Archive for May, 2010
Growing Jewellery by Hafsteinn Juliusson, an Icelandic designer working in Milano. Cute little patches of Icelandic moss growing in rings and pendants. From the Telegraph, a 15 year old picture showing the ghost of a girl standing in the inferno of a burning town hall (the famous Wren Ghost picture) has been revealed as a [...]
Read MoreSo I’m doing something a little different this week. Every band in this metal mixtape was not, in fact, chosen by me, but by YOU, the readers, either through the comments of the Why I Hate Indie and Why I Love Indie posts, or through email. The Mountain Goats – No Children THANK YOU for [...]
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Winter has finally come to New Zealand, so I am digging out the tights and jeans and warm scarves. It’s been storming all week – sheets of rain, thunder and lightning, howling winds – the whole epic deal. I stole a quick, slightly sunny respite to take these pictures. I realised I haven’t been taking [...]
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Last week, I explained to the uninitiated why I, as a metalhead, am required to hate Indie music. Now, to even the field, I will attempt to find reasons why I, as a metalhead, love Indie music. Metal can learn a lot from Indie – not in musicianship (I think we own them in this [...]
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I’ve been waiting for this movie to arrive at the library, and it finally came in. We watched it the other night and laughed, and cried, and cheered and made sad faces along with Anvil’s journey. Here’s a review. Port O’ Call: Anvil: The Story of Anvil, a 2008 documentary about Canadian metal band Anvil [...]
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Review: Kasium – Exhale
Linking Horn: A Quest Into the 77th Link
Review and Album Stream: Aborted – Global Flatline
Review: Avatar – Black Waltz
Gig Review: ABSU, Heresiarch, Nullifier and Exordium Mors at the Kings Arms
