• Wake up song for today – 116

    Good ol’ Duncan Sheik. This is a bona fide classic and you’ll like it. -Q

  • Angry rants of altered suburbia (conclusion)

    Part 3: When the world hands you lemons, check that they’re fairtrade… Read part 1 here. Read part 2 here. So after surviving the attack of a particularly mental member of an endangered species of wasps and causing unquantifiable damages to the façade of the Student Union, I embarked on a mad trip to the…

  • Wake up song for today – 115

    GARETH!!!! Them lovely people from Slow Club take us for a spin with a very special guest. Enjoy!!! —Sam

  • Wake up song for today – 114

    Well, it’s the birthday of two very special people today: my dad and my friend PM. Since both of them appreciate a bit of Eric Clapton, here’s a classic one for both. Have a great day, dad! Have a great day, PM!. —Sam

  • Slow Club, Chips for the Poor and Is I cinema, oh my!

    Slow club Giving up on love A quickie song that never lets down with a cool video to boot (just click on our wake up song tomorrow, you’ll recognise somebody). Simple but effective, can’t go wrong with a song this happy and this earworm-y. Maybe there will be some sun if this one gets played…

  • Of how I found myself interviewing myself (pt 1)

    Interview – Lumiere Since no one in Sloucher could go to Mexico and interview the band, they decided to interview themselves…and gives us a few acoustic performances of their upcoming album (due out later this year). Songs played: Cíclope Géminis Links: Website, Myspace , Facebook, Youtube. Twitter. Special thanks to: Danny OM, César, Jonel and…

  • Angry rants of altered suburbia

    Read part 1 here Part 2: A stitch in time After surviving a summer that included a hectic four day writing marathon (fookin’ thesis) that appeased my sense of guilt, I pretty much found myself directionless. Those first days of September, how cold were they. I could see most of the days fritter away from…

  • A night at The Grapes is always intense…

    Repo Men + Dr. Robeatnik + Cats:for:Peru @ The Grapes The poster read “Pisco presents Sugar Rush”. And the inside smell sweet. Sickly sweet. Candy. Lots of candy. Gingerbread men, balloons, fake jars on stage and a frickload of free candies. That was the scene at the Grapes, your number one room for intense shows.…

  • The Sunday Soapbox – 1

    T’was another day at The Bunker. Fresh OJ, last night’s kebab and a couple of non-fair trade grapefruit, looking at the sun. Another day, another 24 hours closer to death.

  • An untitled, anonymous poem

    (Editors’ note: We found this on the branches of a cherry blossom tree near the office – Q & M) Sometimes there is a sadness that is so hollow it cannot contain a thing, Nothing of a joyous nature can fill it, Its like the pit of your stomach, Black, Empty