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Here’s the next batch of our top 100 records list for 2009. Our favourite albums of 2009, our favourite singles of 2009, our favourite tracks of 2009 - they’re all in here mixed together. Well, numbers 80-61 are anyway.
80: We show up on RadaR - mountain top EP
Psychey sunshine pop and cunning acoustic folk from We Show up on RadaR, who released this...
The Zookeepers biffed out our number one record of 2009 - Ballin’ Outrageous. Think of all the amazing records this year - there is a shitload of them - and in our opinion Ballin’ Outrageous is better than all of the rest of them.
Here are The Zookeepers favourite albums of 2009, handily arranged in alphabetical order. Good to see they’re not afraid of including their...
About halfway through "Bone Jam," under inches of geeky fuzz, Jake Orall asks, "How much money can we spend?" Obviously not much. His band is the definition of conservative spending: two members (that are brothers), two instruments, some charmingly cheap recordings–basically Jeff The Brotherhood is the opposite of Dream Theater. They jam econo. They sound like they were...
This is one heavy album. Even if the word ‘heavy’ didn’t feature heavily in many of the song titles, I’d still be drawing that conclusion. Sure, it’s the kind of indie punk rock you’d expect from a band that’s played shows with Sonic Youth and Ex Models, but it’s wrapped in a thick coating of METAL and it’s all the more chewy for it....
Jeff the Brotherhood/ Screaming Females- Split 7″ 5/10
This isn’t quite what I expected from Jeff the Brotherhood and Screaming Females. Both these tracks seem very conservative, are clean cut and have a pretty standard rock sound. Compared to their previous releases, both bands have dragged home the rope on their wild ways, stripping away all the noisy raucous aggression...
After 3 hours sleep I found myself in Glasgow Airport buying an overpriced tuna cheese melt and iced coffee combo for breakfast, after being given a ticking off for bringing a half-empty deodorant...
The Jim Jones Revue
From: London, United Kingdom
London rockers The Jim Jones Revue have risen from the ashes of legendary UK garage rockers Thee Hypnotics to deliver the world from the computer...
Freedom or Death
From: Toronto, Canada
With a name like Freedom or Death, the war cry for the people of Greece during the 1820’s Greek War of Independence, I was expecting a cacophonous,...
transmittens
From: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
With a name like transmittens and tracks called Balloons in the Sky and Meet Me At The Swings it doesn’t take a genius to guess that...
I’ve really grown to love the album ‘Gemini’ by Wild Nothing over the past few weeks. Jack Tatum’s home recorded dream pop draws from lineage of sounds stretching back to...
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CD Review: Network DVD soundtrack CDs
A recent ‘sale’ on the Network DVD website tempted me into getting around to purchasing the soundtrack DVDs for Man In A Suitcase...
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Concert Review : Mark Mathews and the One T's, Clapham Grand, 07/08/08
My good friend Kieron of The Dilemmas tempted me south of the river to experience singer/songwriter Mark...
If Stephen Malkmus had formed fIREHOSE with Mike Watt and George Hurley, they may have made music akin to Glasgow’s COVERGIRLS. Yes, they’re that good.
One of the most visually stunning festivals in the UK is Scotland’s Wickerman Festival. Not to be confused as a copy of Burning Man, Wickerman was inspired by the classic 1973 cult movie with...
Following on from our time spent with the magnificent Pulled Apart By Horses on their album release tour, we’ve got a full photo gallery of delights from Stephen McLeod to give you an insight...
One of our favourite bands at Artrocker.com has always been The Black Keys. Currently promoting their new album Brothers, we’ve got these exclusive pics from last night’s show at London...
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Festival Review : EuroYeYé 2010, Gijón, Spain 29th July to 2nd August – Part 2 of 2
On Saturday night back at the Oasis, the main gig venue for...
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Festival Review : EuroYeYé 2010, Gijón, Spain 29th July to 2nd August – Part 1 of 2
Took up a long-standing invite back to Gijón to enjoy some...
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TV/Media
Review: Sherlock, BBC1, 26/07/10Well
the BBC did an excellent job of hyping up their 21st century
adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character, with appearances on...
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Review: The Prisoner (2009) – episodes 4 to 6After
my review of the first 3 episodes I received other peoples’ thoughts
and interest as to what I would make of the...
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Review: Primitive Festival Volume 7, 02-06/06/10, Rotterdam Holland
(www.primitive-festival.nl)I
had the great honour of co-hosting the final Primitive festival in...
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Event
Review: Fan Fest 2010 Review (24-25/04/10)3
months ago the London Film Museum played host to an ambitious array of
Bond girls, Bond villains, film technicians and...
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On the road and in the studio with Glassglue (myspace.com/glassglue)
On hearing that my friend
Matthew’s band Glassglue were going to do some recording in Germany
I was...
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Show
Review : Marketing Week/Insight Show, Olympia 29-30/06/10Popped
into this ‘four shows in one’ marketing event to see what was new.
First I went into one...
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Festival
Review : Southend Film Festival April/May 2010Not
sure who reasoned that a seaside town with occasionally nice weather
might be worth holding a film festival at,...
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TV Review: The Prisoner (2009)
Caught up with the 3 starting episodes of this courtesy of my friend Tony Reeve. God knows the world needs more opportunity for paranoid self-...
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