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The Young Knives are playing at Heaven on 24 September as part of Transgressive Record’s 5th birthday celebrations. You should go - because they are amazing. To spice things up, they’re letting you the screaming fan vote on what songs they’re going to play. Good eh? Will the masochists gang up and make the band play all those b-sides they know they hate? Or will...
He not the prince of wales though.  :-I £4500808 (Retro Frames)
As part as our ongoing attempts to cover what little exists of a Kent music scene, it seemed only prudent to put together a brief guide to the major music festivals taking place in the county over the next couple of months. A few years ago such a thing would have been impossible due to a lack of said events, but now new festivals seem to be popping up each year. Obviously not all of them work (...
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THE YOUNG KNIVES Reviews

Band name: Young Knives, Futureheads, Morton Valance and more Label: various indie mwindies Teaser: Michael West let’s his evil streak off the leash as he takes us through this week’s releases. Find out here who has a stupid name, who reminds him of Hard Fi - and who he’d like to get hitched to… Pull quote 2: They cite ‘The Police’ as influences....
Band name: Various Artists Label: Filthy Little Angels Teaser: Fang Fuck it’s Halloween, and who’d have thought that someone would have the idea of getting the Rocky Horror soundtrack covered by a bunch of unsigned no-wavers? Rory Carroll unlocks the crypt of free downloads… Pull quote 2: The Housewives combine the Young Knives with bossa nova beats on...
Band name: Young Knives, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem and more… Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: This week’s extraordinarily large mound of singles sees Mercury nominees slugging it out on the dance-floor, and James Murphy taking on his DFA prodigies Prinzhorn Dance School. Lewis Hingston lets battle commence… Pull quote 2: Wichita’s Los Campesinos! are...
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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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  • 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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