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October 21, 2010

Sufjan Stevens Branches Out With Age of Adz

By Philippe Lazaro

One of music’s most inventive yet elusive artists breaks his five years of silence with a very unexpected sound.

October 21, 2010

Shakira’s Hips Continue To Tell Truth on Latest Album

By Lucas Villa

Colombian singer Shakira ditches the electro-pop edge of last year’s She Wolf and returns to her Latin roots on Sale el Sol (The Sun Comes Out).

October 21, 2010

Sleigh Bells Jingle All the Way to SOhO

By Artsweek Editor

Sleigh Bells slid down SOhO’s chimney last Monday, Oct. 18 and delivered a 30 minute, 29 second sonic dance assault to the packed house.

October 14, 2010

“No Ordinary Family”

By Damion Damaske

The superhero is so ingrained in our public consciousness that any variation on it has about as much potential for originality as a sorority tank top.

October 14, 2010

“The Event”

By Damion Damaske

NBC has touted “The Event” for a long time. Like “Lost,” it relied on mystery and obtuseness for attention, with ads that touted the tagline "What is ‘The Event’?," to entice would-be viewers.

October 14, 2010

Zoë Kravitz Talks “X-Men,” “Mad Max” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”

By Derek Boeckelmann

Born the daughter of music legend Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, Zoë Kravitz has made a name for herself as a gifted actress.

October 14, 2010

Steve Martin Makes Beautiful Music With the Banjo

By Rowan Byers

This wasn’t an evening of comedy with Steve Martin, this was an evening of bluegrass and banjo; Steve Martin performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers.

October 14, 2010

“Eastbound & Down” and “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret”

By Alex Svedlow

“Eastbound & Down” and “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” are both a part of television: this past week.

October 11, 2010

New Release: “Paranormal Activity 2

By Derek Boeckelmann

Like “The Blair Witch Project” 10 years before it, “Paranormal Activity,” a low-budget, independent horror film marketed under the guise of a documentary project, achieved the near-impossible last year by becomin...

October 7, 2010

“Frozen” Will Leave You Right On the Edge of Your Seat

By Derek Boeckelmann

Early on in “Frozen”, the latest film from cult horror director/writer Adam Green, the characters ask themselves what the worst way to die would be.

October 7, 2010

Turns Out Zuckerberg Started Facebook Just So Girls Would Like Him

By Alex Svedlow

David Fincher’s “The Social Network” is one of the best American films in the past few decades.

October 7, 2010

No Age Grows Up, Calms Down On “Everything in Between”

By Artsweek Editor

Some bands will forever remain inextricably linked to a time and place, for example: Joy Division and late-‘70s Manchester, Mac Dre and late-‘90s Northern California and The Strokes and early-2000s New York all leap ...

October 7, 2010

It Really Is Kind of a Funny Story, As It Turns Out

By Derek Boeckelmann

Based on the acclaimed young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is a coming-of-age indie dramedy in the same vein of 2009’s “Adventureland”.

September 30, 2010

Das Racist Invites You To Take a Seat, Shut Up.

By Rowan Byers

Before you read the rest of this review, catch up on some history and listen to a track from the band’s first mixtape, Shut Up Dude. It’s called “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” and it’s about… being...

September 30, 2010

Maroon 5 Bores, Few Care

By Lucas Villa

Pop golden boys Maroon 5 are back with Hands All Over, the group’s latest studio effort. The album is Maroon 5’s return to the stripped-down, organic sound behind its breakout record and a departure from the s...

September 30, 2010