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Hear this, lo-fi fraternity! When Bitches get angry they want you to know why. No home recording hiss. No towel-covered anonymity. No, er, Auto-Tune. The root of their angst? They "Can Not Love". With royal-riffed, robo-rocking chops like this, it’s not desirable that that situation changes any time soon. This track will arrive with two others on 7" in February. Sounds...
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Junior year of college I assembled a mighty mixtape of Welsh pop music for a final paper in a British Contemporary Culture class. Bands like McLusky, Super Furry Animals and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci cozied up next to Tom Jones and Charlotte Church. I published it on iTunes and no one but my parents downloaded it. They loved it! Had I heard the 60s psych pop of El Goodo at the time however,...
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The music I sit best with is not music that is usually done very well by ‘local bands’. Infact, I’d go so far as to say that ‘Local Bands Suck’, and even have a t-shirt to that effect. ‘Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea’ are a band local to Brighton, only formed in the Spring of 2009, but already having released their DIY Debut EP - "an honest attempt...
The Vivians – New Single Release – Just Two Girls/Glasshouses Too Pure – Monday 17th August 2009 Finally a band that look and act like a band should! The first time encounter I had with The Vivians was backstage at the miniscule Dunstaffnage Festival, near Oban in 2007. Piling out of a beaten-up van wearing black leathers and over-sized shades, and proceeding to kick...
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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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  • MANDA RIN ON THE MEDIA AND FEMALE BODY IMAGE

    cellulite_2.jpgI didn't think the media's obsession with female body weight could have got much worse, when I'd been taken aback by it 12 years ago. How wrong I was. Or, maybe I'm just more aware of what's going...
  • Fresh Legs - Julian EP

    Fresh Legs are an art pop band from Portsmouth who by all accounts set alight the Red Bull stage at this year’s Bestival with their twisty riffs and gold spandex. They’ve just released...
  • PRIMAL SCREAM'S STATE OF THE NATION

    RIOTCOPS5.jpgWho needs fucking identity cards when you’ve got Myspace and Facebook? People put their entire lives on the Internet. Not only that, but also whatever you buy is all recorded. Cash is the answer -...

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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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