Lines of rhymes and beats from a Roland 808 drum machine blast out from an unlikely place: a residence hall lounge. Fast freestyles and fast flow are all part of the meetings held by UCLA’s Rap Music Club. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Rap Music Club is a student organization on campus that serves as a platform for self-expression and appreciation of rap as an art form. The club meets every Tuesday to participate in freestyle sessions and rhyme games. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
The sound of The Street Hearts will be coupled with the sight of candy hearts at WitZend on Valentine’s Day. This year, the student folk and soul band has been experimenting with the violin and expanding with genres such as jazz, blues and soul, which it will bring to Friday’s concert in Venice. Read more...
Photo: In addition to performing on Friday at the WitZend, The Street Hearts will play their newest single “Darling Don’t Go” at this year’s Spring Sing and will feature a violinist. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
Every Monday evening, sounds of acoustic guitars and soft, melancholy voices float through the coffee-scented air in Kerckhoff Coffee House, turning the on-campus cafe into an intimate performance space for up-and-coming student artists. Read more...
Photo: Amir Zimmerman (left), Kathleen Del Rosario (center) and Lawrence Maddela (right) will perform Monday as part of the weekly Kerckhoff Coffee House Concert Series. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jeff Kryka, an award-winning Hollywood composer who received his doctorate from UCLA less than three years ago, has already compiled a comprehensive resume – one that encompasses film, television and live performance. Read more...
Photo: Having worked on “Star Trek – Live in Concert” and the television series “Fringe,” UCLA alumnus Jeff Kryka is an award-winning Hollywood composer whose work goes beyond the orchestrations and into other areas such as film, television and live performance.
The sound of chugging workout equipment fills a silent room, soon to be covered up by a layer of harmonious voices. While workout equipment and a cappella do not usually go hand-in-hand, the Hedrick Recreation Room became home to SouLA, UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble. Read more...
Photo: Formed in the spring of 2013 by Shavvon Lin, SouLA is UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble. The group performed for the first time in 2014 on Feb. 2 at Royce Hall, and its next performance will be this Saturday at the Caltech Chinese Association’s 2014 Spring Festival Gala.
Gardens & Villa left behind the gardens and the villas of its sunny Southern California home to record in a wintery, snow-filledMichigan town, where it found inspiration for its new album, “Dunes.” The band’s sophomore release, “Dunes” was inspired by the snowy sand dunes in Benton Harbor, Mich. Read more...
It’s hard to classify Bombay Bicycle Club given its penchant for continuously altering its musical style. The band’s catalogue, spanning four albums, already contains a guitar-heavy indie rock album, “I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose,” a folk-inspired acoustic record, “Flaws,” and the up-tempo “A Different Kind of Fix.” Whether or not the radical change from album to album is a testament to the band’s versatility or an indictment of its lack of identity, Bombay Bicycle Club nonetheless continues the trend with “So Long, See You Tomorrow,” an album that clearly finds its inspiration in electronic music. Read more...
