Wide Days:
Scottish Showcase

Thursday 17 March | 20.00-02.00 CST
Swan Dive Patio (615 Red River St) Map

We are pleased to be presenting six Scottish artists at SXSW 2022 supported by Creative Scotland.

Showcasing a cross-section of emerging Scottish talent, encompassing indie rock, jazz, post-punk and acoustic-folk. Constant Follower, Georgia Cecile, Hamish Hawk, MEMES, Parliamo and Walt Disco will play the Wide Days Scottish showcase on Thursday 17 March at Swan Dive Patio.

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Showcasing Artists

SXSW SHOWS:

TUESDAY 15 - 7PM
ST DAVID’S BETHEL HALL

THURSDAY 17 - 8.20PM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

CONSTANT FOLLOWER

Self-described as soaring-ambient-dreampop-experimental-folk, Constant Follower is the band formed around Scottish songwriter Stephen McAll. As a teenager, McAll survived an attack by a gang that left him with a catastrophic head injury and every memory of his childhood gone. The next decade was spent in a cabin on Scotland’s Western coastline, where he eventually began composing again. The result is a childhood imagined against a backdrop that, like the sea, is as serene as it is wild; ever-changing, yet resolute. Co-produced by McAll and renowned producer Kramer (Low, Galaxie 500, Will Oldham), their debut album ‘Neither Is, Nor Ever Was’, was released on the legendary Shimmy Disc imprint on October 1st 2021, and has been championed by KEXP, WFMU, BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Scotland. "It's one of the most beautiful records I have ever been privileged to be a part of, filled to the very brim with moment after moment of poetic clarity, and not a moment too late." Kramer

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Contact:
Management - tcoy1000@aol.com
UK PR - jenn@electricshores.com
US PR - kodi@marauder.com

SXSW SHOWS

MONDAY 14 - 8PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

GALLUS

At the forefront of Glasgow’s fertile music scene, Gallus have emerged from the current pandemic with no loss of momentum and a renewed sense of purpose. 2021 saw the band sign to Marshall Records and return to the live scene with their reputation for riotous shows, selling out performances across Scotland and England, including a show at TRNSMT 2021. The band have started 2022 off with a bang, selling out a show at St Luke's in Glasgow weeks in advance.

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Contact:
Management - gallus@lockback.co.uk
UK/EU Booking - Stuart.vallans@marshall.com

SXSW SHOWS

THURSDAY 17 - 9.20PM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

FRIDAY 18 - 9PM
ELEPHANT ROOM

GEORGIA CECILE

Winner of 'Best Album’ at the 2020 Scottish Jazz Awards, and a finalist for the JazzFM 'Vocalist of the Year' prize 2020, Georgia Cécile is at the helm of the new wave of UK jazz-pop crossover artists. Tipped as ‘One To Watch’ by BBC Introducing, Wonderland and Jazzwise magazine, receiving support from JazzFM, Jamie Cullum and BBC Radio 2, Cécile’s stock has been rising on the strength of her live performances and artful writing style. Recently Cécile supported Gregory Porter on his UK tour and performed with Guy Barker's BBC Orchestra on BBC4 for the London Jazz Festival opening gala concert. Her debut album topped the UK Jazz & Blues album charts and she featured in Jazzwise Magazine's 'Woman In Jazz' top pics for 2022.

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Contact:
Management - ben@thegothamgroup.co.uk
UK PR - joe@coveredpr.com

SXSW SHOWS

WEDNESDAY 16 - 4PM
BRUSH SQUARE PARK

THURSDAY 17 - 10.20PM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

SATURDAY 19 - 3PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

HAMISH HAWK

Rich of voice and even richer of imagination, the singer-songwriter from Edinburgh creates musical pen-portraits as vivid in lyric as they are in melody. In all the wholly best ways, these are chamber pop songs that have swallowed both a dictionary and a compendium of modern urban (and island) fairy tales. And, on Heavy Elevator, his first fully-formed album, this prolific artist presents a perfect ten tracks packed with characters, incident, emotion, geographical/artistic references and tunes to hang your coat on.

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Contact:
Management - james@postelectricartists.com / rod@postelectricartists.com
UK/EU Booking - graham@atc-live.com
US Booking - mike.hayes@icmpartners.com
UK PR - james@prescriptionpr.co.uk

SXSW SHOWS

TUESDAY 15 - 10PM
3TEN

WEDNESDAY 16 - 10PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

THURSDAY 17 - TBC
SPEAKEASY

FRIDAY 18 - TBC
MOHAWK

JOESEF

Joesef is a young soul, with an old soul, who's mastered new soul.

Glaswegian, singer-songwriter Joesef has been making waves in the UK music scene since 2019.

With notes of Motown, hip hop, and jazz, the soulful musician draws early influence from the likes of Al Green and the dance culture of east end Glasgow.

Contact:
Management - lyle@mananamusicmanagent.com
UK / EU Booking - peter_elliott@primarytalent.com
US Booking - twindish@teamwass.com
UK PR - elspeth@artistsway.co.uk
US PR - danae@grandstandhq.com

SXSW SHOWS

WED 16 - 9.30PM
CREEK AND THE CAVE

KT TUNSTALL

Sitting, eyes closed in the sunshine in Nashville’s Centennial Park in Spring 2017 on tour, KT Tunstall had an epiphany. It encompassed both her last album, ‘KIN’, that entered the UK top 10 in 2016, and her as-yet-unrecorded sixth studio album.

