The Setonian spoke to Scott Shriner, the bassist of Weezer, Aaron Dessner, the multi-instrumentalist and lyricist from The National and Tim McIlrath, the guitarist and lead singer of Rise Against. Each artist will be performing at the upcoming Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn. from June 10 to 13.
Hollywood never has a shortage of Cinderella stories for audiences.While Queen Latifah produces and stars in the new romantic comedy, "Just Wright," opening in theaters May 14, she isn't a helpless princess waiting for her prince charming. Latifah said her attitude in her life and in her work is about female empowerment.
In the fall of 2010, Nathan Oates, head of the creative writing department, will be taking over as director of Poetry-in-the-Round.
Ladies and gentlemen, the real Slim Shady is back.
Seton Hall Theatre Council is ending its season with a performance of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" directed by junior Bryan Lucas and starring Mark Buryk, Matt Giroveanu, Sally Hourigan, and Rob Huryk.
Local rock band Rockets and Reasons may be changing their names, but it doesn't mean they will be changing their sound.
The Seton Hall Dance Team will be hosting its sixth annual dance recital, "Dirty Dancing," in the Jubilee Auditorium at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 2.
Bobby Ray Simmons, the 21-year-old, genre-bending rapper known as B.o.B, has impressively built himself a large reputation in the hip-hop community without ever selling a full-length album. He signed with Atlantic Records while he was still in high school and has released a series of successful mix tapes, but only now, after several years of recording, he will release his debut, "B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray."
From heart-pounding action sequels to tearful romantic films, the following four months are gearing up to thrill, shock and enlighten avid movie lovers across the country by exciting viewers and little ones with the return of the flying armored superhero and the ever loveable green ogre; movie theatres are hitting it off to an early start.
"SHU's Got Talent" on April 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the University Center Main Lounge will showcase the best of Seton Hall student's talents during Spring Fling 2010.
There is no other season in the year that music fans look forward to more than summer time. With the last few weeks of school approaching and the promise of every type of concert, from outdoor music festivals to huge stadium tours, nothing makes students scrape together money faster than tickets to see their favorite band.
"Rock the Cancer Out," a free concert on the Green on Saturday between 2 to 5 p.m., gives students a chance to hear music from Seton Hall students' bands, rock a cool T-shirt and support awareness of cancer while raising money for the American Cancer Society.
The in-your-face intensity of 3-D movies has caught America, and the rest of the world, by their eyes and their pockets.
Coheed and Cambria have always had an extremely strong and dedicated fanbase and it's easy to understand why - they offer fans a fully immersive experience, which includes highly conceptual albums, correlating graphic novels and often mind-boggling music videos. However, though Coheed and Cambria's music has always told a story (the albums, collectively, are supposed to tell one tale), the band's product has been far from consistent.
The music for the new movie, "Kick-Ass," is exactly what a good superhero movie soundtrack should sound like.
Red Sparowes is a five-piece instrumental band that has always had a penchant for the heavier qualities of post-rock. Their 2005 debut, "At the Soundless Dawn," plays like a war documentary with its massive walls of sound. Whereas many instrumental or post-rock bands have aimed to elicit visceral emotions, like melancholy, nostalgia and hopefulness, from their listeners, Red Sparowes have previously attempted to capture human actions, often at their most fierce.
This summer, MTV is looking for the "proudest, loudest and wildest to carry on the legacy" in the second season of its newest and most controversial hit show, "Jersey Shore."
An elaborate set looms over the aisles of seats with a warm brown color scheme in the theater at SOPAC. Cream-colored walls with wooden accents, a dark brown bar lined with auburn bottles of liquor, deer and bird taxidermy adorns the walls and a sweeping stone fireplace soars; an ordinary stage has been transformed into a lodge.
Seton Hall band Living Ataraxia will perform a benefit concert for the Mount Vernon Elementary School on April 22 on the Green.
MGMT burst onto the music scene in 2006 after signing with Columbia records. The Brooklyn-based band is most popularly known for the hits, "Kids" and "Time to Pretend" off their debut album, "Oracular Spectacular."
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