Month: April 2016

April Metal (Grimner, Miasmal, The Wolves of Avalon)

The nightmare of history menaces the month's metal releases...

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Pin it, ‘Gram it, Tweet it. The Social Media Method for Predicting Gentrification

Social media research methods could predict the influx of affluent newcomers to otherwise deprived areas...

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Maser Lazar: Orbiting on the Periphery (Maser at Lazarides)

Swapping the street art of Dublin for Fitzrovia's Lazarides Gallery, Maser comes in from the cold...

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Can We Trust Autonomous Cars Yet?

To figure out if autonomous cars are safe, alternative testing methods are needed, RAND report finds....

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Madam Hillary: A Timeline of Serving the Powerful

A presidential hopeful reserves the right to change her mind, but Hillary Clinton repeatedly shows that this lady IS for turning....

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Elastic Bandage and Titanium Screws: Counting the Cost of Skateboard Injuries

Study finds skateboarding sent about 176 youths to US Emergency departments every day ...

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Deep they Delved, Richly they Riff: Prelude (Wytch Hazel)

Mining a less-exploited seam of 70s rock than the usual, Wytch Hazel evoke Wishbone Ash and Jethro Tull with their Prelude LP...

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What You Need to Survive Cancer (or at least shift the odds in your favour)

How marriage, race and ethnicity and birthplace affect cancer survival ...

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Debt, Housing, Creative Solutions: Construct the Future at Hoxton Gallery

Native's Hoxton Gallery show draws attention to the modern debt/housing crisis, but less typically, suggests solutions...

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Like Drugs? Like Booze? You May Have a Heightened Suicide Risk

Simultaneous cocaine and alcohol use linked to heightened suicide risk ...

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Loitered Lens: Purson (100 Club)

Launching a new album on an eager crowd, Purson lit up the stage at The 100 Club, London. Photos...

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Hoops or Alphabetti? Tracing the evolutionary history of wheat, for better pasta

Wild and landrace varieties along with genetic diversity are the keys to improving wheat's nutritional value...

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Experimental Doom, Post Hardcore, and What Sounds Like Dustbin Lids (Birushanah)

Japanese post-hardcore experimental brilliance this may be, but please stop banging those hubcaps. Birushanah reviewed...

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Camden Rocks 2016 – Lineup Update (Escape the Fate)

Camden Rocks 2016 announces the first of its lineup additions...

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Possessions, Suffering, Charity: Why Nothing Ever Happens (Part Two)

Far from de-sensitizing us, repeated media imagery of suffering neatly cows us into lucrative obesiance...

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What Colour are Action Man’s Pants? If You Know, You’ll Probably Want One of These

Touching this robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans ...

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Lovecraft Under Will. Liber Al Vel Legis and the Sharp Beak of Horus (H.P. Lovecraft)

In a century of terror, perhaps Lovecraft's visions make more sense than ever...

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Sweet Inspirations on the Elvis World Tour (Shawn Klush)

Shawn Klush takes care of business at the Watford Colosseum, setting up his Elvis World Tour UK dates...

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Bang. Zoom. Crazy… Hello (Cheap Trick)

Classic infectious rock from Cheap Trick - the band Japanese metallers know as The American Beatles...

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Forget Lipstick on the Collar, Viral Tracking Reveals Exactly Where You’ve Been

Your viruses could reveal your travel history, and more ...

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What Lies Twixt Production and Reproduction: The Original Image

Investigating the space between original art and its many reproductions, The Original Image demands full attention...

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Do You Have a Postcode for that, Sir? Archaeologists Discover Outer Reaches of the Silk Road

Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously thought ...

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The Last Man on the Moon

Gene Kernan was the last man on the moon. This is his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss....

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Can Email Responses Predict You’re Personality? You Bet.

Personality influences how one reacts to email errors ...

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Loitered Lens: The Quireboys (Islington Academy, 2016)

A four-headed pile-up of hard rock in Islington saw The Quireboys come out tops. Photos...

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Creative Mind-Wandering or Disastrous Zone-Out, Which do You Do?

Whether your mind-wandering is intentional or accidental makes a difference to how useful it is...

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Smoke, Mirrors, and a Dishonest Lexicon.

Even the words we use are skewed to obfuscate truth and maintain elites. What we call 'terrorism' could also be termed 'effect'. Essay...

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What’s the Point of Men? The Twofold Cost of Sex

The existence of males is of enormous cost to a species, so why does nature tolerate them?...

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The Great Gig Under the Pavement (Dave Kerzner/District 97)

Different but complementary, the progressive rock of Dave Kerzner and District 97 light up Soho's Borderline...

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