What Type of Art Did the Scottish Bring to Texas

Scotland 10 SXSW: The bands that brought Scottish sounds to Texas

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an almanac conglomerate of cut-border civilisation, combining motion picture, interactive media and, of form, music. The event has taken place annually since 1987 in Austin, Texas, and is known every bit an international beacon for emerging and established talent.

This yr, we supported five Scottish artists on their journeying to SXSW through the PRS Foundation International Showcase Fund. Here, we accept a closer look at the artists and their career journeys so far, as SXSW comes to a close for another yr.

Catholic Action

Who are they? This four piece from Glasgow was founded in 2014, and is made upwards ofChris McCrory, Ryan Clark, Jamie Dubber and Andrew Macpherson.

What's their style? Their start long-thespian, In Retentiveness Of, is a vibrant drove of guitar-pop anthems with an fine art-rock edge. Their string-driven tracks made a big splash on the Glasgow DIY scene on their inception, and in 2017, they released their debut onLuv Luv Luv Records. There's a snifter of noughties indie nigh their sound, simply it's also known for existence fabulously upbeat. In fact,NME referred to their record every bit 'one of 2017's funnest albums'.

What did they bring to SXSW? The band played two shows at the festival. On March 12, they performed at the British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, and on March xiv, they had a gig at Hotel Vegas Addendum. Speaking about the International Showcase Fund, they told PRS Foundation: "It's the stepping stone for us. It's the thing that can have u.s.a. from touring upwardly and downwards the Britain in a van that gets snowed in all the time to reaching an international audience."

Watch a short clip of Cosmic Activeness'south experience at SXSW.

C. MacLeod

Who are they? C Macleod (Colin Macleod) hails from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

What'southward their manner? Officially, he writes and performs in the genre of FM Rock, only his steady-rhythmed melodies have a happy, jangling dream-like quality to them. Retrieve Springsteen with a folk-rock Scottish twist. His next full-length album, Bloodlines, is produced by Ethan Jones, and is coming very soon on BMG/The Stop Records.

What did they bring to SXSW?Macleod played several gigs at SXSW. On March 13, he performed at the Victorian Room at The Driskill, and on March 17 he played at CU29. His vibrant live bear witness featured brother Callum on bass, fellow islanders Scott MacLeod and Murdo Mackenzie on guitar/drums and Glaswegian Gordon Skene on piano. Colin vlogged about his experience at SXSW, in which at that place's a car-aoke singalong to Queen, a pledge to swap water for milkshakes, and plenty of insights into what it's similar to perform at such a big festival.

LAPS

Who are they? A musical projection from Golden Teacher's Cassie Ojay (AKA Lady Two Collars) and Organs Of Love'south Alicia Matthews (AKA Sue Zuki).

What's their style?Think analogue electronics with an emphasis on sound and rhythm. They cite Ru Paul as their primary influence, merely they've too been compared to Lizzy Mercier Descloux. They are the musical sweethearts of Glasgow's Light-green Door Studio, and their start EP Ladies As Pimps was self-released in 2014. It rapidly became an underground cult favourite, and the duo are big hitters on the Glasgow live scene.

What did they bring to SXSW? LAPS played at the Hotel Vegas Annex on March 14. Speaking about the importance of playing at the festival, they said: "We've been doing this for quite a wee while now and this feels like our first large gig considering it is in America. We've got an American release coming out with DFA, and it feels important to introduce ourselves over hither." PRS Foundation chatted to the duo in Texas, and y'all can watch the full extract of LAPS at SXSW on Vimeo.

Lylo

Who are they? Lylo is fabricated up of Glasgow boys Mitch, Justin, Jack, McCall and Niall.

What's their style? Line of Best Fit described them as a 'melting pot of sound', which feels most correct. This band incorporates everything from pop and rock to R&B, jazz and punk. Phew. Their latest anthology, Mail service Era, is a mish-brew of sounds and influences which showcases their diversity as musicians.

What did they bring to SXSW? They played at the Hotel Vegas Annex on March fourteen, and The Velveeta Room on March 17.

Breakfast Muff

Who are they? A DIY pop trio from Glasgow, consisting of Eilidh McMillan (Rapid Tan, Jealous Girlfriend), Simone Wilson (Hairband, Mary Column) and Cal Donnelly (Kaputt, Rapid Tan). They were established in their current guise in 2014.

What's their manner? Fun, high-free energy pop, in short. Their music tackles serious subjects, such as feminism and bullying, but at that place's bags of fun and personality there, too. In fact, they've described themselves in the past equally "like Hole, but funnier".

What did they bring to SXSW?The trio played at British Music Diplomatic mission @ Latitude thirty on March 12, and at the Hotel Vegas Annex on March 14. In an interview with poppedmusic.co.uk, they said they went to SXSW thanks to the funding from PRS Foundation, adding that "it's nice to meet people and stuff, just also we only similar playing shows. So we're just playing shows and going to see loads of other shows and that's amazing."

Most the International Showcase Fund

The International Showcase Fund offers vital support for artists, bands, songwriters and producers based in England, Scotland and Wales* who have been invited to play an international showcasing festival or conference. Creative Scotland is a partner in this fund.

The investment by Creative Scotland in the fund will give talented Scottish artists the opportunity to utilise for support to travel to and perform at manufacture showcases and benefit from the schemes' networking, mentoring and preparation workshops. Y'all tin read more nigh the fund, with details on how to apply, at prsfoundation.com/funding-back up/funding-music-creators/international/international-showcase-fund/.

Photograph credits: Catholic Action - Gemma Dagger; LAPS - Matthew Arthur Wiliams; C Macleod - C Macleod; Breakfast Muff - Paul Burt; Lylo - Neelam Khan Veela.

This commodity was published on 29 Mar 2018

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