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Some of you, of a certain age, just need to read the words “Julia Carling on Top Of The Pops” and you’ll know what that’s about. A greater, more…contemporary number can get a clue via “Guardian agony column” or “pro-fat Heat front cover”, or another choice moment which signalled that Gossip were no one’s exclusive property. A decade...
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Punch! Yay! Mitsubishi! B U R N S is totally strobe-ing out the UK electro scene right now, and rising hype says he’s the new Calvin Harris.  Put down your drink, we have to go dance like this minute or this beat’s gonna kick through our ribs like Alien! He’s remixing Beth Ditto into a basement maze and boozing up Passion Pit. His own jam is stadium electric guitar and it...
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Beth Ditto Reviews

I find it difficult to get excited about The Dead Weather - and I’m a big fan of Jack White.  I think he’s one of the true musical geniuses of his generation - a creative force of nature.  But I’ve always found The Kills to be a bit flat, and Alison Mosshart’s voice to be a bit lacking in charisma. Unfortunately, Alison’s performance on Horehound...
Venue: The Revue Bar, Soho, London Teaser: How we’ve longed to feel those voodoo vibrations again! Artrocker.com welcomes back The Duke Spirit, with Rob Hastings bringing us this exclusive review of their top secret comeback gig… Pull quote 2: She might be the polar opposite of Beth Ditto in the looks department, but she is the musical fulcrum of her band’s live...
Band name: New Young Pony Club, Good Shoes, Maximo Park, Broken Family Band and more Teaser: Ric reviews this weeks singles, with new releases from Gossip, Broken Family Band, The Thermals, Good Shoes, Maximo Park and more Pull quote 2: Jesus- Beth Ditto is turning into Aretha Franklin and her band are turning into Doctor Teeth and The Electric Mayhem First para:...
 The Gossip - Music For Men 2/10 There’s no doubting Beth Ditto’s voice has a certain sting but let’s be honest, the reason The Gossip is popular is not because of their music. It’s because people are fascinated by the band’s obese lead singer, who has been painted by many in the entertainment media as some kind of freak. She’s posed naked for both...
Director: Scott Walker Film company: Verve Pictures Teaser: Dave D takes a look into the 30th Century… Pull quote 2: This is largely to do with the fact that Scott is, for want of a better word, a bit of a nut job. First para: Whoa! Fucking creepy. This documentary charts the rise and fall and ‘return’ of Scott Walker, hailed by many as one of the most...
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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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  • Unsigned Band Spotlight: Casino Zone

    The text accompanying the track ‘Loralie’ that was sent in to explain this bunch of Northwest guitar abusers was ‘Motown Grunge with that Alien Ant Farm vibe’. Eh?
  • Get Smart

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Film Review : Get Smart Well it's an interesting time to be parodying international terrorism and the security services, but if it has to be done then this effort certainly hits...
  • the Dirty Dishes - In the Clouds EP

    Ahhhh. I love this. When Jenny Tuite of the Dirty Dishes emailed us at Artrocker.com, there was no extended press drivel or desperate pleadings for promotion, just a simple "Hey there!...

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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