FOALS Reviews

field day 2008

After a dodgy 2007, it seems that London's Field Day festival has finally recaptured that mad glint in it's eye. Emily Kendrick gets her waterproofs on to review Wild Beasts, Les Savy Fav and more...

latitude 2008

Emily Kendrick brings us this entertaining flash through last week's Latitude festival, where The Breeders, The Black Lips and Interpol got the party started in Ye Olde English Countryside...

THE music, THE subways, frankmusik and more - singles for THE week beginning 9th june!

There are approximately three zillion singles coming out this week, and Rory Carroll has been stroking his chin to each and every one of them. Step this way for K9 kidnappings, techno tantrums and E4 slaggings!

hove festival part three

Richard Artrocker is led astray by Blood Red Shoes, given free beer tokens, and left to ponder the very obvious size difference between Jack White and Beck. Who would win in a fist fight between those two? I know who the smart money would be on…

youthmovies - good nature

Amy Rich gets her gnashers around the new LP from Youthmovies, an Oxford based group fused from the DNA of Foals’ founding member Andrew Mears…

dananananakroyd + foals

In this report from Brighton, Nathan Westley has his mind blown by the fierce live performance of Dananananaykroyd, while Foals (who’ve “never had much love from Artrocker”) recoup some brownie points…

singles for THE week beginning march 3 - reviewed by THE maccabees!

Orlando and Felix stroke their chins as they plough through the week’s single releases. Brace yourself for Foals, Adam Green, Cut Off Your Hands and more!

one more grain

Emily Kendrick delves into the dark alleys of of Soho to investigate a single launch party for One More Grain. And with the band themselves claiming to be "nearly as good as Foals", will they live up to their own hype? Read on…

foals / metronomy / maths class

Which of these three bands has been lifting their dance moves from Steps? Only Nathan J Westley has the answer, as he brings us this report from a recent homecoming show in Brighton…

field day festival

Our man at the festies Don Blandford brings us this review of the weekend’s controversial Field Day in London. It’s GoodBooks, Foals and The Concretes VS an angry local council - and madness is sure to follow…

Rabbit, Rabbit All Day Long...

Top 5 Downloads

  • Hunters - Acid Head

    I haven’t even come close to headbanging since 1998, but, wow, Hunters are really pushing me back in that direction. This is real rock – heavy, chugging and powerful with grimy...
  • 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...

Have You Read?

  • Magazine at the Forum

    PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Concert Review: Magazine, The Forum 12/02/09 Before I describe what it was like to be at a Magazine concert in 2009, I feel I should let you in on what it was like to be at...
  • The hottest pictures of 2009

  • Will Hanson - Moving A Body

    Will Hanson’s hop from his hometown of London, to New York, to Glasgow is one that is rather intriguing. Why on earth would someone ditch the Big Apple to head for a relatively tiny Scottish...

Photos

  • 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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