Quarantine Days 2021 in Gatineau: April 7th 2021

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Gritty rock 'n' roll attitude meets country, jazz and swing sounds - A review of Hämatom's Berlin (Ein akustischer Tanz auf dem Vulkan)

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German Neue Deutsche Härte quartet Hämatom has often managed to surprise and reinvent itself throughout its career. Eighth studio album Berlin (Ein akustischer Tanz auf dem Vulkan) is one such example. The band performs ten dynamic acoustic songs inspired...

Spotify Playlist: Dream Theater in Twenty Songs

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Ladies and gentlemen! It's time for another playlist! This one honours one of my favourite bands of all time. I have attended seven concerts of American progressive metal giants Dream Theater already: at Bell Centre in Montreal with Iron Maiden in 2010,...

A long weekend in the wild in Chelsea, Gatineau and Wakefield: Sunday

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A long weekend in the wild in Chelsea, Gatineau and Wakefield: Saturday

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A long weekend in the wild in Chelsea, Gatineau and Wakefield: Friday

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Spotify Playlist: NoFX in Twenty Songs

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Ladies and gentlemen! Today, I will complete the trilogy of American pop punk playlists with veterans NoFX. I discovered the band about eighteen years ago when a classmate of mine put some of its songs on a sampler. Initially, I thought that the songs...

Reviewing Japan's overlooked rock veterans Ningen Isu - Ninth part: Kaijin Nijuu Mensou / The Mystery Man of Twenty Faces (2000)

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Progressive doom metal about horror stories Ningen-Isu's ninth studio album is entitled Kaijin Nijuu Mensou which translates to The Mystery Man of Twenty Faces. This is a conceptual album about the works of Japanese horror author Edogawa Ranpo whose short...

Reviewing Japan's overlooked rock veterans Ningen Isu - Eighth part: Nijuu Seiki Sousoukyoku / Twentieth Century Funeral Song (1999)

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All aboard the ghost train Ningen-Isu's eighth studio record Nijuu Seiki Sousoukyoku translates to Twentieth Century Funeral Song. The record indeed has a gloomy, mysterious and sinister tone. This isn't only due to the fitting lyrical topics but to a...

Spotify Playlist: Blink-182 in Twenty Songs

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Ladies and gentlemen! I have known American pop punk band Blink-182 since my childhood when my father purchased their third studio record Enema of the State when I was about nine years old. The group's music videos became all the rage on television in...