Along with bands such as Papa Roach and Avenged Sevenfold, U.K. group Bullet For My Valentine is responsible for introducing teenagers in the mid-2000's to the metal scene, complete with guitar riffs and worried mothers.
For three nights, comedian Mike Birbiglia tended to the City of Buffalo in the midst of another harsh winter and even bleaker downtown nightlife.
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.
Up-and-coming musicians don't need to leave the comfort of campus to shoot an aesthetically pleasing music video. Sophomore undecided major Christian Cunningham, who raps under the name YBG, released a music video for his song
Film: A Good Day to Die Hard Release Date: Feb. 14 Studio: Giant Pictures Grade: D+
Music can make or break a sexual encounter. It can help set the mood for you and your partner and even give some motivation to the timid.
Movies and romance are like peanut butter and jelly: classic counterparts that can either make your day or kill you - depending on what you're "allergic" to.
Editor's note: This article is a satire piece. It is not to be taken literally. 'Carson' is a pen name.
Whatever your situation may be, the perfect Valentine's Day gift is very affordable, thoughtful and quite simple - a song.
She looks lifeless from the start. Her face is masked in desolation, as her wide, barren eyes gaze into bleak nothingness.
The misconception that country music is simply a bunch of beer-drinking, truck-riding and fried-chicken-eating hillbillies has been revamped. Country music veteran Tim McGraw has earned his title as a respected entity within the genre and his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom manifests why. After nearly two successful decades with Curb Records, Tim McGraw left the label and signed with Big Machine Records for the release of his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom on Feb.
The lens of one accomplished photographer has reached across expanses of time and space, capturing the likes of desolate desert landscapes, poverty-stricken rural dwellers and the lives of prisoners on death row. His name is Bruce Jackson, the James Agee Professor of American Culture and English at UB.
Having a lifelong relationship with a band isn't always easy. One year, they can release an album and you'll swear they wrote each lyric just for you.
Album: m b v Artist: My Bloody Valentine Label: Self-released Grade: B+ My Bloody Valentine's landmark achievement, 1991's Loveless, is full of stunning moments from its mind-altering opener, "Only Shallow," to the guitar-distorted fantasy of "Soon." However, there's a particularly stunning moment in the middle of it all where vocalists Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shield sing on "When You Sleep." "When I look at you/I don't know what's real," they sing. How can they be so self-aware?
Inspiration and vivacity captivated North Campus this week, as a group of talented and stifled dancers returned to the stage after declaring bankruptcy in 2004. The Dance Theatre of Harlem took the stage at UB's Center For the Arts Wednesday evening with 12 dancers.
In 2008, the curtains closed on Studio Arena Theatre and it almost became a parking lot. Last Friday, Buffalo's theater scene came back to life with the Road Less Traveled's production of Annie Baker's hilarious Circle Mirror Transformation. Formerly known as Studio Arena, 710 Main St.
A huge theater, elaborate costumes and over 20 stage crewmembers aren't necessary to put on an extraordinary theatrical performance - an exemplary set is.
Artist: Tegan and Sara Album: Heartthrob Release Date: Jan. 29 Label: Warner Bros. Grade: B Guilty pleasures are the things you really enjoy when no one's around.
Artist: Justin Bieber Album: Believe Acoustic Release Date: Jan. 29 Label: Island Records Grade: B+ Who would have thought a rap about Buzz Lightyear
Inside the Center for the Arts art gallery, a small television greets you, commanding attention from all who enter and catching the more traditional patrons by surprise. The television, however, is not there for simple recreational purposes.
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