Issue 24 / 581 month ago

10 WORST ATHLETES/TEAMS OF 2025

10. THE WARRIORS Don’t listen to anyone who said this year was our year. Next year is definitely our year. 9. HARRISON BUTKER Last year, the Kansas place kicker spewed

Issue 24 / 581 month ago

10 BEST ATHLETES/TEAMS OF 2025

10. STEVEN ADAMS The grizzled veteran is now reaching an age where people not only appreciate the fact he is still doing it but are realising the greatness he always

Issue 24 / 581 month ago

10 WORST ALBUMS OF 2025

10. ALTER EGO (LISA) It’s hard to break out solo from such a big band, and Lisa certainly has the vocals for it. This album just isn’t the one. Rockstar

Columns1 month ago

10 BEST ALBUMS OF 2025

10. BEAUTIFUL CHAOS (KATSEYE) A catchy and energetic first album for a female girl group with endless talent. 9. RUBY(JENNIE) Jennie’s Ruby is more than a debut. Free from YG’s

issue 23 / 581 month ago

Shawn Gets His First Kickflip

Skater Shawn from Ohio (@punks.sticks_) battles gravity, concrete, and his legs, to land his first kickflip. He had this to share about the haunting process, “every fail made me try

News1 month ago

ASTROTURDS: The kiwi grifter’s desire to be a Yank

Recently, ACT party leader David Seymour half-earnestly plead to Parliament that they recognise the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a move which was blocked by The Greens and Te Pāti Māori.

News1 month ago

(national is) CRUNCHING OUR NUMBERS

The economy is a daunting thing for most people, not only are econ majors usually really, blood-boilingly insufferable, but the big wigs running the show love dressing up what’s going

issue 23 / 581 month ago

Beware The Goth Youth

The ‘90s were a time of both optimism and unease. The internet promised connection, the economy was booming, and pop culture was fueled by irony and rebellion. Yet, beneath the

issue 23 / 581 month ago

The Shadow:Auckland’s Goth Scene From the 80s to Early 2000s

What is gothic and what does it mean to be a goth?This very question has been the source of many disagreements and no small amount of gatekeeping, and I think

Features1 month ago

Spooky Moons, Spooky Moods

It’s a windswept October’s night; a long howl echoes through the night, curling and searching its way through the misty streets. The clouds scud across the sky, flitting in and

Columns2 months ago

Aesthetic Of The Macabre

Written by Aya Dead bodies are a favourite topic of conversation across the humanities. It seems that there’s just something fascinating about the dark, decaying and macabre. Every culture has

Columns2 months ago

Graveyard Etiquette

Ah, Tik Tok, the place where all micro trends go to live and die. Home of dancing, viral song, and as it appears, gravestone cleaning. While this may seem like

Columns2 months ago

In Defense of Performative Males

Okay please, let me explain myself.   I fear this is actually an unproductive trend, I fear that calling out ‘performative males’ with their tote bags and their moustaches is actually

Columns2 months ago

Nexus Book Club: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remains one of the most unsettling Victorian novellas. Published in 1886, it reflects contemporary anxieties about respectability, urban life,

Columns2 months ago

The Light in the Dark

Cue Beetoven, symphony No. 5.  Duuh duh duh duuhhh  Duh duh duh duuuuhhhhhhhh…   That’s the song I get when I’m standing in a gothic cathedral, staring up at the vaulted

issue 22/582 months ago

Lans and Ruby’s Very Official Tattoo Placement Pain Scale

Welcome to the ultimate tattoo placement pain guide where Ruby Tocker and Lans McGall professionally and seriously rate (most) body placements for tattoos. Below is a detailed map accompanied by