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As last year, I will not be able to attend the music lover’s paradise, South by Southwest, and will have to explore the roster of artists from the swivel chair in front of my laptop (if I spin around fast enough every so often, I can attempt to simulate the dizziness brought on by wanting to see so many bands at once). Once again, there are many bands and artists that I already know about...
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I can’t go to SXSW this year as I have no money. That’s the naked truth of the matter. What I can do, is trawl through the enormous list of showcasing bands, and make some recommendations based on the music available on each band’s website. For my sins, I’ve just started that task and boy, is there a big heap of shit heading to Austin at the beginning of March....
In keeping with our tour of Exclusives-ville this week, we’ve the distinct honor of hooking you up with a hidden track from Cut Off Your Hands’ knockout EP Happy As Can Be. Running more on a full tank of 50s lilt than the skyward, U2-like pop anthems that keep lots of the New Zealand post-punkers’ EP running, "Iron Sleep" is as its title might suggest: dreamy....
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Cut Off Your Hands Reviews

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...
Band name: Singles for the week beginning March 3 Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: Orlando and Felix stroke their chins as they plough through the week’s single releases. Brace yourself for Foals, Adam Green, Cut Off Your Hands and more! Pull quote 2: Are you looking for more juice? I have the urge to say something else… but when it ends up in print I...
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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  • 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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