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Music Reviews

Gwen Stefani

Album:

Pop star Gwen Stefani has released her new album “This is What the Truth Feels Like.” Stefani, veteran and superstar, has done a decent job with this 12-track album. The album isn’t overwhelmingly great but it is not bad either. It hits just above average for current pop albums. The tracks flow well together, and Stefani kicks off the album with the slightly gimmicky “Misery.”

Release Date: March 18, 2016

It is definitely your standard, run-of-the-mill pop single. The album goes on with “You’re My Favorite,” and out of the 12 tracks, this one has to be the strongest. The rest of the album follows into a vibe of “songs that could potentially help you get over an ex.” Overall this is not a bad album for Stefani, it certainly is not a great one.

This is What the Truth Feels Like

Various Artists

By Jordyn Smith

Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL

Kris Allen

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Album: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Album: Letting You In

Release Date: March 18, 2016

Release Date: March 18 2016

A new release this week that is making waves is “Southern Family.” This album, produced by the great Dave Cobb, is a superb concept album. Included on the album is an eclectic mix of artist and songwriters, such as well-known artists like Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown, and Jamey Johnson who lent their talents to several tracks. Additionally, some lesser-known singer/ songwriters are on this album as well. Brent Cobb, cousin of Dave Cobb, collaborated with his cousin to write and produce the album. Newcomer Brandy Clark sings the emotional highlight of the album in “I Cried.” She brings a great classic country vibe and sound to the album. The individual talents of each artist are showcased by Dave Cobb’s abilities as a producer. The meticulous care that was put into each song shows us why Dave Cobb has achieved the status he has.

Are you excited for the new Batman v Superman movie? In need of some good workout music? Then make sure to get the sound track to Batman V Superman. All 18 tracks were written by cinematic music great Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL, and Zimmer brings his classic style to the forefront of each track. The intense melodies of “Their War Here” and “Day of the Dead” will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. The darker tones Zimmer utilizes bring out the intensity of the movie. The best tack on the album has to be “Men Are Still Good (The Batman Suite).” The use of countering violin melodies bring the song to a new level. This album will get you pumped up for the new movie, so let’s all hope that Ben Affleck’s Batman is as good as the music Hans Zimmer has made.

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American Idol alum Kris Allen is back with his fourth studio album “Letting You In.” The singer/songwriter really pours out his heart and soul on this album as it is full of personal tracks for Allen. The most personal has to be “If We Keep Doing Nothing,” and is a politically fueled track that does shed some light on key issues in our time. The hooks in “Move” are infectious and Allen’s punctuation of the lyrics and the musical accompaniment accentuate the hooks. The rest of the album is a great stepping-stone for Allen because his distinct style really comes through. With the path he is on, success will surely find him

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f you are looking to escape the hum-drum of life and experience a unique event that will make your week, look no further than MSC OPAS! They are presenting an on-stage concert with the band, The Gloaming on March 29. The Gloaming brings an Irish folk sound to their concerts, and with their variety of instruments and blends of talent, this is a must-see concert. The Gloaming consists of the band members Iarla Ó Lionaird on vocals, Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett on the piano, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh with the hardanger, Martin Hayes playing the fiddle, and Dennis Cahill with the guitar. The band stands as a group of extraordinary talents and expert musicians each with successful individual careers and masters of their instruments. The success of the band is known throughout the music world, and they were even known for their music prior to their first album. Before The Gloaming released their debut album in 2014, they were recognized by the Irish Times hailing them as “one of the great forces in Irish music.” The group has quickly

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become one of the world’s best live performances, showing their talent to packed houses at the Barbican in London, Sydney Opera House in Australia, Mexico City’s Teatro de al Ciudad, New York’s Lincoln Center, and WOMAD festivals worldwide, as well as selling out multiple concerts at home from Dublin’s National Concert Hall to the Cork Opera House.Their fame has brought them to the attention of their own country, at one point playing for an audience including Irish President Michael D Higgins to commemorate the Republic of Ireland’s first state visit to Britain. The self-titled recording made waves, winning Ireland’s Mercury Choice Music Prize for Album of The Year, Britain’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Award and making year-end best-of lists in America (NPR Music) and the UK (Mojo Magazine), as well as an “Album of the Year” title from The Irish Times.Continuing on with their success, The Gloaming’s second album titled “2” was released this past February via Real World and Brassland. They will be coming to A&M this March, and tickets are available at the MSC OPAS website.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ZANE WILLIAMS

