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An interview/podcast with the front man & guitarist of Skyforger - Pēteris Kvetkovskis. The folk, pagan and black metal band originates from Northern Europe, specifically Latvia where they have been playing since 1995. In these two-part podcast episodes you can learn more about the importance of pagan music for Skyforger; their influence in music and the nature of the environment the band originates from.

''Politicians have shown interest in our music. We have been asked to participate in concerts during the voting period of the political parties, when they tried to gain votes. But we have not participated in such things. That's not our thing. We don't want to be used as clowns or be used as idiots, for them to get some kind of benefit from our music. The Latvian Government has supported us. ''

''Our motto would be to do what you like. Live as you want, as long as it you don’t disturb other people. I have often wondered to myself and thought that young people never listen to the old ones. The youth lives in their own world. If I can give any advice, for those who want to play- Find your own path. Try as best as possible to not copy your idols or popular music which is listened to by thousands of people. I know that it is pleasant, to play like your idols, because you feel like your equal to them. But another Metallica is not needed, make your own music.'' - Pēteris Kvetkovskis.

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Metsatöll is an Estonian band who has sold more than 80'000 records worldwide and have performed across North America and Europe, including: Poland, France, Finland, Belgium, Baltic States, Canada, Denmark, Afghanistan, UK and many others. They have toured with band such as Finntroll, Rotting Christ, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Eluveitie and supported Megadeth at the open air romp in Haapsalu. Their music is a unique blend of traditional Estonian folk melodies and heavy metal riffs, creating a powerful and atmospheric sound that transports listeners to another time and place.

''There are all kinds of music, and the meaning of music is determined by the listener. If you have a critical mass of listeners who interpret certain music, you can do something in the world with those listeners. If no one listens to your protest song on any topic, or if its content is interpreted as entertainment, then nothing happens.

There are, of course, many examples where music has made a large number of people feel capable of changing something in history or themselves, and not only the Estonian singing revolution. In every struggle for freedom, songs are used in a similar way - they give strength, a sense of unity, the idea of the necessity of one's own existence.

Even when the song and words are simple, they have a unifying power - even if, for example, a crowd in a football stadium chants together the name of a certain head of state and the name of a man's genitals in one sentence, there is a certain unifying power in this chanting.''- Lauri Õunapuu

#Metsatöll #finntroll #Korpiklaani #Ensiferum #Eluveitie #rotting christ #finland #folk music #estonia #estonian #baltics #europe #scandinavia #northern europe #interview #substack #music reccomendations #author #new

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grungeincluded · 6 days

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Auļi is a Latvian folk band known for their energetic performances and modern interpretation of traditional Baltic and Latvian music. Formed in 2003, the band is made up of talented musicians who play a variety of traditional instruments such as bagpipes, kokle, and drums.

''Representatives of the national right-wing parties have been interested in our music from time to time — inviting them to speak at their congresses. But we are not the brand or logo of any party. As a political campaign, Auļi has deliberately taken such actions as in YouTube's statement of support for the Ukrainian people in their fight against the aggression of the Kremlin regime.''

''music works not only at the intellectual level of perception, but influences emotions, carries the message that the person feels, perceives, gets and changes their mood, which in turn- can also influence the political position and attitude of the individual or and society. An example is the Australian band Midnight Oil or the Irish band U2, whose strong ecological rock music messages also influenced the political environment through society’s frame of mind.'' - Normunds Vaivads

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''Music is my biggest source of inspiration. I can go years without stepping into a museum or gallery but I can’t go a day without music! It both calms my soul and makes me more creative. If I have writer’s block, I'll listen to music. If I’m depressed, I'll listen to music. If I have to make a ten-hour drive in my car to a photo shoot, I’ll listen to music. My taste is eclectic. For the long road trips, I use music instead of caffeine. So I listen to The Jam, Verve, Beirut. Always Bowie. His live concerts are the best.''

''Imagination is the most important aspect of photography. Nobody is interested in a cliché. I have images in my head that I don’t know how to execute. But I keep trying. That’s the fun and frustrating part of the journey. Ideas for images swirl my head all day long. Sometimes I scribble thoughts on my notepad in the middle of the night.'' - Randi Lynn Beach

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grungeincluded · 29 days

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''Along with the niches of more counter-cultural inspired Evangelicals releasing more and more #music through the 80s, artists tried to keep up and create or come into the amorphous sounds and scenes of what came to be called “#grunge”

''Grunge can be defined in various social, musical, aesthetic, and political ways, with its roots in punk and that scene(s)’ diversity of expression and ideology.

Grunge made suburban kids able to access really cool shit they never would have come across otherwise, as experimentally expressive entertainment or philosophically. They could move to the city and reinvent themselves, or do it in their basements with less fear of getting their asses stomped on the way to the record store (which happened to me, again and again, in 1979).'' - Chris Estey

#evengelicals #religion #music #religious music #grunge #punk #seattle #nirvana #soundgarden #alternative #80s music #tooth and nail records #Solid State Records #metal #music review #music reccomendations

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''Along with the niches of more counter-cultural inspired Evangelicals releasing more and more #music through the 80s, artists tried to keep up and create or come into the amorphous sounds and scenes of what came to be called “#grunge”

''Grunge can be defined in various social, musical, aesthetic, and political ways, with its roots in punk and that scene(s)’ diversity of expression and ideology.

