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Metal Monday: The White Trash Metal Brigade Are Back In Full Effect
posted: May 21, 2012
Norway’s Shot At Dawn have been shredding up and down the OurStage metal charts for a handful of years now. From the release of their 2008 EP Pre Bellum to 2010’s Seize The Night EP…
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What Is Ozzy Thinking?
posted: February 20, 2012
Black Sabbath’s reunion tour was originally planned as a celebratory retrospective of the career of these heavy metal pioneers. However, it has recently been announced that Black Sabbath will not be honoring its legacy, instead…
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Metal Monday: France, The Metal Up And Comer
posted: September 12, 2011
Throughout the life of the Metal Monday column, I’ve written posts about what countries produce the best metal. No real surprise that the focus of these posts fell on Norway, Sweden, The UK and the…
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For Amy Winehouse, Love — and Life — Was a Losing Game
posted: July 24, 2011
When I first heard the news about Amy Winehouse‘s passing (on Twitter, naturally), the comment that stood out most was one by Winehouse herself in an interview that the singer had done a few years…
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Q&A With Sondre Lerche
posted: June 14, 2011
Sixties pop, melodic indie rock, contemporary jazz, Brazilian psych-folk, singer-songwriter”these labels don’t quite do justice to the ground that Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche has covered in his ten-year career. Which is why it’s amazing that,…
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Around The World In 80 Songs: Homeless Balloon
posted: May 8, 2011
Let’s take a trip to the land of fresh fish and long summer days. I am talking about Norway, a country where music is high up on everyone’s agenda. In this post, we won’t discuss…
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