006. Two drummers later, the band played their
first gig as a four-piece at Glasgow Barfly in January 2007. more>>>
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12th January - HINTERVIEW: Dananananaykroyd formed in January 2006, when Multiplies,
the former band of members James Hamilton and David Roy, disbanded. Calling on friends
from the Glasgow music scene, they formed the original line-up. They are now about
to embark on a European tour with the Kaiser Chiefs... more >>>
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19th December - TARTAN TOP 3: Ben Myers is an author and music journalist. He is
has written for The Guardian, Mojo, Bizarre, Kerrang!, Melody Maker and countless
others. He has published one novel, two books of poetry and several biographies &
previously ran a record label, Captains Of Industry. He is currently writing an "epic
poetic novel" about Axl Rose entitled I, more >>>
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16th December - Sound Of The Underground: De Rosa are our first band in this new
section in which we talk to bands you may not have yet heard of but soon will. According
to them, they are “...a wee band called De Rosa. We come mostly from Bellshill or
thereabouts, but don’t really live there anymore. There’s 5 of us now. One of us
is really tall. He's not from Bellshill though... more>>>
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15th December - HINTERVIEW: Scotland is famous for producing many a fine indie-rock
act - Mogwai and Idlewild to name but a few. More recently, The Twilight Sad, have
been making a dent, not only in Scotland, but also all over the UK and Europe. They've
toured with the aforementioned and headlined numerous solo tours around the country.
They are signed to top Brighton-based indie label, Fat Cat along with fellow Scots,
Frightened Rabbit. more >>>
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10th December - Rockfeedback and Transgressive are really happy to be part of the
inaugural Hinterland festival. There’s so much amazing music coming out of Scotland
right now, it’s really fantastic to be part of a what'll be a great event with some
amazing people involved.
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8th December - HINTERVIEW: Presenter & Radio DJ, Edith Bowman, has had a long-standing
relationship with music during her well-established media career. Starting as a newsreader
on MTV news back in 1997, the Fife born lass went onto co-present the show Hitlist
UK with Cat Deeley, and has since presented a slew of festivals more >>>
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5th December - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: 1965 Records is the baby of Raf Rundell and James
Endeacott (formerly of Rough Trade Records), who first signed The Libertines and
The Strokes. Now the label looks after The Draytones, The Metros and Toddla T but
is best known for signing Dundee four-piece The View.
A forward thinking, artist friendly record label with no regard for genre or hype.
65 just does what feels good - the ideal candidate for our committee. more >>>
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Hinterland is really excited to welcome Domino Records to our Committee. One of the
longest running and most successful independent record labels in the UK, Domino is
home to Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and The Kills, to mention but a very few.
Founder Laurence Bell said "Glasgow has always been the British city closest to our
musical heart here at Domino. Glasgow people love, live and breathe music like nobody
else I have ever met. Domino is extremely psyched to be involved in this fine looking
new festival and having our artists join the diverse range of acts playing to the
good folk of the city across some of its best loved venues.."
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3rd December - TARTAN TOP 3: Frank Turner has played in bands since he was just a
little lad. His last band - Million Dead - lasted for four years from 2001-2005 releasing
two critically acclaimed albums. However, having decided to part ways, Frank decided
to go solo. He has shared the stage with bands such as Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hundred
Reasons and Biffy Clyro. Love Ire and Song, his solo album, was released this year.
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1st December - HINTERVIEW: Dominik Diamond started out on Channel 4's cult gaming
show Gamesmaster, he then went on to do Sportscall on Radio 5 Live and then went
on to make The All New Dominik Diamond Show. He has been a DJ on XFM Radio Scotland,
where he was nominated as "Music Personality of the Year 2007" in the prestigious
Sony Radio Awards as well as Xtrack "Scottish Radio Presenter of the Year 2007".
more >>>
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28th November - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: Tam Coyle started promoting gigs in 1982 (his
first show featured the debut performance of Primal Scream) and by the mid eighties
he was promoting most of the C86 bands specialising in the holy trio of 4AD/Creation/Factory
records. Tam started DJ'ing in the legendary Night Moves in 1982 and has worked at
most of the main venues in Glasgow. more >>>
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26th November - TARTAN TOP 3: Blood Red Shoes are Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter.
Forming in 2005 after their previous bands had broken up, they decided to “have a
jam” and the rest is history! They’ve shared success supporting bands like Biffy
Clyro, headlining the Red Stripe Music Awards and doing the NME New Music Tour more
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25th November - Our esteemed committee is multiplying like gremlins and we are very
happy to announce two more newcomers to the Hinterland fold. Ladies and gents, please
welcome:
Q Radio - Programming Director Ric Blaxill says, “"Q Radio prides itself on playing
music that celebrates iconic musical heritage and champions today's new and exciting
music. Q Radio also hosts a strong live events programme that stretches from our
own Q stage at Glastonbury , to our intimate Q Music Club gigs through to our very
own rock n' roll knees up, the Q Awards.
