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Spiritualized confirmed for Groening's ATP
Spiritualized are performing Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space in May at Butlins, as part of the Matt Groening curated ATP weekend.  It’s a reprise of the production that saw them sell out 4 nights at the Barbican. Also featured in the new line up announcement are The Fresh and Onlys and Cold Cave. Full press release after the break. Spiritualized...
Is The XX a ‘marketing gimmick’ for Dos Equis?
Photo by Chris La Putt Yall might recognize this bro as the bro from the popular 2k9 indie blogpitchfork buzz band ‘The XX.’ He seems chill, like he is just a bro playing ambient minimalist spacey earnest dark guitar rock. I couldn’t help but notice his soda can tab earring. I went to the store to buy a 6 pack of sodas so that I could make my own [via weekend arts+...
Top 100 Records of 2009: 40-21
Those Darlins Here’s the next batch of our favourite albums, singles and downloads of 2009. We’re hurtling towards the top 20, as today we give you our selections from 40-21.   40: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s blitz New York trio’s guitarless innovations strike just the right kind of chord on their third LP. Check out the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on...
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An open plea to buy the debut of the year
Hi, I’m David West; I’m 19 years old, I’m a student and I’ve spent the last year of my life pissing away my Gran’s inheritance on alcohol and pizza. Above are The xx, they’re 19 years old and have spent the last year making one of the most important debut albums of the last couple of years. Considering they’re not a lo-fi punk band with not a single...
Buzzworthy??? Or Not??? - The XX
Who: The xx Location: London, UK elbo.ws Ranking: #6 Thoughts: After listening to The xx’s poorly titled debut record XX the only word that truly comes to mind is monotonous. As in this shit is so monotonous that you can’t tell where one song ends and another begins. Everything sounds like what came before it, and if you were lured in by the allure of the first single, the pretty...
DOWNLOAD: Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love (The xx Remix)
Sometimes hooks are so mangled from their original form that singing along becomes impossible. As if that would prevent us from trying. To little success, we tried arching our lungs over the cut-up voice of Florence Welch here, though even met with failure it’s still lodged in our brains. The xx resung the rest of the tune for their 2-steppy sorta cover/remix, where xylophone and harp seem...
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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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  • ALFONZOS DEMO KITCHEN: PSYCHEDELIC SPECIAL!

    Welcome my sexy multi - coloured minions! You know, just the other day, my good friend Peter Stringfellow said to me, he said "Alfonzo!

  • ATV in space and CeBIT technology fair 2008

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Space News : ATV in space Yes, the ATV has gone into space. No, Mark Perry is not taking acid. It's the Automated Transfer Vehicle, taking supplies to the International Space...

  • Sunday Nights Are There To Rock

    You know the feeling. It’s a Sunday evening and you reflect on your weekend with the impending working week dangling in front of your nose like a rancid carrot and you think:  ...

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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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