It’ll be hard to look back at 2015 and not think of the contributions Drake and Future made to hip-hop -- and to the musical landscape in general -- this year. They each released their own full-length albums in 2015, both of which were met with their fair share of critical praise. Drake’s “If ...
Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013 - present) premiered its third season last week with an exciting episode that, with any luck, will set the tone for the rest of the season. The premiere starts off at a quick pace, a welcome surprise considering that the past season moved frustratingly ...
It's no surprise that students on American college campuses have been working for years -- if not decades -- to enact more climate friendly policies on their campuses, in their states and across the country. Though these efforts are usually done independently of one other, on Oct. 2, students ...
Looking to make your weekend artsy? Just trying to find something to do? Here are some cool events in Boston this weekend:Know Tomorrow Music and Climate Festival: This festival is meant to stir up concern about climate change by bringing interested people together for an afternoon of musical performances and speeches ...
Female leads on television are becoming increasingly prominent, but they're not always done right. It's easy to take a female character and make her one-dimensional or dependent on a man, so when a complex and strong female character comes onto the screen, she deserves recognition. This ...
For Chinese students, a significant slice of the pie called education involves recitation. They start with simple poems and stories and move on to more advanced literature, eventually memorizing English works as well. That’s what my Chinese university friends told me this summer over a delicious family-style ...
The array of artistic abilities that sophomore, and undeclared computer science and Japanese major, Fury Sheron possesses is truly impressive. Her artistic pursuits on campus range from visual art, to music, to fire spinning. It would seem that there are very few constraints on her artistic exuberance.The ...
In June 2012, two brothers released an EP called “The Face.” Their remix of Jessie Ware’s single “Running” (2013) had already been tearing up dance floors for three months, and the duo, known as Disclosure, had been gathering momentum since 2010 in the underground house scene. However, with ...
ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014 - present) premiered its second season last week and somehow managed to introduce even crazier plot twists than the first.Though viewers know from the season finale that it was in fact defense attorney and law professor Annalise Keating's ...
“1989” (2014) was perhaps Taylor Swift’s biggest step away from her country singer-songwriter roots and toward the world of pop. She collaborated with high-profile pop producers like Max Martin and Shellback to create hits including the chart-topping “Shake it Off” and “Blank Space" ...
This was unquestionably the summer of Fetty Wap. The previously unheralded rapper from Patterson, N.J. burst onto the scene with the ubiquitous single “Trap Queen” and then followed that catchy tune up with three other top 40 hits: “679,” “My Way” and “Again." In the process, he ...
Remember Danity Kane? It's back...in a way. Dumblonde, a duo comprised of former Danity Kane members Shannon Bex and Aubrey O’Day, released its debut, self-titled album this Friday.The original female pop group dissolved in 2009 after its members had a falling out. Subsequent reconciliations ...
"Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp" -- released this past summer on Netflix -- is a comedy series written by David Wain and Michael Showalter (and directed by Wain) and functions as a prequel to Wain's movie, "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001). The cast of the original ...
Julia Holter is much more than the average college-educated singer-songwriter type. She is arguably one of the few musicians willing to experiment with ambient pop, a sub-genre that has become trite and overdone in recent years. With her fourth effort, “Have You In My Wilderness" -- released ...
About a year ago, I thought that I didn't like mystery novels. I thought they were predictable, formulaic and populated with cookie-cutter style detectives who investigated gruesome crimes in bland prose while reflecting on their failed relationships with their ex-wives. Then I read the first novel ...
Teriyaki House is first and foremost a misnomer, after which it is a case study in blurred lines from its food to its location. Situated in the same building as the eminent Yoshi’s, Teriyaki House is severely outshone by its neighbor. In fact, the easiest way to guide people there is to direct them ...
Ryan Murphy, creator of "Glee" (2009-2015) and "American Horror Story" (2011-present), throws political correctness to the wind in his new Fox horror-comedy series, "Scream Queens." Indeed, the two-part season premiere -- which aired last week -- left viewers in shock ...
As the suspenseful synthesizers fade out, a heavyset, pasty man in a leather jacket and amber-tinted glasses looks directly into the camera and says, “Greetings traveler, I’m Garth Marenghi, horror writer. Most of you will probably know me already from my extensive canon of chillers, including 'Afterbirth,' ...
Up until high school, I was a major germophobe when it came to food-sharing. By the time I reached college though, I grew accustomed to friends taking bites out of my sandwich, giving me a spoonful of their froyo or taking a sip out of my solo cup. College is no place for germophobes, and I was lucky ...
Lana Del Rey is one of those avant-garde noir singers who confuses her listeners as much as she entertains them. Bolstering her carefully constructed persona of old school Hollywood glamour with her smoky, '60s-era vocals, Del Rey combines rich, dramatic sound with a compelling narrative of the ...
