Arts

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A Musical and Emotional Rescue

Artist: Silverstein Album: Rescue Release: April 26 Label: Hopeless Records Grade: A- Whether one needs to be rescued from life's tribulations or to find hope in the future, Silverstein's latest album, Rescue, is the savior to provide this escape?musically and emotionally. Rescue begins with a powerful instrumental introduction, "Medication," and provides listeners with a dose of the band's signature melodic hardcore sound. The hardcore element, coalesced with the more melodic singing, shows a switching of identities and different sides to the music.

The Definition of Ill

Artist: Beastie Boys Album: Licensed to Ill Label: Def Jam/Columbia Release Date: November 15, 1986 Grade: A Government oppression, drug addiction, and police brutality dominated the hip-hop music of the '80s.

The Boys are Back

Artist: The Beastie Boys Album: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two Label: Capitol Release Date: May 3 Grade: B+ It has been 24 years since The Beastie Boys crashed the party, but with their new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, the boys show that they still have the mojo that garnered them fame over the past two plus decades. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is the band's first album in four years.

Amely Goes Acoustic

Artist: Amely Album: Live Under Lights Label: Fearless Records Release Date: April 19 Grade: B- Amely knows the best way to keep fans satisfied after an awesome debut album ? acoustic renditions of fan favorites.

A Week in Ink

Green Lantern No. 65 Geoff Johns' "Green Lantern No. 65" has taken a page out of Sci-Fi history and essentially pulled out a script similar to a certain Lucas masterpiece. As Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner wander the arctic wasteland identified as Sector 2000, the base Jordan has previously built is nowhere to be found.

Glee Fans' Teenage Dream Fulfilled

Artist: Glee Cast Album: Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers Label: Columbia Release Date: April 19 Grade: A For Gleeks, life could not get any better than this.

Hot Hits With Hugar: Volume 2

This feature will attempt to determine what's hot and what's not on the radio. Rating System: 5 stars: Instant classic 4 stars: Really catchy 3 Stars: Take it or leave it 2 Stars: Tolerable 1 Star: Turn this off as quickly as possible Jennifer Lopez feat.

A Reboot to the Face

Grade: A- With the release of Mortal Kombat, a reboot of one of the most iconic franchises in the gaming world, the developers at Netherealm Studios have done the impossible; they've made d-pads useful again. The game's return-to-form approach is one that has been sorely needed in every installment post Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

Dixieland Jambalaya

Artist: Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band Album: American Legacies Label: McCoury Music and Preservation Hall Recordings Release Date: April 12 Grade: B+ There's something strangely refreshing about hearing New Orleans jazz and southern bluegrass being played earnestly in this day and age.

50 Ways to Bury the Plot

Sometimes the fault of a show doesn't lie with its actors and musicians in the actual performance, but rather with the writers and directors who try too hard to give their story a complex meaning. The brainchild of Randall Kramer, Jon Lehrer, Jason Bravo and John Fredo, Something So Right made its world premier last Saturday at the Center for the Arts. Based on the songs of Paul Simon and billed as a music, dance, and theater collaboration between LehrerDance, MusicalFare Theater, and UB Center for the Arts, the show revolved around a loose conceptual plot line. Opening with a cryptic spoken word passage by The Guide (Jason Bravo), the show quickly segued into a funeral scene.

Atlas Bored

Grade: C- Who is John Galt? By the end of Atlas Shrugged: Part I, audiences will neither know nor particularly care to find out. Atlas Shrugged: Part I, as its title neatly conveys, is the first in a planned trilogy of films based on Ayn Rand's polarizing and very long novel of the same title.

Taking a walk on the innocent side

Artist: Britney Spears Album: ?Baby One More Time Label: Jive Records Release Date: January 12, 1999 Grade: B+ Combine infectious beats, catchy choruses and an underage blonde that has moderate singing talent, and what comes out is one of the best pop albums of all time. When Britney Spears released her debut album, ...Baby One More Time, no one was prepared for the pop sensation that was about to be unleashed.

What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

Grade: A- After 11 years, the Scream series has slashed its way back onto the silver screen with Scream 4. It's no secret that when movie franchises reach their fourth installments, the filmmaking quality tends to be significantly worse.

This Paper Airplane Refuses to Fly

Artist: Alison Krauss and Union Station Album: Paper Airplane Label: Rounder Records Release Date: April 12 Grade: C-

Memorial Concert Held for Musical Professor

Dancing Your Way Through Life

With the majority of its classes held at the Center for the Arts, away from the academic spine, the dance department at the University at Buffalo is an elusive enigma to a large number of students. As the end of the semester draws to a close, graduating dance majors are busier than ever.

Between Extreme and Insane

Artist: Between the Buried and Me Album: The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP Label: Metal Blade Release Date: April 12 Grade: A-

A Week in Ink: Issue No. 22

Superboy No. 6

A New Spin on an Old Format

In a world dominated by digital downloads and piracy, record stores are a dying breed. However, every third Saturday of April, independent record stores make their stand. Saturday marks one of the biggest holidays for the music industry.

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