Lea Tran

4th November 2025

New developments to combat the heat in Chinatown creates new fears amongst residents – Boston University News Service

By Lea Tran 


Boston University News Service


Chinatown remains one of the top neighborhoods in Boston susceptible to climate change. Residents are wary of changes as Mayor Wu shares climate change initiatives as her reelection campaign continues.


Chinatown is the hottest neighborhood in Boston with the average daytime temperature in July rising to 105.5 degrees Fahrenheit, nearly 6 degrees hotter than the Boston average of 99.5 degrees, according to data from the Boston Heat Resilience P...

4th November 2025

Recap: Nobel Prize 2025 winners – Boston University News Service

By Lea Tran


Boston University News Service


The announcements for the winners of Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, economics and peace concluded on October 13. BUNS Reporter Lea Tran gives a brief recap of the winners and their achievements in each field.

By Lea Tran

Boston University News Service

The announcements for the winners of Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, economics and peace concluded on October 13. BUNS Reporter Lea Tran gives...

mxdwn Music • 14th June 2025

Jake E. Lee Says He Is Aiming To Play “The Ultimate Sin” At Black Sabbath’s Final Show Rather Than “Bark At The Moon” -

From Blabbermouth, guitarist Jake E. Lee shared his desire to play “The Ultimate Sin” at the final Black Sabbath show rather than the fan-picked “Bark At the Moon.” This would be at the “Back to The Beginning” charity show on July 5 in Birmingham, featuring the last time the original line-up of Black Sabbath will perform.

Lee said to Blabbermouth, “I know people are expecting ‘Bark At The Moon’, but I don’t know. Right now, with my wrist, the arthritis and everything, that would be very challen...

mxdwn Music • 14th June 2025

Ho9909 Announce New Album Tomorrow We Escape For September 2025 Release, Shares New Single “Upside Down” -

Ho9909 release a new single, “Upside Down,” which will also be featured on their upcoming album Tomorrow We Escape. According to ConsequenceSound, the album will be released on September 9 and it will be a blend of the hip-hop, metal and punk genres. This hybrid sound is present in “Upside Down” with instrumentals from the metal and punk but the vocal pacing takes from the hip-hop and rap genre.

The music video is highly stylized, mixing scenes of nature and urban scenery. From a press release,...

mxdwn Music • 14th June 2025

Raye Teams Up With Mark Ronson For Collaborative New Single “Suzanne” -

Raye’s new single with Mark Ronson, “Suzanne” is a jazzy, hopeless romantic tune that highlights both the strengths of each artist. Raye’s vocals are smooth and captivating as they sings about missing someone. matching well with the playful and strong elements of Ronson’s jazz instrumentals, including notable use of horns. The vocals are in tune with the drums and as the song progresses, there are more vocal layers added to make the sound even more heightened.

The music video is a stylized and...

mxdwn Music • 14th June 2025

The Hu Unveil New Rendition Of “This Is Mongol (Warrior Souls)” Featuring Members Of Alice In Chains & Thousand Foot Krutch -

The Hu newest remix of their song “This Is Mongol”, features William Davis from Alice in Chains and Trevor McNevan under the alias Teerawk. The new version brings more layers to the song with more vocal elements that expand on the original song. The song still sounds the same with it’s familiar rock elements of the guitar and drums but just slightly changed with the new vocals.

The remix is featured on The Hu’s latest EP, Echos of Thunder, which features other new renditions of the band’s songs...

mxdwn Music • 14th June 2025

Turnstile Invites Shabaka & Blood Orange Onstage For Collaborative Performances Of “Never Enough” & “Alien Love Call” -

At Turnstile’s performance at OutbreakFest in London, the artists brought out Shabaka for the song “Never Enough” and Blood Orange for “Alien Love Call.” Footage from the performance was posted on Twitter of Shabaka’s collaboration.

This is the first OutBreakFest hosted in London with Turnstile, Alex G and Danny Brown headlining.  Turnstile just released their newest album, Never Enough, which also came with a theatrical visual accompanying film that debuted at the New York Tribeca Film Festiva...

mxdwn Music • 2nd June 2025

Turnstile Share New Trailer For Forthcoming Film Turnstile: Never Enough, Announce Theatrical Release -

Turnstile’s new trailer for their upcoming film, “Turnstile: Never Enough” gives a glimpse to the visuals of the movie. The color palette of the trailer is warm and saturated giving the shots an uncanny vibe. There’s a repeating shot of an old school dial telephone with other clips of live performances and studio recordings also edited into the trailer.

