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Grace Weissend | Tuesday, January 23, 2018
On Garrett Borns’ sophomore album as BØRNS, the indie pop artist sticks to what he knows. “Blue Madonna” is 12 tracks of airy, danceable, lustful pop music, and it’s exactly what one would expect from a BØRNS album in the best way. “Faded Heart” was the first bit of “Blue Madonna” to hit the airwaves
Grace Weissend | Friday, January 19, 2018
Tonya Harding is ready to tell the world how it all really went down. “I, Tonya” tells the true-life story of the former U.S. Olympic figure skater, culminating in the infamous Nancy Kerrigan knee-smashing incident. Based on real interviews with Tonya, her mother (Allison Janney), her ex-husband (a devastatingly likable Sebastian Stan) and her former bodyguard
Grace Weissend | Monday, October 2, 2017
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of the University’s founding, the Snite Museum of Art is displaying their extensive collection of original Rembrandt etchings. Art collectors and Elkhart residents Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen first loaned the collection of Rembrandt prints to the Snite in conjunction with the museum’s new building opening in 1981. The Feddersens officially donated the
Grace Weissend | Monday, September 25, 2017
If you were suspicious of Fergie’s ability to deliver another high-quality pop album, your thinking was fictitious. Fergie certainly understood the pressure that comes with a ten-year break between albums, but rather than pushing too hard to impress or to prove her staying power, the Dutchess delivers an updated and innovative album for the Girlboss
Grace Weissend | Thursday, September 21, 2017
If Angus & Julia Stone released anything on their new album “Snow,” it was an identity crisis. The newly released album, from the Australian sibling duo that created a lasting hit with their 2010 track “Big Jet Plane,” has significantly less bright spots and “hits” than it was expected to have. The album cover is
Adam Ramos, Mike Donovan, Grace Weissend, Brian Boylen, Alvaro del Campo and Carlos De Loera | Monday, September 18, 2017
Everyday, a seemingly endless amount of music is written, recorded and released. With this non-stop stream of new music, sometimes it can seem daunting to find the right song for you. Allow the music nerds of Scene to curate a list of some of our favorite new tracks, check out the songs below and pick your
Grace Weissend | Tuesday, September 5, 2017
From the album art to the tracks themselves, The Script is simply trying too hard on their latest effort. The Irish band’s fifth studio album, “Freedom Child,” is ridden with cliches, piano overlays and intense drumming. The fourteen tracks feel almost never ending due to the lack of differentiation among them. Past The Script albums have