“Holler If Ya Hear Me” Review: Broadway Preaches a Ghetto Gospel
“They got a n**ga shedding tears/ reminiscin’ on my past fears/Cause shit was hectic for me last year”. And so marks the beginning of the 2014-2015 Broadway season. As opening lyrics go, it’s about as far from “The hills are alive, with the sound of music” as one can go. And that is precisely what…
2014 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Movie
[maxbutton id="3"] Earlier, this category seemed like an open and shut case. Cicely Tyson (The Trip to Bountiful) was the undisputed frontrunner for the role that won her the Tony for her performance in the 2013 revival of this classic play. However, when critics awarded Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Coven), which doesn't seem important, but for…
Do the Shuffle (Vol. 1): The Kooks, Bright Eyes, and The Lawrence Arms
In our newest segment, one of our team members puts their iPod on shuffle and makes a playlist out of the first ten songs to play. It's a great way to find new music or rediscover the old stuff. http://open.spotify.com/user/smashcutreviews/playlist/5kbkNHtf14nmJ9Vg0fQqwO
“The Leftovers” Review: “Pilot” (1×01)
Karl, Jared, and Brooke reviewed "The Leftovers" Pilot in a Google Hangout! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKMnxNE-N4
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…
Deadmau5 “while (1<2) Disc One" Album Review
out of 10 NOTE: Tackling this album as a whole would be insane. The entire album with both discs is over 4 hours long, so I decided to put them up as their own individual discs and compare them later. But, the show must go on, and this is what I…
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…