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Review: Fuck Buttons, "Slow Focus"

Review: Fuck Buttons, “Slow Focus”

By Ryan Rogers July 24, 2013

Grade: A- Andrew Hung and Benjamin Power of the Bristol-based electro noise duo Fuck Buttons aren’t exactly accessible to most audiences. But despite their oddity, they were featured on the soundtrack...

Review: Selena Gomez, "Stars Dance"

Review: Selena Gomez, “Stars Dance”

By Aggi Ashagre July 24, 2013

Grade: D Selena Gomez’s debut studio album, “Stars Dance,” is nothing to write home about. The electronic/pop album offers nothing original from the former Disney princess. Instead, it...

Review: "The Conjuring"

Review: “The Conjuring”

By Lawrence Barreca July 24, 2013

Grade: A Director James Wan’s “The Conjuring” has finally brought some life back to a horror genre that has gotten repetitive in recent years. In the film, paranormal investigators Ed...

Review: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, self-titled

Review: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, self-titled

By Taylor Schoen July 24, 2013

Grade: B+ Musical anachronism Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has released its second album since becoming folk darlings with the megahit “Home.” But those looking for mawkish duets in...

Review: Justin Timberlake, "Take Back the Night"

Review: Justin Timberlake, “Take Back the Night”

By Taylor Balkom July 17, 2013

Grade: C+ The world didn’t have to wait for long for new Justin Timberlake this time. The pop artist’s latest track, “Take Back The Night,” is the first single from “The 20/20...

Kris

Review: “Kris”

By Amber Mason July 17, 2013

Grade: D On Monday, Fox premiered Kris Jenner’s new talk show, “Kris.” The mother of reality star Kim Kardashian chose “All My Children” actor Cameron Mathison as her co-host....

Kevin Gates

Review: Kevin Gates, “Stranger Than Fiction”

By Tyler Nunez July 17, 2013

Grade: B Five months after the release of his well-received mixtape “The Luca Brasi Story,” Baton Rouge native Kevin Gates released his first studio album, “Stranger Than Fiction”...

We Are the Same

Review: Tallhart, “We Are the Same”

By Taylor Schoen July 17, 2013

Grade: C- Indie rock group Tallhart’s sophomore effort “We Are the Same” is a summer sleeper. Max Bemis, front man of Say Anything, has taken the melodic rockers under his wing and aided...

Review: Sara Bareilles, "The Blessed Unrest"

Review: Sara Bareilles, “The Blessed Unrest”

By Aggi Ashagre July 17, 2013

Grade: B+ In an unfortunate age where radio stations favor songs filled with auto-tuned voices and synthesizers, Sara Bareilles gives listeners a welcome change with her latest album, “The Blessed...

Review: "Pacific Rim"

Review: “Pacific Rim”

By Lawrence Barreca July 17, 2013

Grade: B+ In “Pacific Rim,” director Guillermo del Toro basically accomplished everything Michael Bay was trying to pull off in “Transformers”: no sappy love story, no overly serious...

New Jay-Z album a solid rap hit

By Trey Labat July 10, 2013

“I’m not a businessman — I’m a business, man.” The classic Jay-Z line from “Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)” perfectly describes Hov’s latest effort,...

Monsters University

Review: “Monsters University”

By Taylor Balkom June 26, 2013

Grade: B- Pixar can do prequels, too. The animation giant’s latest film, “Monsters University,” explores the past of Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan...