lovebox weekender 2008

by Mat Beal

Despite being strip searched by anti terrorism police, our courageous reporter Mat Beal trooped onwards to review this year's Lovebox festival - where he encountered Operator Please, The Flaming Lips and more!

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OPERATOR PLEASE VS THE UFOS

by artrocker.com

It was a quiet, crystal night when Operator Please set out onto the Australian highway. But what they didn't realise at the time, was that strange events were ahead - events which would change their lives forever. This is their story, as told by Amanda!

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glastonbury 2008 - part one

by Ric Rawlins
Our armpits smell like barbecue sauce, our beards have grown over our eyes, and our legs feel like they’ve been amputated. That’s right - Artrocker.com has been at Glastonbury, and now we must suffer the consequences. But fear not! Because you can read all about it - sans post festival trauma - here!
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ARTROCKER.COM PRESENTS... GUESTIVAL

by artrocker.com
Or in other words, the world’s first totally online music festival! With Primal Scream and the Futureheads headlining, our dastardly plan to put a music festival in cyberspace is taking delicious shape. Step this way for details…
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operator please, vile imbeciles, THE corrections and more - singles for THE week beginning june 30!

by Ric Rawlins
Ric Rawlins enters the Twilight Zone of singles known as “singles for the week beginning June 30”! What will become of him? What will become of his bushy eyebrows? What will become of you after you read his Satanic poetry? Find out here!
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operator please - yes yes vindictive

by Tom Artrocker
They’re on the cover, in the shops, and on Artrocker posters all over London. No pressure to get the LP review just right then? Of course not! Although er… we did ask Tom Artrocker to submit his own opinion, just to be on the safe side.
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art brut, operator please, los campesinos! and more - singles for THE week beginning feb 18!

by Steven Belfrage

Back at work? Feeling like a pig shat in your head? Watching the clock and it’s only 11am? Fear not! Steven Belfrage is here like a journalistic can of Zolt Cola, counting us down with the week’s singles. Prepare yourself for old skool ravers, Dutch surf music and florescent riot girls!

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good shoes / operator please / ida maria

by Nathan Westley
They’re back! Except they’re better! And they’ve brought some curiously interesting support bands with them! There’s only one man for the job: Nathan Westley brings us this exclusive report from Brighton…
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spektrum, good shoes, gallows and more - singles for THE week beginning november 19!

by Ric Rawlins
If something is universally approved as being cool, does that mean you’re in deep shit if you don’t find it cool? It’s this and other conundrums that await Ric Rawlins as he steps up to review this week’s singles!
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12 stone toddler, black lips, madam, los campesinos! and more - singles for week beginning 4th june

by Rory Carroll
Rory reviews this week’s crop of 45s, with full marks going to 12 Stone Toddler, Blood Red Shoes & The Black Lips
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    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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