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DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees - The Dream
San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees has had numerous incarnations over the years after initially being formed as a solo project by musician John Dwyer. The now five-piece’s latest, Carrion Crawler/The Dream, is an exuberant collection of groove-driven indie barnstormers. “The Dream,” a jubilant track, spans nearly seven minutes, combining gleeful guitar riffs with dance-laden...
Xiu Xiu live photos
Xiu Xiu with Glass Vaults and Siamese Saturday, September 11, 2010 San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Photos by Rachel Brandon  More photos of Xiu Xiu, Glass Vaults and Siamese
Deerhoof live photos
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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...
DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees - I Was Denied
San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees are readying another set of barn burners for In The Red, which they’ve adorably named Warm Slime. Precedent track "I Was Denied" sounds more Bakersfield than SF–there’s some twang buried in all the guitar clamor–but it’s wide-eyed, loud-and-proud, in-the-garage debauchery all the same. The Slime splats on May 11...
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Ty Segall
Ty-rannosaurus Rex I can’t believe I haven’t gotten hooked on Ty Segall sooner. His woozy, laissez-faire garage rock is perfectly formed sing-along anthem material. Goodbye Bread is his new album, released yesterday, and it’s so lovable – the insanely catchy melodies resonate immediately and have a wonderful classic style. The pop melodies are balanced by Ty’s raw...
Love Is All You Need
LoveLikeFire From: San Francisco, United States ‘Dust’, the new album from San Franciscans LoveLikeFire (spaces are like so last year darlink), could have been recorded in England anytime between the winter of 1986 and the summer of 2009. It is a stunning blend of the retro rock of ‘Porcupine’ era Echo & The Bunnymen with the modern snaps and glitches of the xx. It...
GIRLS - Buzzworthy??? Or Not???
Who: Girls Location: San Francisco, CA elbo.ws Ranking: #38 Thoughts: With all the hype swirling around Northern California’s all guy group Girls, I was a little tentative going into my first listen of their debut record aptly titled Album. I thought it would be more of the same lo-fi that’s been pouring out of every corner of the U.S. this year, but like Nodzzz before them Girls...
The Devil's Round Up 8th May 2011
This weeks round up of the tracks that I haven’t had the space to post… Giraffage From: San Francisco, United States Dreamy dance pop that makes you go all wonky at the knees. Go Try   A Bird In Hand by Giraffage   Snow & Voices From: Los Angeles, United States Snow & Voices amazing, mesmerizing, hypnotizing cover of The Cure’s Disintegration...
DOWNLOAD: Grooms - Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings)
There’s nothing overtly psychedelic or doomy about Grooms’ "Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings)," but the parenthetical bears some insight, since it’s on their loud-quiet-loud amp exorcisms that this one really gets lifted. More squalid shredding can be found on Rejoicer, the Brooklyn threesome’s new album for Death By Audio, and on their current tour out to the...
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Singles Collection Volume 1
Band name: WOODEN SHJIPS Label: Holy Mountain Teaser: Richard S Jones has his brain melted by the psychedelic charm of Wooden Shjips on this, their first collection of rare releases. Beware all ye who enter here… Pull quote 2: it rumbles like a flight of attack aircrafts, with guitars trading feedback for napalm… First para: When Wooden Ships...
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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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  • Japanese Voyeurs new single, track giveaway

    If Wyldman’s recent live review has picqued your interest in Japanese Voyeurs, then you might be interested in their free download track ‘Dumb’.  They’re biffing it out...

  • BLACK KIDS

    THE_BLACK_KIDS_DETAIL.jpgARTROCKER: You are the missing link between The Go! Team and Arcade Fire – discuss! OWEN: Disagree. I don’t wanna sound petulant, we like both those groups, but I don’t think it’s true. We have one...

  • 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.

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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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