Apologies

well sorry i havent been writing here, but ive been extremely buisy. and when i say that i mean it. and another thing, ive had very little interest in writing lately although i dont really know why.
Anyway, hopefully ill get back to this soon :)

Band Exposure- Miss Construction

well, before i begin, merry Christmas! my present to you is this wonderful European band. because again, they are very underground, i can find little info on them. (to be honest i don't have much time to look either.) but i can tell you they are an EBM/industrial/dark electro band. They're incredibly harsh, so if you like giving others a headache, they are perfect for your cause, and their sound is also quite energetic, you do an industrial dance to this if you like! anyway enjoy Zombified  and fuck you bitch below!

Band exposure, Tristania

far out, i keep getting lazy on here. but in the need of a new post, Ive decided to keep the bands rolling though,. Today I'm sharing Tristania, a Norwegian band, that formed in 1996. They are female fronted symphonic metal/goth/slightly industrial band. They sound most like theatre of tragedy, nightwish, Theatres des Vampires etc; Initially, they were pretty stereotypical, of a symphonic band, smooth ghostly female vocals, and brass/strings brought out in the background. but these days they have made excellent use of harsh sounds, creating much more atmosphere. Like any band, members have come and gone, but of course all for the better.

the song you just listened to (if you were bothered) is an oldie but a goodie!

Scene queens

Im certainly not into the scene culture myslef but considering they classify as an alternative culture i thought i was only fair that they get some mention on here.
Scene kids are like a colourful take on the emo culture. Apparently the culture was originally a "white persons" (sorry i dont mean to be racist) interpretation of the harajuku dolls in Japan. Although scene and emo have the same concepts, they are very contrasting, not only are they more colourful, but often very over confident and enjoy being the centre of attention without being mopey as emo kids are often stereotyped.
Scene kids are also pretty much infamous for their sneakers/skate shoes and their tight colourful jeans, often they get around in Nike's, Macbeth's, sometimes converses (although to me that's more likely amongst emo kids) and whatever scenish shoes they can find. All of their t-shirts have bands, icons (hello kitty, nightmare before Christmas etc;) or other scene associated things on them. Belts are popular amongst scene kiddos, usually studded in some colour combo. And i forgot to mention they like to wear rave bracelets and wrist bands, in bright colours or to a rave kid "candy" "candy" are just pony beads strung onto thin elastic.
As for hair, their hair is the SEX of the culture, girls mostly like to tease their hair into a sideways fashion friendly mow-hawk with their bangs hanging half way across their face. Guys tend to tease up the back and keep their fringe down or have an emo styled hair-cut. They dye their hair either black or white blonde and put a random selection of colours such as pink, blue, green, and red in their hair. To scene kids, hair is a way of expressing their personality, a bubbly confident girl may have Blonde hair with pink in her bangs and orange (neon) streaks around the back. A more shy/down to earth girl may have black hair with the odd bit of blue dip dye around the side of her face. Sometimes to ad an edge to their hair. scene girls in particular use "coon tails" which are pretty much like stripey streaks of hair, the coon tail part usually a dirty blonde or darker brown. As for makeup, girls prefer the winged eyeliner, mascara and an opaque face.
In terms of interests, their lives, like many alternative cultures, pretty much revolve around music. Amongst scene kids, there is quite a broad range of music they listen to,  although from what ive seen, each individual tends to become faithful to a certain genre. the most common genres for scene kids are probably hardcore, electronic and indie. I also know that quite a few scensters are drawn to bands such as Attack! Attack, hey Monday, paramore, Escape the fate, Porcelain and the tramps, Amy can flyy, blood on the dance floor etc;
From those bands, i must admit i do like porcelain and the tramps, they are an industrial band that come from Brisbane, Australia, and each member is well recognised and probably idolised by any scene girl.
Scene kids use the Internet as a way of getting their name out there, every scene kid likes to have scene minions that idolise them. Some of the better known scene kids (that I'm aware of) include Alex Evans, brookelle bones, kiki kannibal and emilie villanueva. As part of the Internet identity, alot of scene kids tend to alter their names, Usually so its catchy and memorable, their last names are often made to rhyme with their last name, or the use of xXx is also common.
All in all, scene culture is another way for one to express themselves by a creative means. Its certainly not my forte but it makes plenty of people out there happy, and its helping to broaden the minds of our modern unaccepting society.

