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November 18, 2010

Artsweek’s Number One Movie of the Year: “Inception”

By Rowan Byers

Looking back over 2010, it becomes clear that we are in the middle of a major shift within the film industry. For better or for worse, 3D is a part of Hollywood.

November 18, 2010

“The Social Network”: Better Than Hitler

By Damion Damaske

The plot synopsis is one that, if it weren’t for the overly positive reviews, I would avoid like a plague of AIDS. A movie about Facebook?

November 18, 2010

Beach House’s Teen Dream

By Demi Anter

It took me forty-nine-and-a-half minutes for Beach House to convince me that they’re one of the best things happening in music right now.

November 18, 2010

Arcade Fire Takes on The Suburbs

By Demi Anter

I will admit, when Arcade Fire first blew up, I was somewhat skeptical; all the “Neighborhood #1”-infinity songs seemed gimmicky at best.

November 18, 2010

Album of the Year: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

By Artsweek Editor

Who could have guessed that the Outkast’s more gangsta half would put out the most revolutionary hip-hop album of the new decade?

November 18, 2010

Steve Aoki — Why?

By Alexander Colletta

UCSB alumnus Steve Aoki, founder of Dim Mak Records, played a show at Earl Warren Showgrounds last Sunday night.

November 18, 2010

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”

By Damion Damaske

“An epic of epic epicness.” That’s the surreally accurate tagline for this great comic book adventure. I really don’t need to explain more than that, but I’m going to anyway — so here it goes.

November 12, 2010

Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman Blows His Way Into Campbell Hall

By Emily Hunt

In 1959 at the Five Spot Café in New York City, a young Ornette Coleman began to rock the jazz world on its side with the not-so-sweet sounds of free jazz.

November 12, 2010

Brian Eno Will Have You Seeing More Than Stars

By Rowan Byers

When Brian Eno releases an album, it gets a lot of press in small elite circles. This is because Brian Eno is one of those people that makes music for people who make music.

November 5, 2010

Enslaved Monkey Offers Short-Lived Thrills

By Zach Edwin

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is an exciting action platformer that combines dramatic set pieces with impressive environments and even more impressive voice work to create a game that engages emotionally while remaining ...

November 5, 2010

Portugal. The Man Jams in the Hub

By Artsweek Editor

Portland-by-way-of-Alaska experimental rockers, Portugal. The Man, played to a half-full Hub on Monday, Nov. 1.

November 5, 2010

“The Walking Dead” Lurches Onto Your TV

By Derek Boeckelmann

On Halloween night, while most of us tried to squeeze one final night of partying into the weekend, an innovative new series about the living dead premiered on AMC.

November 5, 2010

Saw 3D: Yet Another Series of Uninspiring Killings

By Matthew Javidi

Despite what you may believe about the “Saw” movies, they have become the defining horror films of our generation, like “Halloween,” Friday the “Thirteenth” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” before them.

November 5, 2010

Wild Target is Way Off

By Catherine Sylvain

“Wild Target” comes from that glorious tradition of half-baked English language remakes of successful French films; “L’Appartement” became the odious “Wicker Park,” “Dinner for Schmucks” was the messy a...

November 5, 2010