Search Results

Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of Ball State Daily's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query. You can also try a Basic search

1000 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.

Weezer returns with a shockingly strong cover album in ‘Weezer (The Teal Album)’

(01/27/19 8:00pm)

No one asked for it, no one expected it, but here it is anyways. On  Jan. 24 at midnight, with no warning, Weezer ambushed listeners with a  cover album titled Weezer (The Teal Album). Looking at the  cover you can tell the band was going for a throwback vibe seeing as  everything about their looks screams 80’s, and the track list is no  different.

https://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2019/01/weezer-returns-with-a-shockingly-strong-cover-album-in-weezer-the-teal-album

Deerhunter enters new territory on ‘Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Already?’

(01/27/19 6:21pm)

Deerhunter may not ring a bell to the common music listener but, in  the Indie music world, the band brings something new to the table with  every release. Each album is something different from psychedelic rock,  to alternative, pop, garage rock, and straight-up indie. The band broke  new ground in pop-rock with 2010’s Halcyon Digest, a beautiful  pop album with a wide soundscape and captivating hooks. However, that  sound would not last forever—not even for another album. In 2013,  Deerhunter turned up their amps and plugged in their fuzz pedals for Monomania,  which is exactly what it sounds like, but with Deerhunter hooks. The  point is: the band is always doing something different with their  discography. It was no surprise that they would bring new sounds to the  table with Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Already?, but the real surprise came in the lyrics and structures. On Disappeared, Deerhunter  creates beautiful soundscapes that are complimented by melancholy  lyrics. However, the songs themselves aren’t entirely memorable.

https://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2019/01/deerhunter-enters-new-territory-on-why-hasnt-everything-disappeared-already

‘A Dog’s Way Home’ strives for greatness, but lacks overall bite

(01/24/19 6:47pm)

You already know whether or not you’re going to go see A Dog’s Way Home, and I’m strongly sure that a majority of you feel like you’ve already seen it after watching the trailer in front of some other movie this past holiday season. It’s a movie with a poster that features an impossibly small puppy fitting comfortably inside of a size ten Chuck Taylor, and the tagline “A lot can happen between lost and found…” Not to give into cynicism or a nihilistic attitude given that we are knee deep into January, a month known for being Hollywood’s dumping ground for low-tier films and guaranteed bombs (that is, before Netflix arrived to save us from such surefire classics as The Magnificent Seven and Michael Peña’s Extinction), but the fact of the matter is that the deck is stacked against this film from the ground up.

https://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2019/01/a-dogs-way-home-strives-for-greatness-but-lacks-overall-bite

Starkid’s ‘The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals’ is campy in the best way

(01/09/19 11:34pm)

As a huge fan of Starkid Productions, I anxiously anticipated the YouTube release of their newest show, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, for months. I was honestly prepared to be disappointed; after their last show, Firebringer, I wasn’t expecting much. However, this show exceeded my expectations and evoked the infectiously fun and campy feeling of earlier Starkid shows like A Very Potter Musical and Starship.

https://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2019/01/starkids-the-guy-who-didnt-like-musicals-is-campy-in-the-best-way