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Call Of The Wyld- Review of 2011
  The Good Natured - C.O.T.W. Band of the Year So that’s 2011 then. Another year packed with excellent performances. Back in January I first made contact with Insect Guide, a marvellous bunch who made a tiny room above a Camden pub into a very privileged place to be…. In February I negotiated my way to a very run down part of East London to see P J Harvey perform her...
The Blood Arm, Paris Suit Yourself, Great White Shark at Madame JoJo's - 18 October 2011
Paris Suit Yourself by Sebastien Dehesdin   I’m not sure that I like surprises. What has caught me off guard is a previously unforeseen third band on tonight’s bill. This throws the timings out and will have implications later on in the evening. The unexpected pleasure is Great White Shark, who hail from Berlin, but are originally from the UK. They illustrate how times and...
PREMIERE: Hot Club de Paris - Free The Pterodactyl 3
This lolloping, wide-eyed indie-rock effort, pulled from Hot Club de Paris’ new EP, has a very strange name. It has a very strange name because it tells a very strange story - that of "baritone guitarist Paul Rafferty’s scrape with the law whilst attempting the liberation of a 3 metre fibreglass Pterodactyl from a derelict fun fair," apparently. Is that strange? Or is that...
BEST OF 2011: Carter Maness' Picks
(Photo: The War On Drugs) Perhaps we’ll remember 2011 as the year we returned to "the song." Yes, I know, music is almost always based around songs, but those elusive mysteries with actual choruses, verses, bridges (remember those?) and emotions seemed kind of rare for awhile. Whether in the loose slacker forms of Kurt Vile, the Petty-meets-experimental vibe of The War On Drugs...
Spoiled ginger child actor from M.I.A. video gives interview to TMZ paparazzi bro
From what I understand, if you live in Los Angeles, and you are more than 5% famous, you will be hounded, photographed, and forced to talk to random paparazzi bros who make their living taking pictures of famous people. The feeble ginger bro who has a gun put up to his head in M.I.A.’s music video “Born Free” was interviewed while him + his mom were in some relevant...
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May 68
Giddy Pop Euphoria La Roux, Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Chew Lips; just a few of the artists that have been compared to young Manchester band May 68, who is about to embark on a tour with other capable acts We Have Band and Glass Candy. The group comes from the Italians Do It Better mould but blend it up a little with some added instrumentation, making sparkly disco pop with dance punk-style...
It’s not for the cock, it’s for 2008.
Gavin: A lot happened in 2008. It seems so long ago now. Like any blog worth it’s salt and peppa though, we have decided to put together our best/worst gigs and albums of the year and used our clever little thinking boxes in our heads to have a guess (/dictate?) who will be floating boats in the next twelve months or so. Have a read and put us in our place about your favourite...
evenfall
"evenfall" by agnes montgomery Evenfall is the upcoming LP from Paris’ Sebastien Schuller (out May 25), and the album’s stunning collage cover artwork is by one of my favorite artists, the amazing Agnes Montgomery. You may recall Montgomery’s glorious Pool Party, which graced the cover of Panda Bear’s Person Pitch, and is probably the most uncannily fitting...
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An open plea not to buy Humbug
So in case you didn’t know, Arctic Monkeys’ third album leaked earlier this week and although I haven’t downloaded it I know from the 30 seconds I’ve heard of ‘Crying Lighting’ that I’d probably gain greater pleasure sticking a cheese grater up my arse and bopping down a hill on a space hopper than hearing the rest of the album. Don’t get me wrong...
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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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  • Tenth Wickerman Festival Lineup Revealed

    Photo: Stephen McLeod/Artrocker.com It’s been a festival that we’ve been to the past four years and had a great (albeit drunken) time, even if the music isn’t always to...

  • Guest top 10s: Dinosaur Pile Up

    Matt Bigland from the mighty Dinosaur Pile Up takes his turn to give us his take on the top 10 (err, well.. 9) acts of 2009.

  • Viking Moses

    viking-moses.jpgGary Corrin recommends the 'bohemian electro folk" of Viking Moses

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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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