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I know, I know. You’ve read everyone else’s lists already and you’re bored to death by them. I don’t blame you. Instead consider this my personal carthasis and a way of reflecting on the year. I’ve chosen my top five Christmas songs/live performances/albums of 2008 and of course, I did my [festive fifty] the other day. I’m saving the albums list for tomorrow so...
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BEARSUIT Reviews

Band name: Fantastic Plastic Label: Fantastic Plastic Teaser: From Ikara Colt to Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club, the Fantastic Plastic label have consistantly dished up the goodies. Nathan Westley takes us through their cheekily titled round-up album… Pull quote 2: Ultimately this compilation serves as the perfect way to get yourself acquainted with one of...
Band name: Swankers, Bear Suit, Marvin The Martian and more Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: With only 20 days till Christmas, it’s time to get in the hedonistic mood (if you can afford it after buying all those prezzies) - so let’s kick things off with a depraved set of garage rock spine filleters! Ric Rawlins runs down the week’s singles…...
Band name: Foals, Maximo Park, Bearsuit, The Gossip and more Label: various labels Teaser: Do Maximo Park play Egyptian Bagpipes? Why does Calvin Harris crave ass? Which band could lead you into a life of serial bong abuse? Only Cindy Suzuki knows the answers, as she takes us for a whirl round this weeks singles… Pull quote 2: It’s been a trying few years, Indiepop...
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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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  • Interview with iLiKETRAiNS

    iliketrains_interview.jpgPART ONE: A MULTIMEDIA UNIT ARTROCKER: With the film, the visuals at the live shows and the instrumental aspects to the records, was it always the plan to be more than a simple garage band? DAVE:...
  • Interview with ¡FORWARD RUSSIA!

    FORWARD_INTERVIEW.jpg"You only get to appreciate what you do when you're not doing it," says bassist Rob Canning, slurping on a tea. "and now we're back, we're buzzing to go." PART ONE: WELCOME TO 2008 ARTROCKER: How...
  • Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea - I Watched It From the Roadside

    We picked them out back in August of 2009 when we featured their ‘A Small Version Of A Party’ EP, and they’ve gone on to be signed up to the well respected Smalltown America label...

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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