By Luke Murray

lthough he didn’t start his career in Texas, Zane Williams is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after artists on the Texas Country music scene. He’s coming through College Station for a show at Hurricane Harry’s on April 1. We sat down with Zane to discuss his career’s rough start in Music City, where he first delved into country music, and his new music penciled to release later this year. MW: Being a throwback country musician, you have a blend of talent that balances song writing and live performing; essentially making you a genuine honkytonk poet. Where is your true comfort zone? Writing songs? In the studio? Or on stage? ZW: I think it started off as writing songs, that was the first thing I really explored in the industry. It moved from there to being more comfortable on stage, and I’m certainly in a place where I’m comfortable with that now after doing it for 15 years. I would say the studio has to come in last. I had been writing and performing for quite a few years before I stepped into the studio – and that initial venture was a disaster. I have six albums available now, but there were five that preceded those that I don’t even talk about or sell anymore. Those first five were just bad. These last five, and the sixth which is a compilation of those previous five, are much better. At this point I feel like I’ve gotten more comfortable in the studio where I at least feel like I know what I’m doing a little bit but it’s where I’m least proficient. That’s simply because I only get to do it once every year or two. Whereas, with songwriting and performing, I get to do those nearly every day. MW: Not to take anything away from Steve Goodman and David Allen Coe, but do you believe there is such a thing as the “perfect country western song?” ZW: (Laughing) Well, yeah! But I think there’s more than one. There are several songs out there that I think are pretty much perfect, where there’s not a wasted word. To me, the perfect country song is one that speaks a truth that many of us feel in that perfect way that we wish we could’ve said ourselves. It will usually say so much with so few words. Now, it’s kind of old school, because you don’t hear as many songs like that these days. It really has to cut through to your heart. There are several that I could think of that are pretty much perfect. They’re songs that I wish I had written and they embody that idea that I’m shooting for when I’m writing. MW: Any examples? ZW: A common one that people point out that I happen to love is “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” That one is a great example because it doesn’t tell you the whole story about every single thing that happened but he’s finally over her for good. In just a couple of snippets you go through this lifelong romance that this guy held

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onto, and it brings home all of the power and drama in that whole situation in a very short little phrase that’s memorable. I think that’s a great song, but they don’t have to be depressing to be great. For example, I think “Friends in Low Places” is an excellent song. Once again, I like the songs that can be clever like that – taking a common phrase that you’re used to hearing and essentially flipping it on its head. A great melody and a great singalong. MW: Although you were born in Abilene, and have settled back in Texas, you grew up all over the country – West Virginia to California, and even spending quite a bit of time in Nashville – did you always identify yourself with Texas music? ZW: Well, no, not even country really. I didn’t grow up listening to country. I went to high school in southern California, and I didn’t finally get to experience country music until I was old enough to finally ask mom and dad for the keys to the car. All of a sudden, I had control of the radio. I started flipping around and I discovered country music – and I liked it. None of my friends or family listened to it then. I kept listening to it in college, but even though I went to college at Abilene Christian, all of my friends were into Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam, U2 and just all of that 90’s pop-rock. Don’t get me wrong, I was into that stuff too, but I kept listening to country. When I was writing, I tried writing the Dave Matthews-type stuff, but with the way that my brain works, it’s a

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lot easier for me to write literal lyrics rather than abstract lyrics. I can’t write abstract impressionistic lyrics where it’s open for interpretation and might mean different things to different people - that’s not really the kind of lyrics I write. I’m more about songs that say exactly what they mean and they say it in the perfect way. At the end of the day, that’s country music. So my writing essentially led me that direction. I really made the plunge into country music when I moved to Nashville in 1999, and at that time, I didn’t even know that the Texas Country music scene existed. I didn’t know that Pat Green and Jack Ingram were doing their thing, much less Robert Earl Keen or anybody else. All I knew was George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Garth Brooks. Those guys are all major label Nashville artists, even though George is from Texas and Garth is from Oklahoma, they moved to Nashville. So that’s what I did. Even the whole time I was in Nashville, I was only dimly aware of this Texas music scene. It was really only when I moved back to Texas in 2008, for the main purpose of being close to family and starting one of my own, that I really discovered what Texas Country was all about and I realized these were my people! I kept saying that I should’ve been here all along. I wasted about a decade messing around up in Nashville, maybe even 15 years, where people didn’t really get my music and I didn’t really get them. We weren’t on the same page and I didn’t really fit in, I just thought it was the only option. I was ready to give up on music in 2008. I moved here for family and I was planning on just finding some other job. When I moved here though, I quickly realized that people here liked my

