Album, Single & Live Reviews

Album reviews, singles reviews and live reviews from Artrocker Magazine.

Mouse On Mars/Oval/Stockhausen @ The Barbican, London
Dee Sada looks back on the recent Mouse on Mars appearance at the Barbican...
Filed at 9.57am on 30 January 12 in Live Reviews
Howler @ The Green Door, Brighton
Will stateside rockers Howler be the ones to save indie rock from doom and annihilation? Nathan Westley finds out!
Filed at 10.47am on 27 January 12 in Live Reviews | By Nathan Westley
New Blood Festival 2012 - Night Seven Reviewed
Three female-fronted and highly acclaimed new bands rocked the New Blood Festival on Tuesday - and Angela Petrovic was there to review...
Filed at 15.28pm on 26 January 12 in Live Reviews | By Angela Petrovic
Outfit/Fiction/Towns @ The Barfly, Camden
The war for the future will be fought... tonight! Nope, it's not The Terminator, it's Nicholas Burman reporting from the Barfly, where retro rock is going head to head with something more contemporary...
Filed at 16.36pm on 25 January 12 in Live Reviews | By Nicholas Burman
Islet / Illuminated People
Joe Woolmer applauds the ambition of experimental riff-mongers Islet, whose debut album is at least *half* great...
Filed at 11.00am on 24 January 12 in Album Reviews | By Joe Woolmer
Pulled Apart By Horses / Tough Love
Ric Rawlins adjusts his mirrored sunglasses and prepares for G-Force: Pulled Apart By Horses are back and they’ve brought the F-16 Jet-powered riffage!
Filed at 10.53am on 24 January 12 in Album Reviews
Singles for the week starting 23 January
The Ghosts, Holy State, Oberhofer and Peaches form the all star cast in this week's singles roundup!
Filed at 10.07am on 23 January 12 in Single Reviews
New Blood Festival 2012 - Night Six Reviewed
Luke McKenzie tries to review Laurel Collective without using the word 'fun'. Luke Mckenzie FAIL.
Filed at 9.40am on 23 January 12 in Live Reviews | By Luke McKenzie
New Blood Festival 2012 - Night Five Reviewed
Mark Murphy checks in with the New Blood Festival, where "an infinitely better-looking Mark E Smith" is hypnotising the crowd into a rock 'n' roll ecstasy!
Filed at 11.02am on 18 January 12 in Live Reviews | By Mark Murphy
The Big Pink / Future This
'Future This' joins the ranks of Jaws 2, Evil Dead 2 and Spiderman 2 as a 'competent sequel', writes Emilia Harris...
Filed at 10.24am on 17 January 12 in Album Reviews

In The Magazine

ARTROCKER MAGAZINE ISSUE 120 - ON SALE NOW!

Grab your glowsticks and get ready to dance as Artrocker gets behind the beats of Orbital INSIDE! Heavy young'uns Heights make friends with one-time gangster-turned-actor & author 'Mad' Frankie Fraser **** Blood Red Shoes return to rock our world *** Spector reveal they don't believe their own hype *** The Mystery Jets get magical *** PLUS! Suede, FOE, Penelopes, Lower Dens, Taffy, Apparatjik, 100 New Singles & Albums Reviewed and more!