Grunge made suburban kids able to access really cool shit they never would have come across otherwise, as experimentally expressive entertainment or philosophically. They could move to the city and reinvent themselves, or do it in their basements with less fear of getting their asses stomped on the way to the record store (which happened to me, again and again, in 1979).'' - Chris Estey

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BAD NERVES | LEEDS | 27/03/2024 © Sintija Brence @37fotosb Grunge Included | @37fotosb

#bad nerves #the hives #leeds #alternative #indie #punk #uk #music #music photography #photographer #photo #photography #instagram #concert

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BAD NERVES | LEEDS | 27/03/2024 © Sintija Brence @37fotosb Grunge Included | @37fotosb

#bad nerves #the hives #leeds #alternative #indie #punk #uk #music #music photography #photographer #photo #photography #instagram #concert

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THE HIVES | LEEDS| 27/03/2024

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#the hives #punk #grunge #rock #concert #artists on tumblr #music #pelle almqvist #sweden #indie #music photography #alternative #photo #photography #instagram #Niklas Almqvist

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THE HIVES | LEEDS| 27/03/2024

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#the hives #punk #grunge #rock #concert #artists on tumblr #music #pelle almqvist #sweden #indie #music photography #alternative #photo #photography #instagram

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''At the time it was a bummer to see the PNW scene sullied by its exposure to the rest of America. I mean Kurt hated it so much because he lost his home which were his bearings from which he looked out at the world. Corporations only have one thing in mind and it ain`t art. So he struggled as he circled the drain. I think his idealism and youth got him. It was tragic. Musically some of the music had ass and fighting spirit so I liked that. We played with a lot of those bands coming up especially in Seattle (like at Washington Hall and the Central Tavern) and Portland (Satyricon) and the scene in its early days was more amorphous and accepting as far as genres were concerned. I definitely was trying to provoke from inside. We had tatted up tough flapper chicks that would dance on stage then stage dive into the audience. We were trying to say there is not only one way to do this. But as usual we were too strange. We did make it into Singles as a visual joke, however.''- Steve Perry, Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

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Gordon Raphael is an American record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington, currently living in Hebden Bridge, UK. Raphael has worked with The Strokes, Regina Spektor, The Libertines and The Psychelic Furs. He has produced songs with Hinds, Skunk Anansie and Mexico's top band, Fobia. He is known for his work with The Strokes, whom he met while attending an early show at Luna Lounge on Ludlow Street, New York City. He produced The Strokes EP The Modern Age (2001), as well as Is This It (2001) and Room On Fire (2003). He also produced some of the songs on Green River-Dry As a Bone (1987) and they are considered one of the first grunge bands.

He formed two bands in Seattle, synth-driven Mental Mannequin and Colour Twigs. During the grunge revolution he was the keyboardist for the psychedelic band Sky Cries Mary. He released his book : The World Is Going To Love This: Up From The Basement With the Strokes in 2022. You can check out more of his work by visiting his official website or following @gordonraphael on Instagram.

#the strokes #gordon raphael #music #grunge #music reccomendations #music review #music reaction #music recs

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Gordon Raphael is an American record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington, currently living in Hebden Bridge, UK. Raphael has worked with The Strokes, Regina Spektor, The Libertines and The Psychelic Furs. He has produced songs with Hinds, Skunk Anansie and Mexico's top band, Fobia. He is known for his work with The Strokes, whom he met while attending an early show at Luna Lounge on Ludlow Street, New York City. He produced The Strokes EP The Modern Age (2001), as well as Is This It (2001) and Room On Fire (2003). He also produced some of the songs on Green River-Dry As a Bone (1987) and they are considered one of the first grunge bands.

He formed two bands in Seattle, synth-driven Mental Mannequin and Colour Twigs. During the grunge revolution he was the keyboardist for the psychedelic band Sky Cries Mary. He released his book : The World Is Going To Love This: Up From The Basement With the Strokes in 2022. You can check out more of his work by visiting his official website or following @gordonraphael on Instagram.

#gordon raphael #the strokes #regina spektor #the libertines #green river #grunge #punk #rock music #nirvana #seattle #soundgarden #substack #alternative #interview #producer

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‘‘Looks like Kurt Cobain’’ in relief the band expressed when they saw their new singer (Mazvērsīte, 2018, p 50). Not only did Freimanis look like Cobain at the time, with his bleached hair but their debut album ‘‘Putni’’ (1998) [transl. ‘‘Birds’’] was influenced by Nirvana and Whitesnake. Whilst grunge was mainstream in the United States in the 1990s, it`s influence also extends to Latvia.

In 2004, Freimanis wrote the song ''The War Is Not Over'' and gave it to Latvian beloved musicians Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters, known as Valters & Kaža (members of Putnu Balle). The song won the Latvian National selection and represented Latvia in the international Eurovision contest in 2005, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, fisnishing in the 5th position.

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‘‘Of course, my paintings are political. All art is political one way or another. The greatest challenge for myself is to not make propaganda art. Art that defines one way of looking at something or one idea that is easily interpreted is not always interesting art. While this kind of art might be agreeable it is also dangerous art. When art has become a marketing tool I doubt that it can any longer be a critic.’’ - Greg Lukens

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Robert McParland and Alex DiBlasi conclude that the emergence of Christian punk during the early 1980s and the first term of the Reagan presidency, was ‘‘likely in response to the candidate`s courtship of the Religious Right’’(McParland and DiBlasi, 2019,p.69). Christian punk challenged self-appointed authority.

Poor Old Lu : ‘‘No less energetic than their fellow Seattleites Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, and nearly as melodic and accessible as Nirvana, the Lu gang used their talents to encourage hope rather than frustration.''

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TOM ODELL| THE WARDROBE| 22/01/2024

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#tom odell #another love #black friday album #anotherlove #behance #music photography #photography #black and white #monochrome #monochomatic #my photos #picture #photoshoot #music photo #leeds

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