There are two dominant schools of burrito lovers at Tufts: those who prefer the smaller, more traditional style of Anna's burritos and those who prefer the fresh, hefty wraps of Chipotle. Though both these chains put up a fair fight, venture a little further from Davis Square and you’ll find ...
In the glory days of pop-punk, Hot Topic-clad, angst-ridden teens would bob their heads to Blink-182, layer on too many rings of black eyeliner and complain about their parents. Now, those teens are in college with no music to satiate their desire to stir up their rebellious days and make them feel like they should sneak out and cause trouble. With Fall Out Boy going mainstream and the days of Cute is What We Aim For and Jimmy Eat World long behind us, it may seem that a modern punk princess has nothing to listen to that combines both the self-aware snarky social commentary of punk, the infectious dance hooks of pop and the power chordage and wailing vocals of emo.
Even if you’re not a part of the tribe, chances are you have friends who have stopped eating all things delicious (aka any food with grain that has leavened aka BREAD) for that time of the year known as Pesach. We can skip the Hebrew school stories because you can Google why chametz is chazerei (no good). What you do need to know is how to avoid breaking Passover. Or maybe just how to help your Jewish friends through this difficult, bread-free, dark part of their lives.
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For sophomore economics major and communications and media studies minor Mika Sanger, every day offers a new artistic opportunity. In an email interview with the Daily, the Los Angeles native discussed her artistic accomplishments so far at Tufts and the goals she wants to achieve before graduation.
Singer and actress Hilary Duff was a familiar face in the entertainment world of the early 2000s, both for her hit Disney Channel series “Lizzie McGuire” (2001-2004) and her successful career as a pop musician. In recent years, though, she hasn’t often been in the spotlight, only making sporadic ...
It’s no secret that despite its proximity to New York, Boston is host to a “bagel drought” of sorts. Sure, there’s Einstein Bros. Bagels, or whatever your local diner decides to take out of the freezer that morning, but real, delicious bagels are few and far between. Mary Ting Hyatt set out ...
Starting in May, the Slater Concourse Gallery in the Tufts University Art Gallery, which is housed in the Aidekman Arts Center, will be featuring a distinctly unique exhibition. Curated by senior Grace Hoyt, the exhibition is entitled “Documenting American Ethos in the 1930s: Photographs by Walker Evans and Arthur Rothstein.” The two 40-foot-tall walls of the gallery will be lined with Depression-era photographs provided by the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection. Hoyt, who is majoring in art history with a minor in mass communications and media studies, applied her passion for art, history and photography in choosing which pieces will be presented. Her preparation and installation of this exhibit will serve as her Senior Independent Project.
George Lewis Jr. has a lot to hang his hat on. Twin Shadow, his stage persona, has maintained a strong presence in the indie pop scene for the past five years. "Forget" (2010), his debut album, introduced listeners to his unique booming voice, one infused with a confidence and masculinity ...
The past few years have been kind to Andy Grammer: after riding sugary pop singles like “Keep Your Head Up”(2011), “Fine By Me”(2011) and this winter’s “Honey I’m Good”(2014) to the top of the Billboard charts, the singer-songwriter-producer is selling out headline tours around the country.Before playing at House of Blues in Boston on March 19 as part of his tour, alongside fellow headliner Alex & Sierra, Grammer caught up with the Daily to discuss honesty, the writing process and his roots as a street performer.
Courtney Barnett’s “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit," released March 23, starts with a story of a man who cut work to go watch the world from the top of a skyscraper. Barnett speaks from his perspective: "I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly / I come up here for perception and clarity / I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity." There isn’t any sting or irony to the song; it’s simply the story of a man “idling insignificantly.” These words capture the entire essence of the Australian singer-songwriter's garage rock album. It’s an album full of stories about the mundane and inconsequential. The beauty of Barnett’s work, however, is in the way she captures the ordinary -- with shades of complexity, empathy and half-humored boredom.
Growing up in rural Maine, I have spent many hours with my dad chopping and sawing firewood. Although I enjoy the work, I am also aware of the danger. One slip, and my ax might miss the chopping block, slicing through my lower leg. Or my saw might miss its groove in the wood, jump out and cut my arm ...
With an intimacy that is at times both jarring and comforting, Sufjan Stevens once again lets listeners into his private, imperfect world, allowing flaws to shine through to create an album with dimension and honesty. On his seventh studio album, “Carrie & Lowell,” released March 27, Stevens spends 43 minutes addressing themes of his youth and dissecting family relationships with a calculated hand that is often unforgiving in the portraits it paints. The album cover itself features a photo of Stevens’ mother and stepfather, and he spends the majority, if not the entirety, of the album delving into the relationships he had with both. Most specifically, the album addresses Stevens' complex relationship with his mother, who died of stomach cancer in 2012.
Hong Kong Restaurant, which is a stone's throw away from the Harvard red line stop, was nearly empty on a Sunday evening -- not an unusual occurrence for a restaurant in Boston. It should be noted, however, that Hong Kong Restaurant was considerably less busy than its restaurant neighbors. ...
Mimicking the architecture of a Venetian Palazzo, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum exudes an air of opulence. Masked by an unassuming modern outer structure, the original foundation lies beyond the concrete and glass barrier.The transparent concourse linking the modern architecture with the retrofitted ...
For those underclassmen who have not heard, there was quite the mix-up that happened a few days ago involving Tufts seniors and social media. Particularly, a bunch of Tufts seniors were mysteriously invited to the Facebook event for the Rice University Senior Gala.Now, in case you don’t know, Rice ...
The unaware student may have been slightly confused upon walking into Barnum 008 this past week, as there were some rather unusual course descriptions scrawled onto the blackboard at the front of the room. "Doctor John Faustus, Magical Arts 024, Barnum 008, Office: Aidekman 666, TA: Klaus Wagner" ...
As a lover of different styles of music, Chaz Bundick experiments with countless genres and creates records that are collective. As he has expressed in many interviews, Bundick likes to practice music as a “hobby,” which leads him to produce different styles of albums under different names. Clearly, Bundick has a lot on his plate with his versatile career as a composer, producer and recording artist. However, his upcoming release, "What For?" (April 7), his fourth album under the name Toro y Moi, comes right after the release of his dance record as Les Sins, showing just how productive and prolific he is. As a professional producer, Bundick does not follow the trend of collaborating with all his friends on the records he makes. Instead, he prefers to stay in his studio and create unique records by experimenting with different sounds. Though he includes traces of chillwave on his new album, Bundick doesn’t cease to experiment with different styles -- on "What For?" he chooses to explore indie pop sounds. With each subsequent album, Toro y Moi develops his sound and adds onto what he has already produced. Just as expected, “What For?” builds onto Chaz Bundick’s previous records and presents a unique collection of different genres.
Earl Sweatshirt is moving his music into the future at the perfect speed: a lagging creep that forces listeners to slow down and swallow every word. His rhymes are as slow as molasses, but without an ounce of sweetness, stripped of sugar and drenched in acid. The psychedelic feel of his backing instrumentation balances out the raw intensity of his rhymes and, on the whole, Earl Sweatshirt composes a layered, complex and demanding album.
