Azalea’s sophomore studio release is an impressive demonstration of her rap and compositional abilities. The album is composed of mostly solid standalone tracks. Azalea delivers lyrically and pairs most of her raps with impressive backing melodies. Further, her use of guest artists is on point throughout the album, and the collaborations often foreshadow new chart…
New to Netflix
“Drinking Buddies” is a 2013 film directed by Joe Swanberg. It stars Olivia Wilde as Kate, Jack Johnson as Luke, Anna Kendrick as Jill, and Ron Livingston as Chris. Kate and Luke both work at a brewery in Chicago and are good friends with an underlying chemistry. The film focuses on their relationship with their…
Dan Croll creates simple yet promising debut album
“Sweet Disarray,” Dan Croll’s debut album released on March 10, is precisely what the title suggests. The lyrics and melodies offer the perfect music for a sunny spring, but the album itself is not quite organized enough musically to be truly impressive. You might remember his alt-pop hit, “From Nowhere,” which hit the charts in…
“American Hustle” succeeds through impressive visuals and character studies
“American Hustle” has been in theaters for a while now and unfortunately lost all ten of its Oscar nominations. However, despite its lack of success at the awards ceremony, this movie is worth your while. Written by Eric Singer and David Russell and directed by Russell, “American Hustle” takes place in the late 1970s and…
Phantogram’s album “Voices” is centered around heartbreak
I have listened to the entirety of “Voices,” Phantogram’s newest album, and have reached the conclusion that they decided to make an album dedicated to breakups and heartaches. Despite that, their third album is an enjoyable combination of good melodies and straightforward lyrics. While Phantogram suffers slightly from the curse of The Killers, that of…
“Fifth Planet” shows variety of talent
On Friday, Feb. 7, senior Emma Brayndick presented and performed in David Auburn’s short play “Fifth Planet” as her senior project, acting alongside freshman Jacob Dalton. The play was a combined effort with senior Shallion Dixon directing the production; Dalton and Brayndick in the two roles, Mike and Veronica; junior Kayleigh Kitzman and sophomore Aiden…
Young the Giant’s sophomore effort “Mind over Matter” falls flat musically
Young the Giant released their sophomore attempt “Mind over Matter” on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Unfortunately, the album did not prove to be anything more than just that. While the tracks were completely adequate in sound and melody, none of them stood out as markedly impressive, which is unusual for the band. To be fair, their…
Artist Spotlight: Gabriella Guilfoil
You might recognize the name Gabriella Guilfoil from her amazing performance with fellow senior Zoie Reams at the Kaleidoscope concert this past fall. An extremely impressive classical vocalist in her last year of vocal instruction at the Conservatory, Guilfoil says that her original passion was country. “I used to want to be a country music…
Priebe on new albums
Here I present my completely biased list of the top 13 albums to grace the charts in 2013. 12. The Neighbourhood, “I Love You.” I Love You. is one debut album that has seen substantial success this past year. The band melds pop with spoken word lyrics to create a unique and mesmerizing sound. While…
Lucius release debut “Wildewoman”
Lucius released their debut album “Wildewoman” on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The band “officially” came on the scene last year with their EP “Lucius” (2012) and were almost immediately featured on primetime shows like “New Girl.” The band features female duo Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig on vocals, Dan Molad on drums and Peter Lalish and…