Around this time of year, many people may be asking, "How exactly are the Oscar awards determined?" Sure, people like to talk about some Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a select and secret voting membership of about 6,000.
What would you do if someone peed on your rug? Jeff Bridges, in Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski, spends the majority of the movie answering that very question.
Klaxons cover Rihanna for the BRIT awards These days, it seems that everybody wants to offer their interpretation of Rihanna's massive single "Umbrella" -- Mandy Moore, Chris Brown and now the British indie outfit Klaxons.
Murder by Death is not a band known to shy away from ambitious concept records. For their sophomore album, Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?, the group composed an intricate song cycle based on a story involving the devil, Mexico and oil.
As I sit on the Greyhound on my trip to D.C., watching the landscape fly by, British Sea Power entrances me.
Dallas Green -- the name sounds like that of a prizewinning racehorse or a suburban Texan neighborhood.
What exactly is static? It's that white noise that can be anything if you listen closely -- the annoying show that's on when you're trying to work, someone on the phone when you're trying to sleep, or the thoughts you just can't shake when you need some peace of mind.
SOTL presents adaptation of the Bard's Othello What happens when a feminist playwright tries her hand at reinventing one of William Shakespeare's masterpieces?
When we as students are handed an assignment, we usually don't ever entertain the possibly that it will be viewed by anyone other than our professor or perhaps some poor overworked grad student.
Nada Surf, the trio best known for their hit single "Popular" in 1996, is still going strong 12 years later with a brand-new album release titled Lucky.
Though Hot Chip has spent the past five or so years creating a distinctive sound, one where techno blips, disco beats and smooth vocals are combined skillfully, their previous releases have suffered from monotony.
One of the University's premier ensembles, the 45-person Wind Ensemble, will perform its perform its February concert Sunday.
We've seen a lot of the dysfunctional family in recent cinematic history. Cult classics like The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and indie hits à la Little Miss Sunshine (2006) have made the theme an increasingly popular choice for movie scribes to tackle.
It is not difficult to see why Fool's Gold was made: After the $100 million success of the 2003 romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days -- it was inevitable that the stars of that film, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, would be reunited on-screen.
Super Bowl Sunday is not just a competition between two football teams; contrary to popular belief, the event is as much a bowl game for advertising agencies as it is for the NFL.
The Mars Volta have done it again. They made another album of dizzyingly good songs. Their titles don't make sense.
Chris Walla, while most known for his multi-instrumental contributions to Death Cab for Cutie, is also an accomplished producer who has given time and talent to bands such as Nada Surf, Tegan and Sara and the Decemberists.
What kind of band sings about grammar? Stumped? I've got the answer for you -- Vampire Weekend, an offbeat quartet that formed while attending Columbia.
California's Xiu Xiu has been making their original brand of indie-pop since their formation in 2000.
It's no secret that the digital age is redefining the value of music and challenging traditional distribution models.
