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October 14, 3:47 pm

Album review: The 1975 trod familiar ground but cultivate broad appeal in new album

This post was updated Oct. 16 at 11:56 p.m. The 1975’s new album proves they are human too. The British alternative rock band has returned with its fifth studio album, “Being Funny In A Foreign Language.” After a two-year hiatus, lead singer Matthew Healy and band members Adam Hann, George Daniel and Ross MacDonald released the 11-track album Friday. Read more...

Photo: A figure dressed in black stands atop a car in a barren landscape on the cover of The 1975’s “Being Funny In a Foreign Language.” The indie-rock group’s fifth full-length album released Friday. (Courtesy of Dirty Hit)

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September 30, 5:29 pm

Concert review: Declan McKenna rocks Hollywood with ecstatic performances of ‘Zeros’ tracks

This post was updated Oct. 9 at 3:18 p.m. Declan McKenna is anything but a zero. The British indie rocker headlined The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday night. Read more...

Photo: In front of a black-and-white checkered background, Declan McKenna strums his guitar while belting into a standing mic. The English rock artist performed for an enthusiastic crowd at The Fonda Theatre on Thursday. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)

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September 26, 4:17 pm

Concert review: Wallows delivers slick visuals, dazzling performance in hometown show

This post was updated Sept. 27 at 9:39 p.m. Wallows is making sure fans aren’t bored yet. The indie-pop band performed on Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium, kicking off its hometown shows in Los Angeles this week. Read more...

Photo: Lit by purple and teal lighting, Wallows member and main vocalist Dylan Minnette sings into a standing mic. The indie rock band, composed of Minnette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston, played the first of three hometown shows as part of their “Tell Me That It’s Over Tour” Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)

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September 23, 6:25 pm

Album review: 5 Seconds of Summer explores themes of growth in new album ‘5SOS5’

This post was updated Sept. 25 at 9:25 p.m. 5 Seconds of Summer’s latest album is putting listeners through an emotional blender. Two years since the last album release, 5 Seconds of Summer has returned with its fifth studio album “5SOS5.” Composed of members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin, the Australian pop-rock band celebrated its 10-year anniversary in December 2021. Read more...

Photo: Four red and blue exuberant figures make up the cover for 5 Seconds of Summer’s fifth studio album. The pop-rock group released “5SOS5” Friday. (Courtesy of BMG Rights Management)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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September 23, 3:43 pm

Antonio Lysy brings Bach to the future in sculpture garden performance

Antonio Lysy is translating Bach’s musical phrases to unconventional stages. On Sept. 23 in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, the cello professor and string area chair will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six cello suites inside artist Richard Serra’s sculpture, “Torqued Ellipse,” in an event titled “Bach In the Serra.” Lysy said the main inspiration for playing the suites, an ordered set of classical works, in “Torqued Ellipse” was to experiment with the unique acoustics in the enclosed space the sculpture offers. Read more...

Photo: Cello professor and string area chair, Antonio Lysy plays the cello surrounded by lit candles. Lysy will play suites from Bach during the “Bach in the Serra” concert at 7pm on Friday. (Courtesy of the Herb Alpert School of Music)


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