The Grammys sweep has been a permanent fixture in the award show for years. The trademark picture is notorious: the artist’s arms spread wide, barely managing to cradle those famous golden gramophones. Read more...
Photo: Bets are placed on Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange,” an experimental album rhyming about a stripper epic and the singer’s own social commentary.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s self-titled first album recalled the deceptively pleasant pop of what had seemed a lost music: melodic guitar phrasing, Lennon-tinged vocals, a haze of noise and above all, insanely catchy tunes (see “Ffunny Ffriends”). Read more...
Hip-hop culture will take center stage as graffiti artists, beatboxers and rappers perform and pump up the crowd in Bruin Plaza today. Read more...
Danish director Nikolaj Arcel is in the midst of worldwide success. He’s been previously known for directing smaller films in Denmark, such as “King’s Game” and “Island of Lost Souls,” and writing for the Swedish “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” His newest film, “A Royal Affair,” a story of the 18th century romance between the queen of Denmark and her king’s trusted physician, is an Academy Award nominee this year for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more...
Photo: Danish director and writer Nikolaj Arcel is known for his work on several films, including “King’s Game,” “Island of Lost Souls” and the Swedish version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
On the distant, video-game planet of Poliphony, native creatures don’t communicate through spoken word or even body language, but rather through the sound of music. Read more...
Photo: Third-year Design | Media Arts student Trevor Wilson is the co-creator and sound designer for his video game “Poliphony.”
You didn’t realize it, but your eyes just took a picture, and they are taking pictures again and again and again as you read word after word after word. Read more...
Photo: Chris Burden, the artist behind “Urban Light” or the LACMA lights, is depicted in Jason Schmidt’s photography exhibit “Some Los Angeles Artists.”
Lionel Richie’s career advice for the aspiring musicians of Music Industry 106 drew upon his own experiences – and failures – as a young musician trying to make it as a solo artist. Read more...
Photo: Lionel Richie (right) and Quincy Jones (middle) were the most recent guest speakers in music industry professor Ken Kragen’s class “Stardom Strategies for Musicians.”
