GLITTERTIND

July 16th, 2008 – 1939 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Glittertind was founded in 2001 by Torbjørn Sandvik (b-1985). He wanted to start a project inspired by Norwegian tales, traditions, history, art and culture. All these ingredients were mixed in a black pot together with punk, metal and folk, or like Metal Hammer put it: “A bizarre combination of folksy mellowness, hardcore punk riffing, Nordic [...]


GERMAN LESBIAN WITCHES

May 25th, 2008 – 1438 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Genre: Emo / Techno / Psychedelic

Born in bucks and herts 
The cult began when an evil geography teacher told them what they were doing was WRONG 
Aspire to become ‘drunk hobos passed out on the beach that throw up on small children after being prodded with sticks’ in really queer 
Thats about it really … 

oh and basically dont [...]


MUSIC STYLES 101: SHIBUYA-KEI

March 11th, 2008 – 2003 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Shibuya-kei is a sub-genre of Japanese pop music which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop. The word for Shibuya is suffixed with the Japanese word kei, meaning “affiliation”, to form Shibuya-kei, which roughly translates to “Shibuya style”.
Initially, the term was applied to [...]


Dog found over the limit

January 8th, 2008 – 2027 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches, Scandals

January 7, 2008 - An unusual case came up as a dog, a labrador, came in to vets in the Austrian town Bad Goisern, completely drunk and over the limit.
A dog owner brought his 3-year-old labrador Dingo to the vet because the dog was swaying from side to side and could not walk straight.
Tests [...]