In the upstairs gallery of the Hammer Museum’s current “Outside the Box” exhibit, a line from composer and performer Meredith Monk’s lithograph collection reads, “I have always thought that sound and space were inseparable.” Yet despite this connection, museums have a long history of being stiflingly silent spaces. Read more...
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July 18, 10:25 pm
Machine Project sounds out the boundaries of the museum experience at the Hammer with bells, guitars and houseplants
Music
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July 18, 10:23 pm
Audiotistic Music Festival features an unusual roster of performers
Promise of pulsating beats and undeniably danceable tracks will reach this year’s “New Sound Festival,” the Audiotistic Music Festival, on Saturday at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. Read more...
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July 11, 9:23 pm
Hammer Museum continues “˜Also I Like To Rock’ series with The Heavy, Fitz and the Tantrums
An intense, raw, soul-filled take on traditional rhythm and blues will pump through the Hammer Museum's outdoor courtyard July 15 at 8 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Fitz and the Tantrums will play July 15 in the Hammer Museum courtyard along with Brit rockers The Heavy as part of the ongoing series “Also I Like To Rock.”
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July 5, 9:00 pm
UCLA Hammer Museum and KCRW-FM showcase local DJs and emerging bands in “˜Also I Like to Rock’ concert series
Thursdays this summer, the usually demure UCLA Hammer Museum courtyard will be transformed into a full-fledged concert venue, complete with DJs spinning, fans sweating and, of course, emerging L.A. rock stars. Read more...
Photo: Indie-pop band Saint Motel performs in the UCLA Hammer Museum courtyard on July 1 for the opening night of the “Also I Like to Rock” summer concert series, which also featured fellow indie act Kitten. The series is co-sponsored by radio station KCRW-FM.
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June 28, 12:40 am
World-renowned jazz pianist Barry Harris to perform at the Fowler Museum
After about 65 years of being a jazz pianist, Barry Harris can still remember how he made his start as both a musician and a teacher "“ one who has recorded numerous albums as a solo player and as a collaborator with more musicians than he can remember. Read more...
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June 28, 12:01 am
L.A.-based band Local Natives to tour Europe this summer
It's not every day a college graduate has the opportunity to release an album, tour all across Europe and shake things up at a musical festival in Glastonbury just two years after finishing up finals. Read more...
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June 20, 9:00 pm
Singer-songwriter Skyler Gray makes her mark with music videos, open mic nights at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
A singer performing in coffee shops is often the emblematic portrayal of a musician used in films and television. Read more...
Photo: Skyler Gray, a fourth-year communication studies student and singer-songwriter, is a regular performer at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse’s Eclectic Open Mic Night.