For decades, historians have tried to faithfully recreate what historical figures may have looked like in real life. Now, thanks to modern technology, digital artists such as Daniel Voshart can gather evidence based on busts, drawings, and even coins to create photorealistic versions of past people. Stuck in quarantine, Voshart decided to re-create Roman Emperors […]
Skol! Surprising Facts About Viking Hygiene
History may have depicted Vikings as brutish, horned helmet-wearing warriors, but there’s far more to their culture than seafaring and plundering. The Vikings had a very unique culture that could be harsh at times, but also emphasized practices in hygiene that many people might find surprising. This is what the Vikings’ personal hygiene was really […]
The Oldest Civilizations In Human History
After thousands of years of living as a nomadic, hunter-gatherer species, there came a time when humans learned to work the land and domesticate animals in order to stay in one place. This allowed the first civilizations to form, which consisted of groups of people working together in the first-ever societies. As time passed, these […]
The Most Powerful Warships of the United States Navy
The United States has the strongest Navy in the world, and under current plans, should reach its goal of maintaining 300 ships in its force by 2034: retiring 244 ships and purchasing 264 more. Although the U.S. Naval budget has fluctuated over the decades depending on war time and approval from Congress, the Navy has […]
Mandy – “Forsythia”
Last month, Mandy — the project of Melkbelly’s Miranda Winters — announced her new album Lawn Girl and shared the lead single “High School Boyfriend.” Soon after, Melkbelly also made their grand return with two new songs. Today, Winters is back to her solo rollout, releasing the beautifully grungy “Forsythia.” “This song is about the […]
Forest Swords – “Torch” & “Pearl Of Hail”
For many years, going all the way back to the days when he could be broadly if inaccurately categorized under the “witch house” umbrella, the Liverpool musician Matthew Barnes has been making dank and evocative music under his Forest Swords alias. Last year, Barnes came back with Bolted, his first proper Forest Swords album in […]
High On Fire – “Cometh The Storm”
Next week, High On Fire are releasing a new album, Cometh The Storm, their first full-length since 2018’s Electric Messiah. They shared lead single “Burning Down” from it back in February, and today they’re sharing the album’s second single and title track. “‘Cometh the Storm’ was built from a riff I started playing on bass […]
Andrew Bird Trio Shares Two Tracks From New Jazz Standards Album
In the past couple of years, Andrew Bird has teamed up with Rufus Wainwright and Chris Stills for a Neil Young cover and collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers for “I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain.” Today, the indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter announced Sunday Morning Put-On, an album of classic jazz covers releasing through […]
Watch Blur Play “Fool’s Day” Live For The First Time At Coachella Warmup Gig
Before last night, Britpop legends Blur hadn’t played on American soil in nine years. Just a few months ago, Damon Albarn said that he was finished with the Blur reunion, at least for now. That turned out to be a misdirect. This weekend, Blur will play Coachella in very prominent spot. On Saturday, they’ll play […]
Watch Vampire Weekend Join Goose For 30+ Minute “Cape Cod” Jam In New York
Since entering jam band-adjacent territory with Father Of The Bride, Vampire Weekend have kept up a relationship with the modern-day jam band Goose. They got them to cover “2021” back in 2021, and that cover and a version of “Big Blue” have occasionally popped up in Goose’s sets over the past couple of years. Last […]