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sky larkin

Beware the moon, my pretties! Sky Larkin are playing the Brixton Windmill - but their drummer is morphing into a strange beast. Don Blandford packs the silver bullets...

asobi seksu, lightspeed champion, THE mitchell brothers and more - singles for THE week beginning october 15th!

Japanese space monsters! Garage Rock apocalypse! Messages to aliens! Messages to Michael Jackson! The Age Of Aquarius reimagined! If only real life were as exciting as this week’s singles, reviewed by Ric Rawlins…

truck festival

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…

los campesinos! / sky larkin / nosferatud2

Wyldman catches a triple bill of new rock n roll at the Spitz, headlined by a refreshingly enthusiastic “seven piece explosion of a band from Cardiff”…

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...

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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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