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Bandicoot- Jurassic Warfare
  Bandicoot- Jurassic Warfare 8/10 Stepping into the footprints left by Be Your Own Pet, Bandicoot’s bratty punk rock sounds ever so similar to the Tennessee teens. The difference is that Bandicoot actually sound like a genuine punk band; rough, unpolished and with loads of teenage angst. Be Your Own Pet, while fun, sleazy and chic, always sounded like they were faking it, just a...
The Call Of The Wyld Review of the Year.
Band Of The Year - Death Cigarettes There have been many great gigs this year and I can’t really mention them all. Death Cigarettes at the George Tavern was pretty much my idea of heaven – astonishing levels of energy, deafeningly loud and astoundingly good. The performance of the year. The same band were also devastating at Proud Gallery, especially with singer Maya railing...
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Top 50 Singles of 2008: #11 - 20
20. Amadou and Mariam - "Sabali"; I never really pictured myself as someone who enjoyed worldly music but bands like Konono No. 1 and Amadou and Mariam have gone a long way toward stripping me of any of those reservations. This song in particular knocks down any barrier an African musician might face through it’s powerful vocals and pop like sounds. 19. El Guincho - "...
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Turbo Fruits
Venue: The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch Teaser: Don Blandford has high hopes for Turbo Fruits - but their love don’t come easy. In this report, he braves the trendy streets of Shoreditch to investigate the Be Your Own pet side project… Pull quote 2: despite much exploring the adventurers ultimately didn’t have the killer blow to get an unreserved Hoxton hurrah...
Turbo Fruits
Band name: Turbo Fruits Label: Ark Recordings Teaser: They’ve only been going a year or two, and already Be Your Own Pet have spawned a spin off band! Are they bored of the BYOP sound or just prolific? Sophie Hall reviews. Pull quote 2: You can’t help but wonder if Turbo Fruit’s charisma is effected by the lack of BYOP’s screech goddess Gemima Khan on 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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  • THE COVERGIRLS

    If Stephen Malkmus had formed fIREHOSE with Mike Watt and George Hurley, they may have made music akin to Glasgow’s COVERGIRLS.  Yes, they’re that good. 

  • Wayter - Twenty

    The slightly off-kilter, wobbly guitar lines that open ‘Twenty’ by Wayter remind me of the incredible Rapider Than Horsepower, and so instantly get a big thumbs up. I’d been...

  • Unsigned Band Spotlight: Will Hanson

    Responding to our call for unsigned music on Twitter the other day, Will sent us over his atmospheric double A-side Deathbed Conversion/The View from Ebury Bridge, which we’re happy to feature...

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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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