Arts
Album Review: Libra Scale
Genuine R&B music is dwindling annually, but singers like Ne-Yo try their hardest to keep it in the airwaves. His fourth studio LP, Libra Scale, is not far off from his previous releases, but one […]
Month: January 2012
Arts
Mint Gallery moving right down the street
All it took was a community-based media class at Georgia State to spark a light in Erica Jameson, the founder of Mint Gallery, one of Atlanta’s few non-profit art galleries. Now with an impending move […]
Arts
The Royal Peacock makes a comeback
The bebop of Miles Davis’ trumpet, B.B. King’s bluesy guitar riffs, Dinah Washington’s smooth jazz vocals. The spirits of these musical greats can be invoked with every snare drum over a reggae beat at the […]
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Faster’ a suspenseful ride
Dwayne Johnson leads Billy Bob Thornton and Oliver Jackson-Cohen in Faster, a thrilling action film about revenge, payback and unfinished business. Each character is powerful and classic in their story and their relation to the […]
Arts
4 ways to enjoy Piedmont Park before 2010 ends
Though Hurt Park is nestled conveniently on campus and Woodruff now plays calming tunes (like a park that dreams of being a spa), one of Atlanta’s best bits of greenery will always be Piedmont Park. […]
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Album Review: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
This highly-anticipated addition to Kanye’s catalogue attempted to create a G.O.O.D. Monday for hip-hop fans. On his fifth release, Mr. West supplies listeners with a decent work of enhanced production and ordinary lyrics. His short […]
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Album Review: All Day
There are DJs, and then there’s Girl Talk. The man behind the moniker, Gregg Gillis, ascended to the level of indie mash-up deity with his last two albums, Night Ripper(2006) and Feed the Animals(2008). His […]
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Album Review: One of Us
In any genre of music, there is a very fine and delicate balancing act between embracing influences and introducing something purely original. Very few bands have the ability to pull it off at all—most end […]
