Hitting the ice with Hockey (the band)
Hockey is a band from Portland, Oregon who have been gaining attention with their danceable tunes and enthusiastic live performances. Their sound is an amalgam of LCD Soundsystem’s relentless beats and self-awareness with The Strokes’ effortless cool. Hockey played Thursday,…
AiC back after 14 year hiatus
Moving forward is a grueling task, especially for a rock band attempting to overcome the death of its lead singer. The creative process is limited to, somehow, honoring the fallen voice while learning how to speak anew. For Alice in…
Grunge Backs Down
Ever since they came onto the scene in 1991, Pearl Jam has always been a band on a mission with something to say. Vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament and current drummer Matt Cameron…
Post-Apocalyptic Ragdolls Shine in ‘9’
Ever wonder what life would we be like if nine little ragdolls were the only form of human life left in a war-torn nation? If you have, then "9" is the film to see. Even if these thoughts haven’t entered…
‘Catching Fire’ keeps fans of book series hungry fore more
Chances are, if you’ve heard of Suzanne Collins’ "The Hunger Games" you’re now a proud owner of the sequel "Catching Fire." But for those who haven’t heard, "The Hunger Games" is a surprisingly dark and refreshing new series that deserves…
Shooting for gold
"Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood," developed by Ubisoft, is the sequel to "Call of Juarez" and is available for both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. However, "Call of Juarez; Bound in Blood" serves as a prequel to…
Newest Batman game is no Joke-r
"Batman: Arkham Asylum," developed by Rocksteady Studios, is the latest game in the Batman universe available on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The story is excellent; Batman has captured the Joker and sent him to Arkham Asylum, home to…
“Exclusive interview with Alisa Nizhniy of Her Lips Might Shatter”
Her Lips Might Shatter is a one-woman electro-DJ dance party named Alisa Nizhniy from Los Angeles by way of Houston, Texas. Her sound is close to what you would get if you were to allow Fischerspooner, Peaches and Goldfrapp to…
Oswego artists explore ‘urban’
"Spatio Geographica," an exhibit by Artists Paul Bartow, an Oswego State graduate, and Oswego State Professor Rick Metzgar, is an experimental archive of human and non-human elements in North America.The exhibit opened Sept. 11, in the Tyler Art Gallery, and…
A near great movie about a far-out time
Set in drug-infested 1969, "Taking Woodstock" portrays how the sleepy little town of Bethel, NY is turned upside down overnight by a young man named Elliott Tiber (Demetri Martin), who organized one of the most memorable events in 20th century…