The film will be a 14-song visual album and will premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on June 5. The album is said to highlight the ban...

mxdwn Music • 2nd June 2025

Daniel Avery Shares New Rendition Of The Cure’s “DRONE:NODRONE” From Forthcoming Mixes From A Lost World Album -

The Cure released Daniel Avery’s remix of their song, “DRONE:NODRONE” which is off of their upcoming remix album “Mixes of a Lost World”, the remix version of their “Songs of a Lost World.” Avery’s take on the song elevates the haunting structure of the song, enhancing the darker instrumentals and adding hints of techno beats. Avery’s additions give the song more dimensions with the new rhythm while sticking to the song’s overall dark vibe.

Avery is a part of the trio, Demise of Love. “Mixes of...

mxdwn Music • 2nd June 2025

Boys Noize, Keinemusik & Vinson Team Up For Collaborative New Track “Crazy For It” -

“Crazy For It” is the newest single from the collaborative minds of Boys Noize, Keinemusik and Vinson. It’s a melodic and hypnotic song that has hints of house-inspired beats. The introduction is mysterious with breathy vocals and an inviting drumbeat. The vocals become more intense as the song progresses, along with the tempo. Keinemusik recently performed at the 2025 Coachella, inviting Vinson to perform “Crazy For It” live.

The lyric “If you want it, you gotta go crazy for it”, is repeated t...

mxdwn Music • 1st June 2025

Kaytranada Teams Up With Justine Skye For Collaborative New Single “Oh LaLa” -

Justine Skye’s new single, “Oh LaLa”, is a fun dance song that incorporates Kaytranada’s signature rhythmic beats. The song is an ode to club and dance culture, with Skye inviting the listener to join her in the dance. Skye’s voice carries to the hypnotic melody with the dance beat. The accompanying music video depicts the sweaty and sexy vibes of the dance floor with shots of people dancing, touching and overall having a good time. Kaytranada is featured behind the booth.

“‘Oh Lala’ is the fir...

mxdwn Music • 1st June 2025

Pusha T & No Malice Join Forces On First New Clipse Single In 16 Years “Ace Trumpets” -

Pusha T and No Malice’s new single, “Ace Trumpets,” is a mellow rap song that is Clipse’s first single in 16 years. The song has a very slow and laid-back tempo, with the instrumentals carried by a strong drumbeat and a hint of guitar or strings. Both rappers’ flows are slower and rhythmic, allowing the listener to hear all the lyrics. The duo also announced their latest album, “Let God Sort Em Out,” which is produced by longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams, according to stereogum.com.

“Ace...

mxdwn Music • 25th May 2025

I Prevail Unveil Dynamic New Single & Video “Violent Nature” -

I Prevail’s new single, “Violent Nature”, is released alongside an electric music video. The song is very aggressive both instrumentally and vocally, which is the heavy metal sound that I Prevail is known for. The music video showcases a science fiction landscape with intertwined clips of a storyline and the band performing.

The setting for the music video resembles an abandoned electric field or plant with electricity sparking in the back as the band is playing. The storyline that is shown thr...

mxdwn Music • 25th May 2025

Chris Stapleton Shares Soulful New Single “Bad As I Used To Be” -

Chris Stapleton’s new single, “Bad As I Used To Be,” is a soulful rock song that sets the vibe for the upcoming Formula One movie titled F1. The song tells the story of someone returning with just the same amount of fire and passion as they once had, which reflects the plot of the movie. The instrumentals are a blend of soul, folk, country and rock that give the song a slight edge,e pairing well with Stapleton’s vocals.

The F1 soundtrack will also feature new music from Doja Cat, Rose, Dom Doll...

mxdwn Music • 25th May 2025

New Judas Priest Documentary Directed By Tom Morello & Sam Dunn In Production -

Sony Vision Production announced a Judas Priest documentary titled The Ballad of Judas Priest. The project will be co-directed by Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Sam Dunn. It’ll also be Morello’s directorial debut. The documentary will focus on Judas Priest’s impact and legacy on the metal genre and beyond.

Grammy-winning band Judas Priest has been producing music and paving the way for metal since the 1970s. They’ve sold more the 50 million records and have released 19 studio alb...

mxdwn Music • 25th May 2025

Bob Dylan Joined By Billy Strings Onstage For Collaborative Performance Of “All Along The Watchtower” -

Bob Dylan brings Billy Strings onstage to perform “All Along the Watchtower” at his show in Spokane, Washington. Dylan was headlining the Outlaw Music Festival on May 22nd where he brought on Strings to collaborate on a song for fans. Strings played the guitar while Dylan was on keys and vocals.

