In ‘Mazunte 2016,’ Los Blenders break through Beach Boys
Los Blenders love surf rock. And they have been heralded as “the Next Great Mexican Garage Band.” But they are not Beach Boys buffs, nor are they the arbiters of…
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Frost’s ‘Dead Ends’ is slice of life intoned with high school sadness
The Miscellany News: Did you write this album by yourself? Ilana Frost (IF): Yes. The Misc: How do you approach writing? Is it an intuitive process or do you have…
A bright future brewing for coffee connoisseurs
Anna Guttman-McCabe ’22 and Xan Wolstenholme-Britt ’22 were both baristas in high school. As we talked, one of the first things I noticed was their enthusiasm for beans and milk…
With ‘Late Afternoon National Anthem,’ Father Koi conquers teen angst
The crucial act of adolescence is not angst itself, but the expression of angst. Kara Lu ’22 (alias Father Koi) has scaled the mountain of her teens with her first…
Hudson Valley breeds boisterous, tear-jerking indie
The Hudson Valley is known for not being New York City. Therein lies its charm. Resisting geographic proximity to the city, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, New Paltz and their neighbors kiss the…
Original ‘TKAM’ Scout speaks on the artist’s path: musicals, politics, motherhood in four acts
The Sunday before last, Associate Professor and Chair of Drama Shona Tucker took her students to see “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway. This Saturday, Feb. 1, Celia Keenan-Bolger, who…
Dodd examines light, flora after New York co-op takes root
American artists loved abstraction until the Andy Warhols ambushed the Jackson Pollocks and started painting celebrities and Coca-Cola—or so it goes. But there is a group that, after the tumult…
‘Joss Goths’ contemplate clothes, comfort, Halloweentown
Aesthetic purist, modernist architect and bitter man Adolf Loos hated ostentation. In his lecture-essay “Ornament and Crime,” he wrote, “The urge to ornament one’s face and everything within reach is…
Baba Kazi Oliver drum circle harnesses hope, healing
I was shivering and a little miserable. I shook out my umbrella, heaved the Chapel door open and was greeted by a grinning man. He held his hand out for…
‘Big Mouth’ season 3: comedy is irreverence, not insolence
Did being nice kill our humor? In an interview with the Daily Beast, comedian Nick Kroll discussed comedy in the age of political correctness, saying, “I think you can still…