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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No Fracking Wonder. Earthquakes linked to Hydraulic Fracturing

Fracking - not wastewater disposal - linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada ...

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(Why) Nothing Ever Happens, Nothing Happens at All

Possessions, Suffering, Charity. A trinity to stultify a population and assuage the morality of the comfortable pragmatists....

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No Nookie for the Picky: How Sexual Perfectionism Puts Women Off

When women feel their partner demands perfection, sex life suffers ...

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Rearrange the Deck Chairs and PLAY ON! Titanic Mass (Dynazty)

Dynazty's technically-profuse Melodic Scandinavian Metal album is as huge as you'd expect. It even has a power ballad....

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Technoboffins Rejoice! Phone-based laser rangefinder works outdoors

Depth sensor built from off-the-shelf parts filters out ambient infrared light...

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‘More alike than we are different’. noeverything I AM (Interview)

Their music blends innovative electronics, pop-influenced sweetness, and spiritual elements. Codex Europa interviews noeverything....

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How to Make Friends, Influence People, and Get Given Fish: Antarctic Birds Learn to Recognize Humans

How brown skuas, which evolved and lived in human-free habitats, recognized individual humans just after 3 or 4 visits...

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Hanging Offence: Jo Melvin (Director of the Estate of Barry Flanagan)

Dr Jo Melvin, Director of The Estate of Barry Flanagan expounds on curation, controversy and the responsibilities of maintaining an artist's legacy....

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Can Your Name Shorten Your Life? Um…Kinda.

What's in a name? In some cases, longer life ...

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Loitered Lens: Jesus and Mary Chain (Forum, 2016)

Photos of the Jesus and Mary Chain live at Kentish Town Forum, March 11 2016...

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The Wince Test. How to Tell if You Suffer From Empathic Pain

Emotions consist of general components that are also elicited by similar impressions and specific components...

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Celebrating the A&M Years with Monster Magnet

Reviving material from their years with A&M, Monster Magnet's only UK show of 2016...

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Too Much, Too Soon. How High Intensity Training Could Hurt You

Warning: High-intensity training could hurt you if you're not an athlete ...

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