Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent figures of American history. There was little that Franklin couldn’t do. The polymath was born into a modest family in 1706 and despite only two years of formal education, he would later gain acclaim as an author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and freemason, among other things. […]
A Father and Son Discover Viking Treasure Worth £1 Million And Their Lives Are Never the Same
A father and son in Yorkshire, England loved to grab their metal detectors and hit the fields every weekend. For six years, they never found anything substantial beyond buttons and scraps of metal. But one day in January 2007, their lives and the lives of British historians changed forever. What looked like a single silver […]
Parsnip – “The Babble”
In February, Parsnip announced their new album Behold and released “The Light.” That single was followed with last month’s “Turn To Love,” and today the Melbourne indie rock quartet is sharing “The Babble.” “I wanted ‘The Babble’ to sound like a ‘Dead End Street’ style Kinks song,” Stella Rennex explains. “However a few people have […]
Digital Artist Brings Roman Emperors To Life With Photorealistic Images
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 […]