Album: The 20/20 Experience Artist: Justin Timberlake Label: RCA Release Date: March 19 Grade: B The 20/20 Experience doesn't feel like a comeback album.
After a short period of speculation, the Student Association has confirmed two headliners for Spring Fest 2013. Rapper Kendrick Lamar and electro-house musician/DJ Steve Aoki will perform at the annual event on April 14 at Baird Point as part of the Karmaloop presents Campus Verge tour. Aoki was a highly requested act for this year's concert and the coincidence that he would be touring along with Lamar was beneficial, according to Cory Riskin, talent coordinator for SA. The usual Spring Fest talent budget ranges from $150,000-$200,000, according to SA Entertainment Coordinator Marc Rosenblitt, and because Aoki and Lamar are touring together, SA remains well below its talent budget and plans to use the remaining money to book supporting artists. Despite rumors that post-R&B group Bad Rabbits and alternative rock band 5 & A Dime would be joining Lamar and Aoki, the supporting acts for Spring Fest have not been announced. Spring Fest 2012, which featured rappers Rick Ross, Fabolous, New Boyz and Tyga, attracted an audience of approximately 5,000 - almost the maximum capacity for Alumni Arena.
After a season and a half, 18 episodes, mid-20s frustrations and countless awkward sex scenes, it all makes sense. Girls, the HBO television series that recently won a Golden Globe for Best Television series, is a must watch for those of us who are in the "20-something" range of life where reality just isn't as easy as it once was in college and especially back in high school. I began watching the show a few episodes into the first season.
Introduction by Max Crinnin, Asst. Arts Editor I can't write about Bob Dylan. I find there are not enough words, and at the same time, too few, as I am limited here to 1,600 characters for your reading pleasure. Bob Dylan is a legendary musician, and you'd struggle to find someone who doesn't agree.
The last time The Spectrum covered Buffalo Boys, Raymond Guarnieri's real work was just getting started.
Twenty children were executed at school last December. This shouldn't be news to anyone. The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary will forever sustain as an oppressive low point in American history.
Eight local bands, sweaty palms, deep breaths and anxiety are at an all-time high. The next 15 minutes will help determine the future and these are regular conditions for competition time. Last Wednesday night, After Dark Entertainment hosted its Road to the Sphinx competition at Xtreme Wheels Skate Park.
Past and present, man and woman, straight and gay: these are dichotomies that are all too familiar.
It could be argued that a composer's work cannot be fully appreciated without understanding the historical context in which it was written or the music belongs to the country just as much as its composer.
On April 5, the Student Association will host legendary musician Bob Dylan at Alumni Arena. According to SA, the show is not or related to Spring Fest, which is scheduled for April 14, but it is still an SA event paid for by the mandatory student activity fee. Tickets for students will be available the day of the show and will be free for the first 4,500 undergraduates who present their UB cards at the door.
His voice was powerful enough to turn blood into wine.
Curren$y - New Jet City New Jet City is sort of like those character development episodes of a lot of sitcoms; those episodes where a character has a potentially life-changing event (see: the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where Will meets his long-absent father). These could be impactful moments, but the viewer already knows the character's demeanor isn't really going to change, as it may throw off the show's comedic scenario. Here, Curren$y feels like he's at the cusp of changing his signature hazed-out demeanor, but on some tracks, he reverts back to it and sounds comfortable, which make for some of the mixtape's best moments. New Jet Citytrips up when Curren$y tries to place himself in these landscapes that vary from Southern bounce ("B***h Get Up" with Juvenile and "Choosin" featuring Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross) to lush backdrops ("Three 60" featuring Juicy J). It's not that the varying production makes the album feel disconnected - the beats are actually consistently solid. The problem is how disconnected Curren$y himself sounds on such beats, which is strange to note because of how he generally sounds apathetic in his raps.
Ever since I could remember, all I have ever wanted to do was theater. My mother and father would play cassettes of Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables live and I would always sit in the back seat of their cars singing each song at the top of my lungs, pretending I was the star of the show. It was from those cassettes that I became obsessed with wanting to be a "star." As I got older, I realized although I loved to perform, I also loved theatrical and movie make-up.
The essence of theater in Buffalo is more than just putting on an amazing show, but instead inspiring young artists to pursue their work in theater.
Cultures clashed as a room of raucous applause, name-calls and shout-outs rang inside an almost-packed out Mainstage Theater inside the Center For the Arts. Last Friday, the Indian SA (ISA) took first place at a sold-out International Fiesta with its Bollywood-influenced wedding story.
Artist:Puscifer Album:Donkey Punch the Night Release Date:Feb. 19 Label: Puscifer Entertainment Grade: B
It has been said that art can take you places; looking at a well-crafted piece of artwork can lead viewers into imaginative spaces worlds away from their ordinary lives. The saying isn't just figurative. For four art students in the Department of Visual Studies, competing for the Rumsey Scholarship has provided the chance to go somewhere with art.
Kurtis Sprung was only 3 years old when he began to dance. When most other toddlers were running around on the playground, Sprung was honing his own dance skills, tackling genres like ballet, rap, jazz and gymnastics, just to name a few. Today at 19, the sophomore dance and math major competed in countless dance competitions, winning the title of Mr. Dance of New York twice and finishing in the top five both times he participated in Mr. Dance of America. Although some might use these accomplishments as an excuse to slack off, Sprung only uses his successes as fuel to improve.
Artist: Bullet For My Valentine Album: Temper Temper Release Date: Feb. 11 Label: RCA Records Grade: C-
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