By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor
Editor’s Recommendation
NPR Music is a great place to hear all about new music, popular artists and music news. Their Tiny Desk Concerts feature a great diversity of artists that actually come to the NPR offices and perform a small concert.
Tiny Desk Concerts will feature anyone from T-Pain to Adele to Alt-J. They’re a great way to see high quality performances from popular artists and to discover new music. The sets can go anywhere from 10 minutes up to 30 minutes.
Each year NPR holds a Tiny Desk
Contest, where musicians can submit their own Tiny Desk Concert and one will win a chance to go to the NPR Offices and perform. 2017’s winner was Tank and the Bangas. In addition to their Tiny Desk Concert, the group also gets to tour through the U.S.
Tiny Desk Concerts support local artists and provide great entertainment. Tiny Desk Concerts are available at npr.org/music and on NPR Music’s YouTube channel.
Editor’s Disparagement
“Doctor Who” has had a serious decrease in quality over the last few seasons. Episodes frequently feel rushed and supporting actors rarely give passionate performances. The story arcs don’t pack the same dramatic punch as they used to and the Doctor has changed so much in the timeline that he’s lost a lot of the core values that made up his character.
The newest season is no different. The addition of new companions helped to make the show less repetitive, but the episodes are still rushed and the storytelling isn’t nearly as strong as it used to be. The new characters are fun and add a new dynamic to the show, but they aren’t enough to save it from the unmemorable “monsters of the week” and the deus ex machina at the end of every single episode.
Due to it being Peter Capaldi’s final season, the show promises a dramatic season with some familiar faces, but four episodes in, the quality is still subpar.
