Jaycee Rockhold, Author at The DePaulia

Review: Twin Peaks at Metro

Jaycee Rockhold • January 20, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='8819'] I feel like I just got viciously thrown around in a mosh pit. Actually, that’s exactly what happened to me at the most recent Twin Peaks show, and despite a few bruises,...

Review: Cloud Nothings at Metro

Kirsten Onsgard • January 19, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='8752'] For a band whose stage presence is generally reserved, Cloud Nothings certainly know how to rile an audience. Even now, nine months after the release of 2014’s acclaimed...

DePaul men’s basketball rallies to beat St. John’s 71-67 in overtime.

Ben Gartland • January 18, 2015

At halftime, head coach Oliver Purnell told his players to keep playing how they had been and the shots would start to fall. “I said at halftime ‘just pick your heads up and keep playing because we...

Violence, loss of humanity in ‘Black Sea’

Mike Horky • January 17, 2015

A small crew, an old Russian sub, and the promise of treasure. This is the set up for Kevin Macdonald’s latest film "Black Sea," starring Jude Law and Scoot McNairy. It might seem like it’s been done...

Review: Detroit post-punks Protomartyr rock Lincoln Hall for Tomorrow Never Knows

Alyssa Girdwain • January 17, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='8588'] A crowd slowly built in Lincoln Hall in anticipation for Detroit post-punks Protomartyr—but it took a while. It was a slow burn coming, as the first band Turn to Crime,...

Doug Bruno of DePaul women’s basketball signs contract extension through 2020

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief • January 14, 2015

DePaul women's basketball head coach Doug Bruno signed a contract extension through the 2019-20 season, the school announced Wednesday. This is the second year in a row where Bruno has now signed...

DePaul men’s basketball falters down the stretch, falls to Georgetown 78-72.

Ben Gartland • January 13, 2015

In their weekend loss to Villanova, it was an abundance of turnovers that put DePaul out of the game. Three days later, it wasn't the abundance but rather the timing of the turnovers as the Blue Demons...

DePaul women’s basketball trounces Xavier 84-61

Ben Gartland • January 11, 2015

Turnover were abundant for Xavier and DePaul took advantage, earning an 84-61 victory over the Musketeers. DePaul scored 29 points off of 29 Muskateer turnovers. The full court pressure of the Blue...

Turnovers doom DePaul men’s basketball as they fall to Villanova 81-64

Ben Gartland • January 10, 2015

In a game where DePaul needed everything to go right, it seemed as if nothing could go their way as they fell to the Villanova Wildcats 84-61. It was their first conference loss of the season in which...

Forrest Robinson scores 20 points as DePaul upsets Creighton 70-60

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief • January 8, 2015

The day before DePaul men’s basketball’s game at Creighton, forward Forrest Robinson said to have success on the road, the team would have to focus. The Blue Demons, who were 1-7 on the road, were...

DePaul gears for tough road test at Creighton

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief • January 7, 2015

Sitting at 2-0 in the Big East conference, DePaul’s next challenge to stay at top of the Big East standings is to do something they haven’t done this season — win away from Chicago. The Blue...

2015 music festival lineup predictions

Kirsten Onsgard • January 6, 2015

Summertime might seem far away, but the release of Coachella’s lineup today marks the beginning of music festival season and lineup predictions. Around the beginning of November, I begin compile...