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WOODEN SHJIPS

Polly Rappaport slips a tab of acid on her tongue and floats on down the stream to Wooden Shjips - San Francisco's answer to Dead Meadow. Warning: this review contains some strong strobe effects...

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SOMERSET HOUSE SERIES 2008 - PART TWO

Time for more action from the stately home of rock 'n roll - as Sam Crawford reviews the synth happy anarchism of Late Of the Pier, and the almighty techno-crunch of Justice...

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LOVEBOX WEEKENDER 2008

Despite being strip searched by anti terrorism police, our courageous reporter Mat Beal trooped onwards to review this year's Lovebox festival - where he encountered Operator Please, The Flaming Lips and more!

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DEVOTCHKA

Taking their name from A Clockwork Orange, DeVotchKa literally translates as 'Young Girl' in the Anthony Burgess novel. Clearly not put off by the thought of droogs, Gareth Mytton headed down to London's ICA to review their mariachi-punk...

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CSS + ALPHABEAT

In the blue corner - CSS! Aided by mysterious voodoo dance techniques. In the red corner - Alphabeat! Bouncing all over the damn place like hyperactive children. It's gonna get mean, as Ric Rawlins referees the battle of the Pop Titans...

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SOMERSET HOUSE SERIES 2008 - PART ONE

Last week we snuck two of our finest troopers into Somerset House to witness their annual gig showcase. Click here for Mat Beal on the hip hop flash of Lupe Fiasco, and Kevin Perry on the troubled live ditherings of UNKLE...

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LET'S WRESTLE + ARTEFACTS FOR SPACE TRAVEL

There's a bit of a debate raging about Let's Wrestle, and it goes like this: are they crap, or so crap they're actually genius? Ric Rawlins is firmly in the latter camp, as he reviews their single launch party...

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THE MUSIC

Heather Till witnesses The Music's bizarre ability to transform calm rational people into a huge steaming quagmire of dancing bodies. Something tells us she's one of them too...

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NEON NEON

Ric Rawlins finds Neon Neon in full conceptual swing at a nightclub in London, where the group arrive in a very swanky looking car from a certain 1980s movie...

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ZOO8 FESTIVAL

It's been hailed as the most miserable music festival to ever take part on British soil. And yet popular culture proves that many British people enjoy misery! Will the twin theories somehow work in harmony to create a fantastic event? Alas no, as Don Blandford reports...

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Alfonzo's Demo Kitchen

Unsigned bands reviewed, recipes suggested

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Artrocker RADIO!

The newest sounds as heard in the Artrocker Office and our Resonance FM podcast.

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