By Nick DiNatale Music Editor March’s largest success: Yellowcard’s When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes With alt-rock act Yellowcard now signed to Hopeless Records, When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes comes three years following the group's previous release, Paper Walls. It was a...

by Jenie Michael Staff Writer The Black Box, Room 109, is both a classroom and a theatre. Until now, WATA has only used the room for small cast dramatic shows. Senior Brianna Ryder is changing WATA history. “On the first New York trip with WATA that I was eligible to...

Ryan Creegan Staff Writer When sophomore Matthew Warner was in the 8th grade he heard his mother play “Let It Be” on one of their home pianos, he approached the piano and began playing the song from memory. It was then that Matt discovered his amazing recall and playing ability with the piano. Many...

By Kyle Auger Staff Writer Lupe Fiasco’s new CD Lasers is a great album that was just released March 8th and I instantly enjoyed the new style. On the album, my personal favorite was “Words I Never Said” and “ State Run Radio” although their styles are deeply contrasting; I love...

by Nick DiNatale Music Editor February’s largest success: Bayside’s Killing Time Killing Time is the next jump forward for Queens-based Bayside, following 2008’s Shudder. With a new label to back them up (Wind-up Records), Bayside returns with yet another memorable alt-rock release...

Nick DiNatale Music editor January’s Largest Success: I Am Empire’s Kings I Am Empire’s debut is strong, fulfilling, and memorable to say the least. It’s certainly safe to say that a fair number of positive adjectives can be used to articulate the success of the band’s Tooth & Nail...

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor November’s largest success: My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys With a four year wait since the release of their previous album, The Black Parade, one of the main questions that alt-rock band My Chemical Romance faced...

by Leah Bowness Staff Writer Possibly the dirtiest album to hit the shelves this year is Ke$ha’s newly released album Cannibal. Has she gone too far? The nine songs reflect a similar sound to her last album, a catchy beat with an unforgettable chorus, along with a lot of unmistakable computer...

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor Alternative Press’s annual Fall Tour made its appearance in Boston last Friday, November 19th at the House of Blues. This year’s tour broke the pattern of primarily pop-punk bands that the tour generally features. Instead, the lineup featured hardcore and metalcore...

By Ethan Walshe Staff Writer A Day To Remember are back and as good as ever with the release of their fourth studio album What Separates Me From You, which is set to drop on November 16th through Victory Records. The album is the follow-up to 2009’s highly acclaimed Homesick. ADTR is a pop-punk/post-hardcore...

by Brian Prato Staff Writer Although hip hop was near abandoned by Kanye in 2008 with the auto-tune engulfed "808s & Heartbreak", Yeezy has come crawling back into the game with the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which is already shaping up to be a classic. Kanye West is back...