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Guest top 10: Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls
Photo: Nick Gough We finally wave bye bye to 2009 with our final two wonderful guests - Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls Hatcham Social Top Ten Albums These are the albums I got most interested in this year and have been playing in my earphones constantly. Not in an exact order as such…more what I thought of as writing…I usually get into a band through a live...
Indietracks 2009: Saturday
(Apologies for the lateness of these reviews. I came back from Indietracks and quickly came down with something I immediately feared to be swine flu. Thankfully, I was quickly reassured that it was merely twee flu and that it was perfectly normal. What a relief.) Indietracks isn’t the first festival I’ve gone to this year, nor will it be the last. It’s hard to see how...
Still Not There: 2009 SXSW
As last year, I will not be able to attend the music lover’s paradise, South by Southwest, and will have to explore the roster of artists from the swivel chair in front of my laptop (if I spin around fast enough every so often, I can attempt to simulate the dizziness brought on by wanting to see so many bands at once). Once again, there are many bands and artists that I already know about...
Guest top 10s: The Drums
The DRUMS give us the low-down on their album picks of 2009 1. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career Camera Obscura Myspace 2. Cats on Fire - Our Temperance Moveme Cats on Fire Myspace 3. JJ - jj n° 2 4. Glasvegas - Glasvegas 5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - ST photo: Annie Powers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Myspace 6. The...
Mercury mundanity
Ah, the Mercury prize. Every year, providing the opportunity for music fans to complain about how it’s a bad representation of British music, because it doesn’t contain X, Y and Z albums - and what’s that one doing on there? It’s crap. And so on. This year, as with every year, the list contains albums I like, some I don’t and some I don’t care about....
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If we were in charge of.. The Mercury Music Prize
When I was first approached by BBC Music to put together a list of albums I think should be nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, I was initially hesitant. First of all because I don’t much care for awards, and if I’m honest, have never paid attention to the Mercury Prize. Secondly, because I hardly ever listen to complete albums these days. I want to be an elitist snob and...
The Daily Graboid
Lots of great releases to be had this week, with a few in particular that I personally recommend, which are Camera Obscura’s My Maudlin Career, Cryptacize’s Mythomania, and Pet Shop Boys’ Yes. There are some excellent songs that standout on Camera Obscura’s record, but I’m still not quite sure if I enjoy it from top to bottom. Though, I’ve been playing that...
The Sunday Shuffle
Image: Flickr Reading all of the news, emails and just about everything else revolving around SXSW has me a little sad that I once again (three times straight since I started blogging) am not able to partake in this year’s proceedings.  As always, I say to myself “Hey, maybe next year!” but for the time being I will just stew here in my chair until next week. Knowing that...
Zipper lament former friends; board trains in Derbyshire with lots of other bands
In July I will be attending Indietracks for the first time. Starting off as a one-off gig at the West Midland Railway, it’s now grown into a full three-day festival of indiepop goodness. A bunch of Another Form of Relief endorsed bands will be playing, including Pocketbooks, Butcher Boy, Emmy the Great, Camera Obscura, The Smittens and Lucky Soul. Given that the full lineup isn’t...
Monday's Leaky Faucet
Who: The Decemberists Title: The Hazards of Love Release Date: March 24th Label: Capitol Records Thoughts: I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising that The Decemberists would try and create a rock opera at some point in their career. Their last album, The Crane Wife, was damn close to being one itself and their has always been a cinematic feel to the stories within Colin Meloy’s songs....
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Camera Obscura @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 3 November 2009
In the end the main difference is the scale. Camera Obscura put on a good show, but it’s hard not to compare this gig with the previous time I’ve seen the Glasgow band this year. That was back in March at The Lexington when they played their first gig after recording their latest album My Maudlin Career. It was billed as a warm-up for SXSW and Traceyanne Campbell admitted to being a...
Thursday's Track Reviews
Obits - "Pine On"; Obits may be the new kid in the Sub Pop stable but they are certainly not new kids. The band consists of four members, all of whom have extensive histories in the music world. Now that they are together though they are bringing everything they do well together and amking some boot stomping, straight up rock classics. This tune should have people hanging from rafters...
Camera Obscura
 Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career 8/10 Rising from the doldrums that saw their previous album Let’s Get Out Of This Country fall into a dark black hole, Camera Obscura returns with their fourth studio album which is a much more chirpy affair. Lead singer Tracyanne Campbell’s voice is delightful, styled somewhere between a young Mama Cass or more recently, Swedish vocal...
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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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  • Capstan Shafts

    CAPSTAN SHAFTS are giving away 6 of their tracks for free on archive.org. Seeing as the 6 song EP, Cretin Flowers, is one of the best I’ve heard this year, you’d be foolish not to...

  • Viking Moses

    viking-moses.jpgGary Corrin recommends the 'bohemian electro folk" of Viking Moses

  • Win tix to The Good The Bad EP launch @Whoreditch

    The Good The Bad are launching their nut-clenchingly fantastic debut EP on 13 November at new club Whoreditch.  They play amazing ‘new surf flamenco’ with tonnes of rock n roll...

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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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