Review: Singles for the week of 2/23
“Make Me Feel”
Janelle Monáe
Released Feb.
“Cassette Tapes”
L.I.F.T.
Released Feb. 9
Dead 30 Records
From the reliance on a snare drum to the spoken word lyrics, L.I.F.T.
CollegeTown Records, a new student-run media production company, has recorded five songs with five artists, all students at the college.
“Pray for Me”
The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar
Released Feb.
Unexpected instrumentals and a wide range of influences in “I Like Fun” keeps the signature quirkiness of They Might Be Giants from becoming stale.
“JOYFUL”
X Ambassadors
Released Jan. 26
Interscope Records
The combination of piano and soulful vocals is overdone and underwhelming.
The cast and creative team of the play “Ironbound,” written Martyna Majok, involve three Ithaca College alumni, two professors and a current student.
“MANIA” would be acceptable as the early stages of a musical experiment, but is disappointing and disjointed as a final product.
“We’d talked to a lot of people who’d like to see shows . . . spotlighting a different kind of musical or aspect of pop culture,” sophomore Joshua Isaac said.