Q Radio, is now proud and excited to be supporting some of the best emerging and
established Scottish and UK talent at the inaugural Hinterland Festival 2009 in Glasgow.
Let's see and hear what this fine city has to offer!"
25th November - 50 Bones Records - Home of up and coming artists such as Little Boots,
The Shoes and We Have Band, 50 Bones are leading the way in the dance pop world.
They will be using their presence at Hinterland 2009 to encourage collaborations
and unique performances and most importantly they want to see you on the dance floor.
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24th November - HINTERVIEW: Roddy Woomble is the frontman of famous indie Scottish
rockers Idlewild. They started as a noisy indie punk band back in the late 90s in
Edinburgh. The NME once described their music as "the sound of a flight of stairs
falling down a flight of stairs". more >>>
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24th November - We are pleased to announce that Scotland’s most iconic media brand
The Daily Record will be the official print media partner of Hinterland
2009.
The Daily Record are all about Scotland and have been instrumental in building the
success of many other Scottish music events over the years. Always supportive of
new music, they have brought bands such as Biffy Clyro, The View, Glasvegas and The
Fratellis to the fore with live sessions, editorial and podcasts. We are looking
forward to working with them to bring you exclusive offers, competitions and up to
the minute news.
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21st November - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: LuckyMe are a cutting edge, Scottish arts and
music collective. They have recently joined Hinterland Festival’s 2009 committee.
Co-founder, Dominic Flannigan, was kind enough to stop by for a chat and tell us
a little more about their weird and wonderful collective! more >>>
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19th November - TARTAN TOP 3: Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band.
Frequenting the pages of top rock magazines (they’ve won “Best British Band” at the
Kerrang! awards) they have have toured Europe and the UK with bands like Bifly Clyro
and Cancer Bats to name but a few. more >>>
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17th November - HINTERVIEW: We Are The Physics are a self proclaimed "fictional mutant
science punk rock" band from Glasgow. With a wide range of influences from Buddy
Holly to Devo they have been lucky enough to share stages with an array of bands
including Jared Leto’s 30 Seconds to Mars! more >>>
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14th November - PLEASE BE AWARE!!! There are already fake Hinterland tickets being
sold online, and at quite ridiculous prices. The tickets are NOT YET on sale and
when they are it will be announced on this site and via the newsletter.
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14th November - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: The first of our committee interviews features
Rock A Rolla Magazine founder, Vuk Valcic. He lets us know how his cutting edge,
much respected alternative music magazine started and what’s on Rock A Rolla’s radar
for 2009. more >>>
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12th November - TARTAN TOP 3: Hell Is for Heroes are an English post-hardcore band,
formed in London, September 2000. The initial partnership of Will McGonagle and Joe
Birch (previously of Symposium) was joined by James Findlay, Tom O'Donoghue and later
Justin Schlosberg. more >>>
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11th November 2008 - HINTERVIEW: Manda Rin most famously was one third of Glasgow
pop punksters Bis whose most famous achievement (and there are many!) was being the
very first unsigned band to perform on Top of the Pops.
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10th November 2008 - Hinterland are proud to announce that LUCKY ME have joined our
esteemed committee: Lucky Me Director Dominic Flannigan says, “One of the best things
about Hinterland is it allows us to fully realise the potential of our collective
with its visual artist collective and musicians / DJs working together for a special
one off event . We want people to come away happy and opened up to more than they
were expecting whether that be in music, visuals, LuckyMe or Hinterland.”
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BBC Scotland DJ Jim Gellatly said:
“Hinterland sounds like a great opportunity to spread the word about some exciting
new music and should compliment Glasgow’s status as a UNESCO City Of Music.”
“Gigwise is proud to be involved in the first ever Hinterland, Scotland and Glasgow
in particular has always been a hot bed of emerging new music and hopefully we'll
be unearthing some new gems at the festival in 2009.” Dan Melia - Gigwise.
Raf Rundell of 1965 Records, home of The View, Toddla T and The Metros says “We jumped
at the chance to get involved, we’ve always loved Glasgow”
FULL LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
21st October 2008 - It’s really happening. Glasgow’s in for a busy 2009. Recently
voted a UNESCO City Of Music, the city has a music scene that the USA’s Time Magazine
recently compared to that of Detroit in its Motown heyday. Just this month Glasgow
was highlighted by Rough Guide as a key city to visit in 2009.
Glasgow it seems, is THE PLACE TO BE and we’re really excited because we’re there!
Curious about the name ‘Hinterland’? The Daily Telegraph wrote a superb piece about
its origins here.
HINTERLAND IS OVER FOR 2009’
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUT
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TEAM HINTERLAND ARE IN GLASGOW!
With just over 24hrs ‘till the Hinterland Festival Grand Opening, the whole of Team
Hinterland has converged on Glasgow. This news post will be the last, as we’re all
so busy. All last-minute updates will be posted on the Hinterland Twitter, so make
sure you join, and also on Myspace.
