Pumpkins, orange and black colors, and costumes may be the telling signs of Halloween. But there is nothing like hearing the cackles of a witch or the howls of a wolf to set a creepy – and festive – feel of the holiday. Read more...
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October 29, 12:00 am
Halloween Music Playlist
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October 28, 12:00 am
Album Review: ‘1989’
Taylor Swift should probably leave the pop music of the ’80s to Madonna, Paula Abdul and Michael Jackson. Although Swift’s new album, “1989,” is peppy and cheerful, it is a far fall from her four previous studio albums. Read more...
Photo: Big Machine Records
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 28, 12:00 am
Disney Club, Hooligan invite students to ‘Be Our Guest’ cabaret show
Because of his early love for Disney, Matthew Friedman, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was shocked to arrive at UCLA his first year to find no official Disney-related club or group on campus. Read more...
Photo: The Disney Club of UCLA and Hooligan Theatre Company will host “Be Our Guest: A Night of Disney Cabaret” Tuesday. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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October 27, 1:39 am
Across the Pond: EDM DJ SBTRKT produces subtle, layered sounds in new album
There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...
Photo: London-based DJ SBTRKT released his sophomore album, “Wonder Where We Land,” in early October. SBTRKT’s strand of electronic music is far removed from the bombastic hits of American DJs, with a far more atmospheric and nuanced sound, better heard in an intimate setting than at a large music festival. (Courtesy of Dan Wilton)
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October 26, 4:19 pm
Concert Review: ‘Broken Bells’
Dim lights, high ceilings and a crowd eager to be pleased set the ambience for Saturday’s Broken Bells performance at the Orpheum Theatre. The night began quietly with audience mingling, and few seats were filled when the opening group Austra walked on stage unannounced. Read more...
Photo: The Broken Bells’ duo of producer Danger Mouse (left) and frontman James Mercer (right) performed Saturday at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle, Music
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October 24, 12:13 am
The pLAces you’ll go: Amoeba Music
There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...
Photo: Amoeba Music on Sunset Boulevard packs thousands of CDs, vinyl records, movies and more to create a hip snapshot of the Hollywood music scene. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
Film & TV, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 24, 12:05 am
UCLA CAP to celebrate Andy Warhol with film, live music
At the height of Andy Warhol’s fame in the late 1960s, artists, poets and musicians crowded his New York City studio space, called “The Factory.” In a haze of smoke, rock groups like the Velvet Underground played as 16 mm films made by Warhol and his peers were projected onto screens. Read more...
Photo: Co-comissioned by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, “Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films” will feature 15 publicly unseen Andy Warhol films, including the 1966 “Color Film of Antoine and Nico.” (The Andy Warhol Museum)