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Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties!!
In the wake of pop’s rediscovery of itself, prompted by the blitzkrieg success of punk, 1977 proved to be a splendid year for debut albums, indeed perhaps the best since 1969 kicked off the Golden Age Of Prog Rock. Most of the artists concerned were promising newcomers, but a fair number were veterans in new guises. In the UK, musicians who had cut their teeth in the back-to-basics pub-...
Television - Marquee Moon
From the start it was difficult to understand how Television came to be identified with the punk movement. OK, so Marquee Moon appeared in 1977, but so did Dire Straits’s debut, and nobody ever put them in the punk bracket (though Elvis Costello’s also did, and he was lumped in with the punks initially. Ho, hum.). Richard Hell was their first bassist, but he was asked to leave pretty...
SUPER COVERS - The Flaming Lips
Nobody Takes Music More Seriously And Has More Fun Doing It The Flaming Lips   The Lips Do John Lennon: The Flaming Lips - Just Like Starting Over   The Lips Do the Cramps and Elvis Costello: The Flaming Lips - Strychnine (into) What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding   The Lips Do Neil Young: The Flaming Lips - After the Goldrush...
DOWNLOAD: Army Navy - Saints
L.A. powerpop quartet Army Navy has classic indie rock cred—their frontman sang with Ben Gibbard and the guys roped in Elvis Costello’s drummer for their eponymous (and Pitchfork-beloved) debut. “Saints” is a fine and fizzy pop ballad—earnest and bright, while the accompanying video seems to have the band vomiting on themselves at the College Humor offices....
Innercity Pirates - Cockney Sparra + Let's Go (D.I.S.C.O.)
    There is nothing simple about creating perfect pop gems, but few make it seem as effortless as Cardiff’s Innercity Pirates.  Looking for a band with songs you can shout along to?  Whistle along with?  Dance to?  Pogo to?  Innercity Pirates have you covered.  Creating witty no-brainer music, these deceptively simple, tinny pop songs have...
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It's A Rat Trap
The Hot Rats From: The Midlands, United Kingdom The Hot Rats are better known as two thirds of Britain’s much loved Britpop combo Supergrass. Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey together with world renowned producer Nigel Godrich. Named after Frank Zappa’s album Hot Rats the duo released Turn Ons, an album of cover versions in the vein of David Bowie’s Pin Ups at the end of...
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SXSW DIARY PART THREE
Venue: Austin, Texas Teaser: In part three of his SXSW diary, John becomes increasingly desperate to find some ‘tunes of the day’, despite encounters with The Ting Tings, Bitshifter, and Lightspeed Champion! Will he escape the Texas heat unscathed? Read on to find out… Pull quote 2: Bitshifter is a man who makes awesome hard dance music using a modified...
Fill Up The Room
Band name: Saturday Looks Good To Me Label: How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Teaser: Experimental indie pop collective Saturday Looks Good To me have transcended their influences and gone on to make one of the records of the year - according to The Sonic Destroyer, who brings us this review… Pull quote 2: Records this good really shouldn’t come this late in the ...
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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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  • 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.

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    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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