THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE MP3s

(Photo: Chris Harris) After a break from incessant touring - writing music in a small barn Oxfordshire and recording - the Brighton, UK band BrakesBrakesBrakes (or just Brakes as they are called in the UK due to legalities) are back with a new album Touchdown, out April 21 on FatCat Records. The band has indie cred seeping out of it – having put out two records on Rough Trade and...
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THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE Reviews

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...

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  • Unsigned Band Spotlight: Stop Eject

    Sometimes you come across a band that you simply can’t work out whether you like what they’re doing or not, but you’ve got a gut feeling they must be on to something. I was so...
  • Converge - Axe To Fall

    There is something quite frightening about Converge. Obviously, the music itself has an element of terror, everyone who heard Fault and Fracture for the first time (particularly accompanied by its...
  • Gilbert O'Sullivan

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : Gilbert O'Sullivan, Brighton Dome, 11/11/07 My brother was an avid record collector before I was born, and whilst we did occasionally split duties (he got The...

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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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