Members of Miike Snow created their newest album by sending files back and forth online between their residences in Bangkok, Stockholm, New York and Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Indie pop trio Miike Snow will perform at the Shrine Auditorum on Thursday. The group, which formed in 2007, includes Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt. (Courtesy of Downtown Records)
Growing up, Austin Berke never paid much attention to the piles of classic rock records stored in his family garage – his father told him the records were probably all water-damaged. Read more...
Photo: Ryan Freeman, a second-year marine biology student, is a member of Bruin Vinyl, a new UCLA club centered around students’ passion for vinyl records. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Solange Knowles quietly dropped her latest album over the weekend, but her artwork did not go unnoticed. The younger of the Knowles sisters won the internet by pairing her new album, “A Seat at the Table,” with a digital art book of poetry and photos that celebrates black beauty and confronts the realities of contemporary black struggles. Read more...
Photo: Solange Knowles released her new album “A Seat at the Table” on Friday, following the trend of adding multimedia that goes beyond the music to market the artist’s brand. (Courtesy of Solange Knowles)
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: On Friday, English rock band The Wytches released their second full-length album “All Your Happy Life,” (left) while California garage rockers The Growlers released their fifth album “City Club” (right). (Left: Courtesy of Heavenly Records, Right: Courtesy of Cult Records)
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)
