While I’m going round telling people that this week’s Brit Awards were an embarrasment to British music, Kieran’s going round telling people that Enter Shikari are an embarrassment to British music. See below for further details.
Words: Kieran Toms
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
This is a proper sing along, nay shout along track. Typically eloquent Los Campesinos! lyrics find a rousing tone, and are matched by uplifting guitars. Female vocals sometimes appear to add a little extra something, and this song, despite its title, manages to be very heartfelt as well as very fun…
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(Photo: Lauren Dukoff)
Richard Gottehrer –co-writer of "My Boyfriend’s Back" and "I Want Candy," co-founder of Sire Records with Seymour Stein, and producer of albums by Blondie, The Go-Gos and many others–produced the upcoming Dum Dum Girls LP, I Will Be. That’s pretty much the ultimate co-sign for a girl group-inspired garage-rock band.
Burning world has posted this bootleg recording of a recent gig by Frank Black and co. Tracks include, well, the whole of Doolittle I guess.
Fran Donnelly recommends the 'perfect arms aloft synth-pop' of Manchester's The Whip.
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.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
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...
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.
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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