See you in Glasgow.
Team Hinterland
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Check out Red Bull's Art Of Motion superstar free runner Ryan Doyle. Look out for
him in Glasgow this coming Wednesday morning when he will be showing you just how
quickly you can get around all the Hinterland venues!
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28th April - THE COMMITTEE ROOM: A Badge of Friendship are gig promoters and DJs
based in good old London town. They have been around since 2005 and have had the
fortune of doing some really great shows with bands like Hell is for Heroes, The
Twilight Sad and Enablers to name but a few. ABoF have DJ-ed their own successful
run of club nights at The Fly (featuring regularly as Kerrang! Magazine's Club Night
of the Week) as well as more >>>
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27th April - HINTERVIEW: We Were Promised Jetpacks are newly signed to Fat Cat records,
home of huge Scottish exports Frightened Rabbit and Twilight Sad. With a new album
in the pipeline they are sure to be as big as their label mates. In one of the funniest
interviews we have done we caught up with Adam (singer, guitarist), Michael (gutarist)
and Sean (bassist) in King Tuts more >>>
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27th April - HINTERVIEW: Galchen are one of the most interesting bands to come out
of Glasgow. They have been around for a while now but they are easily recognisable
as something quite special. Songs such as Track 09 feel like being on the most thrilling
joyride of your life, the aural equivalent of hitching a roller coaster built on
more >>>
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Under the Radar is a monthly report on Scotland's underground music scene in The
Scotsman, written by industry insiders Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon. This year
the team at Scotsman.com created the Under the Radar blog, which features band profiles,
MP3s, gig previews and news about the best up and coming Scottish music.
Under the Radar will be profiling a different Hinterland band every day this week
and you can already read an interview with our festival director, Mike Oman, on the
site.
Read the interview here
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27th April - HINTERVIEW: Remember Remember creator Graeme Ronald is a composer in
every sense of the word. His music rouses emotion from the mere tinkle of an upper
octave piano to the delay of a timid guitar. The repetitive nature of his music is
the beauty of it. Not only does it remind you of the beautiful passages that waft
around your ears but it also forges and sculptures more >>>
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27th April - Our friends over at Glasgow PodcART have been busy helping us cover
the bands before the festival kicks-off this week.
Now we are ever so close, the Glasgow PodcART team are dedicating some podcast preview
time to Hinterland, giving you an insight into the bands on this year's bill, who
their top tips for the festival are and general music-related banter.
Listen to the podcast here
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27th April - The good folk over at The List have been featuring many of the bands
playing at Hinterland Festival in their regular Exposure feature.
Bands already featured include:
Broken Records, Miss The Occupier, Jeffrey Lewis, We Were Promised Jetpacks,
Geordi La Force, Sucioperro, Zoey Van Goey, Sky Larkin
And many more… Please keep checking The List's website for news and updates.
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22nd April - HINTERVIEW: Black Sun are one of the most ferocious and intense acts
to be playing this years Hinterland festival. A trio, sometimes quartet - they live
up to their name. On stage they are fervent and schizophrenic, their heaving power
however, is something that is like a steady and volatile drone through the centre
more >>>
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21st April - HINTERVIEW: Y’all Is Fantasy Island. I pray that each time I listen
to YIFI their music has swarmed into many more peoples lives like a creeping and
tenacious cloud of sonic precipitation. If more people took the time to listen to
this band they would realise that artists like this could teach them more >>>
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21st April - Sound Of The Underground: The Ray Summers are a band who create psychedelic,
catchy and up beat songs. Lyrics that relate to daily experiences in their lives
and a recognisable kaleidoscopic keyboard combined with melodic guitars. They take
you back to a time that makes you want to bathe in memories of the love generation.
more>>>
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20th April - HINTERVIEW: Rogues. Consisting of three brothers and two drifters, Rogues
combine new wave atmospherics with upbeat dance grooves to create original, ethereal
pop music. Formed in the summer of '08, Rogues' pivotal debut shows have generated
a storm of interest and established an ever-growing legion of follow more >>>
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VISUAL ART PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
Including work from Jenny Soep, Glasgow PodcART, LuckyMe, Glasgow School Of Art,
Recoat Gallery and the newly opened The White House . Expect dazzling 
displays of
contemporary art throughout the Hinterland evening venues as well as a two-day art
show with acoustic performances and surprises from 12-6pm each day. More details
here>>>
FREE FOOD AT HINTERLAND!
If you’re starving on Thursday, why not pop down to Dante Fried Chicken’s show at
The Sub Club where he will be serving freshly prepared Soul Food whilst LuckyMe get
the party started. No, really.
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Hinterland welcome RockfeedbackTV as Media Partner
Rockfeedback.TV has just finished the third series of their globally-shot music documentary
'Rockfeedback Presents' for MTV Europe and Channel 4. Proud to be partnering Hinterland
in their inaugural year, be sure to drop by rockfeedback.tv for coverage of both
the festival's highlights and more intimate moments.
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