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New Oblivians album!
  Now I’m not usually prone to bouts of over excitement, but news of a brand new Oblivians album has me flinging exclamation marks all over the place .  See the title of this post for proof of the fact that this news is very pleasing to me. The photo above has Greg Oblivian shaking on a deal for a brand new Oblivians album with Larry Hardy of In The Red records, who will be...
On The RCRD: Panda Bear
While getting you the finest new jams to listen to will always be our main squeeze, sometimes it’s good to gain a little context into our favorite artists – a quick view into their brain that might demonstrate why we love their sounds so much. That’s the idea behind our new series On The RCRD. We use a flip on the classic Proust Questionnaire and let our favorites, well,...
Queer (as Queen) at The Pipeline - 4 February 2012
Queer   There’s a weird atmosphere in London. The weather forecasters have promised an icy apocalypse for later in the night. From the tone of the warnings it is not clear whether we will get one inch of snow and some minor disruption, or whether this is indeed the end of the world and any poor souls caught outside will have to devour each other like members of the Donner Party. I...
Surrender To Howler
Howler From: Minneapolis, United States In 1961 Decca Records told the Beatles that guitar groups were on their way out. With only one genuine honest to goodness guitar band making it to the BBC’s influential Sound of 2012 final 15 long list it would appear that they were a mere 50 years out. If the BBC are to be believed all that’s left to do is order the coffin, draft the obituary...
MIDWEEK MIXTAPE // 1st February 2012
A curtailed Midweek Mixtape this week, due to the fact that living out of a rucksack is not conducive to the Peak Music Bloggery™ that we have all come to expect/long for on ANBAD. So, this week features less poking fun at Blur bassists, and more moving quickly on to the new bands. Oh, OK then, there’s still room for a picture of Alex James looking foolish....
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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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  • Wickerman Festival 2010

    There’s not too many music festivals around that have a single idea or event as their central focal point. More often that not it tends to be a case of the bands on the main-stage being the...

  • The Bridport Dagger - Dangling Man

    pic by Stew Ruffles Here’s an excellent tune for you to download from The Bridport Dagger. Recorded live at the Windmill Brixton, Dangling Man is a Nick Cavey/Gretchen Hofnery 50s flecked...

  • Jack of Heart - Only Seven Inches for your Girlfriend?

    Gratuitous Jack of Heart endorsement from Jared Black Lips, pic from Falsestuff Don’t let the terrible title put you off. ‘Only Seven Inches For your Girlfriend?’ is a compilation...

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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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