Mizery – Absolute Light (Flatspot Records)
Judging this book by its cover would be a bad decision indeed, as you could be easily forgiven for thinking this was one of those forgettable third albums that one of the thrash metal pioneers…
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No Parole – Violent Thoughts EP (Longshot/ Contra)
The cover of this EP is starkly reminiscent of some of the classic early UK oi! singles, and that really sets the tone for No Parole. After the likes of No Time have hit the…
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Spectres – Utopia (Deranged)
This third album will see Canadian band Spectres further cementing their position on the desolate post-punk landscape. From lyrics to imagery to sound, this is a bleak, clinical sound and continues the traditions set by…
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Girlschool – Nightmare At Maple Cross (HNE Recordings / Cherry Red)
Returning with a much grittier sound than the previous U.S. radio-friendly ‘Running Wild’ and scaled back to an edgier four-piece line up once again, the English ladies were back on full form with Nightmare. With…
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HAVE NO FEAR AMERICA! MARVEL PRESENTS THE U.S.AVENGERS!
They’re the Team you can Trust! The security of the Marvel Universe is fractured. The world’s first line of defense, S.H.I.E.L.D., can no longer be trusted. The United States no longer has a super-spy agency…
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INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN #5 Brings Tony One Step Closer to His Birth Parents!
As Tony Stark stands at the frontlines of one of the biggest events in Marvel’s history, behind the scenes he wages a much more personal battle. Long teased and long rumored, the truth will finally…
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Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear) – Jon Fine (Penguin)
Way back in the mists of time, it must have been around 1990 or so, I picked up a record called Ben Hur by a band called Bitch Magnet, mostly because I liked the band’s…
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Avengers Standoff: Volumes 1 & 2
Avengers Standoff: Volume’s 1 & 2 – Nick Spencer, Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Mac Guggenheim, Mark Bagley, Gerry Duggan, Jesus Saiz, German Peralta, Marcus To, Ryan Stegman, Joshua Williamson, Frank Barbiere, Adam Kubert, Brent Schoonover,…
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UNIT: Shutdown
UNIT: Shutdown – Starring Gemma Redgrave, Warren Brown, Ingrid Oliver, Alice Krige, James Joyce, Asif Kahn, Tyrone Huggins, Beth Chalmers, Nigel Carrington, Dan Li, Harry Ditson, Akira Koieyama, Jot Davies & Stephen Billington & Written…
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Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka – Written by Paul Cornell & Read by David Collings – 6xCD (BBC)
The TARDIS materialises in the village of Lannet in Lancashire. The Doctor is angry: he has apparently been transported here against his will, and he finds the village silent. With the exception of barmaid Alison Cheney, the village\’s inhabitants are all living in fear. The alien Shalka have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation…
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Cloud of Hate and Other Stories – Dennis O’Neil, Howard Chaykin & Walter Simonson (Dark Horse Books)
First appearing in the intervening period between the time Conan first strode the plains of Cimmeria and Elric embraced Stormbringer, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, while not as well-known as their more famous literary brethren,…
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The Disappearance (Nordic Noir and Beyond)
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You wave goodbye to your teenage daughter as she heads, carelessly off to an evening out with friends, never to return. The Disappearance is an astonishing piece of film-making, managing,…
