Upon first listening to the debut album Jukebox Sparrows by singer-songwriter Shannon McNally, I attempted to list the musicians I was reminded of: Aimee Mann, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow . eventually I gave up counting.
CHICAGO - "I came into the house on uncertain grounds, and I leave on uncertain grounds," Kyle writes in a letter, oblivious to the cameraman peering over his shoulder.
With the release of Rock Steady, No Doubt's fifth album, the band has left the past behind and jumped on the hip-hop bandwagon with lead singer Gwen Stefani who has appeared recently with Moby and rapper Eve.
I should preface this review of the recently released "New Mexico's Sanctuaries, Retreats and Sacred Places" by admitting that I'm not exactly what you would call a "spiritual" person.
At heart, "The Royal Tenenbaums" is a fairly simple family story. The family itself, however, is not so simple. Directed by Wes Anderson and co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson, the film chronicles the creation, failures and eventual reunion of the Tenenbaums - an idiosyncratic but gifted family in New York City.
With mechanized carnival attractions, curtained rooms that reveal grotesque surprises and a blatant feminist undertone, The Sideshow of the Absurd is as different from your average traveling art show as cubism is from the Baroque.
As America's latest pop delivery from the U.K., Starsailor has already made ripples across the pond. Its sound is somewhat fresh but many of the songs are teetering on the edge of power ballad status. It is apparent that the music of this indie rock quartet from Northwest England is a backlash from the more experimental and ponderous work of established bands such as Radiohead. The group's mild cheesiness is refreshing if you are in the mood to clean your palate and return to the lighter side of British pop.
It's hard for me to decide how I feel about Boulder, Co. based white-guy groove band The Motet.
Ancient Aliens members Oliver "Kauz" Meyer, Nick "Spaceman Spliff" Meyers and Ben "So-and-So the Articulate" Korce, flow on stage at Sprockets Saturday during a six-group hip-hop performance.
With more than 70 programs from all over the world, encompassing many genres, the second annual Santa Fe Film Festival outdid itself this year.
Recently Moonshine records released goldie.co.uk, a compilation of rising Drum and Bass composers thrown on wax and let spin by Goldie, the D&B guru himself.
It's not exactly kite flying weather, but if you're looking for a taste of spring, why not check out "Hangar 18: Kite Transformations," an exhibit of artistic kites on display at Magn°fico Artspace.
If you are looking to impress others with your ability to drop a few authentic Italian phrases or prove you know more than just the clichÇ great art, your savior is here.
Well, the holidays are almost upon us, and as I face an entire month of potential unemployment, it behooves me to find some form of entertainment that my indigent comrades and I can charge on a credit card. That said, this year's bumper crop of big-budget Hollywood movies looks like it might have something for everyone - from period pieces to crime thrillers; cheesy family tearjerkers to gritty boxing films.
Today at 5:30, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology will hold the Members Holiday Event and Sale. Go mix, mingle and munch while taking advantage of a 40 percent-off sale in the Museum Store at the Annual Members Only Holiday Sale. For more information, call 277-5963.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently issued a report criticizing colleges and universities for their failure to defend Western civilization and recommended that American History and Western Civilization be required courses of study.
I am writing in hopes of pointing out the deeper problems of racism. The most common views center around the idea that the existence of racism is solely an ignorant hate of another based on skin color of a person due to his or her makeup.
Earlier this year, The Strokes released The Modern Age, a three song EP that single-handedly captured the collective interest of the music scene. With its debut album, Is This It, a frenzy of media accolades erupted, hailing the group as quite possibly the best new band to emerge out of New York - and the United States - in years.
It was nice to see Lewis Jacob's delightful photo of the luminaria glow in Smith Plaza on the front page of Monday's Lobo. However, it was hard for me to enjoy the sight with my knowledge of what happened to these paper lanterns early the next morning. As I walked across campus on my way to Zimmerman Library, I was appalled to see the slumped over luminarias being thrown one after the other into trash bags.
It takes a true composer to make an electronica album that bears the promise of actually going mainstream - especially when working off somebody else's material.
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