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Lil Wayne vs. Logic: What is Hip and How Does it Hop?
October here, heard you’ve been fiending for some fat boom baps and trill skraat tats. You’re hype for YANDHI? Well, this ain’t it, chief. What we do got is two large albums by industry icons Logic and Lil Wayne. Independently, both are…
Laurentian Singers Perform First Concert of the Year
The Laurentian Singers’ first concerts of the 2018-2019 year were held on Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29. The theme of the concerts was American Music, to coincide with their tour destinations of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.…
BROCKHAMPTON’s “Iridescence” Shines as Most Mature Album to Date
This week, “the best boy-band since One Direction” saw their new album, “Iridescence,” hit #1 on the Billboard 200. The success of their new project came as a major triumph for the rap collective, as they rose from obscurity last year with…
Things I’d Rather Do Than Rewatch “Peppermint”
Things I’d rather do than rewatch “Peppermint:” scrape a cheese grater along my face, watch any Adam Sandler film, wait in line at the post office, etc. The film is terrible, needless to say, so anytime terrible is not used as an…
99 Neighbors and Golden Boy Music Light Up the Java Barn
The two-act special featuring Golden Boy Music and 99 Neighbors was not a show to be missed. I have to believe that this was one of our most popular shows of the semester so far. The opening act of Golden Boy Music took the stage and kept…
Sellers and Evolfo Rock the Java Stage
We kicked off the night with Seller, a grunge-pop band from New Haven, Conn. I caught up with Matt Cristo before they went on, and he filled me in on the band’s backstory.
They formed in January 2017 and have shared stages with acts that…
“Mandy”: Nic Cage Wielding a Battle Axe
“Mandy” is the movie that I never asked for, but god was I satisfied when watching it. This movie doesn’t have a whole lot of plot to get in the way of itself, but it doesn’t need one when it’s running on unhinged Nicolas Cage, an insane…
“Pure Heroine” Turns 5: Lorde’s Rise to Fame
When Lorde first rose to fame in 2013, no one really knew what to think of her. Here was this awkward 17-year-old girl with wild hair and black lipstick, who dressed in dark colors and danced on stage like she was getting electrocuted. SHE…