Teasty selection of shots fron the night with Victorian English Gentlemens Club supported by We Are The Physics and Ex Wives. They played at Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on the 5th of August 2009. Read the gig’s review here.
The music I sit best with is not music that is usually done very well by ‘local bands’. Infact, I’d go so far as to say that ‘Local Bands Suck’, and even have a t-shirt...
All of Pinter’s christmases came at once, possibly, in 2008. He couldn’t have left us on a more fitting day. Early January 2009 seems far less fitting for a founding member of The Stooges...
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Concert Review : Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, Debaser, 10/05/08
Found myself back at Stockholm's top Debaser club for a performance by my excellent friend Holly Golightly. I...
In the music scene, and especially in the punk scene that we started out in, there tends to be an emphasis on personal politics. A lot of musicians tend to be vegetarian or vegan for example, and of...
FIERY FURNACES: WIDOW CITY
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Travel News : Penalties
When I got to the First Capital Connect ticket office there was nobody serving. The one member of staff had left his position to go and tell another (who...
THE INCONSOLABLES PICTURESHOW: OBJECTS OF OUR AFFECTION
1. ED (PICTURED BELOW)
- Heinrich, whom I love like a stuffed son.
- A melodica from a Prague junk shop. Smells a little, but goes like a...
Electro punkster, show girl Merrill Nisker aka Peaches promotes her latest album, I Feel Cream produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford. Peaches shared stage at KOKO on the 13th of December...
Peaches, Kap Bambino, Hanway Troof and Drums of Death were playing at KOKO on the 13th of December. Artrocker loves Kap Bambino so much, we made a dedicated photo gallery. Check out Peaches pictures...
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,...
One of the best loved bands, Vivian Girls were touring Japan in Autumn 2009. Lots of fun was had, including modeling of awesome headphones, filming interviews and playing music. Photographer Keita...
Harlem’s Free Drugs;-) LP is one of our top 40 records of the year (without wanting to give the game away, we’ve only reached 41 in our countdown so far). So I was excited to hear...
North London’s Wild Palms are scrappy self-starters whose tropical-concrete-post-punkish single “Over Time” gives our weak winter hearts a reason to keep on beating. But the sniTch...
Why Write?
Genre: Indie
From: Denmark
Why Write? is Danish songwriter Jacob Faurholt’s new project. His new record as Why Write?, the informatively titled ‘5 song EP’ and...
Ghost Hunter, Fan Death - sounds like a whole lotta killing’s gone on around here recently, albeit in anything but cold blood. There’s an erotic heat to this remix of "Reunited...
This fresh edit of Passion Pit’s "Little Secrets" by Jokers Of The Scene has been the arsenal cornerstone of basement DJs for weeks, but finally debuted to the masses on Monday as a...
The world of music blogging is a pretty tight knit little world. We all know each other, at least on the internet, we follow each other’s Twitters, we are friends on Facebook and we usually...
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
We are gathered in the relatively confined space that is Upstairs at The Garage to see three acts that have been flagged up as having the potential to break out of...
This booming raindance exclusive (which premiered earlier this week via our new RCRD of The Day) comes courtesy of J-Wow of Buraka Som Sistema and transforms Fever Ray’s original occult appeal...
Florida band Surfer Blood seem to be getting a lot of hype at the moment - but from what I’ve heard, it’s well deserved.
They make classic American pop - a kind of shimmery wall of...
Nice Nice are currently giving away downloads of their new EP, before its physical release on 26 November.
It’s a fantastic single. The A-side ‘One Hit’ sounds like a kind of...
Vienna Ditto have already got attention from the likes of Huw Stevens, Tom Robinson and er.. the makers of Hollyoaks. Listening to their debut single ‘Long way down’ it’s easy to...
Florida band Surfer Blood seem to be getting a lot of hype at the moment - but from what I’ve heard, it’s well deserved.
They make classic American pop - a kind of shimmery wall of...
The Good The Bad are launching their nut-clenchingly fantastic debut EP on 13 November at new club Whoreditch. They play amazing ‘new surf flamenco’ with tonnes of rock n roll...
If you’re looking for the right record for your Halloween Party this weekend, you should look no further than Pure Evil.
10 perfect hillbilly garage rock classics, infused with eerie...
Montage Populaire’s demo is an inventive, eclectic affair. A DIY gem, swinging from frisky indie pop (Break up the band) to the Super Furries / Roxy Musicisms of the track we have for you to...
The Drab Doo Riffs play hot wired garage rock that doesn’t rely on fuzzy tones to pack a punch. New EP Bury Me in Drab is slinky and taut rather than sludgy - with Make Up/Copter...
Fresh Legs are an art pop band from Portsmouth who by all accounts set alight the Red Bull stage at this year’s Bestival with their twisty riffs and gold spandex. They’ve just released...
We’re a bit late with this news, but it appears The Daisy Riots have split. A shame, as they were a fucking brilliant band.
Fans of their amped up Futureheadsy punk rock n roll can...
Here’s a great bit of classic 80s indie pop from Red Drapes. It’s very Psychedelic Furs - but unlike a lot bands that plough this particular furrow, the tunes don’t get lost in...
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