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Photos
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Some recent shots of Hatcham Social by Charlie Ingham. Here also a piece about the band written by the photographer....
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The Thermals photos from Glasgow Stereo, 17/06/2009, Stephen McLeod....
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A gallery of photos from various gigs by artrocker.com favourites Pulled Apart by Horses. Photography by Tom Martin and Stephen McLeod...
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Primavera Sound festival part two. On the second day of the festival there was a special day-time concert in the rather lush Joan Miro park where we caught our faves...
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Finally recovering from a great Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona and we have some pictures to share. We’ve eschewed the big names like Jarvis Cocker, Bloc Party, Neil Young, My...
Have You Read?
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PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Theatre Review : Pygmalion, The Old Vic George Bernard Shaw had ginger hair, and like myself he did his writing when he was on the move. Personally I find it ensures that I don't get annoyed when I'm...
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“We’re doing a lot of writing and recording at the moment. We’re also doing a series of remixes with various cool dance music people and are excited by the cutpaste / mashups that are making our stuff sound different... -
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Media News : Russell Brand resigns It's always interesting when top politicians get drawn into a fairly mainstream media issue. I can't help feeling that their comments on Shilpa Shetty's treatment in Big Brother were rather worthier than...
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PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK 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 has to attend the unreliable...
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I’ve been banging on about the AVETT BROTHERS for a while. Drenched in critical acclaim and fan frenzy in the US, they remain relative unknowns in blighty. Which is a damn shame, as no one does earnest, heartfelt Americana like these guys....
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Dave Martin recommends the post rock dynamics and baritone vocals of RedJetson
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Henry from The Young Knives recommends the Norwegian rock band Ungdomskulen...
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UNSIGNED TRACK OF THE WEEK (AS VOTED BY THE YOUNG KNIVES)
DEATH RAY TREBUCHEY / NUMBER 6
OLIVER: I liked that! It was lively, and although they compare themselves to Gogol Bordello, they're much better than that - even...
Blogs
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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...
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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"...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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