music and liked the kind of music that I liked. They liked singer-songwriters and people who are authentic. They don’t mind if it’s a little more traditional country-sounding – that’s a plus. All of sudden it was like “maybe I can do this music thing after all.” So everything I did from 1999 to 2008 just ended up being preparation and me maturing as an artist. Then when I moved to Texas, my music career really began to grow and it’s still growing. I’m still a relatively new guy in this Texas market, even though I’m older than most of the other guys who never went to Nashville. A lot of guys just put the band together in college and they’ve been doing the Texas market ever since. I didn’t even start playing with a full band until I was 33. I’m 38 now, and I’ve been playing consistently in this Texas market for about three years – and I’m having a ball! The difference that it makes for me is that I think I’m a lot more thankful for it than most of the other guys are. A lot of guys wonder if moving to Nashville would be better and they’re kind of on the fence about it. I’ve been there, done that, and it sucks. I’m just thankful for every honkytonk that I get to play, cause at least here I can be me and play my music with being reliant on some executive in an office somewhere to decide that my music is commercial for me to be able to have a career. MW: You tour a lot around Texas and venture out of state for shows as well; what do you find to be your toughest market? ZW: I’d say Nashville! Funny thing is, though, that I’m actually starting to get a little of fan-base in Nashville that I never had when I lived there. So it’s getting better. There is a little subsection of Nashville that is into authentic country music, and they appreciate it as a little breath of fresh air. But in general it’s a music town where everybody plays…and there’s music all night…every night…and everyone is just kind of jaded. I don’t even think half of the people there really like country music. The whole time I was living there, country music wasn’t what was cool, it was indie rock – like Jack White or The Stripes. There’s a cool station in Nashville called Lightning 100 that plays local artists, and they do a cool thing, but it’s not country. It’s kind of a hipster town, and the hipsters are not into my kind of music! I’d say Nashville is a tough market. Everywhere else, even if they haven’t heard of me, I feel like they’re listening with a blank slate. If someone listens to my music with an open heart and mind, I feel like nine times out of ten, they’ll end up liking it because they’ll find something that speaks to them. I feel like the people of Nashville just can’t listen without this filter about whether the music is commercial or not. MW: You’re most-recent project, Snapshots, is more or less a hits record, right? ZW: That’s correct.

MW: Are you working on any new music? ZW: Yes, I am. We’re in talks right now with producers and studios to do a new project. We plan on doing it sooner rather than later, probably record it in late spring or early summer with the goal of releasing it in the fall. I’ve got about 20 songs written, and we’re looking for outside songs too – just to see if they can beat what we already have. MW: You’re playing at Hurricane Harry’s on April Fool’s Day; you’re not planning to prank everyone by last-minute canceling the show or anything, are you? ZW: I can neither confirm nor deny that! No, man, if any silliness happens, it’s not going to be cancelling the show. That’s for sure.

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he glorious one-week break from the library and labs is over, and students have flooded back to College Station with rested eyes, deep tans, and most importantly, a lot of stories. But the best stories are the ones that completely fail. We asked around and chose a few of our favorites, here’s a handful from students near you: From the barefoot girl on campus: “Fell asleep on the beach and someone stole the Chacos off of my feet.”

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From the innocent bystander: “Some guy in Cabo threw up from the 3rd floor balcony and hit a kid with the vomit. The mom is pressing charges.” From the ‘college-kids-are-really-dumb-sometimes’: “We met a guy who fell off his hotel balcony and broke his arm so he had to wear a sling the rest of the trip.”

From the one wearing a boot: “I broke my toe dancing and now I have to wear an orthopedic shoe for a month.”

From the nearest hospital: “A group of 10 of us went to a cabin in the woods in Arkansas – basically no one around us for miles. My friend’s boyfriend brought three pretty rowdy guys, and the rowdiest of the bunch flipped off the balcony into the forest at like 1:00am the first night there.”

From “The Hangover” part IV: “We went to the beach and lost one of our friends and found him like 4 hours later with a wedding party…”

From the one who’s looking extra-crispy: “I passed out in a chair on the beach, only to realize that I had forgotten to apply sunscreen.”

