Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis brings high notes and skillful guitar riffs that transform every Foals concert into an electric experience. Tuesday night at the Hollywood Palladium was no exception for the British indie rock band. Read more...
Photo: On the simple stage of the Foals concert, ballads contrasted with rock hits from 2013. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)
Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. Read more...
Photo: Eighteen-year-old Shawn Mendes released his album “Illuminate” Friday, the same day Devendra Banhart released “Ape in Pink Marble.” (Left: Courtesy of Universal Music Group, Right: Courtesy of Nonesuch Records)
Violin professor Movses Pogossian lives for the moments of silence at the end of a concert, the collective hush of thousands of people holding their breaths at the final bow of his string. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music violin professor Movses Pogossian will perform with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on Sunday at UCLA Royce Hall. He will play Violin Concerto No. 2, “Four Serious Songs,” by Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
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Students booed the opening act of Bruin Bash 2015. This year, several students jumped from the upper bleachers in Pauley Pavilion to get closer to the artists midway through the show. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Bash 2016 featured three main acts plus a number of surprise guest artists. (Nate Nickolai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ari Afsar fangirled during her callback for the Chicago musical “Hamilton” because she got to sing for Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail. The UCLA alumna sang two songs from the show and one from her book, and was asked to stay longer. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Ari Afsar lands one of her first professional roles in musical theater as Eliza Hamilton in “Hamilton.” She previously performed on “American Idol” and in ScatterTones a cappella at UCLA. (Forever Photography)
James Bass flicks his baton to cue musicians when he performs with a choir. But in rehearsal he emerges as a teacher, his choir room becoming his classroom and his vocalists his students. Read more...
Photo: Before coming to the West Coast, James Bass conducted choirs in Florida and Michigan. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
