Month: May 2015

Amenra and Sólstafir Join Damnation Festival 2015

Sólstafir will be the first band in Damnation history to play the festival in two consecutive years...

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Cut the Cynicism to Earn More MONEY!

Employees who believe others to be exploitative and dishonest are likely to avoid collaborative projects and to forgo the related opportunities...

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Defiantly and Successfully Indulgent : Xerrox vol.3 [ALVA NOTO]

If the previous volumes were more concerned with technique and texture, this volume's emphasis on emotion is clear from the start....

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Loitered Lens : Theory of a Deadman

So much rock awesomeness on the stage, it almost spilled outside...

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Death in the Afternoon : Political Slaughter in Spain

Personal charisma, rockstar presentation and the common touch may indeed be a successful formula for political power....

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Ethno World at Tandem Folk Festival

Ethno World returns to the UK to host one of their globally renowned music camps ...

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June Gigs, London [Thunder on the Left]

Makes you want to jump behind the wheel of the Mustang and hit the road on a prolonged killing spree. ...

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Waiting for a Callback. The Allure of Echoing Caverns

Distinct echoes would be totally unforgivable in today's performance spaces. But, in the past, people sought echoes....

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Dark moods and Militaristic Airs : Мир [Bedlam]

There's a residual warmth in the superbly-produced bass but this can only be the prelude to or aftermath of some bleak scenario....

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Killing Me Softly : How Depression Affects Hearing

People with elevated depression symptoms are generally poorer at hearing all types of emotional speech...

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Hanging Offence : Viktor Wynd [Museum of Curiosities]

I hope to see things that perhaps others neglect, so if everyone's momentarily interested in an artist I will look elsewhere....

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New Approaches to College Drinking

Crackdown on low-priced serving methods such as kegs and "happy hours."...

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Loitered Lens : Beasts [Beasts]

Beasts soften the discordant minor melodies and double bass drum pedals of doom with catchy guitar riffs and shoegazer style vocals....

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When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

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South Sudan : Towards Redemption, Towards Peace

They wanted peace, a chance to return to their homes....

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Smartphone or Dumbphone? Phone bans = Higher Grades

New technologies are typically thought of as improving productivity, however this is not always the case...

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Obama Fills His Suit Only Too Well

While it is tempting to label Barack Obama, as many have, an "empty suit." Fact is, the term is not only facile but inaccurate....

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Asthma and Peanuts : The Unlikely Killer Combo

Many children who have asthma have a sensitivity to peanuts, but did not know it....

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Craving acceptance [Dir En Grey]

'I think that it’s really up to the listeners to determine what we are, not us.' ...

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E-Cigarettes and Quitting : Where’s the Evidence?

E-cigarette use was associated with a higher rate of adverse effects than the nicotine patch...

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Make Better Music 75 : The Producer

It is a rare gift indeed to successfully carry your own music throughout the entire creation process....

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What costs more than gold, diamonds or drugs?

Rhinoceros horn is more valuable by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine, fuelling an extinction drive that may be unstoppable....

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Grunged Up and Greasy, Beast of Eden [Beasts]

Beasts have the discordant minor melodies and double bass drum pedals of doom softened by catchy guitar riffs and shoegazer style vocals....

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Staring into the Mortal Abyss. Motivational?

Self-awareness among humans has been shown to create the potential for hope ...

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Loitered Lens : Marc Almond

Joined by guitarist Neal X, formerly of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, it was as if the past 30 years had just been a bad dream' Marc Almond...

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Would Average-Size Models Supersize Sales?

When it came to established brands, average-sized models could be used interchangeably with size zero models, with little or no impact on product or model evaluation...

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Parting the Veil of Sylvanian Fantasy [Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands]

Bright's voice, if a touch brittle, is faultless in pitch, soaring in keening arabesques through what must (surely) be the entire range of anguish...

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Three Months Statutory? Songbirds and Eggsitting

Songbirds balance longevity against the risk of their eggs being eaten by predators...

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Why David Cameron is a Massive Loser

Cameron is so indebted to so many people, it's hard to actually say he's 'won' anything....

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One Man’s Perfectionist is Another Man’s Picky Git

How the three types of perfectionists differ in their social behavior and the type of humor they engage in....

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