Kid Canaveral are an Edinburgh based indie pop band who make music you can dance
around and flail your limbs too. They are David MacGregor, Kate Lazda, Rose McConnachie
and Scott McMaster. Over the past few years they’ve been busy writing and perfecting their
noble craft and in true indie spirit have self-released four 7” singles on their own label,
Straight To Video, including a split release with fellow indiepoppers Come On Gang! Their
most recent release saw the band delve even further into the not-quite-extinct-technology
market by releasing their latest E.P. on limited edition cassette tape. Just in case you
chucked that walkman away, the E.P. also came with a free download code.
Kid Canaveral enjoy playing live. A lot. Over the past couple of years they have shared the
stage with James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Glasvegas, King Creosote, De Rosa,
Camera Obscura and KT Tunstall. They have played the Wickerman Festival, Fence
Records’ Homegame Festival, Manchester’s In The City, as well as completing three
successful UK tours. The band also put on their own nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow, most
recently hosting a sold out show at the Bowery in October to launch the new EP.
Kid Canaveral have also enjoyed hearing themselves on the radio - on Rob Da Bank and
Steve Lamacq’s Radio 1 shows and Vic Galloway’s BBC Scotland and Radio 1 shows. In
June, the band were featured on Andrew Weatherall’s 6Mix on BBC 6Music. Xfm and BBC
presenter Jim Gellatly saw fit to make the band his Single Of Week and debut single Smash
Hits even made it onto the small screen - with a music video appearance BBC 2’s The
Music Show.
2010 looks set to be the band’s most exciting year to date with the release of their
debut album in late Spring, followed by a tour and select summer festival dates.
Agent - Lee Taylor