Headlined by Mayday Parade, the 2015 AP Tour finished its six-week journey through the nation last Wednesday in Orlando. Boasting a bright red logo and extensive coverage on youth underground culture, Alternative Press - coined AltPress or AP - is the one-stop shop for…
If there is one thing the Sarasota culinary scene is not lacking, it’s sushi. Each week, it seems like a new sushi joint is popping up around town. With so many options, finding your favorite rolls may seem like a delicious chore, so here is…
Make a left on Dr. MLK Way. Drive until you see the Jamaican flag. You can’t miss it. The locale is nothing special, but anyone who’s from South Florida knows the drill. Unassuming decor usually hides phenomenal flavors. Pride of Jamaica has been serving up…
There was a special kind of nostalgic sadness that swept over the scene when one of its forefathers, The Academy Is…, decided to call it quits in 2011. The Chicago rock band was part of the mid-2000s “rat pack” - alongside Fall Out Boy,…
Skinny jeans, gray Vans, dyed hair. “I haven’t looked like this since high school,” I said, cranking my head around to my little sister - the tie-dye Set It Off shirt-clad high schooler who smirked in satisfaction at my nostalgic dismay. We were preparing…
Netflix’s newest comedy “Master of None” made its mark as one of the most groundbreaking shows this year, and possibly ever. What normally takes several seasons to build a TV show’s legacy; Aziz Ansari has managed to accomplish it in just 10 half-hour episodes.…
SUBMITTED BY DAVID CANFIELD “Steve Jobs” fails to follow through on an implicit bargain. The biopic is constructed with idiosyncratic rigidity, but its unusual three-act structure – which goes from product launch to product launch to product launch, spanning 14 years – eventually turns…
SUBMITTED BY DAVID CANFIELD At its best, the first season of HBO’s “The Leftovers” mined the beauty out of misery, and the inevitable out of the inexplicable. Set in a fictional New York suburb several years after two percent of the world’s population instantaneously,…
A conglomeration of black skinny jeans, dyed purple hair, ripped up Vans and bubblegum angst accumulated on University of Central Florida’s (UCF) campus, swarming the entrance to CFE Arena like a frame from last year’s zombie blockbuster. Lively conversations - probably about Mayday Parade’s…
“The Babadook” One of the most interesting and original horror films in the past decade, “The Babadook” is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout its entirety. The story follows Amelia, a single mother, and her son Samuel as…
