by Leah Bowness Staff Writer Possibly the dirtiest album to hit the shelves this year is Ke$ha’s newly released album Cannibal. Has she gone too far? The nine songs reflect a similar sound to her last album, a catchy beat with an unforgettable chorus, along with a lot of unmistakable computer generated sound. Party songs from start to finish; some will [...]

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor Alternative Press’s annual Fall Tour made its appearance in Boston last Friday, November 19th at The House of Blues. This year’s tour broke the pattern of primarily pop-punk bands that the tour generally features. Instead, the lineup featured hardcore and metalcore acts which included This Is Hell, Polar Bear Club, Emarosa, August Burns Red, and [...]

By Ethan Walshe Staff Writer A Day To Remember are back and as good as ever with the release of their fourth studio album What Separates Me From You, which is set to drop on November 16th through Victory Records. The album is the follow-up to 2009’s highly acclaimed Homesick. ADTR is a pop-punk/post-hardcore band hailing from Ocala, Florida. The [...]

by Brian Prato Staff Writer Although hip hop was near abandoned by Kanye in 2008 with the auto-tune engulfed “808s & Heartbreak”, Yeezy has come crawling back into the game with the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which is already shaping up to be a classic. Kanye West is back with his 5th studio album in his on-and-off [...]

By Kasey Cohan Staff Writer On November 10th, the Country Music Association held its 44th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Last year, Taylor Swift took the night, winning 4 awards. 20-year-old Swift won Entertainer of the year, Female vocalist, Album of the year (for her album Fearless), and Music video of the year (for her [...]

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor October’s largest success: Chiodos’ Illuminaudio. Following their decision to fire incredibly popular, highly successful, and very talented lead vocalist Craig Owens last September, it’s safe to say that any expectations for Chiodos’ new material were significantly lowered. Skeptics could not have been more wrong. Chiodos produced an album to remember; one that even holds its [...]

Lil’ Wayne Impresses with New Album By: Trevor Owens Even the shackles of jail could not stop rapper Lil’ Wayne as he recently cranked out his eighth studio album “I Am Not a Human Being,” which placed on the top 20 in the Billboard Top 100 on its debut. With featured artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lil’ Twist, Jay [...]

Taylor Swift Returns with a Hit By: Trevor Owens After a two-year wait Swift fans have reason to celebrate after the recent release of her third country album, Speak Now. Speak Now consists of fourteen tracks that act as a diary to the past two years of the ups and downs of Swift’s life, since the previous release of her [...]

By Ryan Auger, Staff Writer Deadfish, an up and rising band, starring Trevor Buckingham, a senior at WA has been getting more attention due the number of shows they have been performing in the past few weeks. Notoriously known as “T-Buck”, Buckingham began his musical career and writing lyrics at a young age. He then joined Deadfish in January 2010. [...]

By Bjorn Burk Staff Writer After selling 6.5 million copies of their album Only by the Night, the now popular band Kings of Leon put out another solid record this Tuesday with Come Around Sundown. Since establishing themselves as an up and coming band with well known hits including “Use Somebody” and “Sex on Fire”, Kings of Leon needed another [...]

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor With the release of their highly anticipated fourth full-length album still over a month away, alternative-rock act My Chemical Romance released their second single from the album yesterday. Titled “The Only Hope For Me Is You”, the new single contrasts their first single, “Na Na Na”, which has more of a raw and rebellious sound. [...]

By Ryan Auger Staff Writer On Sunday, the 26th of September the parish center held an open mic night. “It is a great place to work on one’s performance skills. Everyone is very supportive because everyone is a beginner sometime.” said John Ferullo, who runs the Westford Parish Arts Center Open Mic Nights on every second and fourth Sunday night. [...]