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Sombr? “I Barely Know Her”

By Tanvi Gorripati, Senior Guide Editor September 17, 2025

Sombr, known offstage as Shane Michael Boose, is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about new voices in indie rock and alternative pop at just 20 years of age. Rising through social media, he...

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‘Caught Stealing’ Is a Fun Clash of Crime and Comedy

By Isabelle Cialone, Guide Deputy Editor September 17, 2025

Imagine the worst possible day of your life. Then, imagine it all started because you agreed to do one seemingly harmless, but ultimately horrific, favor for a friend. This is the premise of director...

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The Beaches Prove Their Queer Pop Prowess in ‘No Hard Feelings’

By Madeleine Ott, Senior Design Editor September 17, 2025

While not as captivating as their stellar sophomore album, The Beaches provide yet another energizing and unabashedly queer collection of indie pop-rock anthems in their third studio album, “No Hard...

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‘The Paper’: A Sweet, Promising Pitch

By Grace Ko, Senior Guide Editor September 17, 2025

It’s not an exaggeration to say “The Office” has defined a generation of humor. Its traces are everywhere, from Kevin’s infamous chili spill to my overdone references to Dwight Schrute’s...

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EDEN Paints Gorgeously Haunting Electronic Dreams on ‘Dark’

By Grace Ko, Senior Guide Editor September 10, 2025

A key figure in the enigmatic electronic music genre, Jonathon Ng, known as EDEN, returns in full force on his latest album “Dark,” a beautifully haunting sonic dreamscape. Building on the experimental...

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Too Many Lows 2 Be High

By Mauro Mazzariello, Hoya Staff Writer September 10, 2025

Being from New York City is a badge of honor to the people who live there. If two people who grew up in Brooklyn realize they both grew up in the same area, you can watch as they begin a rapid-fire...

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‘Wednesday’ Returns With More Mystery, Less Macabre

By Tanvi Gorripati, Senior Guide Editor September 10, 2025

Netflix’s “Wednesday” returns for its second season with higher stakes, bigger mysteries and a wider exploration of the outcast world.  The new season thrusts viewers back into the world...

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‘Double Infinity’: Big Thief Embraces Their Same Emotional Rawness With a New Sound

By Isabelle Cialone, Guide Deputy Editor September 10, 2025

Adrianne Lenker, lead singer of indie folk band Big Thief — which also includes members Buck Meek and James Krivchenia — finds herself “At the bridge of two infinities / What is forming, what...

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‘Twinless’: Half a Heart, Half a Soul

By Grace Ko, Senior Guide Editor September 10, 2025

There’s no sentence or phrase that can truly capture the magic of “Twinless.” Written and directed by James Sweeney, “Twinless” made waves at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,...

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Sit, Stay, Repeat: Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Does Nothing New

By Tanvi Gorripati, Senior Guide Editor September 10, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend” is lots of fun, and I will not dispute that. It is playful, catchy, catty and tailor-made for blasting with your girls after a breakup or at a bachelorette...

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Cain is Consumed by Death in ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’

By Patrick Clapsaddle, Executive Editor September 3, 2025

Hayden Anhedönia — Ethel Cain to the public — is no stranger to telling the story she wants to tell on her own terms. Anhedönia’s debut album, 2022’s “Preacher’s Daughter,” helped catapult...

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‘The Naked Gun’: Not Another Cop Movie (or How I Remembered Why I Love Liam Neeson)

By Mauro Mazzariello, Hoya Staff Writer September 3, 2025

Ask your grandmother about fashion, and they will undoubtedly tell you that it’s cyclical. If you’re looking for any evidence, just spot me (or really any man my age) wearing shirts that haven’t...

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