Interview with The Otters

“You keep telling me that the world keeps turning, it’s bound to you prat, it’s on an axis, you see” – Mark Astronaut, ‘Be Back Soon’
An unlikely bunch are the Otters. Three remarkably talented kids from Welwyn Garden City, barely out of their teens and headed-up by the fried vision of quintagenarian singer, Mark, who [...]

Early Riser

More doodle madness from the biro of Phil Power.
”Early Riser’ is a strip about a man who likes to get up early and lives alone with his cat and his fish, Tate and Lyle,’ Phil told Roguemag, ‘It’s just about a guy going completely out of his mind. Actually I think nearly all my strips [...]

Art.War present – Fab Cat (The Film)

Well, it seems Partyshank’s “we’re not nu-rave” stance could be all for nought. Our roving reporter Joe discovered this amusing short flick made by Art.War. It prominently features Howard and Christian doing their thing along with a cameo by their manager Tony Parsons.
Watch out for the hotdog suit.

Comics – Introducing Phil Power

Now that eccentric cartoonist Phil Power’s comics are online for the first time, we catch up with him and ask him what took so long.
“I get fed up with it sometimes,” sighs Poole-born Phil Power, “people I’ve never met come up to me in the street and ask me how tall I am, and I [...]

Toy Story – Partyshank Interviewed

They’ve only been together since Christmas last year but Howard and Christian, aka Partyshank, are already making trails around the country with their bizarre blend of electro-tech and noises made from broken toy instruments.
RogueMag caught up with these dynamic ‘toystep’ pioneers before their headline appearance at Club 85’s Rave’s Not Dead night in Hitchin.
You’re not [...]

Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam

Words jump out to form vague Crayola impressions while tom and conga drums rain down cats and dogs

Team Awesome presents: Trash Money / The Low Edges

Live at the Good Ship, Kilburn
Monday 6th August 2007
‘It’s like playing at Bob’s Country Bunker down here,’ remarks James Weaver, lead singer with the Low Edges, as he stares up from the Good Ship’s small, sunken concert platform. The average support act would be forgiven for feeling intimidated by the hordes peering down at [...]

Caribou – ‘Andorra’ (City Slang 2007)

Caribou – ‘Andorra’
City Slang 2007
2006 was the year that broke minimal. We’re not just talking minimal house here, but an overall push toward subtler and simpler sounds. From the Knife’s eerie ‘Silent Shout’ album, to the 70bpm invasion of dubstep, and on to the Gossip’s stripped-down pop punk – if last year had a strapline [...]