Johnny Borrell Reviews

Band name: Various Artists Label: Filthy Little Angels Teaser: Fang Fuck it’s Halloween, and who’d have thought that someone would have the idea of getting the Rocky Horror soundtrack covered by a bunch of unsigned no-wavers? Rory Carroll unlocks the crypt of free downloads… Pull quote 2: The Housewives combine the Young Knives with bossa nova beats on...
Band name: various new singles! Label: various labels Teaser: Rory reviews this week’s singles and gives a few home truths about Test Icicles into the bargain… Pull quote 2: Anyone with a pulse and two functioning ears would’ve arrived at the conclusion that Test Icicles were bollocks… First para: SINGLE OF THE WEEK: LETHAL BIZZLE / (A) BIZZLE...
Band name: singles for week beginning 9th July Label: Various labels of various repute Teaser: Rob Hastings brings us this entertaining review of the weeks singles, with tunes from Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, The Electric Soft Parade and more Pull quote 2: Luke Pettipoole begins this song sounding like Thom Yorke on horse tranquilisers. First para: SINGLE OF...
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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?

  • WILDLIFE: NINE LIVES

    Wildlife likes other creatures, especially Super Furry Animals. As such I was happy to get a telegram from SFA headquarters today letting me know that they are in Cardiff working their hairy paws...
  • Belladrum Festival 2010

    After selling out weeks in advance of the weekend, with 26,000 people onsite over the Saturday and Sunday, it’s safe to say that Belladrum (affectionately known as Bella) has become fairly...
  • Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea - A Small Version Of A Party

    The music I sit best with is not music that is usually done very well by ‘local bands’. Infact, I’d go so far as to say that ‘Local Bands Suck’, and even have a t-shirt...

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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