Tag: music
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Everyone Adores Matt Maltese (At Least I Do)
On October 6th, Matt Maltese aka Matthew Gordon took the stage at Newport Music Hall. The show was filled with cute stories, swaying starry-eyed couples, and bits of spectacular birthday fun. Maltese’s music is mostly indie pop, with gut wrenching melodies and chamber aspects. Most of his songs are about love or heartbreak, and it…
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The Life of a Showgirl should be a victory lap; instead it falls flat
As someone who’s a Swiftie in the same way I’m a lapsed Catholic, I have a hard time wrapping my head around Taylor Swift’s twelfth and most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl. On one hand, Showgirl is the same brand of cringe we’ve all come to expect from the now 35-year-old pop superstar,…
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On Skid Row: “Little Shop of Horrors” Review
Tucked in a corner of Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, lies a mysterious, flesh-hungry plant growing and plotting a Faustian bargain. Upstairs, inside the Westside Theatre, it welcomes 248 viewers to watch it perform. On October 17, I watched Thomas Doherty and Madeline Brewer star in the off-Broadway musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” “Little Shop…