Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Fuzz and Honey: M. Ward and Lee Ranaldo Play the House of Blues

By Daily Free Press Admin May 9, 2012

If there’s anything folk aficionados can count on, it’s for Americana lifer M. Ward to be consistently pleasant. The musician brought his homespun, tea-and-honey live act to the House of Blues on...

The Pretty Disheartening: Taylor Momsen’s band at Paradise Rock Club

By Daily Free Press Admin May 6, 2012

I have never been so happy to be out of middle school as I was when I exited the Paradise on Thursday night after Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless show. It was (naturally) an all-ages show, so come 11:00,...

Glass half-something: Horse Feathers’ balancing act on “Cynic’s New Year”

By Daily Free Press Admin May 2, 2012

Portland, OR-based folk act Horse Feathers has never before made doomsday thoughts of grief and despair sound more appealing. “Every night we all go to a house we’ll never own / Every night we are...

Yann Tiersen’s latest leap in genre

By Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2012

The name Yann Tiersen may have become household material, not for music fans, but for film buffs, as the guy who composed the soundtrack to French indie favorite Amelie. His work in classical composition...

Comic Relief: Five-Year Engagement pokes fun at itself, wins laughs in process

By Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2012

There is nothing hidden in The Five-Year Engagement. The title itself practically gives away what is going to happen in the end to Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt). Nicholas Stellar,...

For The Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival

By Daily Free Press Admin April 25, 2012

While a common adage jokes that, “if you remember the 60’s, you weren’t there,” few today, both young and old, recognize the influence of the Cambridge, Massachusetts folk scene on the musical...

Following Up with Portugal. The Man

By Daily Free Press Admin April 25, 2012

On Sunday night, Portugal. The Man brought their exhilarating live show to a packed House of Blues audience. Playing mostly cuts from their latest album—2010’s In The Mountain, In The Cloud—the...

Rod y Gab shake up the Orpheum

By Daily Free Press Admin April 25, 2012

It’s not often that a concert leaves me completely speechless anymore. After most shows, I tend to find myself rambling on about the drummer’s ability to keep time or the comprehensiveness of the...

Whedon & The Avengers: An interview with film director Joss Whedon

By Daily Free Press Admin April 22, 2012

Joss Whedon, the writer and director of Marvel’s upcoming Avengers movie, recently gave an interview for college papers around America, including The Daily Free Press. Whedon has a large indie following...

Catch A Little ‘Luck’ This Spring: An Interview with Taylor Schilling

By Daily Free Press Admin April 18, 2012

With her latest project only weeks away from release, Taylor Schilling was more than thrilled to sit down with the MUSE to talk about the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Lucky One. Schilling...

On ‘Detention’: An interview with Josh Hutcherson

By Daily Free Press Admin April 18, 2012

Josh Hutcherson, most recently of The Hunger Games fame, recently gave me some of his time to talk about his new movie, Detention. Detention is a mash-up genre film that features horror, high school comedy,...

Ten Minutes with Modeselektor

By Daily Free Press Admin April 18, 2012

By Emilia Navarro Lately, Boston has seen a variety of electronic acts dominate clubs such as the Middle East Downstairs, Wonder Bar, and, just recently, the Magic Room. But none of these clubs have...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
The Muse