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The Music Sounds Better: Cults create perfect summer soundtrack with retro debut

Cults – Cults
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Remember Tennis? That really great ocean-themed retro-pop band that blew the blogosphere to bits last year with “Marathon”? Remember how they could never top that song and everything else they created sounded the same? Yeah, that was a shame.

Remember Cults? The band that sounded sort of totally like Tennis and started growing popular at the same exact time? The band that really shocked the world with the wonderfully sunny and equally breezy “Go Outside”?

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A Man and His Movies: ‘Priest’ offers potential, falls short

By Ian C. Beck ’12
THE ROUNDUP

Vampires have been a hot topic in Hollywood over the last few years, but not this kind of vampires.

“Priest,” directed by Scott Stewart, pits a group of warrior priests against a horde of slimy, Golem-esque vampires.

These priests had been used as a human killing machine in a war with the vampires that left both races near extinction.

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‘Thor’ Movie Review: Simplistic ‘Thor’ neatly pieces together ‘The Avengers’

By Sean Harris ’11
THE ROUNDUP

Marvel studios certainly has been busy lately.

After the shocking reveal of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) in the post-credits scene of “Iron Man” back in 2008 it became clear that what they were attempting to do might be the most ambitious and risky Hollywood moves in recent memory.

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E-sports take rise in popularity

By Chase Stevens ’12
THE ROUNDUP

Recently, there has been an increase in the amount and popularity of professional video game players, or progamers.

E-sports is the term used to describe professional video game competitions. Progamers are the people who play these games.

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‘Thrones’ succeeds in being a glorious, ambitious adaptation

By Sean Harris ’11
THE ROUNDUP

Winter has certainly arrived.

The premiere episode of HBO’s latest series “A Game of Thrones,” which aired April 17, is everything a rightful adaptation of the George R.R Martin books should be and more.

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Newest Rise Against album offers more of the same

By Chris Baca ’11
THE ROUNDUP

The newest album from the punk rock band Rise Against released in early March.

Dubbed “Endgame” the album sold 85,000 albums in the first week alone.

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Assigned reading takes roll of textbook, leisure book

By Rohan Keith Andresen ’12
THE ROUNDUP

In many middle school and high school English classes, classic assigned readings stress “coming of age situations.

However, Brophy’s English curriculum incorporates these quintessential archetypes with captivating literature.

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‘Battle: LA’ takes aim at high thrills, engaging plot

By Brett Mejia ’13
THE ROUNDUP

2nd Lt. William Martinez (Ramón Rodríguez) and his platoon of Marines will travel to the location of the mysterious meteorites that crashed all over the world in the new movie “Battle: LA.”

Although “Battle: LA” was full of enough action and explosions to keep me entertained, it seemed too long because I could already guess the outcome.

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What is your favorite ‘Words from the Wise’ from the March edition?

What is your favorite “Words from the Wise” from the March edition?

Pick the best quote in the poll below.

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Douglas dishes out wisdom on gladiator devices, home remodeling

Mr. Ron Douglas talks about music, joys of teaching

By Greg Goulder ’13
THE ROUNDUP

Where are you from?

I was born in Mesa and grew up in Tempe.

What music do you listen to?

I’m pretty broad in my music taste. Lately I’ve been listening to a little rockabilly with Chris Isaac. I’m all over the place.

In high school I was a musician, so I got into classical music and jazz.

What is your favorite website?

I go to the Daily Beast a lot and it’s a good all-around news website, and I’m pretty well known for visiting TED talks.

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