Artist: Monster Magnet Album: Mastermind Release Date: Oct. 25 Label: Napalm Records Grade: C Monster Magnet returns with long hair, leather pants, guitars and '90s-inspired sounds on their new album, Mastermind. Monster Magnet's past signature riffs made listeners shake their rear ends.
Artist: Kings of Leon Album: Come Around Sundown Label: RCA Release Date: Oct. 19 Grade: B+ Country isn't the only thing coming out of the South. Tennessee natives Kings of Leon are quickly becoming the kings of U.S.
Who: John Hugar What: Paranormal Activity 2 When: October 22nd Where: Movie Theaters everywhere Why: It's almost Halloween, time to get the excrement scared out of you.
Artist: Shakira Album: Sale del Sol Label: Epic, Sony Music Latin Release Date: October 15, 2010 Grade: A After a disappointing 2009, Colombian superstar Shakira is poised to make a big comeback. Just a year after the release of her so-so sixth studio album, She Wolf, Shakira is at it again with her most recent work, a bilingual album titled Sale el Sol. Sale el Sol, which means "the sun comes out," brings Shakira back to her musical roots and seems to be using the same dynamics that made fans fall in love with her in the first place. Shakira is staying clear of the electro-pop mishaps she used in She Wolf and instead is focusing more on romanticized lyrics, using about every modern pop genre in the book. The most famous track on the album is one of its strongest.
Cowboy hats, mustaches and NASCAR jackets were all in abundance for the fall acoustic show on Wednesday at the Center for the Arts.
Movie: Jackass 3D Release Date: Oct. 15 Grade: A With the recent increase in 3-D films being released, audiences have been disappointed to notice that many of them use the technology as a gimmick to attract moviegoers but do not fully explore its possibilities. Those moviegoers will be excited to see that Jackass 3D has changed all of that. All the Jackass boys, whom audiences have grown to know and love, are back for the third cinematic installment based on the popular television series.
Bruce Wayne: The Long Road Home: Batman and Robin The dynamic duo of Damian Wayne and Dick Grayson is put to the ultimate test as tensions boil over between the two.
Last Sunday, Buffalo Comicon invaded the Marriott on Millersport Highway near North Campus, carpeting the area in inky goodness.
Artist: Die Antwoord Album Title: $O$ Label: Interscope Records Release Date: October 12 Grade: D- Did College Humor release some sort of spoof video of neo-Nazi kids?
Cheerful, uplifting numbers and light-footed dance sequences are all staples of your everyday garden variety musical. However, Evil Dead is different. "It was definitely one of the least infuriating musicals I've seen in a while?might have been because of the zombies," said Bryan Lynch, a 42-year-old accountant from Buffalo. It is deliberately campy, cheesy and outrageously gory.
Bollywood has finally arrived in Buffalo, and it has brought its world famous art and spectacle. On Tuesday, UB's Center For The Arts presented the international hit The Merchants of Bollywood in the Mainstage Theater.
Grade: A Konami's history of lukewarm, "almost got it" failures changes with the triumphant release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Anyone who has paid attention to video games in the past 23 years has heard of Konami's venerated action/adventure series Castlevania.
Who: James Twigg What: Pat Metheny When: Saturday, 8 p.m. Where: CFA Why: This Grammy-award-winning jazz guitarist is sure to provide UB with one of the best shows in a long time. Who: Nick Pino What: Buffalo Comicon When: Sunday, 10 a.m.
Roger Waters, a founding member of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, took audience members on a journey through rock and roll history and back. Friday night's show at HSBC arena was nothing short of spectacular.
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