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Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks Wig Out At Jagbags Album Review Matador Records/Domino Records Released January 7, 2014 Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock Thom Yorke never made it out of the cave of electronic music that he and his band Radiohead settled in with the release of 2000's centennial Kid A.  He released a debut riddled with odd samples and artificial drum...
  You Blew It! Keep Doing What You're Doing Album Review Topshelf Records Released January 14, 2014 Genre: Emo, Indie Rock Modest Mouse once said, "And we'll all float on okay." You Blew it! attest to this maxim in their new album, Keep Doing What You're Doing, A whimsical new emo record, that delves into relationships and questions existence. It's an angst-y piece of music,...
Grudgement Day: A 21st Century Rocky Movie? Starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro, Grudge Match can easily be interpreted as a 21st century continuation of the patriotic Rocky series. Stallone, who originally starred as the underdog Rocky Balboa in the 1990s movie series, draws back a fan base with the classic heart-warming rags to riches story. With an enormous following in Pittsburgh, the...
Flying down the highway at 130 miles per hour, Michael de Santa opens fire on the police squad cars behind him. Taking a quick turn into a dark tunnel at breakneck speeds, he throws the police off his track, returning home to his dysfunctional family, only to drown it out with a stiff glass of scotch and an old...
The dynamic partnership of director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost has kept audiences laughing ever since the release of 2002's horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead. Their unique brand of genre satire and sharply written jokes was followed up with 2007's buddy-cop satire Hot Fuzz. This year, they have done it again with The World's End. In...
Synopsis: In a dystopian future, teens are forced into an arena to fight to the death in order to portray the control the government has over the lower classes. This sequel to the first Hunger Games begins by showing the aftermath of the last bloodbath and how the winners, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Melark (Josh Hutcherson), have...
Walking through Jesuit the hallways, you might come across two quiet students staring intently at their own iPads in their hands, seemingly not interacting with each other until they simultaneously throw their hands up either in defeat or in victory. There is a great chance that they are playing FIFA '14, one of the most intense, entertaining games you...
Every gamer has his own genre of game that he likes the best, whether it be shooters or adventure or anything else. I have taken it upon myself to compile an unbiased list of the top 10 games of the year, putting aside my love for shooters aside. 10. NBA 2k14 I know what you're thinking, a sports game made the...

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