REVIEW: Janelle Monáe takes us to Metropolis
Electric Lady No. 1 graced the House of Blues with an explosive cacophony of dancing, freedom and funk. The audience bore witness to hours of endless flows of creativity, talent and style. Accompanied by the smoothest guitar, buffest brass, freaky dancers, solid drums and bodacious bass, Janelle Monáe, with the power of the Wondaland Arts […]
INTERVIEW: Natalie Bergman of Wild Belle
Blending soul, jazz and African beats saturated with synth, siblings Elliot and Natalie Bergman are the two people that form Wild Belle. Their debut album Isles, released in March 2013, has the kind of psychedelic, island-y groove that leaves you breezily swaying from side to side with your arms mimicing the music’s rhythm in the air. […]
Shrek the Musical: From swamp, to stage, to silver screen
Once upon a time, David Lindsay-Abaire won a Pulitzer. What he did after that makes him either the most versatile or the most insane writer working today: He put Shrek on a stage. Now, three years after its departure from Broadway, Shrek the Musical can finally take a seat beside its big-screen brothers in a […]
REVIEW: Captain Phillips’ perfect premise still disappoints
If all movies from now on were built solely on Tom Hanks and xenophobia, worse things would have happened. After all, wouldn’t the true story of a soft-spoken New Englander and his brush with foreign terror spell success without a second thought? In theory, Captain Phillips has the perfect premise, which helps it before the […]
REVIEW: Unknown Mortal Orchestra brings modern psychedelia to Brighton Music Hall
It’s slightly awkward to use the term “new age” to describe psychedelic rock, a genre so conceptually and musically rooted in the ‘60s culture of bell-bottom jeans, Jimi Hendrix and hallucinogens. But that’s exactly what Unknown Mortal Orchestra embodies: a new, fresh sound that arcs toward the older vibe of psych-rock. When Unknown Mortal Orchestra […]
Events
- So you think you can dance?: BU Hip-Hop hosts break dancing event on campus
- The Day of the Locust: Adam Aries immortalized in photography showcase
- INTERVIEW: Comedian Braunohler doesn’t care what you think
- BU Hip-Hop releases mixtape ‘The Ill Rhettoric’ with boisterous clarity, throws listening party
- MUSE Clues: What to look for in 2014
