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Soderbergh remains affective
By JAKE KNOTT | Feb. 10, 2013She looks lifeless from the start. Her face is masked in desolation, as her wide, barren eyes gaze into bleak nothingness.
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McGraw drives to freedom
By BRIANNA HOKAJ | Feb. 10, 2013The misconception that country music is simply a bunch of beer-drinking, truck-riding and fried-chicken-eating hillbillies has been revamped. Country music veteran Tim McGraw has earned his title as a respected entity within the genre and his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom manifests why. After nearly two successful decades with Curb Records, Tim McGraw left the label and signed with Big Machine Records for the release of his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom on Feb.
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"Poverty, prison and photography"
By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Feb. 10, 2013The lens of one accomplished photographer has reached across expanses of time and space, capturing the likes of desolate desert landscapes, poverty-stricken rural dwellers and the lives of prisoners on death row. His name is Bruce Jackson, the James Agee Professor of American Culture and English at UB.
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"A Wonderful, Glorious future "
By KIERA MEDVED | Feb. 10, 2013Having a lifelong relationship with a band isn't always easy. One year, they can release an album and you'll swear they wrote each lyric just for you.
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My Bloody Valentine amazes again after decades-long hiatus: m b v album review
By Brian Josephs | Feb. 7, 2013Album: m b v Artist: My Bloody Valentine Label: Self-released Grade: B+ My Bloody Valentine's landmark achievement, 1991's Loveless, is full of stunning moments from its mind-altering opener, "Only Shallow," to the guitar-distorted fantasy of "Soon." However, there's a particularly stunning moment in the middle of it all where vocalists Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shield sing on "When You Sleep." "When I look at you/I don't know what's real," they sing. How can they be so self-aware?
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Harlem shakes back onto the stage
By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Feb. 7, 2013Inspiration and vivacity captivated North Campus this week, as a group of talented and stifled dancers returned to the stage after declaring bankruptcy in 2004. The Dance Theatre of Harlem took the stage at UB's Center For the Arts Wednesday evening with 12 dancers.
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Coming full circle
By TIM ALLMAN | Feb. 3, 2013In 2008, the curtains closed on Studio Arena Theatre and it almost became a parking lot. Last Friday, Buffalo's theater scene came back to life with the Road Less Traveled's production of Annie Baker's hilarious Circle Mirror Transformation. Formerly known as Studio Arena, 710 Main St.
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Angels and AIDS
By KIERA MEDVED | Feb. 3, 2013A huge theater, elaborate costumes and over 20 stage crewmembers aren't necessary to put on an extraordinary theatrical performance - an exemplary set is.
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Heartthrob: A guilty pleasure: Tegan and Sara album review
By MAX CRINNIN | Jan. 31, 2013Artist: Tegan and Sara Album: Heartthrob Release Date: Jan. 29 Label: Warner Bros. Grade: B Guilty pleasures are the things you really enjoy when no one's around.
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Acoustic album recruits new Beliebers: Believe Acoustic album review
By FELICIA HUNT | Jan. 31, 2013Artist: Justin Bieber Album: Believe Acoustic Release Date: Jan. 29 Label: Island Records Grade: B+ Who would have thought a rap about Buzz Lightyear
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Artwork of the Internet arrives at CFA
By PETE SHAPIRO | Jan. 29, 2013Inside the Center for the Arts art gallery, a small television greets you, commanding attention from all who enter and catching the more traditional patrons by surprise. The television, however, is not there for simple recreational purposes.
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Mixtape Monthly #10: Student Edition
By BRIAN JOSEPHS and DUANE OWENS | Jan. 29, 2013Nuzzcrew - Tuned Poetry
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Portals delivers a cure for our longing
By TIM ALLMAN | Jan. 27, 2013Let the naysayers be damned - classical music still speaks to us today.
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Don't mess with this Mama
By JAKE KNOTT | Jan. 24, 2013Have the main characters of Mama never been introduced to the horror genre? Nothing good can ever, ever stem from adopting two satanic-looking orphans.
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Tales of the Haudenosaunee
By BRIANNA HOKAJ | Jan. 24, 2013A small and eager group sat huddled together, as an elder weaved stories relating to many different aspects of life. People migrated to the C.G.
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"Jesus, drunks and talent "
By PETER SHAPIRO | Jan. 22, 2013A massive imposing cross sits mockingly above hole 17 on the green at the Blood of the Lamb mini golf course. Beneath the cross, a small set of Texan flags, hard liquor, lawn chairs and a silent gopher are scattered around the hole.
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Rocky debut: Long. Live. A$AP album review
By Brian Josephs | Jan. 15, 2013Album: Long. Live. A$AP Artist: A$AP Rocky Release Date:
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Black Veil Brides unveil a new sound
By FELICIA HUNT | Jan. 15, 2013Artist: Black Veil Brides Album: Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones Release Date: Jan.
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The return of Wednesday night weirdness
By ELVA AGUILAR | Jan. 15, 2013Prepare yourselves for booze, cannabis and infinite amount of phallic and anal anecdotes because Blake, Anders, Adam and the reckless Workaholics crew have finally returned. The Comedy Central phenomenon continues its third season Jan.
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Mixtape Monthly #9: Best of 2012
By BRIAN JOSEPHS, ELVA AGULAR and DUANE OWENS | Dec. 28, 2012Big Sean- Detroit This year proved to be another monumental one for rapper Big Sean. After dropping his debut album, Finally Famous, in 2011 and gaining enormous buzz because of his label, the ground was firmly set for Big Sean to drop his 2012 mixtape, Detroit. Big Sean released three tracks from the mixtape before its release, the most notable being "RWT." Although Big Sean's first major track, 2007's "Getcha Some," held the same context as "RWT," the surge in lyrical talent from the 19-year-old rookie who still hadn't found his niche to the confident 24-year-old man we hear today is undeniable. "Everything I rock, I designed it/realer n***a, won't find it/ OK, I be stackin' that cheddar, bet that s**t won't expire/Got me ballin' so hard, I need me Jerry Maguire," Sean raps. The boisterousness in tracks like "RWT," "Mula," featuring French Montana, and "Higher," wasn't the only method heard on Detroit.
