Invasive species are a major contributor to biodiversity loss, and new arrivals are a particular concern. However, some invasive species get more attention than others. You may have heard about the spotted lanternfly or the box moth, two introduced insects currently spreading across Southern Ontario.… Read More »The Elm Zigzag Sawfly: A New Invasive Threat to Native Trees
Though they’ve delivered a few pre-release songs, we haven’t had a title track from A.C.E since 2021. The group still isn’t quite whole for new single My Girl, but with Kang Yuchan (Chan) recently coming back from military service, the days of five-member promotions seem… Read More »Song Review: A.C.E – My Girl
Since 1999 Oakland’s Rock Against Rock provocateurs Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have been rewriting the heavy side of avant-garde with just about every twist in the vine. Their perpetual use of the kitchen sink has rightly or wrongly earned them comparisons to Mr. Bungle, Estradasphere and… Read More »Track Premiere: “El Evil” Shows that a 13 Year Layoff Hasn’t Made Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Any Less Weird
Riders of Rohan do not fit neatly into metal, and they are better for it. The idiosyncratic Swedish rock trio is themed around the Tolkien universe, feature multiple lead singers, and are sonically so proto-metal oriented that they were blacklisted and removed from Metallum. Following… Read More »EP Premiere: Riders of Rohan – ‘With Hope or Without’
Since its inception, the video game industry has been largely dominated by Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom with names like Super Mario Bros., Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto having reached a level of ubiquity such that even our technologically impaired editor-in-chief has… Read More »KILL SCREEN 031: Digestor is No Fake Gamer GHOUL