If Will Butler was an original, new solo artist — and not a founding member of Arcade Fire — it would be quite difficult to place him in any old genre box solely based on his debut release “Policy.”...
Robotics isn’t the future. It’s the present. So why are we still making movies about robots? Sure, Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie is no ordinary robot — he wears bling. But then again, what robot is...
Urinating on something is an age-old method of showing insult. In a similar — and more playful — way, “Urinetown: The Musical” mocks and tears apart the traditional model of musical theater by...
Although scientists have long been studying the impacts of rising temperatures on Earth and attempting to make words like “climate change” and “global warming” part of the United States vocabulary,...
Local music blog Allston Pudding marked the release of its October “Localz Only Mixtape” with a concert featuring three of the mix tape bands — Drab, Soft Pyramids and Babydriver — at O’Brien’s...
"PS if you have plastic spoons, bring them tomorrow."
That is what the text on my phone read. My friend had bought us tickets to see a midnight showing of “The Room” on Sept. 26, and we were discussing...
With the changing of the seasons comes a change at your favorite bar. Seasonal beers are always a reason to celebrate, and the shift from summer to fall brings out pumpkin beer, perhaps the king of all...
A new year on campus brings not only new faces, but also new storefronts and eateries on and around Boston University. On Aug. 12, as Boston was preparing for the coming onslaught of students, Limoo Tea...
When The Fratellis took the stage at the Paradise Rock Club Sunday night, it had been five years since they last toured the U.S. The Scottish trio had been on a hiatus since 2009, and to the worried fan,...
In recent times, there has been a surge of films illustrating the history of a person or event barely a few years in the past. The Social Network gave the history of Facebook even while the site continues...
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....
