Do the Shuffle (Vol. 5): Death Cab, Seahaven, Beck, and Twenty One Pilots

In Do the Shuffle, one of our team members puts their iPod on shuffle and makes a playlist out of the first ten songs that play. It’s a great way to find new music or rediscover the old stuff. Enjoy! "Operating" | Hunter Hunted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrUTF5rv4E "Treetops" | Beat Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHs-cNyWukA "Solar Eclipse" | Seahaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ts95Kzn2A0…

THANK YOU FOR 10,000 VIEWS!!

We just hit 10,000 views on the website in 2 months. Thank you from everyone on the Smash Cut team. Here is a video message from Editor-in-Chief Karl Delossantos!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMP2-JXFm-0&feature=youtu.be

The Horrors “Luminous” Album Review

out of 10 If you want to talk about musical progression by album, I don't think there's a better example than Southend-on-Sea's The Horrors. Since their debut, these guys have been changing up their style, experimenting with new ideas, expanding their instrumentation prowess, and overall having no comfort zone. They've gone…

Ed Sheeran “X” Album Review

When asked to describe himself as an artist, Ed Sheeran proudly admitted to being an “acoustic balladeer who sings soppy love songs to teenage girls”. Yet in the same interview with The Telegraph, he also proclaims that he “doesn’t make music for critics”. These two statements seem to conflict with each other, and the latter…

2014 Emmy Predictions: Writing for a Drama Series

Writing categories are some of my favorite categories in all entertainment awards shows, but they really do rule supreme for me at the Emmys. Why? Because TV writing can be so good and emotionally taxing, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but it can also absolutely suck. So any award that appreciates good writing is one that…

Reaction Shot: “The Flash” Leaked Pilot

It looks like we have the first leaked Pilot of the fall season. This time, it's the CW's The Flash. The show is a spinoff of their highly successful Arrow series, this time following Barry Allen, better known as The Flash. To respect the network I will not be posting a full review until the…

‘Girl Meets World’ Review: “Pilot” (1×01)

Girl Meets World is hard to review. I don’t mean that it’s particularly complicated, because it isn’t. I don’t mean that anything is difficult to discuss, because it’s not. But every time I try to talk about what I like and don’t like, I end up just curling up in a little fanboy ball and…

Who Will Lead the Emmy Nominations? (Drama)

[maxbutton id="3"]   With the Emmy nominations announcement quickly approaching I thought it would be helpful to see what shows will reap the most nominations. For this list I only considered awards that are presented on the main telecast and the guest categories. Right now, I have Breaking Bad leading the nominations with nine. I think their…