Some of today’s popular rap music centers around controversial topics including sex and drugs, but Ryan Davis writes about a different subject: video games. “That’s actually hilarious, because people will jam and dance and not know that I’m talking about something as ridiculous as ‘Tomb Raider,’” Davis said. Davis, a second-year MBA student, started rapping and playing trombone when he [...]

Muscle Shoals-based band The Bear strives to blend elements of country, folk and indie-pop to create a sound that transcends these typical genre descriptions and fits into all of them, and yet none of them, at the same time. “There are elements of several different genres in our music, so one genre doesn’t encompass our sound,” band member Nathan Pitts [...]

Artists find inspiration from a variety of sources. For Suzanne Sawyer, a soon-to-be graduate of The University of Alabama’s Book Arts Program, inspiration can strike simply from walking through campus. “My ideas often come very unexpectedly,” Sawyer said. “I might see something, such as the mistletoe that hangs in the trees next to Woods Quad, and get inspired to make [...]

Local Catch, a new restaurant in downtown Tuscaloosa, is aiming to bring the taste and quality of fine seafood restaurants to Tuscaloosa but with a casual environment and lighter price tag. “I’ve worked at a lot of fine- dining restaurants,” Adam Friedman Yellin, the restaurant’s chef, said. “The idea behind the Local Catch was to take some of this fine [...]

Technology is a wonderful thing, especially for music lovers. If you’re as attached to your smartphone and your music as I am, here are some great apps you definitely don’t want to miss out on. SongKick If you’re in need of a simple, convenient way to keep track of when your favorite bands will be in town, look no further. [...]