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While basing an entire mix on song titles with colours in them may seem like a cop-out, I would like to offer a little more commentary than pointing out that many bands put colours into their band names and song titles. In fact, I’m quite fascinated by the involuntary neurological phenomena of colour synesthesia in which a person can see colours in response to aural stimuli, most often...
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Calvin Harris Reviews

This album hasn’t exactly set the heather on fire - to use a Scottish expression. It’s not really had the internet ablaze either. Infact, there’s been a bit of an apathy about the whole thing. ‘Ready For The Weekend’ came out on August 17th, but with more of a whisper than a shout, which is disappointing concerning the mass hysteria surrounding Calvin Harris when he...
Band name: Foals, Maximo Park, Bearsuit, The Gossip and more Label: various labels Teaser: Do Maximo Park play Egyptian Bagpipes? Why does Calvin Harris crave ass? Which band could lead you into a life of serial bong abuse? Only Cindy Suzuki knows the answers, as she takes us for a whirl round this weeks singles… Pull quote 2: It’s been a trying few years, Indiepop...
Venue: Noorderslag, Groningen Teaser: Nikki Wright brings us this report from the recent Noorderslag festy. It’s European baby, so expect tales of Italian dance punk and Dutch electro prog. All mixed in with industry chatter and seminars. Sounds great. There was an artrocker eve there too, which Nikki missed. Anyway, you should all get tickets for next year. Pull...
Venue: Faversham, Kent Teaser: A bill chock full of artrocker favourites at the recent Electric Gardens Festival. Don Blandford brings us this review - which includes Blood Red Shoes, Pull Tiger Tail, Lethal Bizzle, The Maccabees and the Young Knives…. Pull quote 2: Mud just doesn’t mix well with the serious business of quaffing cheap lager, lying back and getting...
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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...

Have You Read?

  • Orgone Accumulators – Good Advice EP

    This has to be one of the more bizarre things that I’ve come across in a while.
  • The Stabilisers, the NHS and Food Labelling

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : The Stabilisers, 12 Bar Club, Saturday 12/01/08 I caught up with friend and former Solar Flare/Prime Mover/Goodchilde/Headcoat/Prisoner Allan Crockford performing...
  • MING MING AND THE CHING CHINGS

    As names go, Ming Ming and the Ching Chings is pretty questionable.  I think it’s the fact that it manages to be similar to both The Ting Tings and Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong that...

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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