Enter YG, a Compton-bred emcee with a legitimate grassroots following and big-league ambitions, who has just released the most exciting and fully-realized rap album of 2014.
Take Back the Night, a national organization founded in 1999 which “seeks to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all other forms of sexual violence,” according to its website, has shown its presence in full force this week as the University chapter hosts a number of events leading up to Thursday night’s rally and vigil.
The newest album from Breathe Carolina, “Savages,” may not be super fresh or exciting, but it is certainly a good EDM record to jam out to.
Here at the University, we love our a cappella. We adore our artsy folk concerts on the Downtown Mall, and our live bands during afternoon philanthropies.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” concluded its fourth season last week. The “The Real Housewives” franchise — one of the most popular series on Bravo, a reality television juggernaut — started in Orange County and has since expanded to six other localities in the United States, four other cities internationally, and spawned a number of spinoffs. Like any other reality TV series, “Real Housewives” documents reality and edits footage to introduce a sense of fantasy — and the Beverly Hills version is no exception.
Native American writer and poet Simon Ortiz visited the University Bookstore Friday for an evening of poetry reading.
Downtown came alive for five glorious spring days last week with the sun shining, people swarming and music playing for the Tom Tom Founders Festival.
Members of “singular rock and roll band” The Deadmen — Josh Read, Justin Jones, Justin Hoben, John Hutchins and Mike Smirnoff — made their musical debut March 15 with the release of their first self-titled EP.
Honesty. Blatant, unreserved honesty seemed to be a key characteristic of many Humanities Week presentations.
The popularity of Humanities Week event “Emergency Poetry” far exceeded expectations. The Bryan Hall faculty lounge was jam-packed Monday night, full of students across a variety of majors waiting to hear their favorite professors read their “emergency poems” after rain moved the event inside. “I was bummed that the event had to be moved inside but it was kind of amazing to see how many people were willing to cram into that tiny room and choose to listen to poems being read,” third-year College student Ashley Shamblin said.
My hips don’t lie: Shakira’s latest album is out and it’s exactly what you’d expect. Released March 21, Shakira’s self-titled 10th studio album marks the end of a four-year sabbatical from music releases.
The funky fresh electro-pop duo Cherub performed live at The Jefferson April 8 — introduced by opening act Carousel.
Last fall, a group of University students decided to make a film. The product — a narrative short film, done with professional equipment, set to its own original score — they aimed to submit to national, regional and student film festivals — including to the Sundance Film Festival.
Wes Anderson’s debut feature was “Bottle Rocket,” the low-budget comedy he wrote with his buddy Owen Wilson shortly after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin.
If you’re anything like me, the news of a previously unreleased album by Johnny Cash made you hop up from your computer and do a little dance.
Warning, this is a review of the season premiere of “Game of Thrones” and does contain spoilers. It has been far too long since HBO cruelly left distraught viewers alone after the Red Wedding, dishing up great television with a side of post-traumatic stress disorder.
After months of bitter cold and the occasional blizzard, spring has finally arrived at the University.
The heights of heavy metal musical taste can be dizzying. Burdened with the slamming of inferior genres, and less hardcore fans, we often take ourselves too seriously.
The University’s improv troupe The Whethermen duked it out with Duke University Improv Friday. The two groups displayed an amazing range of wit, intuition, creativity and mind-reading prowess as they played a variety of improvisation games.
Of the three albums released by rapper Grieves, “Together/Apart,” released in 2011, was indisputably the most notable.
