This post was updated April 7 at 7:57 p.m. In Dance Marathon’s final hours, UCLA is still grooving as a new lineup of performers takes the stage. Read more...
Photo: The band Evergreen performs on stage. Dance Marathon 2024 featured a variety of performances by student artists. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
Vampire Weekend has rediscovered the key to heaven on its fifth full-length album. “Fuck around and find out,” Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig gleefully exclaims on the opening track of the band’s latest album, “Only God Was Above Us.” Born from a Daily News headline, the 10-track album’s title references a 1988 plane crash where when recounting the striking visual of the aircraft’s roof ripping off, one survivor declared “only God was above us.” Fittingly, the genre-bending record is deeply interested in mining beauty from chaos, and for the most part succeeds. Read more...
Photo: The cover art for “Only God Was Above Us” depicts a public transportation passenger holding a Daily News paper whose headline reads the eponymous phrase. The Vampire Weekend’s latest full-length album includes the tracks “Capricorn” and “Ice Cream Piano.” (Courtesy of Columbia Records)
This post was updated March 31 at 9:40 p.m. For Beyoncé, the road less traveled by is always the right choice. At a sprawling 27 tracks over an expansive 79-minute runtime, Beyoncé’s eighth studio album “COWBOY CARTER” is her longest LP to date. Read more...
Photo: Beyoncé sits atop a white horse while holding an American flag. The singer-songwriter’s newest country album was released March 29. (Courtesy of Columbia Records)
This Thursday, piano and composition students will celebrate the musical legacy of avant-garde composer Arnold Schoenberg. The concert, which is part of the ongoing celebration of the 150th anniversary of Schoenberg’s birth, will feature solo piano works by the famed composer, as well as original student compositions influenced by his music. Read more...
Photo: (Ella Liang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s Pilipino Council of the Mabuhay Collective is celebrating culture and community through the Mabuhay Benefit Festival. The 15th annual benefit festival will take place Friday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
Photo: (Photo by Megan Cai/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 5 at 8:23 p.m. Thanks to social media, nightcore’s proliferation has sped up significantly in recent years. Sped-up versions of popular songs dominate TikTok audios, driven by creators’ desire to squeeze longer chunks of a song into the app’s short video format. Read more...
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This post was updated March 5 at 8:14 p.m. Beatboxing Bruins arranged a night showcasing multiple musical modalities. The student organization hosted an event Saturday evening at the Northwest Campus Auditorium, in which students from both UCLA and the University of Southern California took to the stage for a beatboxing battle that featured a wide variety of musical performances. Read more...
Photo: Team Bruins holds an engraved plaque following its beatboxing victory. The student organization Beatboxing Bruins hosted a rivalry beatbox battle against USC in the Northwest Campus Auditorium on Saturday night. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
