Miley Cyrus is the ultimate example of what the term “guilty pleasure” means to millennials. Since the premiere of "Hannah Montana" (2006 - 2011), which will turn 10 next March, Cyrus has been simultaneously criticized and admired by our generation. When the show premiered, it was ...
Cyberpunk -- as a genre for video games -- has been enjoying a renaissance lately, with games exploring themes such as inequality, blanket government surveillance and corporate greed taking on increased cultural relevance in our technology-focused world. While big budget franchises like "Deus ...
Indie-pop singer-songwriter Halsey began songwriting at 17, and, in the past two years, the 20-year-old’s musical career has skyrocketed.Halsey's first studio album, “BADLANDS,” released on Aug. 28, is short and sweet -- only about 40 minutes long. The album opens with the electronic beats ...
“90059” (2015) is the zip code for part of Watts, Calif.,hometown of rapper Johnny Reed McKinzie, a.k.a. Jay Rock. Watts doesn’t carry the same hulking reputation that Compton holds in hip-hop circles, but as another disenfranchised neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, a number of parallels ...
The test of time wears down almost all those who try to stand up to it, and restaurants are no exception to this rule. Having staying power is something of an anomaly in the food service world, so when a place finds that special sauce capable of withstanding time’s stresses, it better lock down ...
Looking for things to do this weekend? Here's some of what's going on in Boston and the Tufts community:Back Bay Night Out:In partnership with the Back Bay Association and Boston magazine, The Shops at the Prudential Center will be hosting a neighborhood-wide celebration of the Back Bay business ...
Fans of singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye, known by the moniker The Weeknd since his debut mixtape "House of Balloons" (2011), have no need to fret. His second album, "Beauty Behind the Madness" -- released Aug. 28 -- stays truer to his R&B roots than did his June single "Can't ...
As you dive into your third day of classes, you may already be feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork, auditions and extracurriculars. Luckily for stressed out college students everywhere, there is one thing that will always be there for you when you need a breather: television. These are the top ten shows ...
Northampton-basednoise rock band Speedy Ortiz has slowly been creeping up from the Massachusetts underground scene to a more mainstream audience over the past couple of years. So far in 2015, they've been named Best of Boston's band of the year, released their new album "Foil Deer" in ...
What do Tufts' only Disney-themed a cappella group Enchanted, Tufts University Television (TUTV) and Tufts Burlesque Troupe (TBT) all have in common? Orlando Economos is a member of all three.Economos, a junior majoring in international relations and minoring in film, is a co-founder of Enchanted, ...
Four years after releasing the critically acclaimed “Kaputt” (2011), Canadian indie rock band Destroyer has returned with their tenth studio album,“Poison Season” (2015). Led by singer Dan Bejar, Destroyer is similar, in a sense, to Sun Kil Moon: Bejar spins webs of poetry with his lyrics, ...
There’s a new ghost on campus, and it looks like he’s a lady killer – at least, that's what it seems like so far. Tufts University Television’s (TUTV) new series “High Spirits” (2015) officially launched on Monday with the release of its first episode, simply entitled “High Spirits ...
When director Adrienne Shelly's pie-in-the-sky film success “Waitress” was released in 2007, the first thought on people’s minds was probably not, “Let’s make this a musical.” Nevertheless, eight years later, that is exactly what American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has done, and in ...
The summer months are often accompanied by a lull in TV shows, with most major network programs taking a hiatus in preparation for season premieres in the fall. Luckily, Netflix's new series, “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp" ("First Day of Camp"), which was released ...
Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis first met as students at the New England Conservatory when Davis knocked on the door of a practice room in search of new musical collaborators.Since then, the two have toured the country with indie-pop band Cuddle Magic, performed as showcasing artists at SXSW ...
The story of one of hip-hop’s legendary groups, N.W.A., finally reached audiences this summer with the release of the biopic “Straight Outta Compton.” The movie chronicles the life of Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell) and Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) who, along with MC Ren ...
Tufts is not traditionally thought of as a school with a strong emphasis on film, and perhaps rightly so. Until this semester, Tufts lacked a film major, only offering a minor in Film Studies that allowed students to choose between two tracks: film production and film analysis. Despite this prior dearth ...
Approaching the penultimate week of its 132nd season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performed pieces from Maurice Ravel, Thomas Adés and Wolfgang Mozart on April 23. The conductor for the evening was Bernard Haitink, a native Hollander with an internationally renowned career of 60 years. He ...
If you haven’t yet heard of New York synth-pop outfit Panama Wedding, give it a few more months and that will change. The four-piece band, fronted by lead singer and songwriter Peter Kirk, is gearing up to release its first full-length album this coming fall, on the heels of an international tour ...
Alabama Shakes opens the title track of its second album, “Sound & Color” (April 21, 2015), with a melodic chime sequence. A kick drum slinks its way into the track and then powerhouse lead singer Brittany Howard breathes life into the song with her voice that sounds like a blend of poblano chiles and “Tupelo Honey” (1971). The track “Sound & Color” is sensual and repetitive, proving to be an easy introduction, a soft hello before the album kicks into high amped, no-holds-barred wild energy.
