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Every year there are so many buzzbands that are available to ‘buzz about’/align your blog’s brand with by covering them on a regular/daily basis. Some artists are ‘good’ and ‘deserve hype’, but other bands sorta represent how hollow/forced the buzzosphere can be. Here are bands that Carles ‘could have’ blogged abt on HIPSTER RUNOFF this...
 Grammatics Choosing a top 100 records of 2009 may seem a little excessive but it has been a fucking awesome year for music.  No question.  We’ve mixed together albums, singles and individual tracks in our list, because we can.  The first batch is our top 100-81 and even though they’re at the lower reaches of our countdown, they’re all still amazing....
I think this is my first SxSW related post since I booked my (bargain) flights to Austin, so there’s definitely no backing out now. Not long til I go either so these posts need to step up a gear. So below are the highlights of the I, J and K pile winging their way to Texas state in March. Let’s dig in and find some excellence shall we? Inhabitants (www.myspace.com/theinhabitants...
I recently told you how I was loving Post-Nothing, the new album from Japandroids. Still am. They popped up on The Tripwire’s Backyard Series today and lead singer, Brian King, did a sweet cover of McLusky’s To Hell With Good Intentions, which we just played on our SIRIUS XM Blog Radio show on Tuesday. Check it out and then check out a couple more at The Tripwire. Previous:...
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Vancouver two-piece Japandroids have released their new album, Post-Nothing, through Polyvinyl and, if you haven’t, you better pick it up. Most 90s-influenced rock leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth, reminding me of too many Midwestern bar bands that just can’t seem to crawl out of the era. Post-Nothing seems to tap into something different - "gut-level concerns" as...
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japandroids Reviews

Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire. Lately I’ve been making my own hours and listening to mostly Big Star and Steely Dan. Anyone who’s spent any time around me in the last month or two can attest to this. Wake up late, make some strong coffee, cook up some fresh eggs and relax with Pretzel Logic or Radio City. Sounds like a fine time, right? Well it took Japandroids to knock...
Do not go to Siren Fest hungover! This should be a rule that’s written on the post because it is a pretty awful feeling to stand in the sun on one of the warmest days of the year when you were drinking till 4am the previous night. Yeah, sometimes my decision making is not what it’s supposed to be at this point in my life, but I did my best to battle the hangover and my sudden aversion...
Built to Spill Grand Duchy/Frank Black Thee Oh Sees Without a doubt, this was the most pleasant weather the Siren Festival has ever seen. Maybe a weird thing to say up front, but here’s a festival that has a reputation for being held on the most miserably hot, humid day of the year, where you wish someone would squeegee you every half hour. So with temperatures in the mid-80s and low...
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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...

Have You Read?

  • The Daisy Riots - download of 'pretty much everything' they've done

    We’re a bit late with this news, but it appears The Daisy Riots have split. A shame, as they were a fucking brilliant band. Fans of their amped up Futureheadsy punk rock n roll can...
  • The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack

    Along with a number of other bloggers, I did my fair share of hyping up The Soft Pack last year. And their debut album justifies all that enthustiastic frothing - because it is fucking ace. It...
  • Lovvers - OCD Go Go Go Girls

    The Lovvers album is a sonic assault.  It’s not lo fi exactly - that suggests a kind of slap dash, no care attitude that Lovvers clearly don’t have.  It’s just…...

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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