The Isle Of Wightian blooz fiends in Jackson Analogue are releasing their new GlueEP on November 2nd, though you preview its title track here. This is the kind of music people grow mutton chops for, you guys.
Artrocker.com: Glasgow's a pretty hot city at the moment. I was up there just this weekend. What do you think is making Glasgow bands so hot right now?
Big Ripper is a monstrous record. It’s the album Godzilla has in his headphones as he’s trashing Manhattan. It’s what King Kong hears in his head as he’s beating his chest...
There’s a fantastic tune by New Orleans band The Generationals up for grabs over at The Walrus. It’s got a great 60s soul type of feel to it - sounds like Edwin Collins producing...
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Concert Review : The Stabilisers, 12 Bar Club, Saturday 12/01/08
I caught up with friend and former Solar Flare/Prime Mover/Goodchilde/Headcoat/Prisoner Allan Crockford performing...
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK On Location :Focus on Imaging 2007 promo film I was lucky to be involved in the making of a promo film for a photography show at the NEC end of Feb. Not being one for an...
We have collected some truly heinous examples of recent album covers, from Empire Of The Sun’s Star Wars travesty to the truly banal evil that is Razorlight’s Slipway Fire. Discretionary...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
Fantastic electro punkers 2hot2sweat are hosting a new club on Weds 17th Feb at The Social. They promise "A night of animal themed musical mayhem" so appropriately, the night is...
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...
Though it’s slotted last on their new album, One Life Stand, "Take It In" is really Hot Chip at their most essential and distilled–re-contextualizing incredibly intimate,...
You know, rummaging around in the grubby dustbin of Indie is undeniably an act of escapism both for its practitioners and followers – and so when a dose of real life crawls up your trouser leg...
The Art Of Confusion
After gushing over Dandi Wind for a very long time I’m only just getting into Fan Death, Dandilion Wind Opaine’s other notable musical project in collaboration...
Swimming In Mist: A Literal Interpretation
How to induce a technologically-assisted breakdown in a zillion easy steps:
The process begins with breaking your phone by...
When an unsigned band is named by the likes of Michael M of We Are The Physics as one of his top 10 acts of the year, you know they’re worth checking out. Ex Wives have been kicking around...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Film Review: Belle de jour (Buñuel)
Gradually moving through the Luis Buñuel box set I arrived at this legendary sexual fantasy film from 1967....
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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...
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...
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