Female-fronted rock groups have had quite the year thus far, with 90s punk Sleater-Kinney making its triumphant return and more contemporary bands like Florence + the Machine and Screaming Females announcing new albums.Massachusetts’ own noise punk hero, Speedy Ortiz, is now joining the ranks. Released ...
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Talking to sophomore Sarah Gruen is like riding a roller coaster while wearing a blindfold – you have no idea where you’re going, and she’ll take you through some twists and loops but it’ll definitely be a good time. Along the way, she will throw in quips that seem to come from left field, yet ...
Harvard. Our illustrious neighboring academic institution proves more than an academic rival. Pushing aside the cliché of Harvard exclusivity, the university houses a newly remodeled collection of its three art museums, the Arthur M. Sackler, Fogg and Busch-Reisinger, that are open to the public. The ...
If ever there was a time for comfort food, that time is now. As Boston’s mood is collectively (and literally) dampened by the snow piles that surround us, cabin fever squirms into the back of our minds like an itch, reviving that longing for a comforting, home-cooked meal. For most of us college students, ...
“They can't just cancel a show like 'Alphas' (2011-2012), you know?” complains Sheldon Cooper of CBS’s "The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present). “They have to help the viewers let go. 'Firefly' (2002-2003) did a movie to wrap things up. 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' ...
The experience of viewing “The Way We Live Now: Modernist Ideologies at Work” at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts begins prior to entering the exhibition galleries. Sited within the 1963 modernist structure designed by architectural luminary Le Corbusier, the exhibition commences with the experience of viewing the building itself. Composed of concrete and glass (material hallmarks of early 20th-century modern architecture), the Carpenter Center embodies several of Le Corbusier’s modernist design tenets: the blurred divide between interior and exterior space, the open-plan layout made possible by concrete piers and the use of brises-soleils to create filtered, soft daylight conducive to the creative work occurring in the building’s art and design studios.
On Feb. 12, Drake released a 17-song mixtape on iTunes and announced it via Twitter with the amount of publicity and fanfare that preceded Beyonce’s eponymous 2014 release -- namely, none. “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,” begins with “Legend” and concludes with “6PM In New York." ...
All is not as it seems behind the innocent façade presented by two citizens of Coös County. Sinister forces and dark secrets wait for their opportunity to burst forth. Coös County encompasses a vast expanse of sparsely inhabited mountainous terrain in the northernmost portion of New Hampshire, ...
For many actors, the Wednesday evening dress rehearsal of Tufts University Drama Department's “Is He Dead?” (first performed using the adapted David Ives version in 2007) could have spelled disaster. Plagued by hours of lost practice time in the weeks leading up to the performance,stage manager ...
Though Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” did not win a Grammy last Sunday, it did manage to attract the attention of photographer and director David LaChapelle, who recently directed a new music video for it. The video features a long, passionate dance from Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin and choreography ...
If you’re wandering through the West Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), you may find yourself drawn to the tranquil string strokes and whistles of the “Sonic Arboretum.” Nestled in a far corner of the gallery, the dual-medium exhibition explores the interaction between sound and ...
Fresh, cheap, all-you-can-eat sushi right around the corner from Tufts might seem like a mere pipe dream to hungry Jumbos. But at Nijiya Sushi in Medford Square, the fantasy is all too real. There’s no catch -- no lines, no buffet, no imitation rolls skimping on all the best ingredients. There’s ...
R&B, chamber music, jazz, klezmer, hip-hop, you name it, Gabe Rothman has likely played it. A senior majoring in biopsychology and minoring in music, Rothman joined the Tufts music scene his first fall on campus and hasn't stopped playing. Taking stock of his musical endeavors throughout his time on the Hill, Rothman reflected in an email interview on the support he has received throughout his time in college, favorite music-making memories and what he is hoping to leave Medford with before graduation this upcoming May.
Recently, the Daily Arts section received an email requesting that we give a page of our production over to the silhouette that is now printed in conjunction with this article. The instructions were to “please add to and return to Ray Johnson” -- the artist ostensibly behind the work -- silhouettes with whatever modifications our readers made to their individual copies. We liked the idea readily enough as it allowed us the opportunity to be part of the art as well as to comment on it. The next step was to do some preliminary research and reach out to the artist for a comment.
Since I took my last column to look back at the Goya exhibition, this week I chose the Klimt and Kokoschka works that are currently on view at the MFA.Diverging from the darkness which characterizes Goya’s work, a permeation of light defines Klimt’s manner of creation. Klimt creates a fantasy world ...
His music sounds like someone took Elliot Smith and Washed Out tracks and smushed them underfoot using a mustard-yellow hand-me-down pair of Oxford shoes to give them character, and then ironed them out, kissed them with some bootleg Bob Dylan record and stuck them out the window to dry in some placeless, American suburban wasteland. These songs are pure middle-America lo-fi underground electronica mixed with moody, introspective acoustic folk-rock, blended with '90s grunge punk rock. They are understated, swept under the rug and half-crying in self-pity disguised as boredom. Raw like picked blisters, they are exquisite pieces of muffled lyrical genius. Alex Giannascoli -- lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band Alex G -- is undeniably at the forefront of great American songwriting and it will only be a matter of time before this wunderkind takes the music world by storm.
Alex Giannascoli, lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band Alex G, is unassuming and friendly in a flannel and knit beanie on stage; his stage presence is open yet subdued. Occasionally pausing to grit his teeth or bite his lip in concentration, he wears a perpetual expression of deep-focus veering towards boredom. Slicing through his relaxed cool kid demeanor, he throws out lines to the audience like candy, and then throws out candy as well, passing around a giant bar of some caramel-filled chocolate like everyone is a member of the family. Boredom may be the initial impression he gives off by his complete and total comfort on the stage, but it is entirely the wrong word to describe an artist as genuine and warm as Mr. Giannascoli, who invites audience members up on stage to dance as though the stage is just some piece of a basement that everyone is hanging out in together.
Bluefin is yet another Japanese delight nestled away in the unassuming mall space just off of Porter Square. Unlike its perpetually busy neighbor, Sapporo Ramen, Bluefin provides a decidedly calm and spacious environment. Around 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday evening, there were enough tables to give a party ...
