Tuesday, September 8

Desert Trip offers fans of all ages chance to see heroes perform

Hannah Nizinski skipped class trying to buy tickets to see the classic rock heroes of her childhood. This weekend, the second-year business economics student will attend the rock music festival Desert Trip with her father, who she said first introduced her to the genre. Read more...

Photo: The Empire Polo Club will host Weekend 2 of rock festival Desert Trip beginning Friday. It’s the same venue as the annual shows Stagecoach Festival and Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA musician to pitch extended play at Fowler Out Loud

Charlie Bond used to sit for hours alone at his desk, recording instruments and mixing tracks for his solo albums. Now Bond is part of a band whose members are collaborating to bring the alternative rock songs he created in solitude to the live stage. Read more...

Photo: After recording his first solo EP, fourth-year music student Charlie Bond now plays with four bandmates who provide musical additions to his songs. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Country artist Brad Paisley to perform free concert at UCLA

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 10:20 a.m. Tickets remain available for country artist Brad Paisley’s free show at UCLA. Paisley will perform at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Country musician Brad Paisley will perform a free show at UCLA on Oct. 21. (Creative Commons photo by Nesbitt_Photo via Flickr)


Hear This Not That: Green Day’s album evokes pre-teen nostalgia, Sum 41’s lacks maturity

Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. Read more...

Photo: Green Day’s twelfth studio album “Revolution Radio” offered political lyrics. (Reprise)


Concert Review: Miike Snow at the Shrine Auditorium

A small yet electrified crowd filled the cavernous Shrine Auditorium to dance to Miike Snow’s equally electrified pop beats. The Swedish trio graced Los Angeles with electro-pop sounds from its older hits along with tracks from “iii,” its newest studio album in four years. Read more...

Photo: Miike Snow performed at the Shrine Auditorium Thursday night, playing songs including “I Feel the Weight” from latest album “iii,” along with older fan favorites including “Animal.” (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Album Review: ‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’

Daya is trying to be the new Lorde. The 17-year-old pop artist sounds just as dream-like as the “Royals” singer, and Daya’s debut studio album “Sit Still, Look Pretty” appeals to the same group of wannabe edgy mainstream listeners. Read more...

Photo: (Artbeatz)


Two UCLA alumni headline as Kristoff in live production of ‘Frozen’

Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Read more...

Photo: Alum Travis Leland had never seen the movie “Frozen” before he auditioned for “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion” at Disney California Adventure earlier this year. (Jennifer Hu and Harish Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)



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