Michael Chwe walks into his garden on a bright midsummer morningand dons a smock made out of a black trash bag. He covers his eyes with a translucent plastic mask and places a respirator over his nose and mouth. He is ready to get to work. Read more...
Music
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September 26, 2:14 am
Art in the Union 2013 showcases student talent across four stages
This Tuesday, the joint Ackerman and Kerckhoff buildings played host to one of the largest showcases of musical talent of the school year. Organized by the Student Committee for the Arts in conjunction with Associated Students UCLA, this event, titled Art in the Union 2013, offered four stages of live music exclusively featuring UCLA artists in four venues around the two buildings. Read more...
Photo: Out on Ackerman Terrace Court Patio, the ska band The Wes Coast closed out the night with a set full of up-tempo ska rock.
Arts, Music
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September 23, 9:57 pm
Despite lack of genre diversity, Bruin Bash lineup energizes crowd
Bright red and purple lights swept across an ocean of excited faces and jumping crowds as California rappers E-40 and Tyga took the stage in Pauley Pavilion for Bruin Bash 2013. Read more...
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September 22, 12:00 am
Q&A: Student DJs open up about inspiration, methods
The Daily Bruin’s Garrett Anglin sat down with the two student DJs who will be opening for E-40 and Tyga to get an inside look into what they will be spinning tonight. Read more...
Photo: One of the two student DJs opening up for major acts Tyga and E-40 at this year’s Bruin Bash, Jeffrey Hsiao, also known as DJ SARS, thinks of his DJing as an improvising process. Hsiao has found his music is created best when he organically produces his mixes rather than when it is planned.
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September 22, 12:00 am
Bruin Bash offers hip-hop concert, sneak peek of Don Jon
While last year’s performance featured Panamanian hip-hop duo Las Rakas, indie rock band Ra Ra Riot and hip hop duo Chiddy Bang, Bruin Bash 2013’s lineup is taking a strictly hip-hop feel. Read more...
Photo: Last year’s Bruin Bash featured Panamanian hip hop duo Las Rakas, indie rock band Ra Ra Riot and hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang.
Arts, Music
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September 22, 12:00 am
Fall music preview
After a summer of music defined as much by shock and awe as by talent, the return to school comes packed with a helping of highly anticipated releases. Read more...
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September 22, 12:00 am
Aditya Prakash Ensemble blends jazz, classical Indian music
Over the last three years, the Aditya Prakash Ensemble has played host to a family reunion of musical genres. In its compositions, the ensemble’s unconventional comtemporary style – an ascending scale voiced by an Indian classical singer, a dissonant riff played by a Brazilian guitarist – unites the Indian classical music style with its much younger American sibling: jazz. Read more...
Photo: The Aditya Prakash Ensemble blends an unconventional pair of genres, jazz and classical Indian music.