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That ‘short lived’ New Cross scene that helped spawn Art Brut, Bloc Party, The Violets et al with thanks to that now famous Angular Records Sampler wasnt so short lived…the media came and went whipping it into a cornetto shaped buzz and then scurried over to Hoxton Square for frappacinos and sushi leaving the South East London district to carry on where it left off.This...
Ah, it’s that time of year, the sun comes out and we bathe ourselves in its cancerous rays like its going out of fashion. Lavishing it all over our pasty excuse for a complexion. Between the punctured holes in the cloud it pieces through blinding and burning without a second thought. Sun its overrated, it makes you sweat and in turn you smell and the result is you into; a meandering...
Damn the blasted snow blanketing London like a collossal white turd. Thus highlighting how impossibly inept the London transport system really is. Shows were cancelled, souls were stranded and we all got to make a snowman. Frozen hands and stinging ears were the result of London’s snowiest debacle for two decades - so due to such wintery abandonment the final Spoon of Music was ...
For a long time South London has been underlooked as the grotty little Brother to the older North London golden boy and the ‘hip’ East London Cousin.But for some time its been plugging away going about its own busniess creating a bustling little environment for down to earth bands promoters and well, general drunks really.So lets focus on Rocklands for the time being, no we dont have...
You know the feeling. It’s a Sunday evening and you reflect on your weekend with the impending working week dangling in front of your nose like a rancid carrot and you think:  "well, that was nice. But what have I actually done?”   You wonder if you’ve wasted those precious days that you look forward to every week and it’s a Sunday evening. What...
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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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