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Culture Club: Jonas Bros. reality TV idea a snooze

By David Jones
Entertainment Writer
April 30, 2012

As if the buxom Kardashian sisters weren't enough entertainment for pop-culture addicts, E! execs plan to introduce a new dose of skinny jeans to the network. Ryan Seacrest's latest creation features the...

Art exhibit displays spectrum of thread

By Josh Naquin
Entertainment Writer
April 30, 2012

A semi-permanent rainbow woven with polychromatic fibers is hovering near the ceiling of the Shaw Center for the Arts' fifth floor. The LSU Museum of Art's colorful new exhibit, Gabriel Dawe's "Cascade...

 

Windows Phone offers alternative operating system

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
April 30, 2012

Walk into any electronics store and the mobile section is dominated by rows of iPhones and Androids. But there is a third competitor in today's smartphone sphere: Windows Phone. The successor to Microsoft's...

United Kingdom band Wave Pictures visits Baton Rouge

By Raylea Barrow
Entertainment Writer
April 30, 2012

Baton Rouge got a taste of British flair Monday with a visit from UK trio Wave Pictures. After releasing 12 albums, two in the United States, the British band has embarked on its first tour of North America...

The Fray: New Orleans is ‘dirty in all the right ways’

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
April 30, 2012

Denver-based band The Fray is bringing its brand of pop-rock to New Orleans tonight for a performance at Tipitina's Uptown. The band was formed in 2002 by Issac Slade and Joe King. Their 2005 debut album,...

Jazz Fest Day 2 recap

By Josh Naquin
Entertainment Writer
April 28, 2012

The second day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival provided a platform for artists to introduce new music and celebrate well-established classics. Cee Lo Green drew a crowd of several thousand...

Bon Iver plays on the Gentilly Stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Friday, April 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Chris Granger)

Jazz Fest Day 1 recap

By Austen Krantz
Entertainment Writer
April 27, 2012

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off its first day with big acts to span all generations. The Lafayette based GIVERS energized the audience with an enthusiastically animated performance...

LSU Theater Mainstage finishes season with dance concert

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
April 26, 2012

Jazz, hip-hop, ballet and modern dancing are all coming together this weekend to form LSU Theater's final Mainstage performance of the semester: the 13th annual LSU Dance Concert. The show features several...

RevRanks: The Dandy Warhols, “This Machine”

By Morgan Searles
Entertainment Editor
April 25, 2012

Over the course of eight studio albums, the career of Portland indie-rockers The Dandy Warhols' has been marked by equal parts successful, catchy tracks and disappointingly mediocre fops. The band's latest...

Bright colors and popular prints take over campus

By Al Burks
Columnist
April 25, 2012

Is your body in jail, or are those stripes just happy to see you? That joke may not have drawn many laughs, but this summer's trends are certain to evoke smiles from consumers anticipating the season's...

RevRanks: Suckers, “Candy Salad”

By Austen Krantz
Entertainment Writer
April 25, 2012

Suckers' second full-length album assumes a new, polished tone of elegance and precision without compromising the happy-go-lucky sing-alongs that float through 2010's "Wild Smile." Just as catchy its predecessor,...

 

RevRanks: Jack White, “Blunderbuss”

By Josh Naquin
Entertainment Writer
April 25, 2012

The creative direction behind The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather has finally been distilled into a single, satisfying elixir with Jack White's first solo album, "Blunderbuss." The genius...