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Music

The Decemberists Short-Change Lyrics on Latest

"The King is Dead" delivers pop-rock satisfaction, but fails to enthrall or captivate

On Campus

Who's Using Harvardlunch.com?

Sure, Harvardlunch.com hasn’t quite scored a million hits, but roughly 300 students (including one Crimson writer) have met at randomly arranged, “non-romantic” lunches coordinated by the website in the short time since Seth A. Riddley '12 founded it last week.

On Campus

Organ Gives Life to Choral Sound

Edward Elgar’s hymn “Great is the Lord” is a piece practically made for the organ, as it surges forward in ...

Music

Weekend Explore Previously Uncharted Musical Grounds

In a time when many shoegaze artists are working to expand the genre through layers of production and woozy synthesizers, Weekend’s debut LP “Sports” feels like a back-to-basics, anti-technology shoegaze revival in the vein of classic punk.

Science

Astrophysics Professor Discovers Celestial ‘Bubbles’

A Harvard professor recently discovered two large bubble-shaped structures around the center of our galaxy, identifying a phenomenon that could facilitate scientists’ research into galaxy formation and black holes.

Music

‘New Chain’ Complex at the Cost of Intimacy

“New Chain” certainly sees Small Black flexing their composition muscles with the expansive production opportunities a studio provides.

Music

Steven Page Scrawls Parody On His ‘Page One’

Amidst all the flashy buildup and clever laughs, Page loses an air of relatable authenticity that could have (and has) made his work into great pop.

On Campus

'Conversations' Event Unveils Playful Side of Music Legend

Alfred Brendel reads his poem with a nonchalant, playful solemnity. It’s a whimsical, unobtrusive parody of a public service announcement, ...

On Campus

HCH Fosters Discussion

From majors in hip-hop studies to classes on crime novels, a new wave of academia has trended recently toward grabbing ...

Visual Arts

Mr. Marmalade

Many children have imaginary friends. But not many children are like four-year-old Lucy, whose strangely inconsistent, cocaine-addicted unreal pal is the titular character of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s first production of the semester, “Mr. Marmalade.”

Film

"Gatsby" Not So Great

College Administration

Evelynn Hammonds Expected To End Tenure as Dean of the College This Summer

Science

Premeds in Search of MCAT Prep Say Harvard Classes Provide Insufficient Instruction

House Life

Anne Harrington and John Durant Named Pfoho House Masters