
9 July, 2011 I signed up to cover 1234 Shoreditch Festival almost as soon as I arrived in London about a month ago. The fact that I had heard of only a tiny clutch of the artists playing didn't matter to me at all. I was in London now. There was stuff happening. I had to be a part of that stuff. I'm pleased to report that my unbridled enthusiasm for big-city life paid off in my favour: 1234 is a perfectly sexy little number - a lot of fun, and a lot of [...]
Arrows of Love Arrows of Love! You should almost think this was a kind of "sugar sweet, fly around on a cloud surrounded by unicorns because I'm so in love" band. It's not. This is the rather opposite. They take the inspiration for their name from William Blake's poem 'Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant [...]

Bloody Awful Poetry continue their Soho assault at the trendiest yet sleaziest of haunts in London. - Live Bands - Arrows of Love, The Palpitations and VERY SPECIAL GUESTS! - BAP DJ's, Henry Brill and The Admiral Dick Tasty spinning the best in New Indie, Electro and Retro - Confession Booth - Bloody Awful Poetry Art Gallery - And The World Famous (seriously) Bloody Awful Poetry Competition - Plus some possible secret delights! DJs- Bloody [...]

Following up last year's hit compilation of exciting shoegaze / psychedelic music 'Psychedelia Three' which even made it into GIITTV zine's poll of the best albums of 2008, now Northern Star release a new compilation entitled a 'REVOLUTION IN SOUND' this August. According to the Scott Causer the man behind the label it's 'The next great Northern Star compilation - 17 tracks from 17 of the most exciting bands on the planet, for those who really have no other option than to rock 'n' roll... To celebrate we've caught up with Northern Star main man [...]
"My hands are burning." Thanks to a tip from one of my favorite English imprints, Alcopop! , London's Arrows of Love just won over a new set of ears. Without breaking the bank, you can download the band's new EP for the mere price of an e-mail address. They're not looking to make as much as even a penny, they simply want you to listen. As an English indie super-group of sorts, the band is composed of members from Hush The [...]

It's GASH! again this Friday March 6th 09, at the Macbeth in Shoreditch . O.Children , and Graffiti Island - live, with DJs, Prancehall, The A Team (Vice), and newcomer Ear Juice . Download a special Gash! live mini mix from Ear Juice for your listening pleasure & pre-Gash festivities. Download audio file (Gash Mini Mix - Ear Juice.mp3) Ear Juice - Gash! Live Mini Mix Check out pic's on VICE from [...]