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Earl Sweatshirt creates epic rap album

By Tyler Neal | December 3, 2018

Earl Sweatshirt’s new album, “Some Rap Songs,”is a challenging but compelling project where he sheds all pretenses of making commercial music and takes his rightful place as the spiritual successor of rap’s early 2000’s underground legends,...

The 1975 releases self-produced album to great success

By Noah Thornburgh | December 3, 2018

The 1975 has attempted to capture the specific postmodern feelings associated with the Internet age in their latest album, “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.” The album exists in a tension between longing for the genuineness of the past and...

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ smashes the box office.

By Sarah Ficher | November 29, 2018

Disney Animation Studios is well known for the multitude of ways its animated films bring out the child in everyone. In Disney’s new and colorful animated sequel “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Wreck-It Ralph and his sweet sidekick Vanellope Von Schweetz...

Rappers glorify drugs in their music

By Peter Zemeske | November 29, 2018

Drugs and music have typically had a close relationship with one another. This relationship started as early as 1930 when it was depicted in the film “International House,” in which marijuana and jazz are juxtaposed with one another, but may have...

Coldplay creates cinematic concert

By Noah Thornburgh | November 26, 2018

“Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams” is a movie about a camera-wielding friend with legendary foresight. Director Mat Whitecross began filming the four members of Coldplay before they were famous, when they were roommates at University College London...

‘Fantastic Beasts’ falls short of expectations

By Parker Otto | November 26, 2018

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” has impressionable characters, magical creatures and a beautiful atmosphere. However, the film has an unfocused narrative with nonsensical subplots and meanders resulting in a film that is okay at best...

.Paak compiles artists for new album

By Peter Zemeske | November 26, 2018

“Oxnard” is Paak’s third studio album and the follow up to 2016’s “Malibu.” Anderson .Paak, born Brandon Paak Anderson, has been in the music scene since 2009 but didn’t start performing under the Anderson .Paak moniker until 2013 with his...

'Neon Future III' makes for fun listen

‘Neon Future III’ makes for fun listen

By Peter Zemeske | November 16, 2018

In the world of EDM, or electronic dance music, it can be hard for an artist to distinguish oneself from the horde of helmet-brandishing DJs. Steve Aoki has separated himself from the rest with his enthusiastic personality, energetic live shows and boundary-pushing...