BLOOD RED SHOES Reviews

those dancing days, metronomy, blood red shoes and more - singles for THE week beginning july 7!

by Mat Beal

Cryogenically frozen for a thousand years, Mat Beal wakes up in the year 2008 to discover a musical world gone insane. Can he recapture the past to save the future? Only one man knows: him! Step this way for his review of this week's singles...

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hove festival part three

by Richard Davis
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…
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blood red shoes

by Don Blandford
There’s a riot going on, mamma! And artrocker.com is in the thick of it, as Blood Red Shoes let rip to a central London college on the eve of their debut LP. Read on for words (Don Blandford) and pictures (Sally Saveall)…
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blood red shoes - box of secrets

by Rory Carroll

Upon submitting his review of the terrible twosome's debut LP, Rory Carroll wrote at the top of the email: "HEAVILY, HEAVILY RECOMMENDED!!" What possessed the man? Find out here...

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singles for THE week beginning febuary 4 - reviewed by THE young knives

by The Young Knives
The band get stuck into reviewing the likes of Blood Red Shoes, Biffy Clyro and many more innocent victims. Warning: if you’re a member of The Cavaliers, you might want to skip this article…
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maximo park / blood red shoes

by Gabrielle Trundley
Somewhat like the Grim Reaper, Gabrielle Trundley visits the door of Maximo Park to pronounce them “nothing particuarly special.” Were you at Brixton Academy? Do you dare challenge the Reaper’s opinion? Read on and comment…
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blood red shoes

by Don Blandford

Achtung Artrockers! Blood Red Shoes have ‘done an Iggy’ and fled to Berlin, where they’re playing a bunch of intimate club nights. Don Blandord chews the German sausage (words) and Sally Saveall brings down the Wall (pictures).

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truck festival

by Don Blandford
It was flooded, cancelled, and rescheduled - but Truck Festival has bounced back with an unparalleled cast of stunning new bands. In what must be the last festival of the season (surely!) Don Blandford and Sally Saveall bring us these words and pictures…
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electric gardens festival

by Don Blandford
A bill chock full of artrocker favourites at the recent Electric Gardens Festival. Don Blandford brings us this review - which includes Blood Red Shoes, Pull Tiger Tail, Lethal Bizzle, The Maccabees and the Young Knives….
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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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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...
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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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