Tame Impala wields the power of time travel in its newest release. The Australian music project is a part of a specific subset of alternative artists that occupied a “golden age” in the mid-2010s. Read more...
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February 13, 11:26 pm
UCLA Dancesport to host Sunset Classic, inviting dancers of all skill levels
Sunset Classic features members of UCLA’s Dancesport Club as hosts of the club’s inaugural ballroom dance competition. Alumnus Taylor Lane Daymude said the club’s coordination and fundraising for the competition is heavily student-run. Read more...
Photo: The Sunset Classic dance competition will bring together beginners and professionals alike to compete. Hosted by UCLA’s Dancesport Club, the event aims to spreads awareness about the presence of ballroom dance on campus and in the dance world. (Courtney Quirmbach/Daily Bruin)
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February 12, 10:44 pm
‘Four Quartets’ performance to ponder T.S. Eliot’s poem through dance, art
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 4:56 p.m. “Four Quartets” brings T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name to life with dance, music and painting. Read more...
Photo: Choreographed by Pam Tanowitz, “Four Quartets” brings T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name to life with dance, music and art. The piece aims to explore how ideas of time and space exist within real life, and the poem and the performers collaborate with one another. (Courtesy of Maria Baranova)
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February 12, 10:36 pm
Sibling duo opens up to listeners in latest single ‘Electric Currents’
Scout took a page out of the sibling duo playbook to release its first single “Electric Currents.” In keeping with family ties, the pair – Fiona Perry, a fourth-year history student and her younger brother Dylan Perry – combines their versatile music backgrounds to create an alternative, indie sound. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year history student Fiona Perry and her younger brother Dylan Perry collaborate to create music under the name scout. Having just released their first single, “Electric Currents,” they aim to work on producing more music to eventually release an EP. (Courtesy of Danielle Benson & Tyler Sanderson)
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February 7, 6:22 pm
Album review: Green Day leaves boulevard of broken dreams in wake of underwhelming 13th album
Green Day’s groovy energy is evident from the first guitar note – but its new album quickly spirals into an unfortunate copy of its previous work. Read more...
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February 3, 11:08 pm
Jewish folk band to host workshop at music school to illuminate klezmer music
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 11:23 a.m. “Mostly Kosher” was founded on a white lie about its entire existence 10 years ago. The group originally formed when a woman assumed co-founder Leeav Sofer had a klezmer band due to his Jewish heritage. Read more...
Photo: Mostly Kosher mixes traditional klezmer and Yiddish music with modern Latin, rock and folk to create emotional instrumentals and lyrics documenting Jewish stories. Mixing all of the styles helps to create a more inclusive and worldly flare to the traditional music. (Courtesy of Rick Raasch)
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January 28, 10:45 pm
Music supervisor to discuss business side of sound in film and TV production
Anyone who’s added music to their Instagram story has acted as a music supervisor, Ryan Svendsen said. Svendsen, the head of music at Millennium Media, will be a guest panelist at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s “Sounds of the Scene: The Art of Music Supervision” discussion Saturday. Read more...
Photo: The head of music at Millennium Media, Ryan Svendsen, will be a guest panelist at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s “Sounds of the Scene: The Art of Music Supervision” discussion Saturday. The panel will explore the world of music supervision, and the alumni guests will share their own experiences within the industry. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)