Dunedin’s Gig Heydey

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012

Whenever I go to a gig these days I leave feeling a little disappointed. It’s not that the bands can’t play, or that the venue is shit, or even that I can’t stand the people who are at the gig, even though those are often problems too. What I am continually disappointed by is the lack of atmosphere Read more...

Le Chef

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012

French comedy Le Chef follows the struggles of veteran chef Alexandre (Jean Reno) and his second in command Jacky (Michael Youn) as they try to juggle home life with their love of cooking. This tricky situation is further exacerbated by the interfering son of Alexandre’s retired business partner Read more...

Diatribe | Issue 21

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012

In case you missed the memo, zombies are the new big thing. They have appeared in fiction, movies, games, poetry, and a few of my sexual fantasies. Screw werewolves, vampires, and fairies who claim they are vampires (that means you Eddy Cullen you sparkly bastard!). Zombies are the new wet dream of Read more...

Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

Posted 4:50am Monday 23rd August 2010

Warner Brothers 3/5      In 2005, Avenged Sevenfold took the world by storm with their album City of Evil. Critics raved, girls screamed, and emo kids found another band to add to their death list. The band’s self-titled album, released in 2007, did not have the Read more...

Dropkick Murphys - Live on Lansdowne

Posted 4:13am Monday 2nd August 2010

4/5 Live on Lansdowne is the second live album from Celtic Punk group Dropkick Murphys, second live album. It consists of an entirely new set from their original St. Patricks Day live album, which came out back in 2002. Live CDs make me apprehensive: generally, they sound like shit because Read more...