When a band claims it is "like no other band," you really have no choice but to agree. What else is there to say to a statement so blunt and bold?
Everybody loves quirky movies. You know the type -- subjective films that expose the somewhat weird underbelly of America.
During the early 2000s -- when the Pixies' "rediscovery age" raged through the indie rock scene -- thousands of critics and music fans were pointing admiring fingers their way and claiming they were the progenitors of modern indie rock.
As college students, we appreciate the value of getting anything for free. Free T-shirts, free food -- anything that we don't have to pay for instantly becomes much more attractive.
Street Kings doesn't necessarily require that much explaining. It's a dirty cop flick so firmly set in its genre and flooded with convention that at times it's slightly embarrassing to watch.
First Year Players presents Damn Yankees How far would you go for your favorite sports team? Would you make a pact with the devil?
Imagine you are watching a Tim Burton film set in an Eastern European, gypsy shanty town. Now, imagine what the soundtrack would sound like and you've got Man Man, the Philadelphia-based quintet that has made crazy sound better than ever.
Considering the amount of self-governance at the University, the strength of the jazz program should not be surprising.
If you happen to be on Rugby Road Friday night, it might be time to explore the artistic world of Helms Theatre.
Spring is a season of emergence and renewal around the globe, but here at the University it has some unique connotations: the return of public exposure on the Lawn, boozing it up at horse races and the Salmagundi Film Festival. Since its conception 12 years ago, Salmagundi has been helping to spread interest in student filmmaking at the University.
Los Campesinos! refuse to do their math homework. Instead they make hyperactive indie-pop songs about awkward dancing and even more awkward romances.
If you're looking for something new and interesting to listen to as you walk around Grounds, look no further than the University's own Sil'hooettes, an all female a capella group that has not only been strutting their stuff around Grounds, but earning recognition from the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America in their most recent Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. The Sil'hooettes were nominated for a grand total of five nominations for their newest CD Sauce, including Best Collegiate Album, Best Collegiate Soloist, Best Collegiate Song, Best Collegiate Arrangement and Best Scholastic Original Song.
I was driving really late one clear summer night in my pimpin' minivan listening to The Black Keys' "Act Nice & Gentle." It was my favorite song of theirs at the time and, incidentally, the only song I really knew.
Pitchfork.tv launches for the public Pitchfork Media -- a popular site for online reviews of independent, hip-hop and electronic music -- debuted its new satellite web site, Pitchfork.tv, April 7.
Is there really anything more to music than sex, drugs and rock 'n roll? It is refreshing to think so, and when we see a band with the self-proclaimed aspiration to "cause people to view life through a different lens, one of honesty, hope, redemption, and change," we sometimes find ourselves a bit surprised.
"No time to question the choices I make," Michael Stipe sings on the title track of R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate.
In a gushing article last February, "Time" magazine declared George Clooney "The Last Movie Star." In the age of paparazzi surveillance and weekly celebrity meltdowns, Clooney, to "Time" at least, is a vestige of an era where movie stars and morals came in black and white (though some might point out a few shades of grey). Clooney is charming, he's talented, he's agedly handsome, but most importantly, he perpetually seems to have just swaggered out of some swanky, smoky and effortlessly exclusive night club.
If there is one cause that seems to resonate with more college students today than anything else, the crises in Darfur and Uganda definitely top the list.
Remix 'Nude' for Radiohead The Starbucks nearest you may have been selling copies of In Rainbows since early January, but that doesn't mean that Radiohead is done promoting their new album just yet.
After the smart and funny preview for the new movie 21, it's easy to have high expectations. Hopeful filmgoers shouldn't worry about a disappointment, however; these expectations are all met, and then some, with the unexpected twists and turns of this film and excellent acting. Perhaps the reason this movie is so appealing is that it's inspired by a true story about college students.
