Discreet and unassuming, Adam, half of the electro-pop duo ASTR, got on stage and started tapping on his synths. Before the show, the crowd at The Echo buzzed with excitement; however, it wasn’t until Zoe came on stage that the audience began to go wild. Read more...
Photo: (Leyla Kumble/Daily Bruin)
There’s no time like the summertime to catch up on new music, whether it’s at the beach in the sun, in the car stuck in typical L.A. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Interscope Records, ATO Records, RCA, Ultra Records and Drag City)
Twisting, twirling and gliding across a multicolored stage, the Sunland Dancers perform “Friend” in the courtyard of the Hammer Museum. “This is a new piece; we’ve done versions of it, but really this version is made for this stage – with this bamboo, with these people – and it’s never going to happen like this again,” said artist Jmy James Kidd. Read more...
Photo: (Noor Gill)
Not only is every gallery of the UCLA Hammer Museum filled with art, but so are the lobby, the courtyard and even the hallways. “Made in L.A. Read more...
Photo: Every space inside and outside the Hammer Museum is overflowing with the work of “Made in L.A. 2014,” its biennial exhibition. In artist Samara Golden’s room, her ongoing piece “Busts: My Personal Winter” imposes the faces of those who interact with it onto modified dolls. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy entered a general meeting at 20th Century Fox hoping to work as a staffer for one of the network’s television shows. He walked out of the meeting with his own TV development deal. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy recently reached a television deal with 20th Century Fox. While most of the show’s details are undisclosed, Tripathy’s series will be based on his personal and family experiences. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As longtime choral conductor and director Donald Neuen prepared for his departure from UCLA this past spring, the Choral Excellence Association at UCLA began to see signs that its programs, and possibly the department, might be leaving with him. Read more...
Photo: After the retirement of longtime choral conductor and director Donald Neuen, the choral program at UCLA faces a series of cutbacks, including classes, the graduate school’s program in choral conducting and UCLA’s Choral Outreach Program. The Choral Excellence Association at UCLA has formed an online petition asking administrators to rethink their decision. (Courtesy of Peter Dai)
It has become somewhat “vogue” to be a feminist lately. After Beyoncé’s self-titled album was released last December along with music videos such as “Partition” and “Drunk in Love,” although it sells sex more than feminism, the trend started. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Lopez’s music video for “I Luh Ya Papi” retaliates against male objectification of women by featuring muscular, scantily clad men. But rather than bringing a solution to sexualized objectification, the video only perpetuates it further. (Courtesy of Capitol Records)
