Seldom does a band name tell you anything about the sound the band's instruments produce. Read more...
Photo:
Miguel Pasillas plays the guitar during one of Latin acoustic group Fusionando’s performances. Fusionando performs tonight in Fowler Museum Courtyard.
Courtesy of Manae Nishiyama
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E stops a few students wearing headphones and asks them what they were listening to:
Menze Chiong
Third-year, computational and systems biology
Currently listening to: "Chasing Pavements" by Adele from the album "19" (2008)
On the way to: Schoenberg Hall
"I usually like to listen to upbeat music to keep me awake."
Kyle Bisogno
Second-year, business economics
Currently listening to: "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent from the album "Curtis" (2007)
On the way to: Ackerman Union
"I have 11,000 songs on my iPod and it's always on shuffle. Read more...
The mixtape has always been an integral part of hip-hop culture. Read more...
Photo:
COURTESY OF DIANE ABAPO
The band No Insurance, fronted by Jordan Calhoun (second from right), is one of the bands that will be performing at the Bruin Mixtape release party.
I miss my car. When I was home, I could drive it anywhere. If I needed some time and a place to think, I could just get in the driver's seat and go. Now it's back at home, being driven around Irvine without me. Read more...
Photo:
Credit: HOLSTER RECORDS
Daily Bruin A&E is out and about on campus, seeing what students are listening to. We stopped four random Bruins with headphones on and asked them what they were listening to. Here's what they had to say: Read more...
It is the Van Gogh of the musical world: part instrument, part art. Read more...
Photo:
Third-year music performance student Luke Santonastaso rehearses in Schoenberg Hall with UCLA’s Stradivarius violin named the “Duke of Alcantara” after its supposed original owner.
If you would have told me a few years ago that Iron and Wine "“ famous for spare acoustic, man-alone-with-his-guitar music "“ would be creating fully fleshed-out, sonically complex music, I would have told you to take off your plaid hipster shirt and eat it. Read more...
Photo:
WARNER BROS. RECORDS
