Swedish songstress Robyn mostly lives up to her reputation as a diva of electropop with her newest album, Body Talk, Pt. II.
What do you get when you put Jessica Alba and Lindsey Lohan in a Robert Rodriguez film? A lot of skin and everything underneath.
Since moving to Chapel Hill, Baldwin’s novel has been released, and he’s become a willing member of the Triangle’s thriving, dynamic literary scene.
I had heard the rumors. Central was under the knife for a long-awaited facelift, which had finally been put in motion. Then I drove down Erwin and saw it.
Every other week, when Brooke’s not holding it down, I’ll be writing an Editor’s Note. I’ll try and use my space to write about things that I think are good. Now, enough about that.
The star-studded indie comedy The Kids Are All Right delves into the normalcy of unconventional family life.
Listeners drawn to Mike Posner by way of his mixtapes are going to find a much different artist occupying 31 Minutes to Takeoff.
Topless girls, prehistoric fish and underwater ballet: No matter what type of nonsense you like, Piranha 3-D delivers, offering audiences gory B-movie fun.
Graphic novel adaptations, especially superhero films like Ironman and The Dark Knight, rarely acknowledge the format from which they are derived.
It’s easy to dismiss the resurgence of interest in vinyl as another hipster or steampunk revival, but the record holds more cultural significance than one may think.
The newest exhibit at the Scrap Exchange in downtown Durham features a series of photographs by a group of unexpected artists.
Many bands find themselves struggling to juggle the competing demands of innovation and marketability. Far too many albums are dragged down by this weight, losing the energy and drive that debuts...
The star-studded indie comedy The Kids Are All Right delves into the normalcy of unconventional family life.
Digital files may have superseded vinyl in the mainstream music market, but the record’s influence on the art world is here to stay.
What happens when the curatorial drive of the local alt-weekly grows beyond its physical pages? The nation’s largest music festival, for one, South by Southwest, is run by the Austin Chronicle; the...
In honor of Durham-based Churchkey Records’ third birthday, Recess’ Kevin Lincoln interviewed Spider Bags frontman Dan McGee. Spider Bags is set to release a single, “(Let’s) Take It Easy Tonite,”...
“Sorrow found me when I was young,” the National frontman Matt Berninger sings on “Sorrow,” High Violet’s second track. “Sorrow waited, sorrow won.”
Director Luca Guadagnino had no intention of providing answers to the questions he dregs up in his third feature film, I Am Love: how does one balance truth to self versus sacrifice for one’s...
Churning out hit after hit after hit, one begins to wonder when uplifting themes like friendship and hope begin to lose their charm. With Toy Story 3, the animation studio proves once more that the...
The Durham Performing Arts Center opened in the midst of a budding visual arts scene as well as an economic recession in Durham. Yet less than two years since opening its doors in Nov. 2008, DPAC...
