The neon curves spelling “Brill Bruisers” illuminated blue and red on the stage as The New Pornographers opened with a bang during its show at the Wiltern Friday. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Megan Nazareno)
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October 18, 6:12 pm
Q&A: The New Pornographers frontman talks latest album ‘Brill Bruisers’
More than four years since the release of its critically acclaimed album “Together,” Canadian indie rock pop band the New Pornographers has re-emerged in the pop scene with its latest record, “Brill Bruisers.” Having made a more conscious effort to unite the album musically and lyrically, the arpeggio- and synthesizer-heavy “Brill Bruisers” has brought a new element of consistency to the band, who performed Friday night at the Wiltern. Read more...
Photo: Canadian band the New Pornographers is touring to promote its recently released album, “Brill Bruisers.” The band performed at the Wiltern in Los Angeles Friday. (Courtesy of Chris Buck)
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October 16, 4:49 pm
Concert Review: Gerard Way
A year since he last took the stage with his former band, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way seemed relieved to be performing again as he claimed the mic at The Fonda Theatre Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: (BB Gun Press)
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October 16, 12:49 am
Throwback Thursday: ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
It was the 1950s; a newer phenomenon called rock ‘n’ roll was sweeping the country, and television was starting to take its throne. It was inevitable: Video did indeed kill the radio star, and one show drove the dagger. Read more...
Photo: “The Ed Sullivan Show” acted as a mirror to the country for 23 years, turning up-and-coming artists and musicians into household names. (SOFA Entertainment/CBS)
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October 16, 12:20 am
Mixed-genre band Atomic Walrus to release first EP ‘Slug Life’
When the band members of Atomic Walrus first sat down to pick out a band name, they wanted to encapsulate their style. The band took two names and blended them, mixing the song “Atomic Dog” by the P-Funk and the Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus.” The band’s resulting name, Atomic Walrus, embodies the band’s blended style of funk and rock. Read more...
Photo: Funk-rock fusion band Atomic Walrus will release its first EP “Slug Life” on Saturday. The band is composed of UCLA alumnus and drummer Nivedan Nayak (top), USC alumnus and guitarist Max Cohen (left) and vocalist Joe Kellman (right). (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 15, 2:58 am
Duo’s Fowler Out Loud concert to draw on Haitian Vodou influences
In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. Read more...
Photo: Winter Schneider, a graduate student in history, and her husband Yves Figaro (pictured with his band Chouk Bwa Libète) will perform their collaborative Haitian drumming, dancing and narrative work at Thursday’s Fowler Out Loud concert. (Courtesy of Winter Schneider)
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October 15, 1:27 am
Q&A: Duo BROODS speaks on whirlwind success, working with Lorde’s producer
A few years ago, brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott, of the New Zealand alternative band BROODS, were living in a town of less than 50,000 people. Read more...
Photo: (Leyla Kumble/Daily Bruin)