On devian art via google, no copyright intended

Band Exposure, Strict regime

Strict regime is an EBM/industrial/dark wave/experimental band and like much of my music, very underground. They come from London (UK) and have started working on their first album. Like many bands, each individual member has at one point toured in other bands, and written their own music. They are pretty much in their early days but from listening to their few released songs, I'm quite positive they have a shit load more of good stuff coming!
i recommend you try and find their song "gridlock" as its one of my favourites, i would have posted it below in preference to their song "strict regime" but you tube is being highly frustrating right now. Anyway, i hope you enjoy!

Updates

more updates! well, I've decided against writing anything that's linked to religion, for many reasons but mostly because i don't not believe that i in any way should influence your religion by writing about it, and secondly because should i happen to write about any religion in the wrong way, many could take offence to it.
next off, i am still planing to write about fairy tales/folklore/nursery rhymes although yet again i have been very busy.
over the Christmas holiday period, i may also not have computer access, which unfortunately means i wont be able to blog anything. sad i know, but we all need a break, and since I'm telling you in advance, at least you wont spend to much time waiting for me to post!

on a better note, over the holidays I'm going to get quite a bit of shopping done, for you and me! when i have found some good buys or some interesting stores ill be sure to let you know! I'm also thinking of finding someone who is capable of writing for this blog to fill in my gaps.

anyway, bye for now! ill get what i can done for you!

Unreleased songs

many bands have unreleased songs, (or not yet finished) and it often happens that they are actually pretty good songs. so ive decided that i will post a few songs every now and then! Today, im posting Kerli Koiv's army of angels and Black Veil Brides "this prayer for you"

Trash and Treasure

well, just to establish the obvious, the economy is acceptable unstable right now, and although this can be very tough financially, it also means the aftermath is quite satisfactory. The other day i was at a fete, where i stumbled upon a good pair of shoes for 50c in the Australian dollar! i was quite proud considering that they were pretty much brand new, and have scarcely been worn. If you keep your eyes peeled I'm sure you to can also find some really good buys. The best places to go include fetes, fairs, markets, shop sales and second hand shops. i know that in all of these places you can find allot of crap, and when i say allot of crap i mean allot! but if you dig far beneath the surface you can also find the rarest of treasure! Before my most recent finding of good quality shoes, Ive recently purchased a black sleeveless/collared vest, a nice gothabilly dress and Ive even found nice jewelry before! (that was kind of lucky though). Anyway, because the economy is heading into turmoil, you should keep your eyes open for good buys, but don't go silly of course!

The shoe i described earlier on this post.

Hair

well, the other day i became insanely bored, and so i thought id do my hair up. The result was better than i expected, looking somewhat like an unteased/spiked death hawk, (fuck i love death hawks!) the only thing is I'm out of hair gel right now... so no death hawk or me. anyway, rather than shaving the sides off, since its permanent, i decided just to do corn rows, in other words really narrow braiding.
here is a crap photo of my hair below (without my face, i hope you don't mind)

Art- shattered skies

my most recent drawing was on my  right fore-arm, it was only roughas i was supposed to be learning but still, im quite happy with it since i did it left-handed! i call it the shattered sky, since ive always visualized an apocalypse where the sky cracks open and just bleeds/leeks with splinters flying everywhere. i lso think its a cute picture, the daisy balances it out a tad.

Sleaze bands, Glamour punks

Long time no see! since i haven't written anything about hair metal lately Ive decided to clean my act up a tad. Anyway, today I'm going to share glamor punks, and 80's punk band. Sadly there is very little information about them anywhere, due to their underground status. but nether the less, they are still worthy of mention!
they have one outstanding album and a small but very loyal fan base.  and if it makes you more interested,  i recall Andy Biersack once saying if he had a choice of any band other than black veil brides he would want to play for these guys! Anyway, here's a quick look at them below:

*also, if this happens to be the wrong song/video/audio i am truly sorry, blogger is undergoing change and I'm not liking it very well.

