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Free The Brighton Twee
Foxes! From: Brighton, United Kingdom Who would have thought that a cassette tape (yes it was that long ago) given away free with a weekly music inkie (the NME since you ask) would still hang like the proverbial albatross around the necks of any band daring enough to jangle rather than rock? Any vaguely twee band with cute, usually but not predominantly, female vocals are casually dismissed...
Stars and Sons
Stars and Sons Genre: Pop / Alternative From: Brighton, United Kingdom Brighton’s Stars and Sons are a kind of Brighton supergroup. Ok maybe supergroup is stretching it a little but singer Mike Lord did use to take to the stage with Brighton’s 4 or 5 Magicians. The tracks on the band’s myspace site suggest a band playing with...
Shapes "Trampled By a Horse"
Myspace New Shapes EP this May on Big Scary Monsters, which I’ve heard (because I am special) and it is quite good. For a little preview, check out this intense video. The Birmingham band starts a tour in May with the JCQ, including a stop at the beautiful seaside town of Brighton for the Great Escape for a gig with Blakfish and This Town Needs Guns.
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Ones To Watch In 2010 - Part One
Predictions of who will make it big are always liable to provide a journalist with more egg on face than Humpty Dumpty’s renologist. The history of music is littered with band’s who were destined for greatness and disappeared without leaving so much as a smudge on the window of the music world. It’s even harder for bloggers like the Devil because, by our very nature, we deal...
DOWNLOAD: Eagles Of Death Metal - Wannabe In LA (Evil Nine's MCLA Remix)
Fresh off releasing their second album Heart On, desert rock guys Eagles Of Death Metal now get the remix treatment from Brighton, England death-electro group Evil Nine. The Nine kids have re-versioned their single "Wannabe In LA" for the (rather appropriate) Midnight Club: Los Angeles video game, cooking up some brisk, deadened drums and unending background synth wail to make it their...
Brakes - Crystal Tunings
Brakes Genre: Alternative / Indie / Rock From: Brighton UK In a true testament to the power of locality in a globalised world Brighton based indie supergroup (containing previous and current members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, The Tenderfoot and The Pipettes) Brakes have found a new home on Brighton’s favourite indie label, FatCat Records. The bands two records for...
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Doll and the Kicks
What makes a minnow-sized band from Brighton be hand-picked by Morrissey to support him on tour?    I’m not sure either, but I wouldn’t let that put you off this female-fronted four piece. Their pop-rock sound may well catch you by surprise, with Doll’s vocals coming through a lot stronger than at first expected. With more than a hint of classical training, she...
Singles for week beginning 30th July
Band name: Kid Acne, Graham Coxon, Eighties Matchbox and more Label: Various labels Teaser: A damn fine review of this week’s singles, including tunes from Graham Coxon, Kid Acne & The Cribs. Pull quote 2: …it still beats the shit out of the Horrors. Mind you, it’s hard to think of something that doesn’t. First para: SINGLE OF THE WEEK: KID...
Behind the scenes at Artrocker Brighton opening night
Venue: The Water Margin, Brighton Teaser: Artrocker Brighton opened its doors a couple of weeks ago. Richard Davis was there to bring us this report. And run the new club. Pull quote 2: And Shrag’s sheer punk winsomeness properly warmed us all up for the evening. Warmed the cockles of our artrocking hearts, in fact. First para: Artrocker joined Televised Crimewave...
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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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  • Good Weekend Festival

      Here’s a festival that looks likely to live up to its name - Good Weekend in Hampshire, which is on 22-23 July.  It boasts an excellent ecclectic line up, including Art Brut, Hot...

  • Commlock Special : The Sonics - 2 of 2 : Interview

    PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK SPECIAL - THE SONICS #2 OF 2 Interview : The Sonics 04/04/10 After their barnstorming London gig in Great Portland Street as part of Le Beat Bespoke festival, I...

  • The High Numbers - Ooh Poo Pah Do

    New old song of the day, courtesy of The High Numbers. It’s the pre-Who, recorded live at the Railway Hotel in 1964, back when people weren’t afraid of using words like ‘poo...

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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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