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Offset Festival Day Two - 05 September 2010
      Monotonix (photo Wyldman)     On day two of the Offset Festival, Wild Palms get things off to a good start with their dark and brooding surf music. It sounds just dandy this Sunday lunchtime. I am also taken with the gentle beauty of The Rifle Volunteer, who are kindly and beardy and feature the plaintive falsetto of Adam Symonds. The Rifle Volunteer (photo...
David Byrne at Royal Festival Hall - 13th April 2009
The choice of venue can be important. It’s about getting the balance right between a space being suitable for a performer to put on their optimum show and an environment that allows the audience to get maximum enjoyment from that performance. So, while saying from the outset that tonight’s show by David Byrne at the Royal Festival Hall is an absolute unqualified triumph, the...
Everyday is Like Sunday, Except for Blue Monday and Ruby Tuesday, and...Well, Friday I'm in Love: Weekly Mix #46
Here’s the last weekly mix of the year - not including the next three Sundays’ weekly mix round-ups of course. It’s also the fifth and last collection of cover versions for 2008. It’s hard to believe this is number 46 already. Without really thinking, this compilation turned out to lean about 50% into the post-punk/new wave direction (I guess that the odds are that...
Call Of The Wyld: Live Review Of The Year - 2009
The Farrs - Band Of The YearAs ever it has been a busy year. Many gigs attended, many strange sights seen. Most of it has been documented on this site, but incredibly, some of it hasn’t, such as a breathtaking show by The Decemberists at the Forum.The band played their ‘Hazards of Love’ album in full, with guest vocalists, a version of ‘The Rakes’ Song battered out on five drumkits, and even the...
Bands that I did not listen to in 2k8
At the beginning of 2k8, I made a post about bands I did not listen to in 2k7. Now it is 2k9, and I will make a list of bands that I did not listen to in 2k8. It is important to understand that you are a consumer in a wide open marketplace. You allegedly have tons of options, with lots of music 2 listen 2. However, it is important 2 recognize that u usually ‘judge a band by itz name...
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My Top 40 Albums of 2008: Numbers 8 Through 1
And so we’ve reached the end of this year’s journey through my top albums. Before we get into the top eight, I’ll try to sum up which albums released in the last few months of 2008. September brought offerings from Jenny Lewis, Mercury Rev, People in Planes, Butch Walker, No and the Maybes, Glasvegas, Santogold, Jon Ryman, Metallica, Chairlift, Kings of Leon, and a sophomore...
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Burning the Box of Beautiful Things: Michael Bracewell's Re-Make/Re-Model
I’ve read a fair amount of band/artist biographies with varying amounts of interest(oddly enough, as much as I love the band Pulp, their 400-page biography by Mark Sturdy was one of the hardest to conquer). I stumbled upon Michael Bracewell’s 2008biography of Roxy Music, Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music, by accident while looking for other Michael Bracewell books. You see, I...
CLUSTER / SONIC BOOM’S EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH / SALVATORE
Venue: Camden Underworld Teaser: Krautrock / Spacemen 3 fun at the Underworld, with Dominic Simpson reporting… Pull quote 2: Headliners Cluster take the stage, mysterious Krautrock ambient legends from the 70’s – which Krautrock acts aren’t legends? First para: The Camden Underworld is a maze of a venue – a perfect setting for the cavernous jams of Norway’s...
North Sea Radio Orchestra
Band name: North Sea Radio Orchestra Label: oof! records Teaser: Jonathan Falcone reviews eponymous debut from North Sea Radio Orchestra Pull quote 2: There’s the inspired swerve from mediaeval chants to Morricone-esque scores First para: It has to be said that the North Sea Radio Orchestra (NSRO) are doing something really quite special. A collaborative...
30th Century Man
Director: Scott Walker Film company: Verve Pictures Teaser: Dave D takes a look into the 30th Century… Pull quote 2: This is largely to do with the fact that Scott is, for want of a better word, a bit of a nut job. First para: Whoa! Fucking creepy. This documentary charts the rise and fall and ‘return’ of Scott Walker, hailed by many as one of the most...
Seven Sleepers Den
Band name: Richard James Label: My Kung Fu Teaser: Ric takes a listen to this welcome re-release by Richard James, a founding member of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. He discovers a record that’s “like a Beach Boys album that’s been slowed down to the speed of Chill Out.” Recommended to get you in the mood for the Summer (however far away that might seem at the ...
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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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  • Wickerman Festival 2010

    There’s not too many music festivals around that have a single idea or event as their central focal point. More often that not it tends to be a case of the bands on the main-stage being the...

  • The Bridport Dagger - Dangling Man

    pic by Stew Ruffles Here’s an excellent tune for you to download from The Bridport Dagger. Recorded live at the Windmill Brixton, Dangling Man is a Nick Cavey/Gretchen Hofnery 50s flecked...

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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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