The Seeing Trails Issue
Lock Up Your Mothers!
Black Wizard are four hard-rocking nippers from the Canadian town of New Westminister. They remind me of the metal version of New Kids On The Block. I imagine Mattel capitalising on collectible Black Wizard dolls pretty soon. The music speaks for...
Live Freed or Die
Dolly Freed is my hero. In 1978, at the age of 18, she wrote this smart, funny, and frank manifesto called "Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money". In it, she explains how she and her dad (whom she refers to...
Sonic Titans From Beyond
Between them, the four members of Shrinebuilder have served in Sleep, OM, Neurosis, the Melvins, the Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, and the Hidden Hand. Oh, and Saint Vitus. If you’re not familiar with these names then you could be reading the wrong...
Goo In Your Hand!
This just in! Ben Rayner went to the My Bloody Valentine ATP in December and made a zine out of what he saw. He also partied with an obscure Canadian group called Fucked Up. Things turned funny during the taping of a new episode of the hit VBS.TV show...
The Lounge Lizard King
Of all the absurd figures Germany's pop music scene has ever produced and there are loads;Christian Anders is without a doubt the most ridiculous. If you believe only half of what is written in his official biography, he makes other eccentrics seem as...
Forza Motorsport 3
Forza Motorsport 3 really is quite good, in a lot of clever ways. Once again I am reminded that I like a good racing game, even though I hardly ever play them.
Spain's Finest
Ramon's part of a school of Spanish artists that include photographer Alberto Garcia-Alix and oil-painter Jorge Isla, and whose subjects can largely be divided into piercing artists, drug addicts, and naked girls. While this kind of material may have...