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  Fugazi — Waiting Room Yeah. This is exactly what I needed! I think maybe I need to put some Fugazi on my iPod for the morning commute. (Motivated by a early-morning conversation on the amazingness of Guy Picciotto.)
“There’s too much respect in music. You’ve got to stamp all over your influences to get the shards you can use to build new influences with the glue of instinct. Don’t have respect.” You’ll know this lot. They’re the ones who released 2007’s weirdest single, ‘Bathroom Gurgle’: a behemoth of sound pretty much unprecedented in mainstream...
With less than 48 hours left of 2009, I can finally reveal (to this lonely audience of pretty much myself) my favourite article and interview of 2009. Given the opportunity to interview Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo - twice, once on the phone and once in person - might as well be the climax of my writing intentions. Getting Sonic Youth on the cover of a magazine may as well signal the end of my...
The brief existence of Washington, D.C.’s One Last Wish—a band composed of former Rites Of Spring members Guy Picciotto, Brendan Canty, and Edward Janney alongside former Faith and Embrace guitarist Michael Hampton—still rendered an album (1986, co-produced by Ian MacKaye) that I think is the most constantly overlooked gem of the Dischord discography. Named after the year it...
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ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE are one of the few bands that have emailed me that I actually liked. They are a 3 piece band from London who are inspired by bands like Fugazi, Liars and Jarcrew. Their aggressive, sharp post-punk music is very harsh on the ears, kind-of reminiscent of Untitled Musical Project. I should listen to it in the mornings to wake me up. I can imagine them being a fun live band to...
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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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  • New Action Beat video, tour

    Aces new video from everyone’s favourite noise band from Bletchley, Action Beat. It’s their first ever official music video - "Car Crash Halloween Disco" and is taken from...
  • Club Mofo's 7th birthday on Saturday, Club Babyhoney tonight

    Lady Miss K Good news for London town folks, as there are two most awesome sounding club nights happening this weekend.  Club Motherfucker celebrates its 7th birthday on Saturday with a...
  • This is the END of Spoon of Music..

    After something around two years, Spoon of Music have been operating at the Windmill in Brixton. That small cosey old man hub of local eccentricites and a horde of enticing new music.

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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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