GRANTURA Reviews

Band name: White Denim, The Hair, Grantura and more Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: Bad news: there are some foul and festering singles coming out this week. Good news: there’s always the odd diamond hiding in the horse shit! And that is the gospel, according to Cindy Suzuki… Pull quote 2: They sound like they’ve done time. They sound like men...
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...
Band name: Those Dancing Days, Metronomy, Mr Fogg and more Label: Various indie schmindies Teaser: The Sex Pistols! Fatboy Slim! (The) Elvis Presley (Estate)! Yes, all these filthy mongrels are releasing singles this week, so let’s zip round the back exit and hunt down some obscure gems instead. Take it away Don Blandford… Pull quote 2: It may be that Hot...
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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?

  • Orgone Accumulators – Good Advice EP

    This has to be one of the more bizarre things that I’ve come across in a while.
  • The Stabilisers, the NHS and Food Labelling

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : The Stabilisers, 12 Bar Club, Saturday 12/01/08 I caught up with friend and former Solar Flare/Prime Mover/Goodchilde/Headcoat/Prisoner Allan Crockford performing...
  • MING MING AND THE CHING CHINGS

    As names go, Ming Ming and the Ching Chings is pretty questionable.  I think it’s the fact that it manages to be similar to both The Ting Tings and Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong that...

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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