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Ghetto Ghetto: A Two-Piece That Suits
There’s something undeniably appealing about two-piece rock bands. It’s the limitations, of course. There’s always an innate admiration that two people can tease enough variety out of the smattering of instruments that their limbs can accommodate, and partly because such an arrangement almost always results in music that is unequivocally primal in its  ...
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Rat vs Possum: new single and album news
Fox On Stilts Melbourne’s finest space-punk raconteurs are back with a new single, titled ‘Fat Monk’, taken from their hotly anticipated second album Let Music & Bodies Unite, out through Sensory Projects in September. Strangely though, this new track reminds me more of Adrian Tregonning, Matt Kulesza and Daphne Shum’s other band No Zu, whom they perform...
THE PROCESS
In contrast to last week it would seem i haven’t lived life all that much and have just been ‘that old chestnut’ siting around being wistful and reflective, it is winter after all. In celebration of this forward thinking melancholy i would to bring to you The Process. Now, JD has posted these guys before but we have been getting requests for more Melbourne/Australian bands and...
Winter Wonderland
Wintercoats From: Ballarat/Melbourne, Victoria, Australia It’s the first day of November the nights are drawing in and there is a definite chill in the air so it’s surely time to check out Wintercoats (not to be confused with Kentucky’s Winter Coats or Canadian oddities The Winter Coats), the solo dream pop project of Melbourne multi-instrumentalist James Wallace....
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Bachelor of Arts are a three piece noise-rock band from here in Melbourne, and create some of the most angular and energetically-precise music you’ll come across. It channels the exploration of the late 70s NYC scene crossed with the shifting rhythms and sense of restraint that the 90s Chicago scene was known for. The past two years has seen the group sharing stages with the likes of...
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Laneway Festival 2010: Review
Laneway Festival February 1, 2010 Britomart Square, Auckland Last week our Melbourne friends told us that the Laneway Festival is one of the least respected festivals in Australia, we were surprised, but it meant we entered the first Auckland Laneway festival with a hint of scepticism. We’d been told stories of forty minute-queues to see bands, poor facilities and an even poorer...
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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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  • 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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