According to Consequence Sound, Dylan also had a 15-song setlist for the festival, including some covers like “I’ll Make It All Up to You” by Charlie Rich. It’s the Outlaw Music Festival’s 10th annivers...

mxdwn Music • 25th May 2025

Foo Fighters’ Tour Rider For Jakarta Show Allows Band To Smoke, Drink & Curse Onstage -

Tour rider Ravel Entertainment has granted Foo Fighters’ show in Jakarta permission to smoke, drink, and curse onstage. Restrictions were initially put in place to protect parties from violating Indonesia’s decency laws, which could result in fines or jail time. Ravel Junardy, the show’s promoter and the CEO of Ravel Entertainment, said to Consequence Sound that this was a proactive measure to handle possible issues before they actually occurred.

“They’ve asked for the freedom to curse on stage...

mxdwn Music • 18th May 2025

Lorna Shore Announce New Album I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me For September 2025 Release, Shares Lead Single & Video “Oblivion” -

Lorna Shore’s new music for “Oblivian” is a cinematic experience of an apocalyptic wasteland. The harsh sounds from the instrumentals and vocals match the dark vibe of the video. The video has clips of the band singing while also showing the story of those getting infected in a grassy wasteland, suffering from brutal infection deaths. The video gets even darker as people try to survive and begin to fight one another for power.

In a press release, Will Ramos, the band’s vocalist, said, “Writing...

mxdwn Music • 17th May 2025

Lisa Teams Up With Tyla For Collaborative New Track “When I’m With You” -

Lisa’s new single, “When I’m With You”, is a hot song made in collaboration with Tyla for the summer. The video also features the new Bose x Lisa collaboration on her chic Bluetooth earbuds. The main premise of the video is Lisa and Tyla experiencing a heat wave with them and their girlfriends getting ready while fanning themselves.

The visuals are bright, those of a desert resort with lots of yellow, orange and red. All the girls are dressed in bedazzled tops and flowy skirts. Some shots are o...

mxdwn Music • 17th May 2025

Diplo Joins Forces With Artemas For Collaborative New Single “Brain” -

Diplo’s new single “Brain” with Artemas has the techno dance sound paired with the toxic relationship lyrics. “Brain” is Diplo’s experiment with the genre of phonk, the dance-inflected hip hop instrumentals that have recently been making a comeback. The instrumentals are very techno and they play with different speeds and sounds to create a cinematic music experiment.

The accompanying visualizer has the setting of a strip club, shot on various cameras, including more vintage camcorders. A woman...

mxdwn Music • 17th May 2025

Grace Potter Shares Cinematic New Single “Oasis” -

Grace Potter’s new song, “Oasis”, has a soulful and moody sound that is carried by Potter’s vocals. The simple instrumentals, guitar and drums, are supporting sounds to Potter’s voice, which is soft but also raw. “Oasis” is the third single off her upcoming album Medicine. Her voice gradually gets more deep and emotional as the song progresses, singing about themes of reaching something great, hence the title.

Potter in a press release said, “I wrote Oasis with the brilliant Mark Batson, so whi...

mxdwn Music • 17th May 2025

Within Temptation Team Up With Jerry Heil For Collaborative New Single “Sing Like A Siren” -

Within Temptation’s new single, “Sing Like A Siren,” is a hypnotic and cinematic song made in collaboration with Jerry Heil. The song explores themes of determination, struggle, and the feeling of being powerless. Within Temptation’s enchanting vocals draw listeners in like sirens, and the instrumental only adds to the alluring vibe. There are also themes of guidance, as it’s also the siren leading the lost ones back home.

Jerry Heil said in a press release, “It’s more than just a song—it’s a s...

mxdwn Music • 11th May 2025

Elbow Announce New EP Audio Vertigo Echo For June 2025 Release, Share New Single “Sober” -

Elbow’s new single, “Sober” is a funky dance beat paired with emotional vocals. The single will be featured on Elbow’s upcoming EP, Audio Vertigo Echo. The song explores a close relationship, reflecting on the memories and connection the parties have made, only to realize that the singer hasn’t seen the other sober in the time they’ve known each other.

“Sober” is a groovy song with a bit of funk from the instrumentals. The percussion and other instrumentals are steady throughout the song, while...

mxdwn Music • 11th May 2025

Candlemass Unleash Masterful Cover Of Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” -

Candlemass pays homage to Black Sabbath and the doom metal genre with their cover and music video of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.” The video is very dark with the setting being the woods with fog and smoke adding to the spooky atmosphere. The first half of the video follows a woman dressed in all black with pure white eyes. Later, more people seem to join her in a ritual with the flickering lights and dissolve transitions, adding to the eerie vibe.

A star symbol is often projected over some of the...