“Plastic Beach” is a perfect spring break soundtrack. It may have arrived with less fanfare than the Gorillaz’s 2005 release “Demon Days,” but the new album — released March 9 — is full of auditory treats and random surprises. Collaboration is the name of the game with this album. De La Soul returns from “Feel…

The SCAD community witnessed two moving performances of “The Vagina Monologues” Feb. 18-19.

Tonight is the final showing of “The Vagina Monologues”, an award-winning play by Eve Ensler based on the anecdotes and stories of over 200 women, as performed by SCAD students. The show starts at 8 p.m. in the 4C Events Space and the cost is $5 for students and $7 for staff and faculty. All…

For everything cliché that can be said about Valentine’s Day, it’s still a great opportunity to spend time with that special someone.

After collaborating with Air on her previous album, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Francophone dream-pop has since undergone a darker transformation. Musical experimentation with Beck and medical procedures following a waterskiing accident gave birth to Gainsbourg’s most recent brainchild, “IRM” (the French acronym for MRI). Gone are the tender, hesitant vocals; they’ve been replaced by odd assertions, dark…

Vampire Weekend’s 2007’s self-titled album received polarized responses with very few left in the middle ground. It was either detested with hipster-hating rage or embraced as quirky indie-rock. Whichever side of the battle you found yourself on, a general consensus was that the album seemed more of an in-process wordplay than the result of a…

Don’t let those seasonal blues get you down. Even with new classes, the biting cold wind and snow (well, sort of), there are still plenty of ways to turn up the heat. Put those cold-weather boots to work dancing, stamping and stomping yourself into a fever with the latest beats, film, art and spoken word…

The French tech-pop duo Air is back with its sixth album, “Love 2.” Despite the burgeoning of other French artists in the 11 years since Air’s debut, the duo is still among the crème de la crème of French beats. The playful and experimental tunes put Air ahead of the pack, and “Love 2″ shines…

Fall is here, and that means cooler weather, the turning of the leaves and new classes. It also signals the arrival of entertainment — lots of new books, movies and music. Here’s a snapshot of what’s new and soon to come this fall.