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This week’s round up of the tracks that I haven’t had the space to post… The Young Knives From: Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, United Kingdom After a summer of rioting on the streets of London it’s good to have the Young Knives back with their whimsical and oh so English pop. New single Vision In Rags harks back to a simpler, kinder and altogether less...
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Quick. Name a band from the Isle of Man. Situated in the Irish Sea between Eire and the UK the island is mostly know for its furry mouse eating creatures with missing tails and a circuit for motor racing. Broke Down Turntable hopes to prove to the world that quirky pop music can be added to this rather short list. Their album Ask A Policeman is so lo-fi that you could have recorded it your self...
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The Bees Reviews

Venue: Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset Teaser: Col Greenwood heads down to Dorset for some last-throes-of-Summer fun at the End of the Road Festival with top performances from Brakes, Devastations and the Archie Bronson Outfit… Pull quote 2: Polished doesn’t begin to describe the sonic perfection of Midlake’s performance, but since when was perfection fun?...
Band name: The Bees Label: Virgin Teaser: Rich Davey reviews the third album from ecclectic Isle of Wight rockers The Bees. Pull quote 2: By the time the album hits its real meat, you start to feel suffocated by all that echo, yearning for a bit of passion… First para: The third album from Isle of Wight oddballs the Bees will no doubt bring on a rush of...
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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...

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  • The state we're in

    dm2.jpg2008. The year the music industry went into melt down. For the past few years there have been murmurs about the illegal downloading of music killing the music industry. We'd been there and seen that...
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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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