Some photos of one of our favourite artrockers - Planningtorock. She’s worked and toured with The Knife and put on the best performance of anyone we saw at Barcelona’s Sonar...
Liars site has a characteristically enigmatic post from Andrew Angus and speculation about a new album/the end of the band abound… "In Los Angeles…coaxing out the pearls and threading them...
Some great pictures of Glaswegian keytar playing noise-pop-midicore duo GAY AGAINST YOU consisting of Joe Howe aka GERMLIN & Lachlann Rattray aka YOKO OH NO! Total mashup caught at Club...
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert Review : Mark Mathews and the One T's, Clapham Grand, 07/08/08 My good friend Kieron of The Dilemmas tempted me south of the river to experience singer/songwriter Mark Mathews as he starts performing with a full band...
DEMOOFTHEWEEK: THEFANCYDRESSPARTY Rich: I think this band is the most exciting thing we’ve heard since we got here, including all the week’s singles. It’s recorded really...
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Album Review : Transparent Dayze - Angel Kaplan (Lost Recordings) If Paul Simon was young and Spanish then he would be Angel Kaplan. Angel is the bass player of high energy Spanish crazy guys Doctor Explosion, and he...
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Travel News: Terminal 5 Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war. As peoples' flights are cancelled, and bags are lost on a gargantuan and high profile scale, you might be forgiven for thinking that...
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Retail watch: Post-Christmas shop watch I am no fan of Tescos, but I feel I should let you know that Dalek bubble bath is there for £2.50 and Häagen-Dasz is 2 for £5. ...
All of Pinter’s christmases came at once, possibly, in 2008. He couldn’t have left us on a more fitting day. Early January 2009 seems far less fitting for a founding member of The Stooges, but alas, so it has come...
Excellent puzzle rock for people who like their angles acute. Mayors of Mikazaki do the mathS and get an A++. Sadly, I can’t tip them as ones to watch in 2009, as it looks like they’ve split up. Or...
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Hero of the week: Dorothy Padilla My Aunt Dorothy died last week and I was catapulted over to California for her funeral. She was a remarkable woman. During the war she looked after her younger brothers Reg and Sid...
The Top 5 Top Albums of 2008 Because it’s that time of year, when every publication suddenly decides it has listened to every record worth listening to and compiles them into a numerical list of cultural impact and importance, it seems...
Hello, just a wee note to say that the next blog is in the process of being written. I want it to be as well put together as possibleand researched properely, and I’m afraid of not had a lot of...
PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Theatre Review : Edward Scissorhands, Sadler’s Wells Continued my Tim Burton education with a trip to Sadler’s Wells for a musical adaptation of Edward Scissorhands. I hadn’t seen the film so I thought it would be interesting to see...
Musicians – you need to get a real job. Sorry. I thought you already knew this? Didn’t you realise that you’ve got it SO much better than anyone before you? Do you think home recording was even possible a few...
It’s a jungle out there for musicians. Even if you aren’t being stabbed on stage for playing badly, by your own band mate, you still have a struggle for survival on your hands. A struggle that stretches far beyond...
Hi! I’m Indonesian! ^^; Here are our Top 5 Bands + Shorthand Phonetics! by Ababil Ashari Hey, so funny story. I sent this lovely site a press release concerning my new, free awesome, awesome, awesome, FREE, awesome awesome, http://www.yesnowave.com/albums/yesno022.htm awesome, AWESOME,...
PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Concert/CD Review : Glassglue - Tate Britain, if I were the sky right now c/w spiral stair Months ago I stopped off at an evening opening of Tate Britain to watch my friend Matthew's band Glassglue in a...
Broke Down Turntable: Ask A Policeman
MINNAARS profile
Why minnaar, where did they get the name from?
Hoekom minnaar, waar het julle dit van daan gekry, dis...
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Simon Says No!
The indie/shoegaze scene in Oslo has been really good for years now. Check out bands like: Serena Maneesh, The Lionheart...
Surplus To Requirement: The Top 10 List of Top Album Lists of 2008
An Apology/Seasons Greetings
Enough said.
...Bang Bang Boom Cake
i had no clue they were that young..
I think they are pretty good..
this article doesn't describe...