TikTok has made a rapid-fire bullpen of the modern music industry, and artists have found themselves in the crosshairs. It’s no surprise that the potent influence of the social media app’s algorithmic madness has seeped into the happenings of the music industry today. Read more...
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This post was updated March 12 at 8:17 p.m. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows in Miley Cyrus’ “Endless Summer Vacation.” Released March 10, “Endless Summer Vacation” showcases a mix of bubbly, upbeat songs with several somber ones, cumulating in a conflicting love story. Read more...
Photo: In front of a blue gradient background, Miley Cyrus hangs from a metal bar on the cover of her eighth studio album, “Endless Summer Vacation,” which was released Friday. (Courtesy of Smiley Miley Inc. and Columbia Records)
This post was updated March 6 at 9:10 p.m. Cherry Pop Records is bursting the bubble of what it means to be a record label. UCLA’s first student-run record label Cherry Pop Records was founded in October by Aliah Gaoteote, a fourth-year music history and industry student. Read more...
Photo: Underneath a pink sign reading “Cherry Pop Records” and lit by blue and green lighting, Katrina Weissman and band members perform on stage at Cherry Pop Records’ Cherry Pit show. The event featured performances from artists signed to the label, which is UCLA’s first student-run record label. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 7 at 9:01 p.m. After nearly three years, Kali Uchis is uplifting fans’ blues in shades of celestial red. Following the 2020 release of her sophomore album, “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios),” the Colombian American singer has returned with “Red Moon in Venus.” Uchis examines love in all its forms through hauntingly lush, breathy vocals and her signature blend of Latin influences. Read more...
Photo: Posing in front of an orange gradient, Kali Uchis looks to the right while wearing a crown of butterflies on the cover of her third album, “Red Moon in Venus.” (Courtesy of Geffen Records)
Audiences are all but saying “Good Riddance” to Gracie Abrams. The introspective minimalist pop artist’s 2021 breakout EP, “This Is What It Feels Like,” left fans thirsty for more of her sweet, cathartic sound. Read more...
Photo: In a slightly distorted black-and-white photo, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams looks toward the camera on the cover of her debut album, “Good Riddance,” which released Feb. 24.(Courtesy of Gracie Abrams and Interscope Records)
This post was updated Feb. 22 at 8:29 p.m. Conversations of the past are coming alive in the present at “Music and Justice.” From Feb. 26-28, the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will present a collection of talks and concert pieces merging conversations regarding social justice, racism and antisemitism with music. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck converses with Erich Kunzel and Duke Ellington during a recording session for “The Gates of Justice.” The cantata, which Brubeck wrote in an attempt to unify Black and Jewish communities following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., serves as one of the central components of the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s upcoming concert and conversation series, “Music and Justice.” (Courtesy of the Brubeck Collection, Wilton Library)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 8:36 p.m. From the Oscars to the Grammys, prestigious award systems are displaying their true colors once again with their blatant disregard for the work of Black women. Read more...
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