Arts
Album Review: Pilot Talk
Don’t be alarmed if you’ve never heard the name Curren$y. While the rapper has been in the conversations of many hip-hop enthusiasts for the past couple of years, and it’s true that he’s been actively […]
Arts & Living
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Annual book festival unites readers and authors
Since its birth in 2006, the Decatur Book Festival has grown from just an idea into to the largest independent book festival in the nation. The literary pilgrimage for book lovers and the people who […]
Arts
King of tasty treats pops up in Woodruff Park
If you walk through Woodruff Park to class, you might’ve noticed it already—an umbrella bearing every color under the sun shading an ice cream cart with orange wheels. On the cart’s side, there’s an image […]
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The Signal’s guide to Dragon*Con
If you’ve never been to Dragon*Con, Atlanta’s annual sci-fi and fantasy fest that draws around 30,000 folks from all over, this is the year to get in on the action. The convention spans five downtown […]
Arts
The Suburbs’ overproduced, still resonant
Arcade Fire is a band that knows what it means to live in the 21st century. They know what it means to be paranoid by their television, to bask in the empty glow of streetlights […]
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Cotton Jones cheers up on sophomore album
Now on its second long-player, Maryland-based Cotton Jones has perfected a difficult task: meshing accessible folk and country in a way that’s nonchalantly cool. Combining folk and country—a sound often filed under Americana—is easy. Doing […]
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Posner’s ‘Takeoff’ falters
After releasing a few mixtapes last year, recent Duke University graduate Mike Posner just released his major-label debut, 31 Minutes to Takeoff. The album’s promotion began promisingly enough, with lead single “Cooler Than Me” becoming […]
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A round of applause for ‘The King’s Speech’
An end-of-the-year addition to the Golden Globe and Oscar nomination rush, The King’s Speech earns its place among the best films of 2010. Following the true story of King George IV of Britain, the film […]
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Album Review: Philharmonics
A blend of folk and classical music, Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel’s debut, Philharmonics, is guided by her enchanting, soft vocals, reminiscent of Feist, Alison Sudol (better known as A Fine Frenzy) and Stina Nordenstam. Most […]
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Album Review: The King is Dead
My relationship with The Decemberists has been a rocky one. I started listening to the band when I first got into indie music, and was immediately stricken by their extremely thorough songwriting, and a sound […]
