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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 ...
“If you have a barrier, look past it, fuck the barrier, deal with it.” Words to live by from Shaun Hencher, frontman of Nottingham-based kerblammo rock princes Lovvers. It’s not a metaphor for anything, he’s talking about an actual barrier, as in one that Lovvers might find between them and the audience. The fucking is probably a figure of speech too, but if you’ve...
Micachu and The Shapes @ The Bodega Social, Nottingham 30/3/2009 The recently released debut album, “Jewellery”, by Micachu is a tumbling, busy piece of work bursting with great ideas and creativity and, tonight, it’s put to the test whether this gem will stand up in a live setting. Striding nonchalantly, but not arrogantly, onstage, Micachu is the definition of a tomboy...
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Nottingham Reviews

Venue: The Macbeth, London Teaser: They’re remorseless… they’ve evil… and they’re too fast to be photographed! Amy Rich braves the mullets of Hoxton to bring us this report on Saturday’s Lovvers gig. Pull quote 2: expecting them to stay still long enough to ‘say cheese’ for our photographer is out of the question… First para...
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Top 5 Downloads

  • 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...

Have You Read?

  • 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...

Photos

  • 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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