November 5, 2009

Why do metalheads tend to be cat people?

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ixL1EGqFJqs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0 Why do metalheads tend to be cat people? The current issue of Decibel (#62, Converge cover, buy here) has a feature called “The Cutest Kitties in Metal.” Obviously it parodies Revolver‘s annual feature on, well, another kind of kitty. It also makes this issue the best magazine issue ever. If you were a fly...

Pelican - What We All Come to Need

For many, Pelican have much to answer for. Their career thus far has been haphazard. For every great doom-laden slab like the self-titled EP or Australasia, there are messy, wankish post-rock releases like City of Echoes and the Pink Mammoth EP. A label switch to Southern Lord didn’t raise hopes for a change in direction....