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The best albums of 2014
By Noah Zeidman | December 4, 2014Across genres, it has been a pretty great year in music.
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Across genres, it has been a pretty great year in music.
This has been an excellent year for film, offering everything from gripping blockbusters to innovative personal films.
It has become common practice among music artists to repackage their albums in an effort to simultaneously boost single sales and dish out new content by slightly renaming the album or slapping “Deluxe” onto the title.
David Guetta cemented his status as one of the world’s premiere DJs with the release of his last album, “Nothing But The Beat.” His latest studio album, “Listen,” is another fantastic addition to the artist’s electronic dance music catalogue, featuring collaborations from Nicki Minaj, MAGIC!, Emeli Sande, The Script, Sia, John Legend, Bebe Rexha and more.
With movie franchises trying to make as many films possible to capitalize on profits, the artistic integrity of making a single novel made into multiple movies is certainly questionable.
Jessica Lea Mayfield doesn’t care what you think. With her bright pink hair and furry green guitar strap, she is an artist who knows her sound and has charted her own course through her music.
Inspired by Paul Klee’s statement of “a line is a dot that went for a walk,” “What Is A Line?,” the Fralin Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, is scheduled to open next year, and will continue the museum’s long tradition of multicultural pieces — this time by examining a particular artistic technique.
The Virginia Players presented "Baby with the Bath Water" at Helms Theater Tuesday evening in the second show in their Reading Series. The production — part of an effort by the Drama Department's student liaison group to bring lesser-known plays to life through rehearsed readings — brought actors to the stage, dressed in street clothes and lined in a row.
English-Irish boy band One Direction has 99 problems and at least 12 of them are girls — that is, according to their new album “Four,” anyway.
When a murder scandal rattles a small mining town in 1960s rural Missouri, the lives of the seemingly ordinary residents of the sleepy community begin to unravel.
Charlottesville is known for its vibrant music scene, but its visual arts scene is just as strong.
The mural greeting each visitors to the lobby of Old Cabell Hall is a mixture of nostalgia, artistic flair and school pride.
Back from the corners of pop music obscurity, Nick Jonas released his second studio album last week, and it is sure to be one of the most interesting records of the year. Jonas has been in the public eye for almost 10 years now, after gaining fame with his brothers and captivating the hearts of teenage girls worldwide.
Parquet Courts have had a busy year, first releasing the critically acclaimed “Sunbathing Animal” and now returning (with a cheekily subtle name change to Parkay Quarts) with another full-length, “Content Nausea.” “Content nausea” presumably refers to the discomfort, physical or emotional, of being utterly inundated with content in this age of smartphones and constant Internet connectivity.
“Wherever you go, there you are” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn Alex Zhang Hungtai was born a drifter.
Walt Disney Animations Studios' latest feature film effort — “Big Hero 6” — is a mostly-stellar addition to the company’s timeless resume.
Acclaimed Pitchfork reviewer and Stereogum editor Tom Breihan visited OpenGrounds last Tuesday for a fireside chat on the current state of the music industry — a topic which traversed Taylor Swift, indie band drama and the future of rap music. The event was put together by University Programs Council, and marked Breihan’s second visit to the University.
Gabriel Polsky’s documentary, “Red Army,” stunned on the final day of the 2014 Virginia Film Festival with its discourse on the politicization of the Soviet hockey team during the Cold War. The team’s story is told by former players who grew up training with the team, known as the Red Army Club and Polsky’s filming style includes not only their spoken words, but also silent moments of self-reflection that follow each person’s narrative.
“The Theory of Everything,” which screened at Culbreth Theater Friday night as part of the Virginia Film Festival, tells the true story of the relationship between legendary physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his ex-wife Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones). Based on Jane Hawking’s memoir, “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen,” the story begins in Hawking’s early days at Cambridge as a young Ph.D.
Run the Jewels’ performance at the Jefferson Theater Sunday, Nov. 2 delivered many of the same things as their sophomore album: a monumental, triumphant punch in the face.
