YES, Rogue Wave, Air, Yeasayer, Eric Clapton, Muse, and More On Sale
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The XX (DJ set) and VHS or Beta (DJ set) at (le) Poisson Rouge on January 2. Tickets
The Drums and Surfer Blood at Bowery Ballroom on January 13. Tickets
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Since the 2k0 decade is over, the altosphere learned to stop ‘backlashing’ against the Strokes, and instead learned to ‘appreciate them.’ Because of this recent shift in public perception, their latest ‘LP’, due in September is possibly one of the most anticipated albums of the past 25-50 years.
Spiritualized are performing Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space in May at Butlins, as part of the Matt Groening curated ATP weekend. It’s a reprise of the production that saw them sell out 4 nights at the Barbican.
Also featured in the new line up announcement are The Fresh and Onlys and Cold Cave.
Full press release after the break.
Photo: Nick Gough
We finally wave bye bye to 2009 with our final two wonderful guests - Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
Dan from Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Bonus Eventus and Let’s Wrestle give us their picks of 2009 as we near completion of our Guest top 10s.
Bonus Eventus give us a stripped down and svelte top 5. Be sure to check out their fantastic debut album released on Dinosaurs in Vietnam
The DRUMS give us the low-down on their album picks of 2009
Ow, this is hurting my head. Now, on one hand, I love novelty Christmas songs, especially camp, blatant, tinsel-strewn ones from the 70’s. On the other hand, the words ‘Julian Casablancas’ and ‘Christmas Song’ seem so oxymoronic that a pine-scented vortex might open up in space-time if they are sincerely placed next to each other.
New Artrocker photographer Paul Bridgewater send us some great photos of some of our top bands of the year played in London. Check out the gallery for pictures of The Raveonettes and Sharin Foo, iLikeTrains, Wetdog, The Chapman Family, The Dirty Projectors, The XX, The Spectrals, Honeytrap. Gallery front photo: Beth Jeans Houghton.
"You only get to appreciate what you do when you're not doing it," says bassist Rob Canning, slurping on a tea. "and now we're back, we're buzzing to go."
PART ONE: WELCOME TO 2008
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Legendary rock photographer Steve Gullick has a retrospective at Manchester’s KRAAK Gallery running from March 12th til March 27th, featuring shots taken for NME and Melody Maker as well as his...
To accompany the review of Tune-yards’ Monday gig at Cargo, a few tasty shots of Think about Life, Trash Kit and New England native Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs.
Read the review of the night...
We have collected some truly heinous examples of recent album covers, from Empire Of The Sun’s Star Wars travesty to the banal evil that is Razorlight’s Slipway Fire. Discretionary...
Album art in this gallery was selected based on several simple traits: strong concept, fine graphics including creative typography and general lushness. The first three of ‘The Best Record...
Placebo pictures: just in - some photos of Placebo and Brian Molko from last week’s gig at the Glasgow SECC.
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