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Autumn Splendour: interview and video premiere
Super 8 Obsession Auckland’s Autumn Splendour have a new video to share that was shot on Super 8 film and processed in Germany. We got the band to explain what they’re about and why they have an obsession with naming songs after themselves. (EMJ) When did you start Autumn Splendour and has it always been the same line-up? (AS: Natasha Cantwell) In the Autumn of 2009 Cait and I...
Xiu Xiu live photos
Xiu Xiu with Glass Vaults and Siamese Saturday, September 11, 2010 San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Photos by Rachel Brandon  More photos of Xiu Xiu, Glass Vaults and Siamese
Deerhoof live photos
  Photos by Ema Richards  More Deerhoof, Grayson Gilmour and Seth Frightening live photos
Thee Oh Sees live photos
Thee Oh Sees The Grand Chancellors The Spunks | Mr. Slackjaw Saturday, January 28, 2012 Mighty Mighty, Wellington Photos by Rachel Brandon More photos of Thee Oh Sees, The Grand Chancellors, The Spunks and Mr. Slackjaw
Prince Rama, Outré Visualisations and Unending Hoards Of Idiots
Oh look – it’s Glastonbury Festival time again. Don’t worry – I won’t air my yearly gripes about the festival again. Oh, OK, then: I hate the fact that a once-unique festival of genuinely alternative lifestyles, music and culture has been hijacked by the Grazia-reading haircut brigade. Sad but true. A trip to Glastonbury used to be a weekend break in a...
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God Bows To Math/TFF interview
Double Happiness Released on Monday, November 23, MUZAI Records presented two bands on one split CD. First is Auckland hardcore punk outfit God Bows To Math, with four tracks of spitting aggression and spiralling feedback. Then it’s TFF, the Dunedin teenagers who craft long, noisy jams using high pitched guitar screeches and crooked saxophone playing. I had a chat with both bands about...
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So So Modern- Crude Futures
  So So Modern- Crude Futures 7/10 Enduring and endearing Wellington band So So Modern has finally released their debut album after six years and as many EPs. Capturing their energy and enthusiasm, the apocalyptic-themed Crude Futures develops their recent style of long, drawn-out, abstracted and fragmented post punk/math rock songs. The slow buildup of ‘Life In The Undergrowth...
Camp A Low Hum 2008
Venue: Tatum Park, near Levin, New Zealand Teaser: Dave Taylor brings us this review of what is, quite possibly, the best music festival in the world. First para: If seeing Lord of the Rings or those big green tempting posters on the tube has made you consider a trip to New Zealand, make sure your holiday coincides with Camp A Low Hum. It’s quite possibly the best...
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Top 5 Downloads

  • 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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Have You Read?

  • Delia's Gig Guide: 17 December

    Monday 17th December Grrampahone ­ Upset the Rhythm xmas party!!!!!!! Rough Trade East- Duffy ­ 2pm - free Madame Jo Jo ­ Supergrass, Eight Legs

  • Architects of Grace - Oceans of the Heart - Video

    Musical project of one Duncan Robert Illing, Architects of Grace have got a debut single ‘Reflection’ out on April the 4th 2011, with their debut album coming out a week later.

  • Latitude Festival 2011 - Artist Interviews (part 2)

    We’ve had a raft of new interviews with artists taking part in this year’s Latitude Festival, as well as an updated lineup. Have a look after the jump to get all the info. For a...

Photos

  • 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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