News Science World Turns Out The World’s Oldest Computer Was Probably Just a Piece of Junk by Tammy Moir The worlds first analog computer – Antikythera Mechanism – might’ve been more broken than brilliant The Antikythera Mechanism — that ancient Greek gear-driven device often called the world’s first analog…
News Raid Steve Albini’s Closet: Punk History for Sale by Alex Cooper Own a piece of underground legend—vinyl, art, and more A treasure trove of punk history is up for grabs as Steve Albini’s Closet—an online archive sale—unveils rare vinyl, original art, books,…
Music RJT aka Rutherford Jazz Trio Rank the World’s Funkiest Influential/Historical/Political Figures by Tammy Moir ‘This no fucks given, no shit taken attitude is funk to the core, no doubt about it. Also, great nickname’ The Rutherford Jazz Trio introduces “The Greatest Hits of The…
Music Take a deep dive into the artistry of Sydney metalcore rocker Slatz by Tom Disalvo By now we hope you’re all well aware of the metalcore revelry that forms the heart of Sydney rocker, Slatz. Fresh off the release of his J-Figure assisted single Snake…
Music News St Vincent’s new Rock History podcast is coming in Jan and we’re keen for it by Tammy Moir St. Vincent takes a deep dive into rock history with the new podcast, History Listen: Rock. St.Vincent has long established herself as a uniquely profound vocal talent, with some serious guitar…
News World Archaeologists might’ve unearthed Cleopatra’s final resting place after breakthrough tunnel discovery by Tom Disalvo A team of archeologists may be on the cusp of the “most important [discovery] of the 21st century” after unearthing a tunnel that potentially leads to Cleopatra’s tomb. The 1500-metre…
Music The history of punk: How 3 chords changed the world by Tom Blain Before it changed the world, we have to know how punk came to be. Punk’s ingenuity, simplicity and timelessness have made it a pillar of musical expression. What is the…
Music News Beyoncé makes history as the first female to make 20 top 10 hits by Chloe Maddren Beyoncé has done it again and by ‘it’ we mean, make a killer hit Break My Soul, which landed her in the top 10 Billboard music charts. As if Beyoncé wasn’t…
Music News Pink Floyd is selling it’s music catalogue for $725 million by Chloe Maddren Pink Floyd is looking to sell its recording and songwriting catalogue for at least $500 million USD which could be one of the largest sales in music history. According to…
News World New scans reveal mind-blowing ancient Amazonian settlements by Daniel Alex New lidar scans suggest the existence of vast, ancient Amazonian civilisations dating back nearly 1,500 years. The Amazon Rainforest has long been viewed as an unforgiving, inhospitable landscape, with the…
News Ye olde turds have given historians a sniff of what Stonehenge builders ate by Lochie Schuster Ever find yourself up late at night wondering what the people who built Stonehenge ate? Us neither. But now we know anyway, thanks to some fossilised shite. Some ancient faeces…
Music News The Library of Congress finally recognises hip hop pioneers by Robbie Mason Albums by Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest will be archived in the Library of Congress, the National Recording Registry announced today. Each year, the Librarian of Congress with…
Nature News Science Scientists have dug up part of a dinosaur that died the same day the asteroid hit by Lochie Schuster Palaeontologists in the United States have uncovered the remains of a dinosaur dated back to the literal day the asteroid wiped them all out. The leg of a 66 million-year-old…
