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Spell Hound – Now (Not Now)
Yesterday I visited BBC Radio Manchester, at the impressively futuristic Media City UK in Salford (which, when lit up at night looks just like a spaceport), to tip some bands for the coming year. The show goes out on Sunday night, so I can’t tell you which bands I staked my flimsy reputation on yet, but needless to say it was a uniquely stressful half-hour – not only because I...
PREMIERE: Ringo Deathstarr - Shadow (Doppelganger Mix)
It’d be rude of me to begin this post without first making the proper introductions. Ringo Deathstarr, as you may already be aware, are the band from Austin who sound like they should be from Manchester circa the early-90s (ie SHOEGAZE). Bar any slight sensations of geographical displacement, that shouldn’t be too hard for you to bend your brains around. What might prove a little...
MIDWEEK MIXTAPE // 21st September 2011
Well. Here’s a thing. An all-new Midweek Mixtape, brought to you by none other than the NEW Official ANBAD Mascot, Alex “Cheese” James, of ‘Blur’ and ‘signed a big deal with a Wal-Mart-owned supermarket chain’ fame. Now, instead of merely listening to a bunch of new bands and thinking about them, you can listen to the bands, think ...
ANBAD’s Best Bands Of 2011 // Number 1: Lissi Dancefloor Disaster
Well. This is awkward. Didn’t Lissi Dancefloor Disaster feature on ANBAD last year? What are they doing astride the top of the Best Of 2011 List? Have I lost my mind? Well, in answer to the first question: yes, they were on ANBAD in 2010 – I saw them play a short, brilliant gig to an empty room underneath Oldham Street in Manchester and simply had to tell someone about it. In...
DANANANANAYKROYD Splits Up!
Got this new 3 days ago, sad times. DANANANANAYKROYD has announced that they will split up after their upcoming (and last) tour. The Glaswegian band will also digitally release a single for the last time on 7th November. It’s called Think & Feel taken from their 2nd album, There Is A Way, produced by Ross Robinson in LA. You can hear it here. Was it the extensive promotion, touring and...
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Vile Vile Creatures
Vile Vile Creatures Genre: Alternative / Post punk / Experimental From: Manchester/Leeds, United Kingdom Vile Vile Creatures are an all female three-piece from Manchester and Leeds who claim to have satin beats and velvet rhythms, which is true, only the satin is tattered and torn and the velvet is well scuffed and frayed around...
Pizza Taste: An Interview With Tubelord
On Tuesday 16th June 2009, Tubelord played a gig at a venue called The Cellars - a lovely little pub in Eastney, Portsmouth. Ed, Tom and their counterpart/assistant Leam had the pleasure of interviewing Tubelord before their epic gig. The meeting was arranged for 6, however both parties were late due to us getting lost and Tubelord fixing their bank payments, which set everything back a bit....
Pod Fodder (Volume Thirty Three) - new Tiny Masters of Today single inside
Download Here 1. Pocketbooks - Fleeting Moments (How Does It Feel To Be Loved) Taken from the bands debut album "Flight Paths" which will be released in June. 3rd April - Brixton, Jamm 11th April - Hull, Adelphi 12th April - Newcastle, Fake Indie Label @ Head Of Steam 25th April - London, How Does It Feel To Be Loved @ The Luminaire 28th April - London, Carrot & Stick @...
May 68
Giddy Pop Euphoria La Roux, Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Chew Lips; just a few of the artists that have been compared to young Manchester band May 68, who is about to embark on a tour with other capable acts We Have Band and Glass Candy. The group comes from the Italians Do It Better mould but blend it up a little with some added instrumentation, making sparkly disco pop with dance punk-style...
It's A Buffalo
"I don’t know my left from right."  Take equal parts alt-country, a fusion of folk and punk, and a group of lads from Manchester and you’ve got the unconventionally, but perhaps very appropriately, named band It’s A Buffalo. The new disc, Don’t Be Scared, is fantastic.  Each track is anchored by a great Replacements-type lead guitar riff.  That...
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Cherry Ghost - We Sleep on Stones
Cherry Ghost are set to release Single ‘We Sleep on Stones’ from their melodic full-length ‘Beneath this Burning Shoreline’ on the 11th of November 2010, via Heavenly Recordings… and it’s on 12" vinyl. Even if you’ve never heard of them before, you can probably gather from the LP’s title that the songs are not going to be infused with...
XX TEENS
Venue: Academy 2, Manchester Teaser: They may be Artrocker’s kings of Cool, but will XX Teens woo the Long Blondes audience in Manchester? Fran Donnelly finds out… Pull quote 2: XX Teens are still the fucking coolest cats about and it’s hard to strip them of that, regardless of the situation… First para: As an Artrocker reader, you’re...
INFADELS + A.HUMAN + THE REAL DOLLS
Venue: Manchester Roundhouse Teaser: The Infadels were peddling modern rave in Shoreditch before the hipsters had even decided it was fashionable, and now they’re bringing it all back home. Fran Donnelly brings us this report from their gig at the Manchester Roundhouse… Pull quote 2: new single ‘Make Mistakes’ holds New Order’s robust pop bollocks...
THE WHIP + SOUTH CENTRAL
Venue: Manchester Academy 3 Teaser: Hooded sci-fi gangsters, desperate clubbing revelations and sweat drenched eyeballs - it’s all in a night’s work for Fran Donnelly, as he brings us up to speed with the latest action in Manchester… Pull quote 2: the singer stands at the stage edge, stony faced and punching his spare fist in all directions…...
THE LONG BLONDES
Venue: Manchester Academy 2 Teaser: Sophie Hall brings us this report on our cover stars, as they hit Manchester… Pull quote 2: The strongest tracks from the last album survive to tell the tale… First para: So, the mavericks of vintage style are back with their new album ‘Couples’. And you’ll need those quotation marks - because the two pairs...
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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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  • Flash Bang Band - Random Acts Of Kindness

    Random Acts Of Kindness is the funky debut EP just released by Brighton quartet Flash Bang Band. When this dropped in my inbox to review, I did the cursory check of the Myspace page – the word...

  • Xcerts added to Fu Manchu European Tour

    After playing a single gig with Fu Manchu in Manchester last week, it appears that they were taken to heart by the alt-rockers, as they’ve been announced as touring support for the remainder...

  • The Prisoner (2009)

    PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK TV Review: The Prisoner (2009) Caught up with the 3 starting episodes of this courtesy of my friend Tony Reeve. God knows the world needs more opportunity for paranoid self-...

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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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