The Complicatist : Deafheaven and Sunbather
This black metal / shoegaze hybrid is (almost) everyone’s pick as album of the year
Columns
From The Hood : Pure Petroleume
As if royals are in charge of anything these days.
From The Hood : Armchairs At Dawn
A mind is a terribly wasteful thing to democratize…
The Complicatist : Miley Cyrus, and Dancing About Architecture
Feet don’t fail my words
Classics : Ernest and Celestine
Life on the emotional edge, with the bear father and the mouse child
From The Hood : Ars Tonga, Vita Brevis
What I did on my holidays
The Complicatist : Bobby Bland R.I.P., Laura Marling
Eagles may be high and free, but they’re also birds of prey
From The Hood – Plot, Mega-Plot
Who really did in Peter Dunne?
London Calling : Racism, Woolwich, and Beyond
Two Weeks In Battleground Britain
The Complicatist : Lil B, the Based God
The clown prince of hip hop comes to town
From The Hood : Factual Correctness Gone Mad
In which we hear about the journalistic standard of accuracy and think it sounds like a fantastic idea.
The Complicatist : Precious Bryant
Paying dues to the Piedmont style of blues
Travelling Light : Argentina Plays By Its Own Rules
A visit to a country with striking similarities to New Zealand, but vastly different policies
London Calling : Sold, and Cold
Selling off state-owned energy companies has been a disaster in Britain
From The Hood : Ich Bin Ein Wiener
The French have A Word For It
The Complicatist : Lee Moses, and Friends
More obscure soul music gems from the vaults
From The Hood : Texts From My PM
Lyndon Hood wonders why these people haven’t run out of credit
Go To China
The best (and worst) films of 2012
From The Hood : This Movie Sucks
Shouldn’t reality have a better script?
The Complicatist : Serengeti, Del Shannon, Lana Del Rey
Learning survival tactics from Brian Dennehy
From The Hood : Qui, Jean, Ou Est La Growth?
If Planet Key did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.
Punishment Park
Five attractive teenagers, a remote cabin in the woods … What could possibly go wrong?
The Complicatist : The Spirit of Rockabilly
The sound of white trash contenders, from over 50 years ago…
Woody Guthrie at 100
From revolutionary poet, to icon of American virtue…
London Calling: After The Gold, Hush
In the wake of the London Olympics, the legacy is a good deal less than bright and glittering
From the Hood : Poor Show
Please, sir, can I have the implementation of a number of already-identified measures that have been shown internationally to mitigate poverty and benefit the wider economy?
The Complicatist : Music Gonna Shock You Like Electric
Celebrating Jamaica, and 50 years of independence
From The Hood: WINZ of Omission
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on a subsistence wage provided by the State.
London Calling: A Society in Lockdown
Forget the Queen’s diamond jubilee – the riots anniversary tells a different story about the state of Britain
From The Hood: Eurorecovery Made Easy
The Spanish Economy, by a New Zealand Observer