It's that time of year again, and I'm guessing that since you're reading this you survived Krampusnacht relatively unscathed. Good for you. As for me the day job is keeping me suitably busy to have slowed my output for Intravenous Magazine down for much longer than I had anticipated. Luckily at this time of year I can console myself with mulled wine and force-feed myself lebkuchen until I burst. I APOLOGISE FOR NOTHING!
But if Christmas is not your thing, fear not loyal readers for we have our annual treat lined up and ready to be unleashed. For those of you new to Intravenous Magazine you may have noticed we like to do a little free compilation to mark our birthday, and New Years Day 2017 is no exception. We have a fantastic line-up of bands covering a range of genres, some new, some established, but all with something to offer.
As always the download will be accompanied by cover art and an A4 PDF booklet with info and links for all the bands. As always we can't do these things without the support of the bands and labels in the scene so if you find something you like, why not spend that Christmas money on a CD or two from their own site?
The first of January marks four years of Intravenous Magazine since I decided to launch it to carry on the – what I thought was fairly decent – work I had been doing for Dominion Magazine. To be honest I didn't think it would take off and would just quietly fizzle out. And fast forward to the end of 2016 and I'll be damned if I let this ship sink any time soon. With that in mind I have to acknowledge that I can't keep things going as they are and so from January onwards I will be extending some invitations out to new reviewers and columnists and inject a bit more activity into the site.
Other things to look forward to – the Intravenous top albums of 2016 will be on its way as usual next month, also I'll be inviting some respected DJs and artists to contribute special mixes to our Mixcloud account. There is life in this thing yet.
But that's it from me. A short but sweet send off to a strange year – we lost so many greats, yet from a personal standpoint it has been one of positive growth and fulfilment. I hope you'll join us in 2017.
Finally, if you haven't already got them, go get our three download compilations from our bandcamp – so much free music! What the hell are you waiting for?!
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