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Hinterland Festival Tickets Giveaway

I would very much like these tickets
...If possible!
Atlas Sound - Walkabout

stop looking at my chest.
stop looking at my chest.
Johnny Foreigner – Grace And The Bigger Picture

don't see whats so bad about
don't see whats so bad about this one
KONG - Snake Magnet

kong cover
this rocks,gets my vote
Top 100 records of 2009: 20-1

Obviously, I disagree
as I compiled the list. I'm a big fan of melody, and I think all these bands have an ear for it. Are you...
Stefan Abingdon

?
Does he come to denmark ?
Cutting Some Shapes

Awesome band
The Devil comes up trumps again, nice one.

Penalties, Brel et Moi, and Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley resign
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...
Demo kitchen with iLiKETRAiNS
iLiKETRAiNS DEMO OF THE WEEK: ISTVAN & THE KOSMAS / DISCO CLUB IMPERIAL DAVE: The song started out pretty promisingly, but it didn’t really develop. It could be just me! Having said...
Joe Gideon & The Shark - Civilisation
Joe Gideon & The Shark - Civilisation from Bronzerat Records on Vimeo. Awesome video from Joe Gideon & The Shark. Sharp white suits, Mark E Smith style monologues and NoMeansNo heavy...
Volcano Choir - Unmap
What we know about Justin Vernon: he’s a fantastic songwriter with a soulful voice, which has slowly but surely found widespread acclaim with Bon Iver. We also found out from the Blood Bank EP...
Delia's Gig Guide: 19 November
Sunday 18th November Monkey Chews – Friend Of The Bride, Looker, Jon byrne, Marcus Mumford Cargo – Wire doo dah – Jackie-o motherfkkkccer5, polly shang kuan band
Magazine at the Forum
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Concert Review: Magazine, The Forum 12/02/09 Before I describe what it was like to be at a Magazine concert in 2009, I feel I should let you in on what it was like to be at...
Skinny Jeans Can F*** Off
Free Papers on Diana, Ryan Air, Private Eye, and Which? (Consumers Association) AGM
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Media News : Free Papers report Diana Inquest When people complain about the media's prurient interests, they often say 'if people didn't buy it then the papers wouldn't print it...

In Pictures: Steve Gullick retrospective

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...
In Pictures: Tune-Yards, Trash Kit and Think about Life

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...
In Pictures: Worst Record Covers of the Year

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...
In Pictures: Best record covers 2009

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...
In Pictures: Placebo

Placebo pictures: just in - some photos of Placebo and Brian Molko from last week’s gig at the Glasgow SECC. Also check out the review here

the Dirty Dishes - In the Clouds EP
Ahhhh. I love this. When Jenny Tuite of the Dirty Dishes emailed us at Artrocker.com, there was no extended press drivel or desperate pleadings for promotion, just a simple "Hey there!...
Cutting Some Shapes
Not Squares From: Belfast, Northern Ireland On debut single ‘Asylum’ (Richter Collective) Irish punktronic (we really do love inventing these meaningless genres !) trio Not Squares...
Turning Japanese
The Japanese War Effort From: Scotland, United Kingdom The Japanese War Effort is a one man band, based in Edinburgh. Martin Moog (surely an adopted name otherwise baby he was born to moog...
Mondrian, Cakes, Pastries and Mille-Feuille
There’s a tiny town to the north-east of Paris called Peronne. It’s in the Somme, so it rains a lot, and both the buildings and surrounding countryside are deeply gashed with marks from...
Wu Lyf (Finally) and The Great BBC 6Music Sham
I knew something didn’t add up. The BBC 6Music kerfuffle drags on and on – with more and more music fans, politicians and BBC bigwigs all competing to see who can yelp their opinions...
Sleeping With The NME
Yes Giantess Boston, Massachusetts, United States The current incarnation of the NME may be a pale shadow of itself and struggling with it’s identity, not knowing whether to...
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Egyptian Hip Hop - Round Pot (This is Horseflesh's Rad Pitt Reincarnation)
According to This is Horseflesh (the nom de guerre of Egyptian Hip Hop drummer Alex Pierce) this fantastic ‘reincarnation’ of the band’s own "Rad Pitt" was written to...
Bromheads: Dedicated mp3
Bromheads are continuing their free monthly download singles with a genius reworking of ‘Dedicated to the One I Love’, a song made famous by the Shirelles. Unsubtle mix tape...
Japanese Voyeurs new single, track giveaway
If Wyldman’s recent live review has picqued your interest in Japanese Voyeurs, then you might be interested in their free download track ‘Dumb’. They’re biffing it out...
Sissy And The Blisters, and The Folly Of Rock And Roll Adoration
Forming a rock ‘n’ roll band is one of the more deceptive and fickle actions a group of young men (and it’s almost always young men) can take. It seems so easy: get a self-...

