It’s never easy to make a follow-up to a masterpiece. Animal Collective’s previous album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, was one of the most acclaimed albums of 2009. Their latest album, Centipede Hz, while failing to reach the same heights as its predecessor, still manages to impress. After taking a break from […]

This past summer was filled with more monumental blockbusters than any other with Marvel’s The Avengers, The Amazing Spider Man and, of course, Batman: the Dark Knight Rises. While these movies were all great in their own right, this past summer conceived one of the most brilliantly powerful and entertaining […]

I like to think I live a pretty notorious and swankified life, so I thought, “Hey Pat, why don’t you share some of your favorite fall things to do so that the studentbody can join the adventure?” Well, I’d be delighted to indulge the Xavier University community with such information. […]

For the musically inclined Cincinnatian, this past summer was one filled with excitement and anticipation. The Bunbury Music Festival made its debut on the shores of the Ohio River in July with thousands of music fans flocking to Sawyer Point to watch bands like Weezer, Jane’s Addiction and Death Cab […]

Chances are you haven’t heard of the band Walk the Moon. However, this new, Cincinnati based band is well on its way to becoming one of the major powerhouses of the indie-rock genre with its June-release of its selftitled album “Walk the Moon.” Featuring up-tempo, synthesized dance tunes such as […]

A growing, new installment to Xavier University is the creation of a Department of Music and Theater. Dr. Thomas Merrill is the chair of the department, with new faculty member Stephen Skiles as the assistant chair in charge of classes and curriculum organization. With such a fresh, new arts department, […]

After three years of bizarre, 24-hour song experiments and world record attempts, the Flaming Lips return with a new full-length album, but this one has a twist. “The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends” is another experiment: a collaborative album with both Grammy-winning artists and relative unknowns. Sonically, the album is […]

The Xavier Student Activities Council (SAC) took three buses of students to Riverbend Music Center to see Christina Perri with Jason Mraz on his tour “Tour is a Four Letter Word” on Aug. 28. Perri opened the concert, playing her familiar hits “Jar of Hearts,” “Arms” and “A Thousand Years.” […]

While countries from all over the world flocked to Cincinnati for the World Choir Games, Xavier University students took a trip of their own across the globe to share their love of music with others. The Xavier University Edgecliff Vocal Ensemble consisting of 20 students toured Spain this summer from […]

We live in an age where computer generated imagery (CGI) rules the cinema. Hand-drawn movies have been shipped out, and digitally animated films seem to have taken their place. However, the same is not true for stop-motion films such as Nightmare Before Christmas and Fantastic Mr. Fox. So what is […]