Review: Lil Yachty grows up for the worse on ‘Lil Boat 2’
When I saw Lil’ Yachty during the 2016 XXL Freshmen Cypher, I watched this suburban 18-year-old goofball with bright red braids stumble through his practiced …
Phi Beta Sigma does it for the culture
As students walked into the Joe Crowley Student Union on the night of Tuesday, February 20, they could hear “God’s Plan” by Drake playing. “Hope …
Mummies and murderers from Baobab Press: UNR alumni publish novels locally
A lawyer in Hawthorne, Nevada, believes a serial murderer has recently moved into the town and attempts to track the man down and prevent any …
Wolf Pack Comedy Club gets sketchy in Los Angeles
In the summer of 2016, the Wolf Pack Comedy Club languished in purgatory. The old leader did not renew its club status, and many …
Review: MGMT sets themselves free on ‘Little Dark Age’
All of MGMT’s work since their 2008 debut “Oracular Spectacular” seemed like a reaction to their meteoric success. They could feel themselves becoming trapped in …
‘Through the storm, we reach the shore’: Olympics to feature song by Reno native
One day last year, as Reno native and singer-songwriter April Meservy waited in the studio to record backup vocals for another artist, she struck up …
Justin Timberlake review: Can we all just calm down for a second?
These days, we consume media preemptively. We’ve already decided how we feel about a piece of art before we’ve interacted with it. In the weeks …
UNR professors rock out for a cause
In the summer of 2016, 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting …
Review: ‘Culture II’ can’t live up to the original
Sequels are tough. Sometimes, they will discover new ground, actually producing a result superior to the original: Godfather Part II, Terminator 2. But mostly, sequels …
STRFKR’s Josh Hodges discusses touring, working on an R&B album and his love of board games
Ten years ago, Portland band STRFKR broke into the mainstream with their debut album “Starfucker,” featuring the massive single “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second.” Since, …