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April 18, 1:42 pm

Pass the Aux event will shine spotlight on graduating students’ capstone projects

This post was updated April 18 at 7:42 p.m. From AI to LPs, UCLA musicology and music industry students present their final performances. The Herb Alpert School of Music’s second annual Pass the Aux event will be held Saturday and aims to provide graduating music industry and musicology students a platform to present their capstone projects. Read more...

Photo: An illustrated graduation cap with an auxillary cable tassel wraps around Schoenberg Hall. The Herb Alpert School of Music’s Pass the Aux capstone event will take place Saturday. (Photo by Jeremy Chen/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Emily Hu/Daily Bruin)

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April 16, 11:18 pm

Road to Royce: Student bands face off for chance to perform at historic Royce Hall

Student bands battled it out onstage at UCLA’s newest venue for a chance to perform at the university’s most historic one. Co-hosted by the Student Committee for the Arts and UCLA Radio, the Road to Royce took place Monday night at the UCLA Nimoy Theater and gave four student groups the opportunity to compete for an opening spot at SCA’s Royce Hall show May 16. Read more...

Photo: Bryce Fleming and her bandmates gather on the Nimoy stage at the end of the Road to Royce battle of the bands on Monday. The group will be the student headliner for Sudan Archives on May 16. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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April 8, 2:25 pm

Dave Grohl named 2024 UCLA Spring Sing George and Ira Gershwin Award winner

Dave Grohl has added a new accolade to his musical resume. On Monday, the Student Alumni Association declared Grohl as the 2024 Spring Sing George and Ira Gershwin Recipient. Read more...

Photo: Dave Grohl performs at Wembley Stadium in front of a blue backdrop. The Hall of Fame inductee is the 2024 George and Ira Gershwin Award winner and will receive the honor at Spring Sing on May 17. (Creative Commons photo by Raph_PH via Flickr)

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April 5, 6:42 pm

Album Review: Vampire Weekend’s ‘Only God Was Above Us’ embraces beauty in chaos

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)


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