A Wedding Without a Bagpipe is Like a Funeral

Bagpiping provides a route straight to the heart of another culture....

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Eat Yourself Thin (by chowing revolting sweet potato waste)

The secret slimming effect of sweet potato waste...

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A Bought-Out Police State? Plus Ca Change.

The foundations of a Trump-era corporation-enabling police state were laid by Barack Obama...

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Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff: Exposing Ancient Cereal Cultivation

Prehistoric plant remains highlight diverse origins of cereal domestication ...

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The dissonant tritone thing is very particular: Vovoid (Interview)

Vovoid's Denis 'Snake' Bélanger shares some nuggets (of wisdom) at Camden's Underworld...

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WHAT Does it Say About Me?! Should Fiction Depict Real People?

When artistic freedom violates somebody's privacy ...

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Blasted Feminism: Group X, Wyndham Lewis, and Women

Not one to court populist acclaim, Wyndham Lewis looked upon feminism with a mixture of admiration and scorn...

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Synchronous Oscillations: Are You Actually Awake?

Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time...

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Entombed A.D. and Vovoid at Camden Underworld

Stagediving without nets. Blood and floorslime mingle at the Underworld...

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The Beauty of the In-Between: String of Subsequence

Discovering the intricate beauty of the in-between...

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Our New Smartphone Culture

Mobile music, movies and casino games will mean that the 20th century technologies must surely begin to appear more and more archaic...

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What Does Anger Sound Like to Children?

Researchers pair acoustical analysis with brain mapping to understand how children process emotion in speech...

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Return Trip? Magic Mushrooms and Cancer

Psilocybin relieves anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer ...

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Loitered Lens: Terrorvision

Photos of Terrorvision onstage at Koko, London, November 2016...

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The Unexpected Healing Power of Platypus Venom

Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment ...

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Clever, Inventive, Versatile… and Dull: Vozrozhdeniye (Arkona)

Accomplished and precise, Arkona's rework of Vozrozhdeniye nevertheless fails to ignite...

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Don’t Tell the Japanese. New Ways of Tracking Blue Whales

New forecast tool helps ships avoid blue whale hotspots ...

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RIP Micky Fitz (The Business)

A fond farewell to Micky Fitz, singer with London punk outfit The Business...

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We Are Infinite Song: Consolations of the Soul

As 2016 enters its final phase, remember: we are as much infinite song as we are earthen flesh...

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We just count on four and yell. Nico Elgstrand interview (Entombed A.D.)

Catching up with Entombed A.D.'s Nico Elgstrand for Grieg, Mozart and some yelling....

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Why ‘Put the bin out’ Sounds Like ‘Open a Beer’. Gender and Vocal Attractiveness

New research suggests that men and women perceive consonants differently...

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Dispatches from The Great Gathering (Killing Joke)

More a private party than a gig. At Killing Joke's Great Gathering, everyone knew the words....

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Have an Ice Day: Lake Ecologists Consider the Winter Season

Study finds life under the ice is vibrant, complex and surprisingly active...

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Records from the Road. BeLive (Rebecca Downes)

No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits...

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That Time You Went Away? Your Dogs Remember

Your dogs are paying attention and they'll remember...

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And When the Sleeper Wakes? (H.G.Wells, Wyndham Lewis and Nietzche)

Flirting with Fascism is a dangerous game, particularly when misinterpreting Nietzche...

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Check Your Pants! This Ethiopian Ant Could Conquer the World

New dominant ant species discovered in Ethiopia shows potential for global invasion ...

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Loitered Lens: Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds (Nambucca)

A look back at Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds charming the devoted at London's Nambucca...

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Born Slippy? These Boots Were(n’t) Made For Walking on Ice (Ice Baby)

Most winter boots are too slippery to walk safely on icy surfaces. The Shame!...

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Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...

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