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The Devil's Round Up 13th November 2011
This week’s round up of the tracks I’ve not had the space to post… The Finger From: Thessaloniki, Greece With Greece going to hell in a handcart, debts are spiralling out of control and a severe dose of austerity on the way it seems quite apt that Greece give the world The Finger. Go Try   Die! Die Superhero! - debut cd single - free download by the finger ...
INTERVIEW WITH GRAMMATICS
  I spoke to Rory from Leeds’ finest indie band, Grammatics, about what’s in store for us fans in the coming year. You played Reading and Leeds – how did that go? As you’d expect. Lots of fun. Got to see The XX and Radiohead twice. You’ve just completed your tour with Bloc Party too, any funny stories? I stayed out with Matt in Brighton after the gig...
MAP May
It’s MAP time again. This month I’m enthusing about Blue Roses, as I have here quite a lot already. The more I hear that album, the better it gets. But there’s a lot more of good worldwide stuff here. Check it out.   AMERICA: I Guess I’m Floating 4 Lands & Peoples – Awake Baltimore-based Lands & Peoples seem to have a knack for hypnotherapy. With...
DANANANANAYKROYD Splits Up!
Got this new 3 days ago, sad times. DANANANANAYKROYD has announced that they will split up after their upcoming (and last) tour. The Glaswegian band will also digitally release a single for the last time on 7th November. It’s called Think & Feel taken from their 2nd album, There Is A Way, produced by Ross Robinson in LA. You can hear it here. Was it the extensive promotion, touring and...
Final Fantasy
Owen Pallet has been recording Heartland, the follow up album to He Poos Clouds, and thanks to his touring in Europe we have been able to catch a few glimpses of the album. Here is a performance of "Lewis Takes Action" at St. Georges Hall in Bristol, England. The album still does not yet have a release date.
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Make Way For The Nuclear Winter...
Hazel Winter Genre: Alternative / Rock / Folk From: Bristol, United Kingdom Hazel Winter, a former member of Bristol indie band Blue Aeroplanes, has already released two solo albums which somehow crept underneath the Devil’s radar. So I’m glad I finally caught up with her. Her abrasive folk rock hybrid lies somewhere between PJ Harvey, Kristin Hersh, Janis Joplin and The White...
Chad VanGaalen - City of Electric Light
After putting the finishing touches on his award-winning science fair project, Mr. VanGaalen has found the time to bang out some mighty fine pop music that is now available to the world via Sub Pop. "City of Electric Light" is Exhibit A: elegiac acoustic simplicity garnished with tasteful percussion and xylophone. Chad is heading across the pond to the U.K. and Sweden in the next week...
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OPERAHOUSE
Venue: Louisiana, Bristol Teaser: Rock Gods are a bit of a rare species these days, but Giles Crosse thinks he’s found some of the critters in Bristol. Someone get David Attenborough over there to film them! Pull quote 2: there’s a trace of something else in the air tonight too: confidence, intelligence, and overriding ambition… First para: An expectant...
Sunburned Hand Of The Man
Venue: Old Blue Last, London Teaser: What happens when you stick a legendary cult band into a tiny pub, then call it a free show and allow the masses to cave the walls in? Answer: jolly good fun. We send our undercover agent into London to get his hands burnt… Pull quote 2: the band let it rip - riding the narrow line that divides the abstract from the tuneful...
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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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