Bruce Springsteen took a pretty big step this week. He released “Wrecking Ball,” a masterpiece of a rock album in which he sings about the troubles of our time more directly than he has before. Oh, and he did something else too. He adopted a generation: ours.
Author Archives: Andrew Bain
B-sides: _Music, film and interactive portions of South by Southwest feature pinnacle of festival-going_
The Coachella and Sasquatch festivals are like jewels. They are small, taking place in a single venue located out in the middle of nowhere (Indio in California for Coachella, The Gorge in Washington for Sasquatch) and are singularly devoted to one thing: music.
B-Sides: _TV needs a purely music channel; hopefully Sean “˜Diddy’ Combs’ Revolt will fill this void_
“Revolutionary” is an interesting little word. It’s quite the lofty idea, but it seems to be used for far more than it should be. Yesterday, I had a milkshake that was so good it was revolutionary. No I didn’t; a milkshake can’t be revolutionary ““ neither can a new restaurant or method of brewing coffee.
Movie Review: Wanderlust
If anyone walking into a theater to see “Wanderlust” has any hope of enjoying it, he or she will need to check both modesty and shame at the door because the film has thrown them both off a tall skyscraper.
Soundbite: Fun.
Every once in a while, there comes an album that does just about everything right, an album that combines a seemingly chaotic mix of melodies and sounds to create an arresting mosaic.
B-sides: _Beyonce, Jay-Z’s plan to trademark baby’s name seems a business move_
Life is a gift, love, open it up / You’re a child of destiny / You’re the child of my destiny / You’re my child with the child from Destiny’s Child.”
Q&A: Young the Giant's Jacob Tilley shares band's growing experiences
Young the Giant has made a name for itself with a beachy, alternative sound. They performed at UCLA last year and are currently on a tour that includes a stop at The Wiltern tomorrow night. Lead guitarist Jacob Tilley spoke with Daily Bruin’s Andrew Bain about the band’s evolution from The Jakes to Young the Giant, the band’s musical stylings and its plans for its next album.