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From the people that are really lucky that there are Aggies EVERYWHERE: “Our car broke down on the side of a highway bridge going into Mobile, Alabama and we had to call a tow truck... luckily about three different trucks full of Aggies stopped to help us.” From the chronically hungry: “We were staying at an all inclusive resort and my roommate ordered 20 hamburgers and then proceeded to fall asleep. When the room service guys came with the sandwiches, I had to awkwardly pretend like we had a lot of people coming over.” From the girl who needed backup: “I had a stranger pour an entire beer over my head because I accidentally splashed him when getting into the pool.” No matter where you found yourself this Spring Break, whether in a cabin in the woods or just hanging out at home, we hope you had a better time than these Spring Break Fails!

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By Luke Murray

Exclusive Interview:

DAVID RAMIREZ

mericana artist David Ramirez has been making a life out of living on the road since 2008. Coming out of a job with no real direction, he decided to pack up and head out in pursuit of a neon dream. With the recent release of his fourth full-length record, Ramirez has been touring relentlessly yet again - this time with a full band and a packed touring schedule. We sat down with him to discuss his time touring alone and his vision for more music down the road. Be sure to see David Ramirez’s show at New Republic Brewing’s Taproom on April 22 and listen to his new record “Fables,” available now!

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MW: Throughout your years of touring on your own, whether for your own shows or opening for other musicians, you’ve admitted that the solitude took its toll on your heart and mind; for those who might not understand why you chose to go at it alone, would you care to explain that decision? DR: It wasn’t so much a mapped-out plan as it was simply me not knowing what to do. I had just left a job out in Nashville and didn’t really have any idea what to do. It basically started with me selling everything I owned and jumping in my car with my instruments, and I just hit the road. So, it wasn’t really a choice. I just sort of felt at a loss. That spiraled into more records and me saying “well I’ve been on the road alone already, I’ll just keep doing it.” It wasn’t for a couple years that I really even wanted to go out with a band, but at that time I didn’t have the money to do it. I don’t think anyone wakes up with the dream over traveling the world solo, you want to do it with friends and people you love. MW: Your 2012 album, Apologies, certainly materialized from that isolation. One track in particular, “Stick Around,” really just spells out the kind of life you were living on the road and the kind of hole it was leaving. Three years later, with a new album out and the development of your personal and working relationships, do you still run through the kind of emotions you evoked in that track? DR: Maybe not so much. I think I’ve gotten to the point in my life now where the road really is home. Being at my actual home, in Austin, is great and nice and wonderful. But after a couple of weeks I get the itch. Yeah, sometimes I still think about it with that mentality, but now I feel like it takes on a different look – maybe more like “Ball and Chain” off of the latest record. MW: Well speaking of your new album, you released Fables in August of last year. Your sound seems to be continuously evolving, in the raw Americana we hear essences of Bob Dylan and James Taylor, but it’s still all you and wrapped in rich vocals; how can you describe the evolution of your sound and what types of influences have played factor to where it is now? DR: I’ve never been one to really want to lock in a certain “sound.” I think people are always changing and evolving rather than staying the same, or at least we shouldn’t be. I’ve always wanted each record to capture what I feeling or what I was going through. MW: You began assembling a full-time band, and they’re touring with you now?

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DR: That’s right, they’re with me right now. MW: With your new album, new tour, and the changes in your live show and transitions in the studio; what do you see as your next step? DR: I would like to step away from solely writing alone like I stepped away from touring alone. I want to do more collaborations. That’s the goal and hopefully sometime soon we can get some things rolling. That’s really all I have in mind. I don’t have a sound I’m channeling for the next record, I just know that I want to do it with friends.

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Movie Reviews

10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13)

