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RCRD OF THE DAY: Black Mountain - The Hair Song
A title like that befits something of equal simplicity and gusto, and "The Hair Song"’s unhinged, tobacco-stained, porch-friendly swing is about as direct and meaty as Black Mountain get. The Vancouver quintet’s new album, Wilderness Heart, is out September 4 through Jagjaguwar. It has a shark on the cover, which obviously symbolizes that it will devour you.  ...
The Pack a.d. / Rich Aucoin / Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers at The Lexington 19 May 2010
      We start with six guys on stage. Five of whom have beards. Two of them are respectively clutching a trumpet and a saxophone. I fear the worst. I am proved massively wrong. Far from being earnest and dour young miserablists being all lovelorn and sensitive, Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers are a jolly band of lads. The most cumbersome thing about them is their name. It...
The 20 New Albums You Need to Own in 2008
The RSL Music Blog Annual 2008 Selections for Records of the Year     The 20 Best Records of 2008 It’s hard to believe we are at the end of another year and now have the opportunity to look back at all the great artist releases of the year. It is with great pleasure that we unveil our choices for the best 20 records of the year.This list isn’t comprehensive - we realize...
All My Friends
It seems the Vancouver keeps calling me. This time it’s All My Friends and they’ve done this quirky pop song with Oh No! Yoko. It’s synth pop cuteness about Megan Fox and Transformers with Power Rangers on the cover of the EP. Oh No! Yoko’s good at keeping it jaunty and upbeat. Still got the sing-a-long rowdy-ness intact. C’mon guys, its a free download...
DOWNLOAD: Lightning Dust - I Knew
Pardon the emorupption, but I’m kind of getting into the idea of couples bands. It just seems like a really sweet concept. Sweet as in aw, not Splenda. No idea if Amber Wells or Joshua Wells (also of Vancouver space rockers Black Mountain) are together, but if they were I’d be all for it. "I Knew" is a minimalist pop galloper from the duo’s sophomore record. Infinite...
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People Are Strange
Sex With Strangers From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada I’m sure that I’ll see a huge rise in visitors to the site after featuring Canadian sonic magicians Sex With Strangers although they may be a little disappointed to find a music site! They may come for the sex and stay for the brooding synth beats. MP3 - Sex With Strangers - We Want The Fire MP3 - Sex With Strangers -...
Oh No! Yoko
Academy ‘94   Are Canadian kids really leading a ’90s alternative pop revival? Oh No! Yoko definitely seem to be attempting it, as do a bunch of other young bands in the Vancouver area. Maybe it’s the fact that they sound a little like Tokyo Police Club that has me on that train of thought, but hey, I’m no expert on the subject, you’ll have to make up your own...
How Now So Cow?
It was a total High Fidelity moment. I was hanging out at Academy Records Annex, getting my fingers dirty flipping through used records something came over the speakers that instantly made me prick up my ears. Low-fi pop, a bit shambly, but in the best way and every song was super-catchy and there was a clever wit going on too. They had by by the third song and I went up and asked what was...
Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day to all the Devil’s American readers. Here’s a Canadian band with a topical, if rather disrespectful, name… Fourth July Toilet From: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Gnomish acid folk band who live like every day’s Captain Beefheart day. Go Try MP3 - Fourth July Toilet - Deep Sea Diver This track is linked direct from the...
Tegan and Sara: new song, album, book set
Hell Is Other People Canadian duo Tegan and Sara have announced the beginning of pre-orders for their new album Sainthood today and the first single is ‘Hell’. Fans can now place their orders from iTunes for the twin sisters’ sixth album and get two bonus iTunes songs, ‘Wrists’ and ‘Light Up’. The pre-order also comes with ‘It Was Midnight...
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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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  • South Eats London

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    PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Travel Review : Gdansk, Poland Made my first trip to Poland last week. It was my first real foray into a former Soviet Union country and I was intrigued to see what...

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    The new Sky Larkin EP - Still Windmills, is released by Wichita on 2nd August.  They’re streaming it from their website and you can have a listen to it here:

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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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