There were some things she knew instantly. That moving to Los Angeles, whence she had relocated from London in autumn 2014, had been a life-saving move. That she was now in the midst of a trilogy of records, the latest exciting chapter in a career fuelled by a rocket-powered lift- off with 2004’s ‘Eye To The Telescope’, her debut album which won the post- folkie from Scotland the Brit Award for Best British Female. That this trilogy would evoke, separately and in sequence, spirit, body and mind. That ‘KIN’ was already, happily, her spirit album.

Contact:
Management - charlotte@kttunstallmusic.com
UK/EU Booking - rob.challice@paradigmagency.com

SXSW SHOWS

SUNDAY 13 - 10.30PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

TUESDAY 16 - 11PM
CHEER UP CHARLIE’S

THURSDAY 17 - 11.20PM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

MEMES

Hailed for their frenetic, furiously-infectious brand of indie-punk, MEMES are cousins John and Paul McLinden. Formed in 2019 with a name that adeptly mirrored the sardonic sense of fun to be found in their laptop-rock creations, the band released their self-titled debut EP on Fierce Panda Records less than a year later and have been twisting heads ever since.

Performing virtually at festivals from SXSW, to The Great Escape, Wide Days and c/o pop in Germany, MEMES have quickly earned a reputation for their sensory blitzing shows and unconventional stylistics; earning praise from key supporters including Pitchfork, The Skinny, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, KEXP, Amazing Radio, BBC Radio Scotland and many more.

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Contact:
Management - michael@amodernway.com / ailsa@amodernway.com
UK/EU Booking - colin@atc-live.com / steve@atc-live.com
UK PR - thom@sonicpr.co.uk
UK Radio - liv@theydo.com

SXSW SHOWS

THURSDAY 17 - 01.20AM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

SATURDAY 19 - 9PM
THE GREEN JAY

PARLIAMO

With a heady live-reputation preceding them, Parliamo have already been hailed as one of Scotland’s most exciting young prospects. Backed by radio in the UK (BBC 6Music, Radio Scotland, Radio X) and in the US (via KEXP), their self-proclaimed brand of ‘underground pop’ is already turning a lot of heads. Parliamo are a true breath of fresh air, and without doubt ones to watch in 2022.

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Contact:
Management - sadowskimgmt@gmail.com
UK/EU Booking - graham@atc-live.com
UK PR - joly@warmth.agency

SXSW SHOWS

WEDNESDAY 16 - 9PM
THE GREEN JAY

THURSDAY 17 - 7PM
FAIRMONT AUSTIN

RIANNE DOWNEY

Country-indie lullabies with bite, sent to listeners from the equally beautiful and brutally honest heart of Scotland. Music to help us all get by when life isn’t easy.

With songs like Fuel To The Flame and Stand My Ground, the growing artist makes her first, big statements. They are her gentle way of raising a middle finger, then throwing it in the faces of every drag that ever pulled her down and banishing almost every thought of doubt she’d cast her own way.

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Contact:
Management - andrew@runonrecords.com
UK/EU Booking - olly.hodgson@paradigmagency.com

SXSW SHOWS

SATURDAY 12 - 10.30PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

THURSDAY 17 - 00.20AM
SWAN DIVE PATIO

FRIDAY 18 - 8PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

WALT DISCO

Walt Disco are a band who defy all convention to create a world of their own, truly like no other. Their fearless, unique pop songs are created without constraint, with a message of self expression at the very core of everything they do.

Blending a cacophony of sounds ranging from new wave and glam rock to queer modern art-pop, the Glasgow-based sextet’s youthful songs are as much dancefloor fillers as they are anthemic earworms. With a penchant for memorable songs which resonate across generations, vocalist and band leader James Potter writes earnest lyrics about self exploration and love in the digital age.

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Contact:
Management - hamish@BounseMGMT.com
UK/EU Booking - sally.dunstone@primarytalent.com
UK PR - Tom.Mehrtens@s-414.com
US PR - sarah@girlieaction.com

SXSW SHOWS

WEDNESDAY 16 - 1AM
HOTEL VEGAS PATIO

THURSDAY 17 - 3PM
CHEER UP CHARLIE’S

FRIDAY 18 - 2PM
DR.MARTENS CONTAINER BAR

FRI 18 - 5.30PM
BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS

Driving melodies, searing vocals, and heart. We Were Promised Jetpacks arrived on the indie landscape with a bang in the late 00's, and since then have consistently produced music that hits the core of every fan.

Adam, Darren and Sean have been friends and band mates since high school, growing up in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. Ever since they cruised to victory in school battle of the bands, they never looked back.

With monster albums These Four Walls (2009), In the Pit of the Stomach (2011), Unravelling (2014), The More I sleep the Less I Dream (2018), Enjoy The View (2021) in the back catalog, 2022 is looking brighter than ever.

Contact:
Management - michael@amodernway.com / ailsa@amodernway.com
UK/EU Booking - paul@playbookartists.com
US Booking - mahmood@concertedefforts.com
UK PR - katie@someonegreatpr.com
US PR - caroline@clarioncallmedia.com