Author: Louis Tweedale
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Content warning: This article discusses suicide, depression, addiction and childhood abuse. There are certain voices in music that you recognise almost instantly. You don’t need to see the name of the band or even know what song is playing. Chester Bennington had one of those voices. But there was something else about it. You could…
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There is something immediately chaotic about It’s Getting Harder. From the moment the EP opens with For The Attention of…, Be N!ce make it obvious that they are going to do what all great Punk Bands do – deliver scathing social commentary. This EP serves as a great insight into the inner lives of the…
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Content note: This article discusses suicide and mental health. It does not describe suicide methods. Music has always given people a way to express feelings that can be difficult to put into ordinary conversation. Post-punk, new wave, goth and alternative music in particular have often explored isolation, despair, anxiety, alienation and the darker parts of…
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A week ago today – on the 25th of August – we lost Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. They are both counter culture icons, helping to shape the modern landscape of LGBT rights as we know it, Dolly Parton came from nothing, and spent her life dedicated to improving the lives of others. Dolly earned…
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1979 Fender Stratocaster before by John Tuggle, licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Fender has recently made waves in the guitar manufacturing world – and it has been met with a lot of resistance from musicians and guitar manufacturers alike. Fender’s recent court case in Germany has recognised that the iconic Stratocaster should…