With the new series “arTistic Attention,” A&E; will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts & entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. Read more...
Photo: Musicology graduate student and teaching assistant Tiffany Naiman is working on “Grrrl,” a documentary film that looks into the roles of non-white women in riot grrl, a feminist movement in the 1990s. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
One student commemorates a World War II fighter pilot and his plane through a new, choreographed form, and later, another student gives Diwali – the Indian festival of lights – expression through movement. Read more...
Photo: The World Arts and Cultures and Undergraduate Society will put on the 15th annual “WACSmash’D” showcase in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater starting Friday. With the theme “in dedication to…,” students will personally dedicate their performances to something or someone in their lives. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
The easiest path to the past is through the radio, where current hits sound more like 1940s doo-wop, 1950s funk and 1980s dance music than the EDM and rap sounds that people have become accustomed to. Read more...
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Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Marques Moo (center), known by his stage name Daddy Kev, is a co-founder of the Airliner’s Low End Theory in Lincoln Heights. Daddy Kev will be performing his experimental beat music Wednesday at the Los Angeles night club. (Courtesy of Paul Dimalanta)
Katy Perry belted out “Roar,” finishing with a full-bodied growl while standing in a flaming mini-dress on top of a 15-foot-tall robotic tiger. Perry’s 15-minute Super Bowl XLIX halftime show included fan-favorites such as “Dark Horse,” “Kissed a Girl” and “Firework“ and featured guests Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot who sang “Lose Control” and “Work It.” The representation of three musical genres in combination with impressive visual effects set this year’s Super Bowl halftime apart as a full show rather than just a snooze-fest concert. Read more...
Photo: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot performed at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. (Gretchen Bachrodt/Consequence of Sound)
It was announced by local radio station KROQ Monday that Tom DeLonge, co-founder and co-frontman of Blink-182, had left the band “indefinitely.” The band announced that he was to be replaced by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio for the remainder of the band’s previously booked shows. Read more...
Photo: Members of pop-punk band Blink-182 announced Monday that founding member and co-frontman Tom DeLonge had left the band indefinitely in order to focus on non-musical endeavors. (Courtesy of IllaZilla)
Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...
Photo: Originating in New Hampshire, rock band The Diamond Light moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and released its eponymous debut album in 2012. The band will headline The Satellite in Silver Lake on Friday. (Courtesy of Tamzin Brown)
