Every year there are so many buzzbands that are available to ‘buzz about’/align your blog’s brand with by covering them on a regular/daily basis. Some artists are ‘good’ and ‘deserve hype’, but other bands sorta represent how hollow/forced the buzzosphere can be.
The Intelligence, pic by Kelly O
I think this is my first SxSW related post since I booked my (bargain) flights to Austin, so there’s definitely no backing out now. Not long til I go either so these posts need to step up a gear.
So below are the highlights of the I, J and K pile winging their way to Texas state in March. Let’s dig in and find some excellence shall we?
Grammatics
Choosing a top 100 records of 2009 may seem a little excessive but it has been a fucking awesome year for music. No question. We’ve mixed together albums, singles and individual tracks in our list, because we can.
The first batch is our top 100-81 and even though they’re at the lower reaches of our countdown, they’re all still amazing. We stand by every single record in the whole 100 and encourage you to check out, purchase and enjoy our recommended releases of this year.
I recently told you how I was loving Post-Nothing, the new album from Japandroids. Still am. They popped up on The Tripwire’s Backyard Series today and lead singer, Brian King, did a sweet cover of McLusky’s To Hell With Good Intentions, which we just played on our SIRIUS XM Blog Radio show on Tuesday. Check it out and then check out a couple more at The Tripwire.
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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