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The Cribs
“Make me happy by not chanting Yorkshire” tweeted The Cribs’ Ryan Jarman before a recent London show, laying bare the well documented dislike he and his band of brothers have for the … Read More »
New Order
Undoubtedly, the launch of New Order 2.0 – sans Peter Hook – has ruffled a few feathers, although, post the Hacienda licensing debacle and Hooky’s own Joy Division tour, you can’t … Read More »
What A Week With John Kerrison #21
Bon Iver gets sexy, Gotye gets rich and MJ makes endorsements from the grave… Read More »
Hawk Eyes
It seems, ladies and gentlemen, that there are both advantages and disadvantages to supporting Andrew ‘Party Hard’ W.K. on tour. Unfortunately, your backstage tomfoolery and … Read More »
Hit The Deck
For the uninitiated, Hit The Deck is an indoor festival that takes over several of Nottingham’s best music venues. And this year it boasts a stellar line up of some of the best that rock, … Read More »
Join Bloc Party In The Studio
You could join the band in New York… Read More »
Jack White
Workaholics: they just don’t stop ‘til the job is done. And when the job is done? Well, er, they go and get another one. In Jack White’s case, you suspect that what he really wants – what … Read More »
Patterns
Opening tonight’s show, newcomers Shinies were always going to have trouble living up to the hype they’ve generated since their formation. Without being deliberately contrary, the … Read More »
Bloc Party Announce UK Dates
Kele and co return… Read More »
What A Week With John Kerrison #17
When R Kelly got trapped in the closet again, a blowjob set the internet alight and Plan B almost said something profound… Read More »
Willis Earl Beal
For most people, Chicago’s Willis Earl Beal will have seemingly come out of nowhere, tipped as one to watch for 2012 with barely a column inch to his name before January began. He soon got … Read More »
What A Week With John Kerrison #13
Hello and welcome to the news roundup the press have been calling ‘journalism’s answer to Sting’ – presumably because it’s ever-present and seems determined never to reach a climax. … Read More »
Tennis
You can see how the practicalities of touring the world and promoting an album can play havoc with your love life. Just how do you give your other half that Valentine’s Day kiss when you’re … Read More »
Track Of The Day #55
Chairlift – ‘Party’ Read More »
Lana Del Rey
Never has there been so much expectation based on so little evidence. Predominantly off the back of one single, Lana Del Rey has wound up as the ultimate web-buzz poster girl – a strange … Read More »
Butcher Boy
Tonight The Fly swaps scum-splattered skinny jeans and wasted scenesters for a visit to the home of the English Folk Dance & Song Society; a beautiful venue tucked away down back roads near … Read More »
Last year, Tiger & Woods delivered one of the best dance albums of the year, but you may well not know that yet. With nothing in the way of profile or promotion here, it’s on their web … Read More »
Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains
Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains are Domino’s first-ever French signings. A smart move by the legendary label, if ‘E Volo Love’ is anything to go by; their hazy, lazy indie pop is … Read More »
What A Week With John Kerrison #7
Oh, hello there. Long time no see. Hope the last seven days have treated you well? You look as if they have, and may I add, that colour looks absolutely radiant on you. No, it doesn’t make your … Read More »
The Maccabees
Coming of age is both a wonderful and a terrifying thing, and there are few bands that understand this dichotomy as well as The Maccabees. Wide of eye and big of heart, the quintet suspect the … Read More »
What A Week With John Kerrison #4
Featuring the iTunes Charts, the Illuminati and the Worst Post-Date Email Ever… Read More »
The Kills
Four albums in and, for reasons fair or foul (to which we will make no further mention), it seems that people are finally starting to pay attention to The Kills. With this year’s ‘Blood … Read More »
What A Week with John Kerrison #2
This week, Silvio Berlusconi showed his sensitive side, Nickelback got deleted from the internet and Gene Simmons said some stuff that nobody cares about… Read More »
Zulu Winter
How refreshing to encounter a band that haven’t thrust themselves straight into the limelight… Read More »
The Year Sensationally Experimental Rock Struck Back
This year, a host of albums emerged high on flowers and trees and birds and stuff. Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile, Woods, Real Estate, Bon Iver, Atlas Sound, The War On Drugs, Beach Fossils… … Read More »
Niki And The Dove
Koko, London
18/10/2011
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