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  The (now) annual Proper Songs Winter Mix. Attentive listening for chilly nights at home. Bonus points if you can spot the track that I forgot I included in last years mix. 1. Nils Frahm – Keep 2. Bibio – Saint Christopher 3. DJ Shadow – Dark Days 4. Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 5. The Bees – Winter Rose 6. Galaxie 500 –...
As the year winds down (or up, depending on half-full or half-empty glasses and whatnot), so does this blog. The Top Albums of 2008 countdown is over, and with this final installment, my weekly mix year-end round-up is now finished. This collection of mixes features themes on solo artists, travel, Scandinavia, autumn, 4AD, more synthpop, literature, more dance, more cover versions, Halloween,...
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...
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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 Drums - Summertime!

    You’re going to fall in love with this EP. Following on from The Drums’ debut hit single (critical hit anyway), Summertime! mixes 80s Factory indie with a distinctly Beach Boys sound...
  • Guest top 10s: You Already Know

    We reviewed their debut album back in August, and now they’ve given us their picks. Since they couldn’t agree collectively, we have some from each band member. Exciting.
  • Pluto not a planet, Battlestar Galactica Series 2 and 3, and Blades Of Glory

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Interplanetary News: Pluto no longer a planet I failed a recent general knowledge quiz because I wrongly said that there were 9 planets in the solar system, not knowing that an...

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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