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Micachu and The Shapes @ The Bodega Social, Nottingham 30/3/2009 The recently released debut album, “Jewellery”, by Micachu is a tumbling, busy piece of work bursting with great ideas and creativity and, tonight, it’s put to the test whether this gem will stand up in a live setting. Striding nonchalantly, but not arrogantly, onstage, Micachu is the definition of a tomboy...
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This week’s releases is a bit slim compared to the massive amount from last week, which i’m sure may be a relief to many. Though, if you’re looking to pick up something, you can’t go wrong with releases from Black Lips, Here We Go Magic, Clem Snide, and Laura Gibson. Also available this week is the covers compilation War Child: Heroes, which you may have heard a tune...
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The War On Drugs- Wagonwheel Blues 7/10 Philadelphia prog rockers The War On Drugs originally bonded over a shared love of Bob Dylan and it shows on this, their début record. Perhaps not directly, but the bands channelling of ’70s inspired classic rock sets them on a steady path of success. Wagonwheel Blues is an easy, un-challenging listen, but it’s pleasant enough to...
Band name: Cat Power Label: Matador Records Teaser: A covers album? What the blazes? Well yes, and as Rory Carroll reports, such a concept is indeed worthy of your steaming bile. Yet somehow Cat Power has subverted normality and made a cracking album from the idea! How confusing. Let’s read this together… Pull quote 2: Marshall has gone to the trouble of...
Bob Dylan- “Blonde on Blonde” After causing something of a stir by what is now infamously know as his “going electric”, Dylan released two albums (“Bringing it All Back Home” and “Highway 61 Revisited”) in 1965, but it is this album of 1966- with its increasingly surreal lyrics and often woozy mixture of blues, rock and melody- that is...
Venue: Eastney Cellars, Portsmouth  Teaser: He may look like William Burroughs, but Son Of Dave is also a ranting bluesman who’ll rattle your soul like an old school pro. Matt Merritt caught his act as it rolled into Portsmouth… Pull quote 2: he even has a small group of idiotic hecklers engaged throughout… First para: Son of Dave is more than...
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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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    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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