By Nolan Lewis
At the tender age of 17, armed only with an acoustic guitar, Tom Gabel captured the audiences of his guerrilla concerts with potent anarchist anthems. From these humble beginnings, Against Me! developed their knack for writing and performing powerful protest songs that didn’t need an amp to get your attention. Moving away from the Laundromats… Continue reading Protest punk pushes peace
By Nolan Lewis
The United States is like an alcoholic father who gets horned up at strip joints and gets caught humping a grilled cheese sandwich in the bathroom at the local all-night diner. You can pretend you’re adopted all you want, but you’ll never escape the title of ‘son of a drunken sandwich fucker.’ Likewise, the U.S.’s… Continue reading Keeping a close eye on the chedda’
By Nolan Lewis
With Bermuda Shorts Day nearly upon us, we need to pick up our book-bludgeoned and bloodied bodies, slowly regain our monitor-induced fuzzy vision and look towards the sweet nectar of the Gods before us. A popular weapon in students’ battles to forget the tests looming before us like judgement from the academic beast is the… Continue reading Music Interview: Chimaira resurrects American metal
By Nolan Lewis
There are people who say metal reached its peak in the ’80s. Those people are idiots who have no idea what they are talking about. If it’s proof you want, you’ll receive it when Opeth invades MacHall next week. For the past 15 years the band has led metal with their progressive style of melodic… Continue reading Music Interview: Opeth still strong
By Nolan Lewis
Don’t be deceived by their name, As I Lay Dying has never been more alive with a mission to go forth to wreak havoc with their majestic metal and hardcore attitude. With each album the band’s sound matures and their fan base grows with every balls-to-the-wall performance. Headlining a tour through the U.S. and Canada,… Continue reading Music Interview: Not taking it lying down
By Nolan Lewis
Hip-hop music has been steadily declining since its glory days in the ’80s. The emcee evolved from a street conscious spokesman of the urban culture to a Scarface-quoting, gun-totting, womanizing “gangsta.” As a result, hip-hop music has become a pile of steamy repetitive thug crap. But underground Canadian hip-hop label Peanuts & Corn is here… Continue reading Music Interview: Holy crap! Nuts and corn
By Nolan Lewis
50 Cent says in the chorus of The Game’s new single, “Nobody doing how we doing so show us some love.” Thug rap has spread faster than herpes in a co-ed dorm. The conscious emcee has been pushed to the underground garnering about as much attention as the creepy and ranting homeless guy with no… Continue reading Spun: mcenroe and Birdapres
By Nolan Lewis
In early September of 2002, Candiria was involved in a car accident while on tour, leaving the band with serious and critical injuries. Having survived the accident, the Brooklyn band is “reborn” to releases their fifth album, What Doesn’t Kill You… The end result sounds like the love child of Fred Durst, Zach DeLaRocha and… Continue reading SPUN: Candiria
By Nolan Lewis
The early ’90s were sad. Besides the repetition of “righteous” and Bermuda short wearing wannabe surfers, it also marked the beginning of Hulk Hogan’s acting career–one most of us would like to forget. Except Disney, it seems, as they decided to remake Hulkamaniac’s Mr. Nanny. In it, the Hulkster was a wrestler/bodyguard assigned to protect… Continue reading Movie Review: Surprise, Vin Diesel still not funny
By Nolan Lewis
Cradle of Filth, England’s figurehead of metal, is coming. And if you were to look up on a night lit by a pouty moon, you might expect to see figures swarthed in black and buckles swoop over head. But of course, that would be silly. They may not be free, but they’re not here to… Continue reading Cradle of Filth births destruction