By Linley McCord In a surprising twist of events, producer J.J. Abrams has released a semi-sequel to the horror/ thriller “Cloverfield” (released in 2008). Semi-sequel because it’s based in the same universe, but “10 Cloverfield Lane” is distinctly different, and you don’t need to have seen the first installment to see this latest addition. “10 Cloverfield Lane” follows Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young woman clearly in a rush to get out of her apartment to some unknown destination. On the way, she is in a car wreck and wakes up chained to a wall. Her captor, Howard (John Goodman), tells her that she’s in a bunker and the outside air has been contaminated, so she is unable to leave. In the bunker with her is lighthearted Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) who serves as an ally in the midst of Howard’s dangerous mood swings. The film is creepy, but very well done. You’ll never know if the world is actually contaminated or if Howard is just crazy or if it’s a combination of the two. There are several moments where you feel like something is about to jump at you—the worst part is that sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. The weirdest part about the movie was the last 15 minutes: when the ties back to the first “Cloverfield” come into play. The last scenes are corny and confusing and very few questions are answered. In fact, more questions are brought to the forefront, which alludes to the fact that there will be more of these films made. The characters are incredible. John Goodman is extremely convincing in his role as the overprotective bunker master, holding his rules and regulations close to his chest and lashing out when he feels threatened. He makes the movie and gives it the eerie, uncomfortable vibe. Winstead and Gallagher are both impressive in their roles, but Goodman truly steals the show with is dominating and fearful nature. If you’re into thriller movies, this is definitely worth the watch. Everything is done to J.J. Abram’s classic style and viewers will not be disappointed.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny NETFLIX

By Adrianna Zampieri Netflix has made a name for itself with its original series and movies, and now it attempts to bring back the captivating world of mythological ancient China in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.” More than a decade later after the 2000 blockbuster hit, this sequel has been long awaited. Michelle Yeoh returns as Yu Shu Lien in this martial-arts quest. She hunts for the legendary sword, Green Destiny, trains a next-generation warrior, and holds the fate of the Martial world in her hands. With the tagline, “The past returns with a vengeance,” it has to be thrilling. Right? This Netflix original rides on a wave of nostalgia, but it takes more than that to produce a successful sequel. Although the cinematography is captivating at moments, the film itself is lacking, both in plot and in three-dimensional characters. It’s not as refined as the original, and it certainly lacks the punch (pun intended) of its predecessor. It also fails to bring the same sense of authenticity the first movie, a Chinese-language film, embraced. Netflix overlooked a significant detail that would have appealed to diehard fans because for a movie set in ancient China, everyone sure knows how to speak English well.

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Freestyle by the Numbers Across 1 Move slowly 5 “Smokey ___ Cafe” 9 “American ___ Warrior” 14 First state to weigh in on presidential candidates 15 Inauguration Day recitation 16 How anchovies are preserved 17 Ink for a fan of ‘60s chess champion Mikhail? 19 Bossa nova relative 20 Photographer Adams 21 Facebook display 23 “I call it!” 26 Crew team need 27 Do a grocery store task 30 Introduction from an Italian guy who doesn’t speak much English? 36 Box score stat 37 Having no experience in 38 “Beat it!” 39 English aristocrat 41 Resulted in 43 Feels under the weather 44 Roman ___ (novel genre) 46 Trees that yield hard wood 48 Dir. from Reno to L.A. 49 Insult your private instructor’s headwear? 51 Monopoly token choice 52 Restroom door word 53 Actress Sedgwick of “The Closer” 55 It’s often served sweetened 60 Buddy who bugs Bert 64 Friar’s Club event 65 Barbecue offering, or what the other three theme answers do? 68 First name in fragrances 69 Musician who feuded with Eminem 70 1960s bluesman Redding 71 Consenting responses 72 Blunt-edged sword 73 Get one’s feet wet

Down 1 Falafel accompanier 2 Home buyer’s need, usually 3 Mail deliverers at Hogwarts 4 Behind the times 5 Write hastily, with “down” 6 Grain in granola 7 Prince William’s alma mater 8 Yeezy Boost 350, for one 9 Leaf and Pathfinder, for two 10 Where Chad is 11 Coastal Alaskan city 12 Agree (with) 13 “Only ___” (Oingo Boingo song) 18 Even out 22 Got the most votes 24 Jessica of “7th Heaven” 25 Site of a 1976 anti-Apartheid uprising 27 Sandwich need 28 Calculators with sliding beads 29 Lena Dunham show 31 Dark Lord of the Sith 32 Onslaught 33 From Limerick 34 Mango side, maybe 35 “Good to go!” 40 “Hmm ...” 42 Word of affirmation 45 Former MTV personality Daisy 47 Buying binge 50 Blast creator 54 Katniss Everdeen’s projectile 55 “Dirty Dancing” actress Jennifer 56 Actress Byrne 57 “... ‘cause I ___ me spinach, I’m Popeye ...” 58 Mr. Hoggett’s wife, in “Babe” 59 Each, informally 61 1920s leading lady ___ Naldi 62 Abbr. in the footnotes 63 “___ quam videri” (North Carolina motto) 66 Late actor Vigoda (for real) 67 Grain in some whiskey 2016 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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