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DOWNLOAD: The Concretes - My Way (Seconds Remix)
(Photo: Frans Hällqvist) Swedish band The Concretes are best known for their winsome, colorful take on ’60s and ’70s pop, skipping along from girl groups to disco over the course of an album. Bu the Seconds remix of "My Way," off their recent album WYWH, is a detour—the bubbly electronics turning into a dribble, the bouncy bass lines turning into a crawl,...
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No Age covers Bjork… and more covers
Taken By Trees does Guns N’ Roses Victoria Bergsman just released one of the most beautiful albums of 2009 so it’s no surprise that this cover of Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child Of Mine’ is equally as stunning. She released the song last year on 7″ vinyl. Bergsman is no stranger to recording covers, her previous band The Concretes recorded excellent...
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Camera Obscura
 Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career 8/10 Rising from the doldrums that saw their previous album Let’s Get Out Of This Country fall into a dark black hole, Camera Obscura returns with their fourth studio album which is a much more chirpy affair. Lead singer Tracyanne Campbell’s voice is delightful, styled somewhere between a young Mama Cass or more recently, Swedish vocal...
Field Day festival
Venue: Victoria park, London Teaser: Our man at the festies Don Blandford brings us this review of the weekend’s controversial Field Day in London. It’s GoodBooks, Foals and The Concretes VS an angry local council - and madness is sure to follow… Pull quote 2: I resorted to watching someone roll past me inside the giant Rumble Strips drum, which had only...
ALPHABEAT
Venue: Cardiff Barfly Teaser: Susie Wild reports from the Cardiff leg of the Wonky Pop Tour, where Alphabeat’s sugar coated vision of 1980s pop is fast winning over the cynics… Pull quote 2: they’re bubblegum bright, innocent as you like and guaranteed to fix a broken smile… First para: Their current hit single ‘Fascination’...
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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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  • Does It Offend You Yeah? Don't Say We Didn't Warn You + Tour Photos

    Following on from their critically acclaimed debut LP ‘You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into’, electro-punks Does It Offend You Yeah? are kicking off their second...

  • Bonus Eventus new LP - free download!

    Bonus Eventus’ debut album Cañaceros! was in our top 5 of 2009 - a truly fantastic good times record with enthusiastic nods to SST bands of yore. Their follow up record...

  • Fists of fun

    New label Hello Thor is putting out a single release by band Fists. Why? Because they’re a record label "devoted to putting out incredible music by talented artists. It’s not about...

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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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