dag för dag - shooting from THE shadows ep

Melvis reviews the upcoming Shooting From The Shadows E.P. from Dag För Dag, an American brother and sister duo residing in Stockholm.

i heart hiroshima - tuff teef

Dave reviews excellent debut from Artrocker.com's second favourite Brisbane 3 piece.

THE zookeepers - giant black taco

Download the latest album by The Zookeepers right now! It's free, and it's awesome.

metronomy - nights out

Abigail Outhwaite finds that the hotly anticipated Metronomy LP is both a electro revelation - and a bit of a bummer. Read on to find out how their party nearly gets started…

kings of leon - only by THE night

Dave reviews the latest Kings of Leon album. Then falls asleep and has nightmares of being stuck in a world where such a tedious insomnia cure of a record gets to number one in charts all over the globe, with legions of rabid fans and critics eager to defend slights upon it, without actually realising that they don't enjoy listening to it. No, really.

rolo tomassi - hysterics

Sheffield's art punks Rolo Tomassi make the jump from cult EP to hotly tipped LP, and Daniel Ross gives us the low down...

glasvegas - glasvegas

They may be on the tip of the national tongue, but can Glasvegas make their epic sound stretch across a whole record? Danny Revolver finds out as he reviews their muchos anticipated debut...

THE weight - are men

Rory Carroll gets to grips with his inner hillbilly as he reviews the latest album from waltzing bumpkin types The Weight. But hang on - how many band members are there again?!

late of THE pier - fantasy black channel

Yes yes, we know it came out yesterday. But hey! We've been busy with the XXL Jeans or whatever they're called. So now without further ado, Rory Carroll reviews the LP every lightsaber waving raver has been saving for...

friendly fires - friendly fires

Amy Rich gets an early look at the "lilting, beat-ridden" debut LP from Friendly Fires - which she recommends as a perfectly frenetic soundtrack to the summer...

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    22h.s.jpg  Some recent shots of Hatcham Social by Charlie Ingham. Here also a piece about the band written by the photographer....
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  • Delia's Gig Guide: 17 December

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  • Jack & The Beanstalks - Idle Hans Understands

    This rules. I don’t care how many times I hear that slinky Stooges retard beat - when it’s done well, I have the urge to jump up and down on the spot grinning like a cretin. Jack and the...

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  • Three Trapped Tigers

    So you’re the keyboard player for Emmy the Great. Of course, this isn’t your full-time occupation, so how do you spend your time away from knocking out sweet folk-pop...
  • Lovvers mp3 - AXTXTXIXUXDE

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  • The Poison Arrows - An Unexploded Dream (New Crystal Aquarium Remix)

    Back in May, Chicago post-rock trio The Poison Arrows put out their debut LP, First Class, and Forever, through File-13 (buy it here), where you can find the original...
  • summer mix

    Here’s a summer mix, inspired mainly by this oppressive heat haze we’ve been experiencing in TX over the last week or so. Seriously, kids can’t even go to a...
  • White Light White Heat

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  • DOWNLOAD: Flipper - Be Good, Child!

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  • harlem signs with matador

    We’ve been hearing the rumors for a minute, and it’s now official: GvsB faves Harlem have signed with Matador to a "worldwide, multi-record deal." Congrats, dudes. They’ll be recording...
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Blogs

  • New Favourite Band: New Johnny Foreigner vid

    Johnny Foreigner ‘Feels Like Summer’ from Best Before Records on Vimeo. We featured this tune a little while ago, but it’s worth mentioning again as there’s now a great video to go with it. Featuring a robot that drinks...
  • New Favourite Band: Lovvers mp3 - AXTXTXIXUXDE

    So, we had songs for lovvers lovers recently and now we have a taster of the real thing. AXTXTXIXUXDE is a sneak preview mp3 from the new Lovvers album and it’s very tasty indeed. The LP, "OCD Go Go Go Girls"...
  • New Favourite Band: Top 12 albums of the year so far

    Last week, I declared The Zookeepers record to be "the album of the year so far, hands down". I was then chatting to someone earlier this week about the merits of doing a ‘records of the first half of...
  • New Favourite Band: The Zookeepers - Ballin Outrageous

    I’m happy to report that The Zookeepers are back with a completely fucking brilliant new LP. You can stream it for a limited time, but if you have any ounce of sense you’ll want to purchase it for the...
  • New Favourite Band: The Dollymops

    Pic by Michael Nix Ric Birtill of The Dollymops sings in a high voice. A very high voice in fact. It’s kind of like vocal feedback and Dollymops records should come with a warning not to play if you have...
  • New Favourite Band: The Bacchae - great debut video

    Pic by Silas Dominey The Bacchae are an excellent garage rock band from Leeds. Their new video is most cool. Have a look at it here: Singer Harriet Hyde reminds me a bit of Ippy from The Hells. She’s got a...
  • New Favourite Band: Wentworth Kersey - a 'sci-fi folk experiment'

    This knocked me for six. Some stunning, beautiful country music from Joe Kersey Sampson (A Dog Paloma) and Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens (George&Caplin). Wentworth Kersey describe their sound as a ‘sci-fi folk experiment’ which gives a good impression of what...
  • New Favourite Band: The James Dean Syndrome - What's that sound?

    The James Dean Syndrome may just be the UK’s answer to White Denim. Not that White Denim are a question or a problem, far from it. I mean that they sound like them. Which I think it is a...
  • New Favourite Band: MIGHTY ROARS - Awesome new single, launch party this eve

    I love The Mighty Roars. If awesome punk pop is your bag, then you probably already love them too. So I’m very excited to report that they’ve finished a cracking new album, Zip and are biffing out the first single...
  • New Favourite Band: Excellent Tip Toe Records compilation - launch party on 25th May

    Tip Toe Records are releasing an excellent limited edition CD compilation, with only 200 copies being pressed. It’s got a fetching brown cardboard sleeve and is jam packed with indie goodness. If there aren’t at least 200 tasteful people...