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Welcome to Wildlife. My sporadic little space of the interweb dedicated to observations and investigations into the behaviours, diets and habitats of musicians. Expect comment on new breeds, intelligence, mating calls and rituals along with the odd warning of extinction all written by me, Susie Wild. I know, it is brilliant, what I’ve done there, isn’t it? First up:  Move over...
None of the "The" bands really sounded similar, but at least The Hives looked better than everybody else. They even changed their whole getup for each subsequent album, the most recent being of the school uniform variety. This was one of the first videos and I just remember being surprised by how sweaty these dudes looked. No other "The" band played this hard. They also acted...
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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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 whole musical career and this new project finally takes up the challenge. In 9 new tracks released free by Scion Audio Visual Khan aggressively rips through a set of psychedelic garage-rock, forcing...
Haunted Tiger From: Los Angeles, United States LA’s Haunted Tiger are one of the many bands featured on the CV of exotic and punky American chanteuse Lately Blu Blu (featured on the Devil’s blog back in March this year Blu Velvet). I promised at the time of the Lately Blu Blu feature that Haunted Tiger would be following the next day. I clearly got a little side tracked as...
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THE HIVES Reviews

Venue: Glasgow ABC Teaser: Tyrannosaurus Hives has arrived in Glasgow, and it’s chewin’ up the city! What’re we gonna do? Call the cops? Send in the helicopters? Hmmm. Nah, scrap all that: let’s send Andrea O’Neill down to report on the beast! Pull quote 2: Stompin’ across the stage with his Jagger-esque swagger he shrieked, “We sound so good from...
Venue: Earl of Camden Teaser: Lewis Hingston witnesses the Cornish invasion of Camden, as a stream of West Country acts arrive to entertain the Saturday night football fanatics… Pull quote 2: The tune careers along on a wave of irresistible hooks, suggesting Kanye West hijacking one of The Rapture’s better moments… First para: One positive consequence of...
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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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  • Fabulous Penetrators/Luxury Condo, Sweeney Todd & Human Mind Capacity

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : Fabulous Penetrators/Luxury Condo, Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes 16/08/08 Looking for a decent night out with my friend Paul, we were drawn to my friend Jim Bishop's...
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  • Gilbert O'Sullivan

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : Gilbert O'Sullivan, Brighton Dome, 11/11/07 My brother was an avid record collector before I was born, and whilst we did occasionally split duties (he got The...

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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