Trick Mammoth

Posted 10:02pm Sunday 24th February 2013

Trick Mammoth is a Dunedin pop trio consisting of Adrian Ng (songwriting and vocals), Millie Lovelock (guitar and vocals), and Sam Valentine (drums). Enigmatic frontman Adrian describes their sound as “lo-fi music with a 90s guitar-pop edge.” He has been writing solo material under the Trick Read more...

Tomahawk - Oddfellows

Posted 10:02pm Sunday 24th February 2013

Alternative metal supergroup Tomahawk are back with their first album in six years. Instead of picking up where the Native American-inspired Anonymous left off, the Mike Patton-led band of misfits have taken the Tomahawk sound back to its very roots, producing something truly unique. As the Read more...

My Bloody Valentine - m b v

Posted 10:02pm Sunday 24th February 2013

How do you follow up a genre-defining masterpiece? My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields has spent the last two decades pondering that very question. Since its release in 1991, the band’s magnum opus Loveless has established itself as not only the definitive shoegaze album, but as one of the most Read more...

The Hunter - Mastodon

Posted 5:04am Monday 10th October 2011

(2.5/5) After hitting their commercial and creative stride with 2009's celestial Crack the Skye, American heavy metal outfit Mastodon return with their most vanilla album to date. Felicitously titled The Hunter, this back-to-basics approach to their very own progressive sludge style seems Read more...

Gary Numan – Dead Son Rising

Posted 4:12am Monday 3rd October 2011

(5/5) Salvaged from the cutting-room floor, this collection of previously unfinished songs continues in a similar vein to Numan’s 2006’s anthemic opus Jagged, and thanks to collaborator/programmer extraordinaire Ade Fenton, Gary’s atheistic industrial sound he established Read more...

Because Men are Worth it.

Posted 5:17am Monday 19th September 2011

A University of Otago Marketing Department study shows that use of cosmetic grooming products has become widely accepted by young New Zealand males. Senior Lecturer Dr Lisa McNeill and L’Oreal scholarship honours student Katie Douglas recently recruited a group of 18 to 22 year-old males to take Read more...

Which Religion should you sign up to?

Posted 2:34am Monday 12th September 2011

  1) Do you believe in God/an all-powerful equivalent? Yes (go to Question 2) / No (go to Atheist)   2) Do you identify with modern society? Yes (go to Question 3) / No (go to Question 4)   3) Are you chilled as fuck? Yes (go to Buddhist) / Nah I’m Read more...

GUNS AND EXPLOSIONS = NO DENTISTS

Posted 4:06am Monday 15th August 2011

Otago dental students have created a 100% not-for-profit charity that seeks to improve the crumbling healthcare system in war-torn Iraq. The charity is called Iraqi Children's Aid and Repair Endeavour (ICARE), and is the first of its kind operating in New Zealand. There are an estimated 5 Read more...

THE HORRORS: SKYING

Posted 4:04am Monday 15th August 2011

From the gimmicky, narcotic goth implosions of their debut album Strange House, to the stylish post-punk/shoegazing of their sophomore Primary Colours, The Horrors have demonstrated that their metamorphosis is an ongoing affair. Guitars have gone from screeching to fuzzy, drums from driving to Read more...

New Divisional Postgrad Reps

Posted 4:38am Thursday 11th August 2011

In the wake of a recent OUSA Postgraduate Committee meeting, eight new Divisional Representatives for the rest of the year have been confirmed. These are: Simon Hoermann, Sarah Forbes, Anna Lindstrom, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Maria Pozza, Margi McMurdo-Reading, Adam Beissel and Sourav Paul. The Read more...