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This weeks column is a bit more visual than normal. I decided, prodded by the complete lack of decent new telly on, to take a crack at my DVD pile. But first a few CD reviews.CD ReviewsThunderstone: Dirt MetalThese guys come from Finland and produce a rather fine brand of heavy rock. It ranges ...

Another week, and the pile of review material does not abate. We have a good variety this week and I hope you will find something that suits your fancy. CD Reviews Varg: Blutaar Here we have Germanic pagan metallers who seem to be more of the death metal variety than the power metal kind. There is not ...

Brooklyn-based duo Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden came across as a couple of jaded, ironic and musically adventurous Anglophiles on 2008's brazen breakthrough, "Oracular Spectacular."

Brooklyn-based duo Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden came across as a couple of jaded, ironic and musically adventurous Anglophiles on 2008's brazen breakthrough, "Oracular Spectacular."

Sir Threadius Mongus This is Sir Threadius Mongus Amalgam Imgigma Records Sir Threadius Mongus is one of the many jazz-centric projects of local virtuosos Jeff Davis and Annie Ellicott. With Davis on guitar and Ellicott on vocals, it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone familiar with the jazz scene...