When One Direction first took The X Factor stage in 2010 as a manifestation of Simon Cowell’s deepest sexual fantasy; a legacy of fanfare was re-awoken. A long forgotten legacy that hadn’t seen the light of day since JT went solo. A new legacy that had the internet, camera...
In an interview Lorde described her third release as her ‘weed album’, but to me it reads more like a ‘I discovered weed since moving to California and have since made it my whole personality’ album. It begins strong with ‘The Path’, a funky 60s folk offering reminiscent of...
My laptop kicked the bucket for good on Sunday and after clearing out my savings to buy a new one and struggling for days trying to work on my phone, I got a grumpy email from a lecturer about my poor online attendance. Not a single email of support...
Lockdown tunes to vibe and stress out to. http:// Love Lockdown – Kanye West Aunty Cindy will tell you this lockdown is for love, but it ain’t for the love of Auckland. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper This one goes out to Daddy Bloomfield, in every uncertain moment...
It should come as absolutely no surprise that I can’t stand the snobbery surrounding music. Genre preferences are one thing but jumping on the anti-Nickelback bandwagon because you don’t have enough of a backbone to admit ‘This Is How You Remind Me’ fucking slapped in 2001 AND was nominated...
I peaked early and wrote a sex playlist ages ago, so here’s a list of songs you definitely DON’T want to put on to get freaky. I Miss You – Blink-182 Don’t get me wrong, this is a great song, but Tom DeLonge’s opening whine WHEEREE ARE YOUUU...
This week National’s Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett is on a deserved holiday after a long few weeks of watching people on tractors complain about the rising cost of utes and people on the news who use the word “Aotearoa”. We gave some thought to just running this piece online...
No, I don’t mean literally fucking the patriarchy. I’ve already done a sex playlist. Boys Will Be Boys – Dua Lipa BUT GIRLS WILL BE WOMEN. SLAYYY DUA. Money – Cardi B I wish all my pyjamas were leather. Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves Kacey says...
Have you found yourself in a shady shed during Re-O’Week where nobody’s heard of Sub Focus and your usual AUX offerings just won’t cut the mustard? Fear not. One Headlight – The Wallflowers Cmondrivealittlenothingisforveritsbnhjyvjafsahfksdfhkaelajajwfahjf IN THE MIDDLE. Song 2 – Blur If all else fails you can...
Not gonna lie, the Nexus office divas were fighting over who would get to review Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, SOUR. I said “if you don’t let me, it’ll be my next playlist”. Then I got a message from a friend asking “plz make your next playlist this whole...
