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Everyday is Like Sunday, Except for Blue Monday and Ruby Tuesday, and...Well, Friday I'm in Love: Year-End Round-Up Part 3
As the year winds down (or up, depending on half-full or half-empty glasses and whatnot), so does this blog. The Top Albums of 2008 countdown is over, and with this final installment, my weekly mix year-end round-up is now finished. This collection of mixes features themes on solo artists, travel, Scandinavia, autumn, 4AD, more synthpop, literature, more dance, more cover versions, Halloween,...
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My Top 40 Albums of 2008: Numbers 8 Through 1
And so we’ve reached the end of this year’s journey through my top albums. Before we get into the top eight, I’ll try to sum up which albums released in the last few months of 2008. September brought offerings from Jenny Lewis, Mercury Rev, People in Planes, Butch Walker, No and the Maybes, Glasvegas, Santogold, Jon Ryman, Metallica, Chairlift, Kings of Leon, and a sophomore...
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The Veils - Sun Gangs
The Veils – Sun Gangs 7/10 The press release projects that this is the first proper offering from The Veils, that their first two forays, Runaway Found and Nux Vomica, didn’t quite showcase their talent enough. Nux Vomica was a widely celebrated and mature achievement, but Sun Gangs sees the band swiftly assert their talent even further. The glossy lushness of Bernard Butler...
Singles for the week beginning 27th August
Band name: Cajun Dance Party, Voxtrot, Mum and more… Label: various labels Teaser: Carolyn Jenkins takes us for a spin through this weeks singles - and discovers 1980s gymn school soundtracks, exploding frogs and a single of the week from straight outta the sixth form… Pull quote 2: what use is a good chorus melody when his annoying voice brings to mind an...
Singles for the week beginning Feb 11!
Band name: Envelopes, Pete & The Pirates, Black Francis and more Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: Black Francis is sounding all 1990s, 1984 sound like 1984, and Tricky’s old crooner Martina Topley Bird is just back from the trip-hop graveyard. What decade is this? Who knows! But let’s do the time warp regardless as Don Blandford runs us through this week...
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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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  • Delia's Gig Guide - 3rd March

    >>> DELIA'S GIG GUIDE > MARCH! >Tues 4th March Enterpise ­ Wave Pictures, Slow club 93 Feet East ­ nelson, The dodos, The Plasticines, Brooklyn

  • THE IRREPRESSIBLES

    IRRIP_1.jpgAnthony of XX Teens talks about the unique operatic happening that is The Irrepressibles, and argues that they're one of the most original bands you're ever likely to see...

  • Matt & Kim - Daylight Remix, touring in the UK!

    Photo by Tod - more at http://everydayilive.com/mattandkimvideo/ We’re very pleased to be able to offer you Artrockers a very wily remix of Matt & Kim’s Daylight single.  ...

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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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