Lots of bands make the happiest music about the saddest things, but few make it look as easy as The Dodos. Big anthemic drums and guitars layer against a sweet sing-a-long in "Company," where intellectual harmonies invite the lonely and heartbroken to join the gleeful chorus. Enjoy it with the rest of the punchy, vibraphone-studded tracks on their third (and optimistically-named) album...
20. Amadou and Mariam - "Sabali"; I never really pictured myself as someone who enjoyed worldly music but bands like Konono No. 1 and Amadou and Mariam have gone a long way toward stripping me of any of those reservations. This song in particular knocks down any barrier an African musician might face through it’s powerful vocals and pop like sounds.
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This story dates back to when I was on tour with Caribou some time ago. We were playing in Birmingham, and after the gig for some reason we couldn’t find our hotel – we were driving around in this...
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.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
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...
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.
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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