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  Glastonbury Festival 2009   Spotify this bad boy while you read!  http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6ApR9k7FLFzGkJA7Va15He      After a Thursday night spent tragically missing East 17, wondering from field to field in the rain, catching great sets my Kap Bambino and Metronomy and having the news of the King of Pop’s ™...
caUSE co-MOTION! "Who’s Gonna Care"; For a band that specializes in songs under 2-minutes in length this is pretty much the perfect video. Super sped up, jumpy, energetic vibes that go right along with their fast, funky song. Grade: B+ Dent May - "Howard"; Corny may just be the most appropriate way to describe Dent May, so it’s pretty fitting that his...
Shapes Of Things Before My Eyes Mica Levi has been surrounded by music her entire life; she admits to knowing little about life itself but it doesn’t seem to bother her. She’s emerged from the British underground like a hurricane, creating a musical genre all of her own. Whether she wants to admit it or not, her music is truly unique, paving the way for a whole new musical...
Who: Micachu & the Shapes Location: London, UK elbo.ws Ranking: N/A (as of yesterday) Thoughts: Followers of the super blog known as MBV may have noticed a bit of a trend running through most of yesterday’s posts as the individual bloggers behind the site each did their best to hype up Micachu, her band the Shapes, and their new album Jewellery. After seeing that out pouring of love...
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You know that little tuner that every band carries around, plugs into, and checks constantly throughout their shows? Well it turns out that little box isn’t really necessary to create incredibly catchy and addictive pop music, just ask Mica Levi. Levi, better known as Micachu, has decided to tune her guitar in a totally different manner and I highly doubt there’s a tuning pedal that...
(Photo: Olly Hearsey) We’ve lauded the disjointed, frenetic rainfalls of 22-year old ingenue Micachu Levi since January. Thus, to see Micachu and The Shapes (Raisa Kahn on keys, Marc Pell on drums) live here in Austin couldn’t make us happier (than the 80 degrees weather already has made us.) To celebrate, we are bringing you more Micachu. Another new favorite band, the somewhat...
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Built to Spill Grand Duchy/Frank Black Thee Oh Sees Without a doubt, this was the most pleasant weather the Siren Festival has ever seen. Maybe a weird thing to say up front, but here’s a festival that has a reputation for being held on the most miserably hot, humid day of the year, where you wish someone would squeegee you every half hour. So with temperatures in the mid-80s and low...
Do not go to Siren Fest hungover! This should be a rule that’s written on the post because it is a pretty awful feeling to stand in the sun on one of the warmest days of the year when you were drinking till 4am the previous night. Yeah, sometimes my decision making is not what it’s supposed to be at this point in my life, but I did my best to battle the hangover and my sudden aversion...
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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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    After 3 hours sleep I found myself in Glasgow Airport buying an overpriced tuna cheese melt and iced coffee combo for breakfast, after being given a ticking off for bringing a half-empty deodorant...
  • Six Gallery - Breakthroughs in Modern Art

    Having been around since 2005 in various musical genres, and released two EPs, Columbus’ Six Gallery have finally gotten it together to record their debut full-length: ‘Breakthroughs in...
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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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