The Industrial Movement

The industrial movement started in the 70's but really started to grow in the 90's along with many other emerging genres of music. Initially, the sound was achieved with the transgressive experimentation of industrial machinery and noises, such as scrapping, scratching, loud clanging and heavy distortion. When the movement was fresh and new, the lyrics were often to argue a point or share an explicit opinion about social change.Over time electronic and synthetic material have become more acceptable.The term "industrial" was used by a record label (industrial records) Many bands such as throbbing gristle and Industrial pioneers soon adopted "industrial" as part of their sound. Like i mentioned earlier, the movement really got going in to 90's, with bands that KDFDM and Front line assembly. 

From industrial several sub-categories have since evolved, many industrial bands also have elements of EBM (electronic body music), Darkwave, Rock and Metal. While EMB is usually very popular amongst underground listeners many people don't particularly like combining industrial noise with electronics as this detracts from the harsh noise intended. (its also often seen as pussy, weak or fake.)

If your looking for some good industrial bands, i can recommend the following (from a broad range of the genre) (and i also casually mentioned a few earlier if your willing to go back and find them!)

-nine inch nails

-type O negative

-miss construction

-SEXYDEATH

the Cyber Wardrobe

Looks always add to the essence of culture, some more so than others. Perhaps the growing Cyber trend is one of the most visually appealing lifestyles out there, but where do you get even some basics from?
Personally, i think hair and shoes is a good place to start. This way, you can match it up with things you already have such as jeans, dresses, stockings, singlets/corsets etc;

Cyber hair is always big, Ive seen very few cases (or none actually) where the individual has not done something extreme to their hair. dreadlocks (dread falls also) are quite acceptable but are becoming very cliche. However they are an excellent place to start. If your looking for something different, teased pig tails and death hawks are quite suitable, if your game to shave parts of your head! although you can get around this though with braiding/corn rows etc; Teasing out pig tails is much more preferable though. (or so i think) Allot of you may have heard of "Dread falls" these are usually hair extensions (or synthetic material) teased up into multi coloured dreadlocks and tied into place upon ones head. you can make these yourself or buy them (search YouTube for "how-too's")
Shoes are often big and chunky, depending upon the person they may choose to wear military boots, fluorescent fur leg warmers (see below) sleek platforms... whatever suites the cause!

An excellent place to shop online is at http://www.vinyldolls.net/ everything from that site is hand made (including the warmers above) and sell dresses, tops, shoes, accessories, "dread falls" and some custom made designs available.

If vinyl dolls is to colourful for your liking http://www.immoralfashion.com.au/ is much darker!!!! they sell allot of the metropolis range (a good brand) nice boots, military influenced clothing, steampunk gear and pretty much anything relatively alternative!

Anyway, theres a few essentials that would also be good to have hiding in the wardrobe somewhere. Fishnets are always good to have for nearly any goth styled fashion, a set of gloves wouldn't be to bad either, if you have some belts, keep them!! Other than that, play around with your makeup, start to collect your goggles, wings, corsets (unless you already have some) and perhaps a few dresses!!!

The Culture Clash, Merging Goth and Indie Fashions

After finishing off my friends article about Indie culture, I suddenly started to wonder whan the outcome would be of combining Indie with a culture thats a little darker/rebellious. The first culture i considered was goth, mostly the vintage side of things. Although they are very different cultures, with different interests and different music, quite a few clothing pieces/acessories can be found in both wardrobes, only presented differently. If i were to merge the two i would go about it by starting with vintage clothing. You often see vintage (even second hand) elements in both wardrobes, particularly dresses.

