The last few years have seen a good amount of great German hip-hop albums, however, now there is Monument. Kollegah’s previous emissions are outstanding, but the way he bookended the ...
Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott.Lyrics, the personality and presence – it is not merely because of his vocal range and the band he headed that he is considered to be one ...
For the uninitiated, and if you are, you might want to look at changing that immediately – shame on you: Mute Records (commonly known, referred to and stylized as “mute”) ...
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is a comprehensive autobiography from one of the world’s most prominent punk bands that worked its way up. New aficionados as well as die-hard ...
Audio = ground zero First instalment - Sonos. Unfamiliar with Sonos yet you enjoy listening to music? Shame on you. They make speakers. They also make smart speakers. You know, “smart” as ...
Afterimages Wreckages of the pastEternally damned to repeat it.Exploded views incinerated by the electricity of truthPierced by the arrow of time keeping everything from happening at onceWhile the tombstone ...
Hobart, Tasmania Australia Dark Mofo is unlike any other festival on this earthround. Never merely l’art pour l’art. Dark. Weird. Sexy. Transcendent. Joyous. Provocative. Unapologetic. Curious. Challenging. Surprising ...
Alright. Full disclosure: While the moniker Iron & Wine blipped here and there on my radar and your humble narrator thinking that it would not be the worst name for a ...
Posted Feb. 2, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Eddie Izzard is a conferencier par excellence and apart from that a veritable renaissance man. Not only being a cunning linguist and marathon runner, his on-point observations and quips make ...
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Posted Jan. 8, 2019, 9:39 p.m.
Talking of hard to the core: Stick To Your Guns will be incarnating in Australia alongside the mighty Terror. It would be surprising if anyone remotely into hardcore would have ...
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Posted Jan. 8, 2019, 9:24 p.m.
The evolution of Harms Way is quite something. Not that they were not a veritable heavyweight in the realms of hardcore to begin with, but they have evolved into a ...
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This January, Launceston will bear witness to its first-ever Mona Foma—with its signature brand of unexpected, unpredictable and curious programming descending on the state’s second-largest city. Highlights of ...
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Posted Feb. 19, 2019, 9:10 p.m. by T
Thus Let Us Drink Mead - Stone Dog Meadery Mead has quite an interesting history, harking back much further than what has manifested in Norse mythology to many thousand years ...Posted Feb. 18, 2019, 9:59 a.m. by T
Pieter Bruegel: Drawing the World Heralded as the Netherland’s draughtsman of the early seventeenth century, Pieter Bruegel’s flag is firmly planted in the pantheon of greats alongside Hieronymus Bosch and ...Posted Feb. 17, 2019, 10:18 a.m. by T
Water of Life – Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10-year-old Bruichladdich at large and specifically its Octomore emissions enjoy a near cult-like following, which I do not find further wondrous. I have ...Posted Feb. 16, 2019, 10:22 a.m. by T
Why Would One Want To Wear a Hat? As Philip Treacy put it, how a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about. Now, I am sure ...Looking for the SPB logo? You can download it in a range of styles and colours here:
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