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May 13, 6:36 pm

Student Alumni Association, Alumni Association announce Spring Sing cancellation

This post was updated May 14 at 8:08 p.m. The 2024 Spring Sing performance is canceled.  The Student Alumni Association’s annual event was slated to take place May 17 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Photo: Sketch comedy group Company moves in synchrony as it performs at last year’s Spring Sing, which was held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Originally scheduled for May 17, this year’s event will have a behind-the-scenes reel to be released at an unknown date in place of a live performance. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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May 3, 4:29 pm

Album Review: Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism’ provides solid hits for fans but lacks ambition

This post was updated May 5 at 8:37 p.m. Dua Lipa is reasserting her place on the dance floor in new ways. The British-Albanian singer’s third studio album, “Radical Optimism,” is her first full-length project of all-new material in more than four years. Read more...

Photo: The ocean and the sky meet on the horizon as Dua Lipa submerges into shark-filled waters. The “Training Season” disco-pop sensation released her latest 11-track studio album, “Radical Optimism” on Friday. (Courtesy of Warner Records)

Arts, Film & TV, Music

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May 2, 5:18 pm

SYNC seeks to harmonize creative efforts of UCLA singer-songwriters, filmmakers

This post was updated May 5 at 8:32 p.m. These women are reinventing sync placements. First-year sociology student Rachel Jos, first-year business economics student Kate Iwamoto and first-year sociology student Candace Tsay launched the student organization SYNC during winter quarter. Read more...

Photo: An illustrated musician Bruin bear holding a guitar serenades a filmmaker Bruin bear in the corridor between Macgowan Hall and Melnitz Hall. The newly founded student organization SYNC aims to connect filmmakers and musicians of all skill levels to foster a more diverse and welcoming entertainment industry. (Photo by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photo illustration by Emily Hu/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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April 28, 3:18 pm

‘Music in the Garden’ free public concert serenades UCLA botanical garden

This post was updated April 28 at 7:12 p.m. At “Music in the Garden,” it was a literal garden party. UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden hosted the free public concert at La Kretz Garden Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, which was attended by more than 100 community members and students. Read more...

Photo: Members of Old Growth play their instruments on the La Kretz Garden Pavilion. The band was part of the line-up for UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden’s drop-in music event, “Music in the Garden,” on Saturday. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Music

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April 25, 9:46 pm

Running on bike power, Coastalong 2024 brings music and sustainability to UCLA

At the Coastalong Music and Sustainability Festival, helping the environment while listening to tunes is easier than riding a bicycle. Less than a week after Earth Day, the 11th annual Coastalong festival will be held Saturday from 12 to 5:30 p.m. Read more...

Photo: A line of participants sit on colorful stationary bikes in an image from last year’s Coastalong Music and Sustainability Festival. The annual event will take place at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on Saturday. (Courtesy of Fran Fox)

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April 23, 11:53 am

Alumnus Mei-Chen Chen unearths Indigenous music of Taiwan in presentation

This posted was updated April 23 at 7:38 p.m. Mei-Chen Chen is unearthing the fruits of ethnomusicological documentation. This Wednesday at the Schoenberg Music Building, the ethnomusicologist will walk the UCLA community through her experiences uncovering missionary Joseph Lenherr’s field recordings of Indigenous Taiwanese tribes’ music. Read more...

Photo: Light radiates out from the Schoenberg Music Building. Taking place in room B544, alumnus Mei-Chen Chen’s lecture “Unearthing Sounds from the Archive: Joseph Lenherr’s Field Recordings of Indigenous Music of Taiwan” will discuss Indigenous church music through the lens of archival documentation from Lenherr. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)

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April 19, 4:09 pm

Album review: ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ is chaired by sultry slang, melodramatic monotony

This post was updated April 21 at 11:37 p.m. While the poet may be tortured, the poems themselves exude both monotony and melodrama. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift dropped her 11th studio album Friday in the form of a surprise double album “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY.” The album explores the singer’s experiences with prior relationships while weaving themes of addiction, manipulation, parenthood and family through the 31-song marathon. Read more...

Photo: Taylor Swift clutches her torso as she lays across pillows and sheets on the cover of “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.” The 2023 TIME Person of the Year released her 11th studio album, which included a surprise follow-up anthology late into the night. (Courtesy of Republic Records)


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