Movie Review: Christopher Robin
By: Thomas Troyan Rating: C+ Disney’s Christopher Robin is the latest film in the growing trend of taking classic cartoons from the Walt Disney company and adapting them for a live-action setting. Following films...
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Movie Review: Tag
By: Thomas Troyan Rating: C “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” This is the driving quote behind 2018’s “Tag,” a film about five friends who...
Hop Along Live at Spirit – Review
By Thomas Troyan On Wednesday June 6th, Philadelphia indie-rock stars Hop Along played Spirit Hall in Lawrenceville. When the band took the stage after openers Calyx and Bat Fangs, the audience anticipation was high....
Movie Review: Isle of Dogs
By: Thomas Troyan Rating: 6/10 Wes Anderson makes very visually pleasing movies. Using colorful pastels, and precise framing and blocking, he’s developed a style which many filmmakers have tried to imitate and parody over...
“Twin Fantasy” by Car Seat Headrest – Friday Featured Review
Review by Thomas Troyan Score: 8/10 What is an album? It’s a collection of songs, but more than that it is a snapshot of an artist captured at a specific time in their...
Best of the Semester (So Far) – A WPTS Music Special Feature
By John Wright Ah, Spring break… that magical time of the year where we get just a tantalizing taste of the freedom Summer brings to propel us through the last month and a...
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel – 20th Anniversary Retrospective
This WPTS Special Feature includes writing by Thomas Troyan, Ryan Hartman, Dustin Butoryak, and Sam Taylor. On February 10. 1998 the music world saw the birth of a legend, as Neutral Milk Hotel released...
White Light White Heat by the Velvet Underground – 50th Anniversary Retrospective
Featuring writing by Spencer Smith, Calder Buisch, and Thomas Troyan The Velvet Underground were a famed garage rock, proto-indie, proto-punk group, emerging from New York City, with ties to Pittsburgh’s own Andy Warhol....
POST by Jeff Rosenstock Review
Review by Thomas Troyan This review was brought to you by… POST- is Jeff’s fourth album after his previous project “Bomb the Music Industry!” a follow up to 2016’s “WORRY.” which was a personal...
“The Greatest Gift” by Sufjan Stevens – Review
Review by Thomas Troyan Sufjan Stevens has been very busy this year. Coming in with his third release of the year, following his “Carrie and Lowell” live album, and his collaborative “Planetarium” project is...
