Wednesday, May 6

Soundbite: 'Banks'

Ten years have passed since the release of rock group Interpol's debut album "Turn on the Bright Lights," and since then, much has changed for the band. Read more...

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Interpol frontman Paul Banks offers an upbeat twist to his traditional melancholic tracks in this solo effort.


Three UCLA students selected as finalists for Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award

While writers joke on the surface about creating works with selling points of sex, violence and humor, underneath they preach a different message of writing thoughtful, personal stories. Read more...

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The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award is an extremely prestigious award that started at UCLA. Three of this year’s finalists are from the school of film’s MFA program. They are Marissa Matteo, Alaric Smeets and Stephen Wolf (not in photo). Previous finalists and winners include felllow Bruins Francis Ford Coppola and Scott Rosenberg.



We Are / She is stands out with lyrics, energy

In a moment of spontaneity, fourth-year gender studies student Merilou Salazar volunteered her band to perform at an event during her junior year of high school. But there was a slight problem. She had no band. Read more...

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Bassist Jessie Meehan (left) and fourth-year gender studies student Merilou Salazar (right), who make up the alternative-dance duo We Are / She Is, will be performing at the Boardner’s Club Moscow.


Q&A: English indie rockers Bombay Bicycle Club

Today in Bruin Plaza, English indie rockers Bombay Bicycle Club will perform as part of the Campus Events Commission's concert series. Read more...

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CEC is hosting a free performance at Bruin Plaza today, presenting the British indie band Bombay Bicycle Club.


Q&A: Creators of “˜Workaholics’

About a year and a half ago, Comedy Central aired the first episode of "Workaholics," a sitcom about three college dropouts turned telemarketers. Read more...

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The cast of Workaholics (from left) creator Kyle Newacheck, Anders Holm, Adam Devine, and Blake Anderson