Review by: Aditya Thiyag Artist: Silk Sonic Rating: 5/5 Pop king Bruno Mars and musician Anderson .Paak linked up to produce an album of the year contender. An Evening with Silk Sonic clocks in at a concise 31 minutes, but the amount of variety packed into this runtime is absurd. Segueing from love ballad to disco jam, none of the […]
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Review by: Isabelle Paley Artist: Taylor Swift Rating: 4.5/5 Taylor Swift’s re-recording of a majority of her discography is a monumental feat for her career as an artist. The rerecording of Red, the perfect fall heartbreak album, combines Swift’s 2012 lyrics with her 2021 voice. Swift merged her country roots with songs such as “Everything Has Changed” and modern pop […]
Read moreDella Johnson | Editor-in-Chief Mitski Miyawaki has released some of the most heart-wrenching music imaginable. Her discography is stocked with tearfully symbolic records, her lyrics striking yet often sung softly. Often using her work as an emotional vessel, Mitski has lamented over concepts such as the treatment of people of color in America and the perceived societal role of women. […]
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From his first album, 1999’s A Sun Came, to 2020’s The Ascension, American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens has always been open to experimenting with his sound, seamlessly shifting from soft, indie folk to upbeat electropop that keeps his music fresh and innovative. Originally pursuing an MFA in writing with hopes of becoming a novelist, Stevens’ literary background is apparent in his […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Rating: 4.5/5 No Time To Die is a drama first and an action spectacle second. That’s what makes it a perfect conclusion to Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond. If there was one word I’d use to describe this film, it would be consequence. Every action Bond takes in this film and […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Creator: Hwang Dong-hyuk Rating: 4/5 “The Blue Danube” is a German waltz composed in 1866 that’s pervaded pop culture for years on end, to the point where even Spongebob Squarepants featured an interpolation of it in a jellyfishing scene. But you’d be hard-pressed to find someone in 2021 who doesn’t associate the tune with the signaling […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle In a world where the charts are dominated by pop-rap crossovers and tik tok anthems, one indie artist has been silently taking over the underground scene. 27 year old Los Angeles native Phoebe Bridgers has had an eventful year, garnering four grammy nominations for her second studio album Punisher, a feature on Kid Cudi’s Man […]
Read moreReview by: Sean Spiedel Artist: Kanye West Rating: 4/5 Easily the most anticipated album of the year, Kanye West’s Donda did not disappoint. West was first rumored to release Donda, named after West’s late mother, following a live listening party in Atlanta on June 22; however, West left his fans disappointed and delayed the album release. West then hosted another […]
Read moreReview by: Aditya Thiyag Director: Destin Cretton Rating: 3.5/5 With the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer smashing the record for the most views on a movie trailer in 24 hours and Avengers: Endgame being the highest grossing film of all time, it’s easy to feel like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is nothing more than filler in […]
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Yamha Sami – Senior Tell Us about yourself! What kinds of things do you like to do, Hobbies, Fun Facts, Etc? Some hobbies of mine are drawing and painting, specifically pencil drawings and acrylic painting! Sometimes watercolor too but I’m not so good at it. I’m a part of NHS, SIBS, and I’m on the board for the Youth Activism Club here […]
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Review by: Della Johnson Artist: Lana Del Ray Rating: 8.5/10 Following what might be her most problematic year yet in the eyes of the internet, Lana Del Rey has released a quiet, gentle record, perhaps more vintage than any of her other works. Experimenting with folk (and even teetering on country with a feature from Nikki Lane), her lyrics embody […]
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Review by: Scott Reckers Director: Adam Wingard Rating 7/10 Godzilla may be the “King of the Monsters,” but Kong bows to no one. The two stars of the ‘Monsterverse’ have finally clashed together, and the promise of a visual spectacle is fulfilled. The current state of visual effects is the future we dreamed of years ago, and the fight scenes […]
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Interview by Risha Chada Monaa Gopinath – Sophomore Tell us about yourself! What kinds of things do you like to do, Hobbies, Fun Facts, Etc? My name is Monaa and I’m a sophomore here at MHS. I am also a co-founder of Young Leaders in Public Health and Medicine (YLPHM). Some of my interests are playing the piano, camping, reading, collecting rocks […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer In an awards season flipped on its head now that COVID-19 has left most movie theaters shuttered for a year, rendering the box office almost all but irrelevant, few films have received the amount of plaudits that Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland has. And, many might argue, for good reason. Zhao’s third feature film is a visually […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer The Parisian electronic music duo Daft Punk, who called it quits after nearly 30 years on February 22, looked about as larger than life as bands in this musical era usually get. Obviously, this was visible at first glance: both Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de-Homem-Christo donned metallic helmets, which were gleamingly futuristic and effortlessly iconic […]
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Review by: Della Johnson Directed by: Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada Rating: 7/10 Disney’s newest princess film felt very familiar. As a strong female warrior with a sarcastic dragon sidekick, Raya certainly mirrored Mulan, the other princess to hail from an Asian country, and her consistent travel by boat lent itself a bit to Moana. Still, the movie itself fostered […]
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