Well known for their covers of a variety of popular music, Pentatonix brings listeners a fresh, well-crafted selection of Christmas favorites, as well as a few original holiday songs. Bringing feelings of warm nights and Christmas chills, the band covers a variety of holiday sentiments, giving audiences...

The effects of fame, current world issues and the need for Jesus are themes that Lecrae covers in recent album “Restoration.” The latest “Restoration: The Deluxe Album” contains six new tracks, continuing on with these messages while adding a wider variety of songs into the mix. The rapper provides...

Dean Yamada is the professor teaching Biola film this year, a six-unit class whose final assignment is a film project that is selected the previous semester. Because of COVID-19, the format for this class has changed, meaning that the films audiences can expect will also look different. Here is an inside...

Since winning The X Factor in 2011, British girl group Little Mix has left their mark on pop culture. Hit single “Shout Out to My Ex” established them as a go-to band for women looking for empowering sounds to blast on a girl’s night out. Their latest album release “Confetti” brings back some...

“Level of Concern” by Twenty One Pilots Alternative rock and hip-hop duo Twenty One Pilots has taken the world by storm over the last few years. After being forced to bring their tour to a halt in March, they rushed to give their fans something to smile about during quarantine. They released catchy...

In recent years, Sam Smith has emerged as an up-and-coming artist who tackles serious subject matter, while also including a number of fun, catchy tunes to keep on repeat. In their latest album “Love Goes,” Smith details a number of blunt, tragic songs about losing the one you love, but also the...

Opening in a theatrical, war-like string symphony, “Positions” follows every rule Ariana Grande has ever set for herself. It is about healing, love, sex and the search for fulfillment in the wake of loss and love. A downward emotional pull, the album leaves everything unresolved, an honest show of...

While celebrating with cozy sweaters and spiced lattes or carving a pumpkin with your favorite candy in hand, no Halloween gathering is complete without a scary, or silly, movie. From classic slasher films to recently released comedic adventures, streaming services provide a number of great titles to...

It has been over two years since Adele made her last public appearance. The relatively small media coverage and lack of new material shrouded her in mystery—a mystery that was revealed when she hosted Saturday Night Live this week. OPENING MONOLOGUE   Though Adele has been on SNL before, this is...

Indie fans are certainly getting their quarantine music fix. Wallows, featuring Dylan Minnette of the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” has quickly risen to fame in the indie music world over the past year. Their latest EP “Remote” keeps in tune with their previous work and is characterized...

With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to limit artists’ ability to connect with fans, artists are becoming increasingly creative with the work they put out. COIN’s “Indigo Violet” is a perfect example of a unique method of attracting fans’ attention and producing excitement during this time....

At the beginning of the pandemic, cinema and media arts students were among the top majors whose education was most affected by leaving campus. Without access to studios and equipment and with strict social distancing guidelines, many students are struggling to perfect their craft of filmmaking. Despite...