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Music

Arts, Music

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March 12, 2:35 pm

Album review: ‘Heartworms’

Many indie bands have consigned to a political agenda in response to today’s controversial political atmosphere, but The Shins have remained blissfully aloof. Fellow indie rockers, such as How To Dress Well and Toro y Moi, have focused their artistic efforts toward an anti-Trump agenda by adding their songs to the protest compilation “Our First 100 Days,” but The Shins have remained mostly quiet in the years following their last album release of 2012’s “Port of Morrow.” “Heartworms,” The Shins’ fifth studio album released Friday, is a refreshing escape from the political debates found online. Read more...

Photo: (Columbia Records)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 10, 2:03 am

ISG culture show presents traditions, heritage of diverse community

Belly dancers rehearsed to the beat of traditional Arab doumbek drums in Freud Playhouse. This year’s iteration of the Iranian Student Group’s annual culture show Friday and Saturday will showcase such traditional and modern Iranian dances, along with singing and comedy skits displaying customs reaching as far back as A.D. Read more...

Photo: Paniz Arab, a fourth-year global studies student, will participate in the Iranian Student Group’s culture show, which will showcase both traditional and modern Iranian dances. (Photo illustration by Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin and Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)

Arts, Music

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March 7, 10:56 pm

UCLA students rise as backup dancers in Katy Perry’s music video

Two UCLA students broke free from the limitations of their pasts through their portrayal of mindless conformists in Katy Perry’s new music video “Chained To The Rhythm.” The video, released Feb. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year world arts and cultures students Nick Pauley and Maddie Olandt play robotic, mindless conformists in Katy Perry’s latest music video for her song “Chained To The Rhythm,” which was filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 6, 9:17 pm

Cuts to federal budget could jeopardize UCLA’s arts programs

President Donald Trump’s potential budget cuts may take a toll on the UCLA arts community, directors and faculty said. The Hill reported Jan. 19 that the Trump transition team outlined a budget plan that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts, the latter of which is the only funder of arts programs nationwide. Read more...

Photo: (Insun Park/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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March 5, 5:16 pm

Album review: ‘Divide’

Ed Sheeran’s latest album shows he is more than a simple red-haired musician with an acoustic guitar. Sheeran announced a social media hiatus in December 2015: He said he wanted to experience the world outside the confines of social media, but promised his fans a return with a third album. Read more...

Photo: (Asylum Records and Atlantic Records)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 1, 7:53 pm

Theater group to perform concert of Sara Bareilles’ musical ‘Waitress’

Grammy Award-winner Sara Bareilles gave UCLA students permission to perform the musical “Waitress” in concert on campus. “Waitress in Concert,” the second production by theater group Positivity Productions, opens Thursday at the Northwest Campus Auditorium. Read more...

Photo: Third-year theater student Maeve Riley (center) directed a concert version of the musical “Waitress,” which features music and lyrics composed by UCLA alumna Sara Bareilles. Riley, who will perform as main character Jenna, received permission from Bareilles to perform the songs in concert this weekend. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)


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