Entertainment 14-01-2005 who: Glasgow indie band Belle and Sebastian what: Named best Scottish band of all time when: This week snippet: "Travis and Idlewild followed in second and third places in the List magazine poll of the top 50 bands, sponsored by Orange and backed by Radio 1 and Radio Scotland," says The Scotsman. "But in one major surprise, the biggest story in Scottish rock this year - Franz Ferdinand - appear to have some work to do with their fans north of the Border. They lagged in 15th place." Speaking of which, The Telegraph reports that Franz Ferdinand have been nominated for five Brit Awards while The Guardian says their lead singer Alex Kapranos has been asked to deliver a lecture on the state of Scottish music as part of the annual Edinburgh Lectures series. And in other music news, The Independent says a new directive from the government in Belarus bans radio stations from playing more than two foreign songs out of every ten tracks they broadcast. [... more]

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