Parsley's Commlock: Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, and Google at TFMA
Andy Serkis as Ian Dury Film Review : Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll There have been several music ‘biopics’ over the years, and there seems to be a rash of them recently with...
Parsley's Commlock: 3 Idiots, A Single Man, Bank Charges Fightback Part 2, Talk To Your Computer and Short Web Addresses
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Film Review : 3 Idiots Stumbled by accident into my third Bollywood film ever last week. It concerns an Indian engineering school, and 3 students under considerable...
New Favourite Band: The Zookeepers - Good Looking Out
Not content with sitting on their laurels after we awarded them our number 1 record of 2009 for Ballin Outrageous, the Zookeepers have returned to the studio and biffed out another LP. Holy shit....
Parsley's Commlock: Omen night at West London Fantasy Film Society, BBC News on TV Themes & the Bank Charges fight back
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCKEvent Review : Omen night at the West London Fantasy Film Society 04/02/10I was back as my brother’s guest at this tiny cinema for enthusiasts of an old style cinema...
Parsley's Commlock: iPad and Up In The Air
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Technology News: iPad Two days before the iPad launch, Bill Gates (former chief mekon on Microsoft) was on The Daily Show to promote his charitable work. It was a rather dry...
Parsley's Commlock: OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus, Nowhere Boy, and Oyster cards now valid on National Rail
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Film Review : OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (Rio doesn’t answer a.k.a. Lost In Rio) Legendary Mondo Enduro motorbiking mainstay Austin Vince invited several of us...
Parsley's Commlock: Molière, Buñuel's Milky Way, Lidl Orange Juice up in price, and 60s photos at the National Portrait Gallery
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Film Review : Molière Much to my surprise over Christmas I discovered that you can now watch films again on BBC iPlayer. I guess when the beeb buys films now...
Parsley's Commlock: Buñuel's Belle de jour, Parsley not on Big Brother, tvcatchup.com, google sites and don't ask intalink.org.uk for fares
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Film Review: Belle de jour (Buñuel) Gradually moving through the Luis Buñuel box set I arrived at this legendary sexual fantasy film from 1967....
Parsley's Commlock: Stephanie Beacham on Big Brother, Buñuel's Chambermaid, Lidl's Orange Juice, Borehamwood's Sci-Fi shop and NYE at Lady Luck
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK TV News: Stephanie Beacham on Celebrity Big BrotherI confess I was interested to see who was on Celebrity Big Brother, as my mother watches it avidly, and it’s being...
New Favourite Band: Nice Nice - One Hit
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...

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Parsley's Commlock: Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, and Google at TFMA

Parsley's Commlock: 3 Idiots, A Single Man, Bank Charges Fightback Part 2, Talk To Your Computer and Short Web Addresses

New Favourite Band: The Zookeepers - Good Looking Out

Parsley's Commlock: Omen night at West London Fantasy Film Society, BBC News on TV Themes & the Bank Charges fight back

Parsley's Commlock: iPad and Up In The Air

Parsley's Commlock: OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus, Nowhere Boy, and Oyster cards now valid on National Rail

Parsley's Commlock: Molière, Buñuel's Milky Way, Lidl Orange Juice up in price, and 60s photos at the National Portrait Gallery

Parsley's Commlock: Buñuel's Belle de jour, Parsley not on Big Brother, tvcatchup.com, google sites and don't ask intalink.org.uk for fares

Parsley's Commlock: Stephanie Beacham on Big Brother, Buñuel's Chambermaid, Lidl's Orange Juice, Borehamwood's Sci-Fi shop and NYE at Lady Luck

New Favourite Band: Nice Nice - One Hit

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