Day: 22 August 2014

Hello Asia! Interview: Masato Hayakawa of Coldrain (Nagoya) on Japanese Metal and Soundwave Festival 2015!

Coldrain, the first band announced for Soundwave Festival earlier in the month left a lot of punters saying “WHO?”. But Masato Hayakawa of the Japanese rock group took the response in his stride, “it definitely exposed a lot more people to our music”. Indeed, in this case at least, there’s no such thing as bad…

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Foo Fighters release the trailer for the Sonic Highways HBO documentary series!

The first look at the Foo Fighters’ highly-anticipated documentary for Sonic Highways has been released online! Airing on HBO in the US on October 17th, the trailer sees the band performing and recording their upcoming new album in studios across America, documenting the extensive history of music in each city along the way. The clip…

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KOFFIA Film Review: Thread Of Lies (우아한 거짓말) (South Korea, 2014)

Death is often tragic. But it’s even sadder when a young person has died from their own hand. Korean film, Thread Of Lies (우아한 거짓말) deals with this taboo issue in a soft and tender way. It also slowly reveals the tragic set of circumstances surrounding the lead character’s passing and does so with a…

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Win a DVD copy of the Paradise Trilogy!

The Paradise trilogy is the collection of three fills directed by acclaimed Austrian director Ulrich Seidl. They focus on three women from one family, one traveling to kenya as a sex tourist, one tries to propagate Catholicism and one has to spend time at a weight loss camp. The films were set to be a…

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