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Issue #05

FINLAND'S CIRCLE TAKES THE CIRCLE
“You may purchase one copy of each color. Anyone caught ordering more than one copy of each color will have their order canceled immediately.” - Circle's distro site

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE GIG REVIEW
If I ever become a bloated millionaire living on some small island off Palawan, with huge gardens, hammocks positioned strategically, chilly bins strewn helter-skelter across the grounds, I would invest heavily in one of...

FENRIZ TALKS TROUBLE
Being that we are a Norwegian mag, here's some obligatory Darkthrone geekery.

The Fallen Divine- "The Binding Cycle"
"Guest: I'd like to order the most over-produced metal band of the week. Waiter: Would you like soul-less jazz breakdowns, chuggah-wugga guitars and vocals like you've heard them 60000 times before? Guest: Yes, that'd...

SHEVILS RELEASE NEW SINGLE
When Shelby Cinca's behind the artwork, you know the music's worth checkin' out.

Norwegian Wood Part III - Sunday
Linnea Dale, Mining in Yukon, James Morrison and Highasakite Ahhh, to be young again.

NORWEGIAN WOOD - OSLO ESS & KAIZERS
Slightly worse for wear than the previous day (after witnessing a junkie walking down hill with a Fender Amp wrapped in plastic), I stumbled into the festival area where mud had started to assemble...

NORWEGIAN WOOD 2012 - PART I
Walking down to my local cassette shop which was beside the petrol pump and opposite Archie's hot dog stand, off Charring Cross road in Ooty, South India, I remember glancing past the Nirvana and...

STEAL YR FACE: NEIL HAGERTY
Genius. A word not thrown around easily. Let alone by Bad Sounds. But genius indeed. A man who has lived by his predilection for noize and chaos, shone in the face of various guises...

LE CORBEAU + BURNING MOTHERFUCKERS PHOTO
Thanks to Oda Egjar Starheim for capturing the two bands at last Saturday's gig at Revolver.

Endolith - "Organi5m EP"
"Hands up everyone who feels like the world needs another Meshuggah copycat? Anyone?...What if they added philosophy quotes from university classes? *dead silence* Yes, you sir...in the back. I'm sorry, your badly made dreads...

LEE RANALDO IN OSLO
Lee Ranaldo, axe-wielder for the now defunkt (?) legends Sonic Youth, carries the torch of NYC noize further into the future with 2 exclusive shows at Blå. With the sad news of Thurston Moore...

OSLO ROCKLORETTE II: ANNE MARTE ARCHER
Continuing with our previous series highlighting movers and shakers in Oslo's music scene, our next guest you've probably seen behind the counter at Cafe Mono; photo-documenting passages across the US; selling her paintings at...

Biosphere: Fine Arctic Dining
Now this is treat. Norway's own ambient pioneer Geir Jenssen a.k.a. Biosphere has collected some rare gems in a heap and stitched them together in a varied fashion. Cold, arctic electronics never sounded this...

How to not study for your exams: A DIY-
Hi folks, sorry I haven't produced to much for BS lately, 'cus I have been to busy being a bad student, here's an update:

MEET THE PUNKS
Outside Hafenklang, a grubby nightspot close to the docks in Hamburg, Germany, yours truly is trying to coax four drunk, flailing fools into position for a band photo. It is 10am. The band is...


