Wednesday, May 27

Music

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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May 14, 11:20 am

Second Take: ‘Not a small tradition’: Spring Sing must be met with excitement, vitality

Eighty years is a long time to keep singing. Since 1945, Spring Sing has been one of UCLA’s most enduring traditions, born from the kind of spirited, chest-puffing fraternity rivalry that only a campus on the cusp of World War II’s end could produce. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles Tennis Center is transformed into a stage for Spring Sing 2025, surrounded by pink and white lights. Spring Sing has been one of UCLA’s most enduring traditions, where 11 groups take the stage to settle, once and for all, which group sings best. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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May 13, 3:21 pm

Album review: MUNA’s ‘Dancing On The Wall’ has rhythm but inconsistently hits its marks

This post was updated May 17 at 8:10 p.m. MUNA released an album. “So What”? In its newest record, “Dancing On The Wall,” the synth-pop music group sounds liberated yet creatively adrift. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the cover of MUNA’s latest album, “Dancing On The Wall.” The trio’s fourth LP was released May 8 and features 13 tracks. (Courtesy of Saddest Factory Records)

Arts, Music

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May 13, 8:52 am

Spring Sing 2026: Ishaan Arora takes a poet’s approach to songwriting

From the page to the stage, Ishaan Arora is stepping into the spotlight. Though he got his start in music playing the violin, the second-year music industry student is now a performer of many talents. Read more...

Photo: Ishaan Arora poses sitting down with an acoustic guitar. The second-year student will perform an original song titled “This Hill” at Spring Sing this Saturday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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May 11, 8:29 pm

Spring Sing 2026: Comedy group Company to sketch community experiences on Spring Sing stage

This post was updated May 12 at 11:38 p.m. Company is singing and sketching its way to community and connection. Company is the nine-member sketch comedy group responsible for emceeing UCLA’s annual Spring Sing competition, which will be held May 16 in Royce Hall. Read more...

Photo: All nine members of the sketch comedy group Company pose on the second level of Hershey Hall. The group is responsible for emceeing the Spring Sing competition and opening and closing the show, while also performing sketches in between acts. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 11, 5:00 pm

Spring Sing 2026: ‘It has to groove’: Fine Print brings funk and jazz to audiences

This post was updated May 12 at 11:41 p.m. Before Fine Print had a name, it had a groove, and that groove will be on display at Spring Sing. Read more...

Photo: Student band Fine Print poses around a sculpture at UCLA’s Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The funk and jazz band will perform at Spring Sing on May 16 at Royce Hall, debuting an original track written specifically for the competition. (William Gauvin/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle, Music

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May 10, 1:33 pm

From boho to bandanas, Coachella 2026 mixes 2016 nostalgia with practical fashion

This post was updated May 10 at 10:11 p.m. The real headliner at Coachella every year? The outfits. Each year, thousands of music lovers migrate to the desert to attend the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and in order to make the trek worthwhile, attendees come decked out in their best outfits for all the artists they plan to see. Read more...

Photo: Festivalgoers walk on the grass in front of the sunset at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. This year’s iteration of the iconic festival saw a return to 2016 fashion, with boho-chic aesthetics and neutral color palettes. (Courtesy of Julian Bajsel and Coachella)

Arts, Music

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May 9, 5:48 pm

Spring Sing 2026: The Situations harmonizes boy band image, multimusical members

This post was updated May 13 at 12:12 a.m. The Situations promises a modern boy band with a twist. The Situations is a five-piece band that sits at a genre-blending intersection of its bandmates’ respective musical journeys. Read more...

Photo: The Situations pose together, holding two guitars and a bass. The five-piece band is composed of UCLA students Chet Breister, James Harris, Matty Gottesman, Max Wright and alumnus Ryan Estes. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)


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