Well, Tuesday was the day of Coachella statuses. Once a year, music fans everywhere take to social media to celebrate their successful ticket purchases, mourn their bad luck, or look sadly at their bank account statements and watch these statuses come and go. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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January 31, 12:00 am
B-sides: Coachella returns to roots with impressive indie, alternative lineup
Arts, Film & TV
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January 30, 12:10 am
Whitney Port holds Q&A session at UCLA
The beginning of Whitney Port’s fashion career was chronicled as a part of MTV’s reality show “The Hills” and later in her own spin-off show “The City.” After starting out at “Teen Vogue” and then working in other avenues of the fashion industry, Port, still in her twenties, is now a designer and dedicated to furthering the progress of her business and clothing line. Read more...
Photo: Whitney Port, author, clothing designer and television personality from MTV’s “The Hills” and “The City,” will hold a Q&A session for students tonight in Moore 100.
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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January 30, 12:05 am
Against the Grain: Bands bring new life to American folk
Folk music has traditionally been the commoner’s music, with the individual having full control over its composition. Whether fusing rock ‘n’ roll with American folk like The Byrds or blending soulful orchestrations into folk like Bon Iver, the ability of innovative artists to meld musical influences into American folk music is tremendous. Read more...
Photo: Just as The Byrds revolutionized folk music by blending it with rock ‘n’ roll, Bon Iver has shaken up the genre by introducing intricate orchestrations to give it a melancholic sound.
Arts, Music
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January 30, 12:01 am
Album Review: Yeah Right
It’s catchy. It’s riffy. But it’s definitive shoegaze punk. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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January 28, 11:55 pm
Web series ‘Chopper’ heads off to the big screen
The tattoos, motorcycles and horror of the web series “Chopper” are a far cry from other imaginations of Ichabod Crane and the legend of Sleepy Hollow. The series offers a 21st-century interpretation of what the Headless Horseman would look like today. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Martin Shapiro is the writer and creator of “Chopper,” a 21st-century take on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” that tells the story of a headless outlaw biker who collects the souls of sinners in the afterlife. Shapiro and fellow alumnus J.C. Christofilis are working to adapt the nine-episode web series into a feature film.
Arts, Music
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January 28, 11:12 pm
Soundbite: “Fiction Family Reunion”
Many people dread family reunions because they involve a distant relative who loves to pinch cheeks and tell the kids how much they look like their mother. Read more...
Arts, Music
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January 28, 10:39 pm
Plugged In: What UCLA students are listening to
We went around campus to ask what UCLA students were listening to. Read more...