Jenna Lee

23 Mar 2007

Indie band hits the scene

Now here comes Madina Lake. The band members look a little too fashion indie to be taken seriously; as if they were just put together by some record company to cash in on the success of the genre.

23 Mar 2007

Theft prevents music review

My iPod was stolen out of my dorm room. I take full responsibility for the fact that I left my room unlocked to run to the bathroom, but I am personally offended that in place of the stolen property the assailants left payment: four quarters and a nickel.

08 Mar 2007

Relient K’s sophomore album does well

As the winter season begins to wind down, and we are all in spring break mood, I wanted to review a new compact disc that really conveys and invokes the feeling of the new season. Immediately, I fell in love with Relient K’s newest effort Five Score and Seven Years Ago.

02 Mar 2007

Young musicians out to impress

I will be the first one to admit that I am not the authority around campus on hard-core rap or hip-hop, but regardless, the popularity is too great to ignore when upcoming artists of those genres emerge. 2XL is a rap group consisting of two 16-year-old brothers, Bennett “Laze” and Justin “Royal City” Talmadge Armstrong.

22 Feb 2007

Anberlin’s new album falls short

After years of being a film and music critic, I have found that the easiest things to review are either amazing or f-in’ horrible. When something falls into either of those categories, it seems like you can’t stop talking about it. It’s incredibly more difficult to write about something that is mediocre.

15 Feb 2007

Reggae music expands, entertains reviewer

In case anyone hasn’t sent you the memo yet, reggae music is so much more than Bob Marley and the Wailers. God forbid that you think of Shaggy when you think of that genre!

08 Feb 2007

Fall Out Boy's new album fails to impress

Back when I was in high school, I remember being one of the first girls to jump on the emo, pop punk bandwagon. I bought a pair of Chucks, dyed my hair hot pink, wore too many plastic bracelets, and […]

01 Feb 2007

Twin Cities band, Ice Land, begins to break out

There is a little part in all of us that dreams of becoming a rock star. Every time your roommate plugs a small red guitar into a PlayStation for a round of Guitar Hero or a drunken girl ill advisedly […]

14 Dec 2006

'Apocalypto'a typical gruesome Gibson film

When I told my friends I had chosen “Apocalypto” as my final film review, many of them were outraged.

07 Dec 2006

‘Déjà Vu’ story not worthy of recollection

Denzel Washington must love playing cops. He’s done so many cop roles that he could probably be one in real life if this acting gig doesn’t pan out. In “Déjà Vu,” I was pleasantly surprised to see that Washington’s cop character, a member of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), was less surly than his other cop personas and better acted than most.