Today im going to use mostly black as my colour theme to demonstrate, although i think you could very well put a steampunk edge to indie, using tarnished jewellry and soft browns combined with rich/deep colours.  while the purpose of this article is to darken a " fashion friendly" (it is actually becoming quite mainstream right now) culture, we still need to keep elements which play huge factors in the culture such as colour (otherwise we are just ruining it altogether.) in order to darken the tones without damaging the look i strongly recomend you balance it out with brown, white or combine black and white with colours such as dark emerald green, maroon, peach, plum (if your game), dark or pastel blue. (pinks, purples and generally bright colours are simply to bold, subtracting from the age of your outfit.) Another idea is that you could make indie look more steampunk. ( both indie and steampunk use very old styled colour paletes.)You could use a knee-length/long golden brown skirt with a white blouse, matched up with brooches with old-english clocks/watches and pearls like the one i found google. (above)

As you can see these clothing pieces above are both very indie and could be turned quite goth to as well. The outfits above are also very versatile pieces that you can dress up or down,and before i forget, i think white lace doillys could look very nice (okay the truth is, that the possibilities are endless!) Perhaps matched with a nice simple belt would be quite touching.

If your looking to buy anything similar i recomend you visit a website called www.forever21.com it is for the most part indie i must admit, but if your willing to filter through all the things you probably wont wear, i think youll find some very good pieces! they are also quite affordable to, if you look in their sale section  you can buy dresses for $11.00! (US dollar) I found the skirt to the right on this site, in the contemporary section. (click brands, select contemporary, then on the left side it should categorize to skirts, dresses etc;)

Shoe wise, i think some popart heels are quite apropriate, infact theres a really cool pair in TUK shoes online with a recycled newspaper design (you probably already spotted the shoe on the left) you can visit them online @ (insertadress) if pop art shoes really dont phase you at all, TUK also has some very nice varitey of mary-janes and boots! you could also try lace up military boots (of the not bulky kind) and depending on what colour theme you have going, tan/skin coloured shoes will also match very well!

As for Acessories, i think this really makes the two cultures come together. Personally i think pearls, lace and ribbon work very well, so look for things such as your bangle sets, dark floral headpieces (even better with a little neting), old fashioned earings etc; (you can refer to the first picture i posted if your bothered) below ive posted a range of jewelry that is all avaliable from the online shop i previously recomended, forever 21. A little "boho" (bohemian style) wouldent go astray either. although i wouldent stress about it if you really dont know anything about it!!

As for hair/makeup, its probably preferable to keep it very simple, theres no "indie" hairstyle although many indie artists and many indie kids tend to have loose wispy hair (and dreadlocks), it goes along with the whole indie thing very well. If you dont like leaving your hair looking like its "untamed", loose ringlets look nice, especially in red and light brown/dark blonde hair, or perhaps you could try something more done up. Often tighty pulled back hair works, even if you choose to leave your fringe out! this is really the time to twist your hair into a tight neat bun, or a low pony tail. Its probaly best to keep your make-up simple, perhaps just mascara, eyeliner (no wings sorry!) and foundation. If you can control yourself, i dont see why you cant try shading your eyelids a little darker!

Well, its probably time to conclude this post, its certainly become much longer than i expected it to be!Overall, i think anyone who takes time to think this culture clash through properly can very sucessfully dress in a combination of both goth and indie, there are so many possibilities which are absolutely endless! Generally i tihnk the result its quite elegant, classy, mature, aged and very "fashion friendly." Depending on the kind of attire you usually wear, you may find you dont get as many haters! but of course, if you are imersed in any alternative culture you probably find your haters quite entertaining!

Indie

luckily, my friend is going to tell you about indie stuff, so here goes:

"Independent music is not just a genre, for many people it is a lifestyle. You may walk into a second-hand clothing store and realise that this is just not your scene, but for a small minority of people it is. They have houses with floral wallpaper, various kinds of stockings, a large variety of herbal tea, and an old record player. Not really. Some people like those things. Personally, I really do, but I'm not sure I would dedicate my entire home to something like that.

