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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 bass - it has it all. Full marks to the band and to the Archie Bronson Outfit who ...
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Joe Gideon & the Shark
Archie Bronson Outfit
Photo: Paul Bachmann
Following the release of their critically acclaimed Todd Rundgren produced studio album Cause I Sez So , their TV appearance on Later with Jools Holland, and a rapturously reviewed London 100 Club show which sold out in 4 minutes, the New York Dolls have ...
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New York Dolls
Todd Rundgren
HMV
Here’s a great video from The Zookeepers, from their new Elmer’s Paste Land LP . The video features fireworks and instrument destruction - two fine ingredients for a clip. They’ve already biffed out one fantastic record this year - Ballin Outrageous - but clearly, that ...
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It’s subject to change, but SXSW have made the first line up announcement for their 2010 shindig.
From a quick glance at the full list below, it seems like it’s the usual mix of up and coming buzz bands and bands you have never fucking heard of. Perfect.
Todd, ...
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Double Happiness
Released on Monday, November 23, MUZAI Records presented two bands on one split CD . First is Auckland hardcore punk outfit God Bows To Math, with four tracks of spitting aggression and spiralling feedback. Then it’s TFF , the Dunedin ...
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Chris Martin
Nick Cave
Steven Tyler
Linkin Park
Tori Amos
We’re feeling the basement baby slide of Phil and the Osophers ’ unreleased and woeful lounge ballad “Wandering Soul,” slated to score the upcoming indie flick Un Petite Zone De Turbulences . If the track’s any indication, we expect long ...
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Phil Spector
Abe Vigoda
Proper Songs signings Special Benny have their debut single ‘Air Filter’ released today - cop it on the player below. You can also download their track ‘Lulupa’, which won’t feature on the album, for free a little way below that. ...
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Who : Animal Collective
Title : Fall Be Kind
Release Date : December 8th
Label : Domino
Thoughts : It’s a little odd that the leak of Animal Collective’s latest EP is not the big story of the week. It speaks volumes as to how good the new ...
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Animal Collective
Beach House
You too can meet Oasis’ Liam Gallagher! But only if you buy something from his new clothing range - then you can meet the surly, set-jawed man himself, in Manchester, next week . Parka-wearing gents, form a disorderly queue.
Now, I like Liam Gallagher. ...
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Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Chris Martin
The Black Elevators
Genre: Garage / Psychedelic / Jungle
From: Kent, Ohio, United States
I stumbled upon the Black Elevators, or rather they stumbled upon me, when they sent me a friend invite on myspace. Yes, in these short ...
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The Black Angels
Steve Albini
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We’re going to be real with you: this Ancestors song is over thirteen minutes long. You might’ve surmised from the photo that these dudes aren’t into brevity, but really you guys this is an almost quarter-hour of swashbuckling, organ-smeared doom ...
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(Photo by Kyle Dean Reinford via Stereogum )
Who : Sleigh Bells
Location : Brooklyn, NY
elbo.ws Ranking : #39
Thoughts : ‘Tis almost the season for holiday merriment, but back in October Sleigh Bells were getting their wish with music fans ...
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Kyle Dean Reinford
Some bands entirely define their time, however brief their reign or their time may be. De La Soul was one such band, and Three Feet High And Rising is so 1989 the CD may as well be sold in a day-glo hi-top trainer. The logical culmination of a decade of hip-hop, ...
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Here’s the new vid from Vampire Weekend. The song itself ticks all the boxes on my usual checklist - frisky, spirited, catchy. But ultimately, it’s a song that doesn’t really do anything for me. It’s a bit of a hollow listen.
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Vampire Weekend
Dave Grohl
Cymbals Eat Guitars @ The Lexington, London. 12/11/09
After much eager fawning from the likes of Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound, tonight’s showcase of Cymbals Eat Guitars sees the sold-out Lexington bristling with sticky anticipation from the ...
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The always doe-eyed, always sounding like they hang out in malt shops, always Danish Raveonettes recently dropped by Viva Radio ’s Me + You to play some acoustic songs from their new album, In And Out Of Control , and talk about why they like morose subject ...
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The Raveonettes
Beastie Boys
Birds & Batteries ’ new EP Up To No Good came out this week and there’s been some talk about honky-tonk layering, Halloween freak boogie and lost in the woods funk. Also, cough syrup-induced dancing . Below, a little more throat coat with ...
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Everyone ’s yapping about him. Joy Orbison has the blessing and curse of hype . Hype in itself is enough to rule out listening to any band that is suspiciously soaked in the stuff - a standpoint which is both flawed and infantile, true, but has served me well ...
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Flavor Flav
BBQ and King Khan have released another garage rock gem. Invisible Girl is a rock n roll soul party record - all handclaps, doo wop backing vocals, 12 bar chords and familiar melodies. And quite unbelievably filthy lyrics.
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We’ve had remixes and incredible videos , but "Cannibal" is actually the first original Fan Death tune we’ve heard since "Veronica’s Veil" in 2008. They’re still singing about macabre stuff over regal synth-strings, the ...
