Rock now, Rock the Night! Loitered Lens [Europe]

Joey Tempest banging out some ultra weird shapes...

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Jaz Coleman Spoken Word Tour

Letters from Cythera...

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A saxophone short, but mesmerising nonetheless [Knifeworld]

Psychedelic grooves, Zappa-style horn arrangements, intertwining guitar and bassoon lines, and layered vocal harmonies....

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Something of a mixed bag: Food Chain [London Afrobeat Collective]

I can hear this on an sunny afternoon whilst the crowd are still working out the kinks from the night before, but headlining material it ain’t....

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Sonically cosmic, if not slightly kosmische [Amon Tobin]

Tobin modestly describes the release as a “small personal project”, but conceptually at least, it's a major release....

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The Stoned Pygmy Story You Didn’t See Coming

The researchers noted that cannabis might not be the only recreational drug that protects against parasites....

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Entrenched imperial orders do not die pretty deaths

The angst, humiliations, and sundry degradations of working people that are inherent to capitalism are unbearable for the multitudes...

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Quick to Laugh: Genetic Trait or Witless Imbecile?

People with the short allele of 5-HTTLPR showed greater positive emotional expressions...

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‘Meat is just like dog food to me’ [The Picturebooks]

We had a bassist but he tried to Yoko Ono us....

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Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity

The affairs of economically dependent men simply don't garner media attention, so we hear about this kind of infidelity far less often...

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Hanging Offence: Kristin Hjellegjerde

I think it is often necessary for art and literature to touch on subjects that can be difficult. If people in arts don’t do it, who will?...

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Learning, Memory, Mood: Different Neurons for Different Functions

University of Queensland researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory....

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Showing the depth of the songbook at Bury Met [Mostly Autumn]

Shaking up the setlist in such a radical way was a bold move, but a very welcome one...

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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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