A general dissatisfaction of life has always been the cornerstone of any Wavves record, and their latest album Afraid of Heights continues the misanthropic musings of lead singer Nathan Williams. The upbeat (but by no means cheery) tracks of King of the Beach have been replaced with aggression more akin to the band’s 2011 EP Life Sux. Energetic and angsty [...]
Read More afraid of heights, King of the Beach, Nathan Williams, Stephen Pope, wavves
George R.R.Martin’s epic saga A Song of Ice and Fire is so vast and intricate that it dwarfs (no pun intended) the works of contemporary fiction writers. And the like many great works of literature its adaptation to the screen has also received great praise perhaps because it deviates so little from the novels. Series one of Game of Thrones mirrors [...]
Read More ASOIAF, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Week, george r. r. martin, HBO
The lands of Game of Thrones are truly enormous, ranging from beyond The Wall to the Trident to across the Narrow Sea and the exotic cities of the east. But these places would be nothing without their inhabitants and Game of Thrones has no shortage of witty, brutal or enigmatic characters. As part of our series of [...]
Read More Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Week, HBO
Amidst all the naval and punk rock puns we reported that the first details of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag had surfaced. Over the weekend, the accompany all the news, a trailer was released featuring Edward Kenway in all his gun-toting glory. Narrated by Black Beard himself, the father and grandfather of the two protagonists, Haytham and Connor, of Assassin’s [...]
Read More assassin's creed, Assassin's Creed 4, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Black Flag, Edward Kenway
It was not so long ago that we were desperately trying to foil the Templar plot that was set to undo the work of the Patriots. Ubisoft had all ready stated at the beginning of the year that there would be another Assassin’s Creed game, featuring a new hero and a new environment, but did give away [...]
Read More assassin's creed, Assassin's Creed IV, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Black Flag, Edward Kenway, Ubisoft
According to a listing on the domain information site WHOIS , U.S.Techs (now called Eventcore) have a registered for ”XBOXEVENT.COM”. But what event could it be? It would be impossible to rule out the possibility that Microsoft will be looking to unveil their next-gen console. With Sony taking the spotlight with their PlayStation Event the other [...]
Read More E3, Microsoft, Microsoft Event, ps4, Sony, Xbox Event 2013
This article was updated live as the press conference was broadcasted The cacophony of PlayStation rumours over the last few days has been tremendous, most notably the reveal of what could be the controller for the Orbis, the codename for the next console from Sony. That is why many with baited breath watched the Sony PlayStation conference with [...]
Read More Kazuo Hirai, next gen consoles, orbis, Playstation, playstation event 2013, ps4, Sony
It’s been nearly two and a half years since Wavves released their quintessential surf rock album “King of the Beach”. It was the weed-smoking-lazy-romantic epitomised in a great deal of noise and feedback. Since then though the surf rock genre has had very few great albums, Best Coast’s ”Crazy for You” came close but was far too upbeat. [...]
Read More album of the month, FIDLAR, noise rock, surf rock
Slowly but surely the line up for the Belgian festival Rock Werchter is featuring some very promising act and today’s announcement proved that to still be the case. Of the twenty new bands announced some of the stand out acts include Biffy Clyro, who have just released their latest album Opposites, Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala [...]
Read More Ben Howard, Biffy Clyro, Jake Bugg, Rock Werchter, Rock Werchter 2013, Rudimental, Tame Impala