Passion Pit’s lyrics are always surprising. “So I’m guarding all my history, no it won’t come up again/ I wanna be alone,” Michael Angelakos sings in “Five Foot Ten (I)” from the synthpop band’s new album, “Kindred.” These are the kinds of lyrics that make people think. Read more...
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The Daily Bruin is at the second week of Coachella. See our ongoing coverage of the music festival this weekend. Read more...
Photo: Coachella attendees mill underneath this year’s de facto symbol of the festival, a giant caterpillar. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin)
In three years, DJ Tambat has taken a momentous leap from quietly mixing songs in his bedroom to the lively setting of Pauley Pavilion. Back in community college, fourth-year mechanical engineering student Shan Tambat studied the basics of song mixing in his free time, never imagining that his efforts would lead to the largest performance of his life this Saturday at Dance Marathon. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year mechanical engineering student and DJ Shan Tambat will move his song-mixing skills to the Dance Marathon stage in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday at 6 p.m. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
After being brought together as a band in 2014 through what Brendan Flavin called a lucky strike with Craigslist ads, Titus has performed in venues from the Roxy Theatre to the Mint to the Viper Room. Read more...
Photo: The L.A. rock band Titus will be performing Saturday at UCLA’s Dance Marathon. Proceeds from the band’s newest single, “Together We Are Strong,” will be donated to the Pediatric AIDS Coalition. (Titus Music)
It seems like this year’s Coachella headlines have been dominated by Madonna-gate, Justin Bieber’s inability to get into the VIP area and Tyler, the Creator calling out Kendall Jenner. Read more...
Photo: Weekend 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival took place in Indio from April 10 to 12, featuring headliners Drake, AC/DC and Jack White. Weekend 2 will commence on Friday featuring the same lineup. (Daily Bruin file photo)
“Cherry Bomb” Tyler, The Creator Odd Future LLC 3.5 out of 5 Paws Tyler, The Creator doesn’t like to follow the rules. At least, he says as much in the bridge of “Deathcamp,” the N.E.R.D.-inspired opener to his fourth full-length album, “Cherry Bomb.” Tyler raps, “I don’t like to follow the rules/ and that’s just who I am/ I hope you understand,” echoing over a tinkling rhythm between bursts of reverberating guitar riffs and shouts. Read more...
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For UCLA Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak, music is more than just sound – music is a language. Mak has dedicated her academic and professional career to interpreting the stories that a piece of music can tell. Read more...
Photo: Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak will give a lecture Thursday for the musicology department. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
