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Gummere Bare
Bare Mutants From: Chicago, United States The Pony’s Jered Gummere must have a form of musical ADHD, he’s been in so many bands he makes Jack White look lazy. The Muggles, Defilers, Real Cool Killers, Guilty Pleasures and The Ponys. He collects bands like other less diligent souls collect records. Inside My Head by Gummere’s latest venture Bare Mutants is cooler than fuck fuzzy...
DOWNLOAD: Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours (Blended Babies Remix) (feat. Sir Michael Rocks Of The Cool Kids)
Props to Sir Michael Rocks (of The Cool Kids fame) for doing the reverse Diddy and making his name even longer than the original Mikey Rocks. His collab with Chicago production team Blended Babies is imbued with the same kind of change-up bravado. Not since Drake pretzeled Peter Bjorn & John’s "Young Folks" have we heard a rap song synthesize with an already-made indie rock...
DOWNLOAD: Disappears - Gone Completely
(Photo: Chris Strong) Chicago’s Disappears used to ride for Touch & Go, but when they closed up shop last year, the band moved to another Windy City mainstay, Kranky. New LP LUX is probably the scuzziest, most traditionally "rock" thing Kranky’s ever put out–it sounds like Lou Reed if Lou Reed didn’t become a curmudgeony West Village snob and had a...
Walls : Raw Umber/Twilight
Walls have just released this new track taken from their new album ‘Coracle’ out next week. Walls ‘Raw Umber/Twilight’ by Kompakt Walls take to the road during the next month supporting Battles and Fly Lo. 09/29/11 Mercury Lounge, NYC 10/1/11 Cameo Gallery, NYC (headline show) 10/2/11 Royale Nightclub Boston + 10/3/11 Le National Montreal CANADA + 10/4/11...
Who is the face of Lady Gaga fans?
Sometimes I wonder who is Lady Gaga’s target market? Who is her core fan base? What kind of people ‘love Lady Gaga’ and ‘go to her shows’? What kind of ppl are ‘Lil Monsters’? Does she transcend all demographics of American consumers? Or is there 1 target market who she has ‘totally exploited’? Feel like there are tons of ‘...
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Them Bones Them Bones
Tiger Bones From: Chicago, United States Chicago dream rockers Tiger Bones walk the tightrope between retro and modern with a nonchalence born of confidence. Here is a band that instinctively knows what made Joy Division, The Cure and other glum rockers tick while simultaneously understanding what the 2011 audience craves. On their first release, the Go Over Here EP, which came out early in...
Kings of Leon ‘go viral’ by letting a bunch of birds shit on them, eat their feces
Link: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/07/kings_of_leon_cancels_st_louis_show_pigeon_bird_shit_july_23_2010_jared_followill_missouri_heat.php?page=2 It seems like ‘the story of the weekend’ was the Kings of Leon canceling a concert a few songs in because a bunch of birds were pooping on them. I feel like that’s what happens when you play in huge venues in Middle...
Sonoi : Sonoi
Sonoi is an experimental rock trio from Chicago, whose self titled debut album is out this week. Check out the opening three tracks including the brilliant stop motion video for ‘Red Ants’. MP3: Sonoi ‘Clouds’ Sonoi ‘Sherryfall’ More at sonoimusic.com.
Death Girls Talking
Deathline From: The North of London, United Kingdom   All Pics courtesy of Stew Ruffles   Gothic rockers Deathline (first featured on the Devil’s blog way back in 2007, Deathline) have taken time out from scaring the children and laying down tracks for their next, as yet untitled, album to share their thoughts with the Devil. To celebrate sharing their innermost thoughts...
If Voting Changed Anything...
They’d Abolish ItIt’s election day in the UK and the nation nervously anticipates which party will be in power from tomorrow. Well that’s what the politicians and the media would like to believe. But the majority of the British public have regarded the whole election campaign with at best a shrug of indifference. As a wise old head once said ‘it doesn’t matter who...
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City of Echoes
Band name: Pelican Label: Hydrahead Teaser: Rory tackles a rock instrumental album from Pelican and finds it strangely enjoyable… Pull quote 2: The galloping guitar riffs and pounding double kick drums that fans have come to expect from Pelican remain prominent on many of the songs First para: When joined together the words ‘instrumental’ and ‘rock album...
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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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  • delia's london gig guide: 24 Nov

    Hmm. Tonight Alvin Stardust is playing…..verrrrrrrrrrrrrry tempting…but i think maybe Telepathe/Pens/chew Lips are a good bet too…hmmm. hmmm. hmml pick n mix your own pops...

  • Mojo Fury - Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus

    The debut full-length ‘Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus’ from this vagabond Irish lot who have managed the not insignificant feat of recording and touring successfully with no fixed...

  • Latitude Festival 2011

    We were there, in person. Physically. I have the aching muscles and mud piled in every pore to prove it. In only its 5th year (correction: 6th year! Ed.), Latitude has carved out quite a niche for...

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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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