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Who: Sonic Youth Title: The Eternal Release Date: June 9th Label: Matador Records Thoughts: I don’t think too many people were surprised when Sonic Youth decided not to re-up with Geffen Records after Rather Ripped. The band had done four records for the label, and it seemed like they felt they had to keep putting out similar records. It was a shame, but some of them managed to be at the...
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    Our friends at Spaceland Recordings have upped another installment in their At The Show series, this time featuring the track-suited Norweigans in Datarock. Watch a clip above, which includes some backstage footy of the band and a contest winner from Indie 103 enjoying some pre-show brews on the tour bus, and catch the full episode here. As always, the SLR guys have hooked up an...
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Band name: The Wombats, The Aliens, XX Teens + more Teaser: Singles from this week reviewed by John McCarthy, including The Aliens, The Wombats, XX Teens and more… Pull quote 2: We should all surrender to them now and if Will Smith or those scientists from E.T. arrive wanting to kill or internally probe The Aliens we should tell them to take their guns and tubes ...
Venue: Trondheim/Groningen Teaser: Richard Davis attempts to pick out the gems at recent Scandanavian festivals.. Pull quote 2: Datarock make dancey rock better than many others, who bravely, or cynically, attempt to take on this tricky terrain First para: At the combined Eurosonic/Noorderslag Festival, in Groningen, Holland, over two hundred and forty bands played...
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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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  • 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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