For many, garish, displeasing and downright obnoxious may be the only words that come to mind when describing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ latest album cover for “Mosquito.” Simultaneously, however, those may also be the absolute last words that come to mind in describing the sounds of “Mosquito.” Over the past decade or so, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have succeeded in establishing a sound completely its own. Read more...

A 13-minute love ballad, titled “You Lust,” that stretches back and forth from captivating melody to synthetic breakdown, separated repeatedly by an ominous whisper and finally ending with a woman’s spoken psychological confession – there’s just nothing like The Flaming Lips, for better or for worse. Read more...

In 2009, Los Angeles-based band Local Natives burst onto the indie music scene with its breakout debut album “Gorilla Manor.” Read more...

This article is a longer version of the Q&A that ran in print. English duo Simian Mobile Disco, composed of James Ford and Jas Shaw, will take the stage this Saturday and April 20, bringing their trademark brand of electronic beats along with them. Read more...

Photo: English electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco will perform at this year’s Coachella Festival. Daily Bruin spoke with member James Ford about the group’s beginnings and latest album.

Before a performance, second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua said she feels like she is sitting alone in an empty room. But the moment she is onstage, sitting before her piano ready to play a composition that she has written, she becomes a bird in the spotlight, ready to take flight and experience the thrill. Read more...

Photo: Second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua will perform a suite she composed, “Belief,” as part of the Fowler Out Loud series. Chua will be joined by second-year ethnomusicology student and guitarist Chili Corder and second-year pre-cognitive science student and drummer Colin McDaniel.

The Knife is weird. In the seven years since the band’s last studio album, the critically acclaimed “Silent Shout,” it has continued with rare public appearances in plague doctor masks and Venetian masquerades without much word Read more...

Think distortion meets bagpipes. Read more...

Photo: Dropkick Murphys blends traditional Irish and American folk music with the driving riffs of punk rock and will play in the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this weekend and next.