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Brandon Flowers releases spooky new video for 'Can’t Deny My Love'

By Anjali Nair | April 1

Brandon Flowers, the singer best known as the sultry front man of The Killers, released the first single  on March 30 from his upcoming album, “The Desired Effect,”set for release on May 19 in the United States. Bold and infectious, “Can’t Deny My Love” is a logical next step for Flowers, whose new wave and synth pop influences have been creeping into The Killers’ music since the band's debut in the early 2000s.

The Setonian
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'Into my own'

By Daniel Bottino | March 30

Graduation seems to be right around the corner. While everyone else on campus must be worrying about registering for classes next semester (that’s happening soon, right?) I am, along with the rest of the senior class, starting to realize that there are fewer than 50 days remaining until we’ve left ...

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Torn Ticket II production of 'Into the Woods' dazzles

By Grace Segers | March 30

From March 26 to March 28, Cohen Auditorium became a misty woodland, the site of fairy tales come to life. Student musical group Torn Ticket II’s production of “Into the Woods” (first performed in 1986), directed by Katherine Swimm, was a master class in college theatrical productions. The famed ...

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings energy, heart to Boston

By Grace Segers | March 30

From March 26 to 29, a beautiful, kinetic energy filled the Citi Wang Theatre in Boston, as the lithe dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater moved with powerful grace across the stage to echoing, often booming, songs and sounds. Although the Company danced only five performances from Thursday ...

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The Kesha Manifesto

By Nika Korchok | March 29

As the Tufts campus prepares to welcome one of pop’s biggest, most outlandish and crass stars to the Spring Fling stage, the Daily Arts Section set out to deliver a comprehensive history of her persona and her music, and to explain why she is a driving feminist force in the music industry.

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Kendrick Lamar exposes societal downfalls, shines on new album

By Yotam Bentov | March 26

The best hip-hop record in recent memory opens with a simple sound bit, sampled off of the 1974 Boris Gardiner song, “Every N****r is a Star” [this song title was altered during the editing process]. Kendrick Lamar’s "To Pimp a Butterfly" (2015) goes on to reaffirm, reject, tear, mend and scream this simple message of racial self-love. This is the record Kendrick Lamar has been waiting his entire career to make. It stands as a culmination of ideas previously established in Kendrick's work and fleshed out in full here; ideas about society, music, duty, evil and the way all these trappings are intertwined and self-propagating within his psyche. "To Pimp a Butterfly" is introspective, but is also driven by a simple mission of spreading light in a space that is dark – whether that space is Kendrick’s own mind or the community that surrounds him.

The Setonian
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Top 10 ways to cure your apathy

By Jessica Mow | March 25

Whether you went on vacation, went back home or stayed on campus over break, you probably are not ready to get back into the swing of things. In fact, if you're anything like the people I've been talking to, you’re not doing your homework at all. That’s okay -- you’re not alone, and with ...

The Setonian
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SWUG-et list

By Nikki Blank | March 25

My dearest Tufts students (and Nana),I am SWUGging out over here!!! Apparently there are only five weeks left of school, meaning that for one-quarter of the Tufts population, there are only five weeks left of college. BRB while I go curl up with my body pillow and cry to the sweet sound of Joni Mitchell ...

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'Game of Thrones' season 5 to diverge from plot of books

By Grace Segers | March 25

Fans of Westeros rejoice: Popular HBO television show “Game of Thrones” (2011-present) is returning in just a few short weeks. The fifth season of the series, which is based on the fantasy novels of the same name by George R.R. Martin, will premiere on April 12. Devotees of the books should take note, however, because the newest season is going to make some deviations from the original story.

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The Daily Arts department goes on spring break

By Josh Morris and Jennifer Straitz | March 25

While there’s nothing that the Daily Arts section loves more than a tale about teenage vagabonds causing mischief in Miami over that precious and precocious nine days in almost-spring (à la Harmony Korine’s 2012 masterpiece “Spring Breakers,” because who doesn’t love machine guns, a blonde ...

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'The Gunman' misses its mark

By Mariana Berenguer | March 25

It is surprising how little noise "The Gunman" (2015) made as it underwent production, with not much being known about the film until its recent release. Googling the movie provides only a vague description. One result from Fandango sells it as a “new action thriller from Pierre Morel, ...

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Defining Desire in 'Divine Desire'

By Emily Gruzdowich | March 24

Desiring to aesthetically render the allure of human flesh, artists have sought innovative ways to represent the human body -- both over-sexualizing and muting its carnal nature. The nude in the classical period, while often devoid of clothing, carefully concealed the nakedness of its form, replacing ...

The Setonian
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'Ghost House'

By Daniel Bottino | March 23

Few things appear more hopeless than an abandoned house. Lonely and forgotten, the dwelling stands as a reminder of a forgotten past. Who once lived there? Why did they leave? What secrets did they leave behind? The house stands as a testament to these unanswered and perhaps unanswerable questions, ...

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Palm Sugar's spicy noodles among best food near Davis Square

By Josh Podolsky | March 23

Just past Davis Square, across from a toy store, lies Palm Sugar. This unassuming Thai restaurant has all the endearing trappings of a hole-in-the-wall, with a few too many tables to actually be one. The food is fast, cheap, authentic and delicious. The menu is extensive without straying too far ...

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'Seymour: An Introduction' presents refreshing view of life

By Greta Jochem | March 23

A famous actor walks into a friend’s dinner party, meets an 87-year-old man, and is so overcome with inspiration he decides to make a movie about him. An unlikely prompt to a successful documentary, but precisely what occurred in the making of "Seymour: An Introduction"(2014), Ethan Hawke’s ...

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