Here's a little something that arrived in my mailbox a few days ago. It's not exactly a local product, but there is a connection by way of a certain Daniel Talma, whose name will certainly ring familiar with a good number of Maltese bands and artists who have stepped into a recording studio. Some years ago Talma, who is based locally, had also launched the ambitious BeMixed project with ex-Fellowfish drummer Christophe Ladret. That project eventually folded in 2013, but it d

A mainstream act this is not, in fact Curmudgeon is more of an ongoing project through which young musician Timothy Garrett gets to explore new ideas. Experimentation has been the driving force behind all three of this project's releases to date, and the latest, LOCAT(I)ON is probably the most extreme of them all. Its core content is sculpted from field recordings lifted from a variety of places and surroundings which, in turn have inspired Garrett to infiltrate the spaces an

Despite living abroad for several years, his ties to the Maltese metal scene are still as strong as ever. MICHAEL BUGEJA catches up with MALCOLM CALLUS to talk about zines, metal and how music has truly become his life and livelihood. Like most people out there, I tend to miss a good chunk of the myriad notifications Facebook throws at us at an impossible rate on a daily basis. However, a few months back one post in particular caught my eye, and I immediately clicked to see m