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Lord Huron: The Lucky Lord In Perfect Phase
I initially postulated that today’s new band may have helped me solve a decades-old mystery. A grand statement, yes, but then James Blunt claimed that he single-handedly prevented World War Three yesterday, so I guess bold claims are in vogue. My theory then, is that Lord Huron is none other than long-vanished Lord Lucan. See? A preposterous claim. I have no proof. But Lord Huron...
The 2009 Brit Awards: I Know I Shouldn't Bother, But I Will Anyway
I already did a fairly comprehensive rant about last year’s Brit Award nominations, and when I first saw the Brit nominations for this year, I just expelled a huge sigh and asked myself, why bother wasting my energy again over a year that clearly mirrors last year’s nominations and many of the preceding disappointing years? Then I had another think, and figured "because it...
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MIDWEEK MIXTAPE // 5th January 2011
New year, new rules. The ANBAD Donkey (see Midweek Mixtapes passim) has been kindly retired. Spending that long hovering in mid-air, whilst enduring various topically tedious photoshopped additions has left that particular ass exhausted. He is now convalescing in a lovely green field where James Blunt songs are played 24 hours a day. His endlessly competent replacement, Lt. Frank...
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Singles for the week beginning Feb 18!
Band name: Art Brut, Operator Please, Los Campesinos! and more Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: Back at work? Feeling like a pig shat in your head? Watching the clock and it’s only 11am? Fear not! Steven Belfrage is here like a journalistic can of Zolt Cola, counting us down with the week’s singles. Prepare yourself for old skool ravers, Dutch surf music and...
Turbo Fruits
Band name: Turbo Fruits Label: Ark Recordings Teaser: They’ve only been going a year or two, and already Be Your Own Pet have spawned a spin off band! Are they bored of the BYOP sound or just prolific? Sophie Hall reviews. Pull quote 2: You can’t help but wonder if Turbo Fruit’s charisma is effected by the lack of BYOP’s screech goddess Gemima Khan on the ...
2007 Sampler
Band name: Fat Cat Records Label: Fat Cat Records Teaser: The label that brought us Sigur Ros are back with a 2007 sampler - and a collection of artists that could teach the Velvet Underground a thing or two. Sophie Hall gives it a spin… Pull quote 2: …if only she’d been warped back to the sixties and forced upon The Velvet Underground, she’d have done a...
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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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  • Guest top 10s: You Already Know

    We reviewed their debut album back in August, and now they’ve given us their picks. Since they couldn’t agree collectively, we have some from each band member. Exciting.

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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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