Darian Bolin’s Oscar Picks
The nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards were announced recently. Arguably the biggest event of the year for films and film lovers, the Academy Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor cinematic achievements in the film industry. It’s also the oldest entertainment awards ceremony, […]
Top Rap Albums of 2015: Review by Ian Sayres
G-Eazy, When It’s Dark Out Here’s the thing. 2015 was once again a year of change, from minimalistic and off-kilter, to layered, luxurious, and somber. The release of Eazy’s new album just felt redundant, forced, and even uninspired at times. When It’s Dark Out is a direct continuation of his freshman effort These Things Happen, […]
Darian Bolin’s Top 15 Albums of 2015
15 – Yeezer – orig. by Kanye West and Weezer; remixed by Chuckie Nuggets As good as you want it to be, but yet better than anyone would ever expect it to be, Yeezer is more than just a mashup – it’s a wonderful and total reimagining. Its biggest […]
Agario: The World of Colorful Cells
Agario is a multiplayer game in which players have to eat competitors or be eaten while striving to dominate the world of colorful cells. As dozens of circles of varying sizes bounce around your screen, the main goal is to build your cell and get to the leaderboard. Players grow their cell by bumping into […]
Review: Chvrches’ “Every Open Eye”
As a brief confession, this review was in work in progress for four days before the date of this publication. Normally, I can crank out a review within maybe a day, depending on how long it takes me to listen to the album a few times. Why did this one take so long, then? […]
Images from “Phantom of the Soap Opera”
Talawanda’s Drama Club put on their Fall play this past weekend, Phantom of the Soap Opera. The play, written by Craig Sodaro, a take on The Phantom of the Opera, focuses on a mysterious phantom living below a soap opera television studio who wreaks havoc on the cast and crew in order to find love with the […]
Review: Beirut’s “No No No”
Beirut, arguably one of the most instrumentally bold bands in recent years, have returned after a four-year break since their last album, dropping a collection of songs that sway more towards the realm of piano-pop than the grandiose Balkan-influenced folk that garnered them acclaim earlier in their career (see: 2007’s The Flying Club Cup). While […]