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Jeff the Brotherhood - Bummer
Excellent new Jeff The Brotherhood video! They’re on tour in the US with The Kills, so make sure you get to those shows early if you’re going. One of those occassions where the support is waaay better than the headline act. More about Jeff the Brotherhood
FOE at Bull and Gate - 3 January 2012
FOE Thank god for Twitter. A chance search reveals that my intended gig for tonight (returning veterans Artery and feisty young pups Cold In Berlin plus others) has been postponed because the ageing headliners are 111. Sorry, they are ill. Thanks to Les Dawson for that joke. I divert across town to the Bull & Gate for the first night of a Fortuna Pop records residency. Even this event is...
DOWNLOAD: Frankie Rose - Know Me
Mere moments after we crowned Frankie Rose one of our most anticipated artists for 2012, she’s out to prove us right with the feathery guitar-n-drum jam “Know Me” – a song which retains all the great stuff from her previous outfit (poppy sentiment, classic songwriting structure, infectious refrains) while infusing new, even greater elements: twists of texture, darkheart...
ANBAD’s Predictions For 2012
As dictated by The Music Blogger’s Handbook (we’re all issued with one when we sign up to inflict our views on an indifferent world), there are three things that ANBAD must be doing right now. Firstly, this post needs to be appearing after the mandatory Two Week Christmas Recovery Period, where all email is automatically deleted, and any mentions of a trudge through Soundcloud or...
DOWNLOAD: Youth Lagoon - July
Youth Lagoon, a project from Boise bedroom popster Trevor Powers, understands the emotional heft that comes with a slow-burning crescendo. Take "July," which just received a surprisingly bloody video treatment. It’s a reverb-drenched torch song that’s perfect for a post-breakup drive through the mountains or napping in a pile of leaves. And of course, his aptly-named debut...
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Bully For You
Gorgeous Bully From: Plymouth, United Kingdom The more sanitised, synthetic and computerised mainstream music becomes the more the discerning music lover yearns for something a little more authentic, a little more organic. In 2012 too much music sounds like it’s been factory produced and packed full of more additivies than a family sized pack of Monster Munch. Thank god for labels like...
The King Khan Experience
I Love The Way You Howl King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his whole musical career and this new project finally takes up the challenge. In 9 new tracks released free by Scion Audio Visual Khan aggressively rips through a set of psychedelic garage-rock, forcing...
Cut Copy / Washed Out @ Pygmalion Festival (9/23)
When I saw Washed Out a couple years ago, it was just Ernest Greene and a laptop on stage and I left unimpressed. His opening set on Day 3 of Pygmalion Festival though, was a massive improvement and turned out to be one of the highlights of the weekend. What helped the most was the addition of a full band, including multiple synths, samplers, bass, trumpet, and live drums which created an...
Corpse Lights: A Curdled Churn
Woe betide any unfortunate soul who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and records one of the most brilliant songs of the year in mid-December: it simply won’t even get heard amongst all the end-of-year lists, and the inevitable accompanying chatter about Lana del bloody Rey‘s inclusion/exclusion. Corpse Lights, by the way, might just be one of those bands, splattered with...
Secret Diaries: Parcel Delivery
Secret Diaries have one of those supremely satisfying band names that make you wonder why no-one has thought of it before. I love it when that happens. And speaking of ‘supremely satisfying’, Secret Diaries’ undulating, stacatto songs are, naturellement, just that. Each precisely-placed thump within Secret Diaries’ music delivers a tasty parcel of sound, and we...
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Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down Remix EP
Having already garnered quite a following in his native Sweden, Johan Reinhold is introducing himself to our ears with his indie-electro-pop sensibilities in the form of a remix EP. Music after the jump… Keep an eye out for the upcoming full-length release for more of the same.
Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra
Here’s something a bit different from what I usually cover on here. For all of you partial to a bit of old time gypsy-swing folk music, it can be difficult to find contemporary artists with a bit of style that can and do actually write their own tracks, rather than just imitating what’s come before. I give you Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra. A mongrel group made up of...
FOE - King Tut's, Glasgow - 2nd October 2011
FOE: the musical project of one Hannah Clark; the one woman hurricane who has stolen our hearts with her unique musical sensibilities made her first venture north of the border on this latest UK tour. It’s perhaps a symbol of just how formidable a reputation the band have garnered - even before they set foot on a stage together - that they made their Scottish debut at none other than...
Roxanne De Bastion - Buckle Up (Interview)
Okay, so we’ve already spoken to her before… but since Roxanne had the balls to go in and confront receptionists at the BBC in this time of ‘terrorism’ for the sake of a video, we thought we’d shine the spotlight back on her again. SlashTheSeats: Hello! We’re going to assume people have never heard of you Ms. De Bastion… how would you go about...
Pulco - Sketchbook season
Unsettling looped harmonies, running water and breathy whistling. You never quite know what you’re going to come across in a Pulco record, and that’s part of its charm. Sketchbook Season continues in the ‘lofi misery poet’ style that we’ve come to know and admire (albeit maybe at a distance). The opening track - Whistle frog finds a way - is the perfect...
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  • Bully For You

    Gorgeous Bully From: Plymouth, United Kingdom The more sanitised, synthetic and computerised mainstream music becomes the more the discerning music lover yearns for something a little more...

  • Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down Remix EP

    Having already garnered quite a following in his native Sweden, Johan Reinhold is introducing himself to our ears with his indie-electro-pop sensibilities in the form of a remix EP. Music after the...

  • Corpse Lights: A Curdled Churn

    Woe betide any unfortunate soul who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and records one of the most brilliant songs of the year in mid-December: it simply won’t even get heard amongst all...

  • The King Khan Experience

    I Love The Way You Howl King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his...

  • Secret Diaries: Parcel Delivery

    Secret Diaries have one of those supremely satisfying band names that make you wonder why no-one has thought of it before. I love it when that happens. And speaking of ‘supremely...
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    Another day, another essential vinyl release. New label Faux Discx has started up a split 7" series called CMYK. The series will feature 8 artists – 2 per release and will involve...

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  • In Pictures: FOE

    Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.

  • In Pictures: Avett Brothers

    Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11 Read the review of the gig here.

  • In Pictures: Latitude Festival 2011

    Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...

  • In Pictures: Bad Guys at the Old Blue Last

    Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.  

  • In Pictures: White Lies and Crocodiles at Shepherd's Bush Empire

    Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...

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