183 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
(03/27/08 4:00am)
The latest contestant in the recent competition to see who can release their album in the most bizarre way is the Raconteurs, the union of White Stripes frontman Jack White and singer-songwriter-guitarist Brendan Benson. They decided to release sophomore effort Consolers of the Lonely a week after they announced its existence, creating the unusual situation of dropping a record that the public had yet to hear anything from. Their first album, Broken Boy Soldiers, was a moderately interesting yet underachieving exercise in restraint that earned the band a passing grade in Side Projects 101, but on their sophomore effort they finally decide to loosen up and manage to capitalize on some of their considerable potential.
(03/06/08 5:00am)
Stephen Malkmus has been an incredibly influential figure in music since his legendary band Pavement's first album, Slanted and Enchanted, released in 1991. Five Pavement albums and three solo LPs later, he is still going strong with his band the Jicks. recess' Kevin Lincoln recently took part in a conference call with Malkmus, where they discussed fatherhood, covering Bob Dylan and his latest release, Real Emotional Trash.
(02/21/08 5:00am)
John Darnielle, leader of the ever-shifting lineup of the Mountain Goats, doesn't just sing his songs. He paints them. His guitar is as much a brush as it is a musical instrument. He peppers the lyrics that tell his myriad stories with subtle illustrations of scenery, describing the sweetness of the air and the effects of a sunrise with the vivid detail of a landscape. This background makes his feverish stories of lovers, depression and borderline insanity all the more poignant and realistic.
(02/20/08 5:00am)
The Duke University Union demanded that University administrators give credit where they believe credit is due at its meeting Tuesday night.
(02/13/08 5:00am)
Duke, hide your co-eds.
(01/31/08 5:00am)
The Mars Volta manage to bring a new and more bizarre meaning to the word "excess" every time they make an album. Their fourth LP, The Bedlam in Goliath, is no different. The album is so steeped in self-indulgence and masturbatory instrumental theatrics that, over the course of its far-too-long 76-minute run time, it is rendered unlistenable. The music is overstuffed by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's heavily electronic production, which layers so many careening guitar riffs and crunching, whirring synths over one another that any semblance of melody is non-existent. The songs average an absurd 6:20 length, and to even refer to these individual pieces as songs is a charitable gesture.
(01/30/08 5:00am)
The Duke University Union put its money where its mouth is at a general body meeting Tuesday night.
(01/24/08 5:00am)
Full disclosure: even before listening to this album, I knew that Natasha could not be my favorite Bedingfield. That honor goes to Daniel, whose classic song "Gotta Get Thru This" will always hold a special place in my heart. That said, Natasha's new album Pocketful of Sunshine does a strong job of keeping the listener engaged and entertained throughout, despite lacking much substance or ingenuity. It truly is a vapid pop record, but as far as vapid pop records go, it keeps the energy high and the majority of the tunes very listenable.
(01/23/08 5:00am)
The second semester just got a little less dressy.
(01/22/08 5:00am)
The Young Trustee Nominating Committee selected eight seniors as semifinalists for one of the University's most prestigious undergraduate positions at the University Monday night.
(01/16/08 5:00am)
Krzyzewskiville took center stage at the Duke University Union's meeting Tuesday night.
(01/16/08 5:00am)
Duke is getting some new sets of wheels.
(01/09/08 5:00am)
After much discussion, Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki announced Dec. 10 his decision to extend the Chronicle Leadership Assistance Program for another year.
(12/05/07 5:00am)
Plans for a formal event at the Washington Duke Inn that will encourage faculty-student interaction were approved by Duke University Union administrators at their last weekly meeting of the semester Tuesday night.
(11/28/07 5:00am)
Changes will be made to the Duke Coffeehouse in both schedule and appearance next semester, Duke University Union officials said at their meeting last night.
(11/14/07 5:00am)
Although a lawsuit against the city of Durham continues to weigh on the minds of city officials, the case that brought Durham national infamy has begun to lose its hold over city politics, professors said.
(10/31/07 4:00am)
Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd Tuesday night, author Laura Stepp addressed the hook-up-heavy culture of contemporary college campuses and its effects on students both mentally and emotionally.
(10/25/07 4:00am)
In recent months, the birth control pills that many college women-35 percent of sexually active female students, according to the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment-obtain from their universities have doubled or tripled in price.
(10/17/07 4:00am)
An event planned to add Duke flair to partygoers' Halloweens before they head to Franklin Street provoked divisive discussion at Duke University Union's meeting Tuesday night.
(10/10/07 4:00am)
When Columbia University invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on its campus Sept. 24, the institution welcomed a man who openly opposes United States foreign policy, suppresses the voice of intellectuals and dissidents in his country and denies that the Holocaust happened.
