After playing The Great Scott and BU Central in 2011, Smith Westerns returned to Boston to headline their own gig at Commonwealth Avenue’s finest establishment, The Paradise Rock Club, this past Sunday. On...

You would never guess that the country-twanged harmonies that make First Aid Kit unique come from the mouths of two Swedish sisters. Their articulation is unmistakably Nashville, and each song is partly...

By Lucien Flores, Muse Music editor Today may be the start of February, but let’s face it, these songs were so good (and terrible) that we still can’t get them out of our heads. 1) “Vomit” –...

By Frankie Barbato, Spotlight Editor Super Bowl is XLVI is less than a week away. For a football game that has turned into more of a national holiday, many spectators forget that the purpose of this Sunday...

Scientists defy the laws of nature by creating quasicrystals, an innovation that won a Nobel Prize in 2011. In 1982, Dan Shechtman, a materials scientist at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa,...

By Divya Shankar, Science Tuesday Editor If you enjoyed the science videos we posted last week, skip your hourly Facebook break for once and check out these awesome websites.  They range from mesmerizing...

By Sydney Moyer, Muse Editor After 2010's left-field, slightly puzzling album, // / Y /, British sensation M.I.A. is back with new single entitled "Bad Girls". The song embodies the famous line from...

By Yazhou Sun Tata Coffee LTD. is looking to finalize a deal with Starbucks Corp. by the end of January, allowing the international coffee chain to finally enter into India, a largely untapped market,...

By Alex Smallridge, Muse staff Yimou Zhang’s recent period epic, The Flowers of War, has gained international recognition with a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Foreign Film” and as the Chinese...

By Mel Papalcure, Muse staff Across the board, critics have lampooned Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as Hollywood finally cashing in on the 9/11 attacks. An artistic homage to the devastation of...

By Lucien Flores   Unless you’re on the Bill Gates level of hyper-genius, dropping out of college is generally considered a poor decision. However, don’t tell Cults that. The two-piece band...