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Featured posts
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Wayfarer – A Romance With Violence
With October coming to a close and the cold weather approaching here in the wilds of Canada, black metal often comes to the minds and playlists of many metal heads. The genre which embodies the coldness of the north, and the sense of melancholy accompanying it. Sometimes however, for the best examples of the style,…
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Isengard – Vårjevndøgn
I’m hearing a lot of cries and complaints about the new Isengard. Black metal warlords wailing about another man’s project as if they were being served the wrong order at McDonalds; bloggers describing the sound as if they have ever understood Isengard’s purpose, and essence in the first place. So much flaccid chatter from meak…
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Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern Ireland 1977-1984
This is an important release that covers the punk and post-punk music scene of Northern Ireland in the years between 1977 and 1984. This was very much the time of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the music here reflects that. It was produced in an often dangerous time, it reflects those times, and for that…
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Staff Playlists – June 2020
Steve Earles Listening to: Skunk Anansie – Paranoid & Sunburnt (1995) and Post-Orgasmic Chill (1999) New release: Vile Creature – Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! (2020) Wild card: Octavia Butler – Earthseed novels
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Irish Service Women In The Great War: From Western Front to Roaring Twenties by Barbara Walsh
This is an absolute gem of a book. It covers a much neglected aspect of the Great War, and is researched and written by the very talented Barbara Walsh. As an Irishman with a strong interest in the role of the Irish in the Great War, I obviously found it a fascinating book. But, it’s…