There are many bands fitted into the indie genre, but I don't like putting bands into genres and groups. Its like putting your friends into groups of best, close & good. So I just listen to a whole heap of bands, many that people have not even heard of, as my friends call me a hipster.
I really enjoy listening to bands such as Washington, The Wombats, Art Vs. Science, Foster The People, The Jezabels, Boy And Bear, Gypsy & The Cat, Jinja Safari, Josh Pyke, Vampire Weekend, Regina Spektor, Florence & The Machine, Marina & The Diamonds, LIGHTS, Dan Sultan, Cloud Control, Sparkadia, The Waifs, John Butler Trio, Bluejuice, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Missy Higgins, etc;"

well, you got that part from her! unfortunately she didn't have time to get into the visual aspect of it but i think i can give you an acceptable description from my (alternative) point of view:

Indie culture is often quit distinct for its combination of hippie and "old school dress code" fashions. Rather than the tight jeans and vibrant colours, it is quite common to see an "indie kid" (particularly girls) in loose clothes with vintage floral patterns, old knit cardigans, naturally coloured jeans, anti-short skirts, sandals or boots (no skate shoes.... EVER!!!!! converses are quite acceptable though)
Over all, they are quite happy folk, and while I would never consider immersing myself in the culture, I certainly wouldn't dis anyone who does, like anything (culture/music/fashion) it requires a certain amount of creativity to be a "good" indie, especially without becoming cliche!
Another thing that comes to my attention (and quite random to) is the indie bop, as their music is often quite folk orientated (well, right now most independent music is) its become a growing trend to awkwardly bop (almost like a squat motion where your feet are together) in tune with the music!

Overall i hope this gives you a good insight to indie culture/music/fashion, perhaps (if i can convince her) she submit another article regarding her fabulous world of Indie!


(Posted by .itsdannibitch @ weheartit.com respectively)

Black Veil Brides EP trailer #2

well, they uploaded anothe vid, and i would have mentioned this before, but im very bad at checking my emails!! anyway, it doesnt tell us much more but i certainly has me worked up... all i know is that it mostly consists of music that didnt quite make it onto their most recent album.

Updates

well, lately Ive been busy so i apologize for the lack of quality, however i will try and get something interesting happening here!!! Right now for ideas I'm thinking about:
-confusions amongst religion (although i really don't want to offed anyone or have a biased opinion of course!)
-more nursery rhymes/fairy tales
-shopping and where to find your wardrobe (i have many online stores i would love to share)
if you would like me to write about anything in particular feel free to post below! In the meantime, I'm going to post some nice pictures Ive stumbled upon lately for inspiration (all found via google, which may come from other networks respectively)

I kind of really love this as you vary rarely see leather and lace used together, let alone actually looking good!

The Silver Shrine

The silver Shrine is another psychobily/rockabilly/gothabilly band, that is probably more publicised that the hellfreaks although i think i like the hellfreaks a tad more. nether the less, the silver shrine are pretty good!

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

not that i have long, but ill try and get through this nursery rhyme.
"Mary, Mary quite contrary,
how do your gardens grow?
with silver bells and cockle shells
and pretty maids, all in a row."

Mary is believed to refer to bloody Mary, or queen the Mary the first of England. She was known for her brutal punishments, and the many tortures she conducted. The "gardens" she was growing was more a metaphorical reference to all the people she was killing, and how the graveyards were filling up quickly. Amongst the common folk of England during this time, a Silver bell was a slang term for an instrument of torture, which applied great pressure to the thumbs and/or fingers, and completely crushing them. The cockle shell was another used term for another instrument which was believed to inflict genital torture. A Maid, or a maiden was the name that people used to speak of the guillotine, which was the official instrument used for the be-heading of people.

Seasonal change

well, now the joy of Halloween is over we are moving into Christmas, it can be a good thing but I'm very low in religion and i cant stand big groups of people. But since its coming and its not entirely bad, Ive decided to write about a couple phobias Ive heard of in relation to Christmas!

So for the most part, its called Christmas-phobia, and branches into many phobias of certain aspects of the celebration.
First off, there is  "Ho-ho-phobia." the Phobia of Santa's large white heard and the awful little Green things that work for him. It may sound ridiculous, but I'm sure its perfectly logical. I mean, if i had seen a "beardless Santa" when i was little, i may have felt as if my intelligence had been abused. Or it may have been really intimidating. I guess that most cases of this phobia would have been from bad childhood experiences.

Another one Ive heard about is North polar disorder, this is basically the constant fear that there is something on your roof. it doesn't just apply to reindeer's perching up above your head. there could be many things that choose to take residence up there!

So there are quite some peculiar things out there... i only had time to mention a few!