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Artrocker Awards Live Show: The Computers, Gruff Rhys and Jim Jones Revue, XOYO, London, 02.12.12

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Having had to be sensible and adhere to day job commitments, your humble scribe did not make the inaugural awards show but by all reports it was a fun and raucous affair, but there’s plenty of atmosphere left to soak up as we arrive at XOYO for the live show.  Gary Numan was awarded a…
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Ólöf Arnalds @ St Pancras Old Church, London, 24.11.11

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It’s very cold out, and an eerie blanket of mist envelopes the Somers Town Church. It looks quite spooky and isolated as we approach, like the opening scene to a Hammer Horror film. Fortunately inside is candle-lit and parochial and full of people in knitwear: the Vicar of Dibley for indie folksters. I arrive just…
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Great Sheiks presents: a night of multi-instrumental music!

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  Melody-loving label Great Sheiks are putting on a special gig at North London’s Lauderdale  House. Advance tickets are available for this event where acts from their roster The Rosemary Works, Whelligan and The A Train, will be joined by strings, woodwind, harmoniums, toy pianos, glockenspiels, theorbos (no us either, until we googled it!)….any way, you get…
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Brian Wilson @ Southbank Centre, London, 16.09.11

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   In 2007,  Brian Wilson and his band came to do a special show at the then newly-reopened Southbank Centre. I was fortunate enough to go along to review it, I danced in the aisles then pondered how it could be that I can be reviewing a legend.  Over-used a term as it is, it…
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tUnE-yArDs @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, 15.09.11

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tUnE-yArDs aka Merrill Garbus likened playing live to going into battle in a recent interview, and there’s definitely something of the tribal in her face paint and musical arrangements. This intimate club gig is no battle ground though: in fact I defy you to find a warmer, less affected live performer at the moment. Garbus…
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PIAS/AIM set up fund for labels

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    We’re adding our message of sadness and support for all the labels and associated acts who were affected by the Sony DADC warehouse fire this week. PIAS and AIM (Association of Independent Music) have set up a fund for those who wish to help and issued the following statement earlier today: [PIAS] have…
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Help Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks clean up their act!

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Cheeky Mr Malkmus & co are looking to censor their ‘Senator’  For the uninitiated, the forthcoming single features a line declaring the man from the Senate’s love of fellatio. This as you might imagine isn’t  going to make the task of radio plugging too easy, so the band are appealing to fans to find a…
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Arcade Fire + Mumford & Sons, Beirut and The Vaccines @ Hyde Park, London 30.06.11

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  Image courtesy of Justine Louise Photography   Much has been made of the sound issues at today’s event, but I’ve yet to go to a large scale outdoor show or festival where this hasn’t been a problem. While sound levels certainly dipped in and out, it didn’t seem to stop Arcade Fire delivering on…
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Mazes @ Shacklewell Arms, Dalston. 15.06.11

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Another gig in the refurbished Dalston drinking hole; another hipster crowd. This time people are gathered to *ahem* lose themselves to the sound of Mazes. The blog/BBC 6 Music friendly London and Manchester band are playing the back-room venue to launch their new single ‘Summer Hits’. Having heard a handful of songs from their debut…
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