Arts

Barenaked Ladies: pro kids, ninjas

By Adam Daniels

The band released a children's album on Tuesday.

Islands’ second album no fun

By Jordan Sargent

I wonder if people remember that Islands exist, or if anyone actually cared about them in the first place. I ask because even I, a fan, forgot of their existence ...

Les Savy Fav goes wrong the right way

By Joey Vergara

After listening to Les Savy Fav’s After the Balls Drop (Live in NYC), the band’s first live album and digital release, two things are clear: 1. Vocalist Tim Harrington is ...

Column: ‘Made’ shouldn’t have been made

By Dan Moore

Let’s begin with the title. “Made of Honor” is a pun, I guess, because in this mediocre “My Best Friend’s Wedding” knock-off our hero Tom (Patrick Dempsey) is made to ...

Puppets album solid if not memorable

By Patrick Daugherty

Monkeys’ man Alex Turner stretches out his ‘60s legs with latest release.

'Mario Kart Wii' offers more ways to get screwed

By AJ Hurst

The gaming world is just another day, another Nintendo console, another Mario Kart.

Dead Meadow turns a new leaf

By Joel Schafer

There’s more to Dead Meadow than Tolkien, bongs and a constantly rotating copy of Zeppelin II. The band might play its share of fuzzy, heavy riffs at a head-nodding tempo, ...

Hard Candy quickly loses its flavor

By Lindsay Eanet

Madge, where have you gone? What happened to the good ol’ days of long, velvet gloves and cone bras? That’s why we loved you in the first place. Ask most ...

Downey Jr. succeeds

By Tanner Boyd

While some might see the trailer for “Iron Man” and cast it aside into the bowels of the B-movie superhero genre along with “Daredevil,” “Elektra” and “Ghost Rider,” filmmakers should ...

DeGraw’s sophomore album is full of love songs

By Jess Camp

DeGraw’s new album is his only work since 2003.

No Age’s Nouns creates new noise-rock genre

By Kelsey Whipple

No Age toys with sound effects and experimental lyrics.

The Roots continue social critique

By Lindsay Eanet

When the world is in abject turmoil, the last thing it needs is another Fall Out Boy collaboration. Luckily for Black Thought and Philly hip-hop crew The Roots, they recognized ...

Konk is unlikely to survive the summer

By Antoine Kalewicz

While a new pop/rock sensation popped out of Great Britain’s rock scene every week, The Kooks surprised everybody with their first album Inside In/Inside Out two years ago. The quartet ...

Column: Harold and Kumar: a letdown

Last week’s release of “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” is a good reason to explain the difference between a dumb movie and a stupid movie, because it is ...

‘Army of Two’ squanders

By AJ Hurst

“It’s good to play together,” as the saying goes. Strange, then, that it has taken this long for a big name developer to build an entire game around that concept. ...

‘Apocalypse’ is hilarious

By Jake Meltzer

What if Kim Jong-il really had nuclear weapons? Not only that, but what would happen if he actually used them on a major American city? Writer-illustrator Peter Bagge answers these ...

Critics deem Atmosphere emo rap

By Lindsay Eanet

Atmosphere’s When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold has excellent rhymes.

Tina Fey saves ‘Baby Mama’

By Tanner Boyd

Tina Fey is a smart woman. Seeing the commercial and critical success of comedies involving pregnancy (like “Knocked Up” and “Juno”), Fey decided to try her luck and give birth ...

Dinosaurs works to live up to namesake

By Erica Zucco

The band has drawn inspiration from bands across the Midwest.

Humanity shows in 'Sarah Marshall'

By Dan Moore

Before we go any further, yes: In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" you will see Jason Segel's penis no fewer than four times. The good thing is that the scenes are funny, ...