The Daily Bruin is at the second week of Coachella. See our ongoing coverage of the music festival this weekend.
Author Archives: Brendan Hornbostel
Live from JazzReggae 2014
The 28th Annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA takes place Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend, at the UCLA Intramural Field. Daily Bruin A&E will be out at the Festival for Sunday’s “Jam Day” and Monday’s “Reggae Day,” bringing live updates, photos and analysis of this UCLA music tradition.
Spring Sing 2014
Check out A&E’s weeklong coverage of Spring Sing 2014, with profiles of this year’s student musicians, dancers and actors participating in UCLA’s oldest musical tradition.
A look into UCLA’s student bands
For a school that contains thousands of talented musicians yearning for a space to perform, UCLA nightlife is characterized by Greek shindigs and apartment parties colored by Top 40 radio singles and electronic remixes from an iPod-connected speaker.
From time to time, however, nights at UCLA are much different.
Album Review: ‘DO U C L A!? Vol. 1’ produced by The Ten Thousand
It’s the sound of UCLA: a sound rarely heard on campus, because it exists in the apartments, makeshift venues and practice rooms of its students. The sound diversifies across genres, themes and electrification, and begs the question: do you hear the music of Westwood? Arranged by rock group The Ten Thousand, “DO U C L […]
UCLA alumnus and The Doors keyboard legend dies at 74
UCLA alumnus Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of the rock ’n’ roll band The Doors, died Monday afternoon, in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. During the 1960s, Manzarek helped light the fire of a generation with his psychedelic rock as a member of The Doors. He […]
The ‘Great’ comparison of Clayton’s and Luhrmann’s ‘Gatsby’
In preparation for Warner Bros.’ 2013 release of “The Great Gatsby,” the Daily Bruin compiled a few of the most interesting aspects of Baz Luhrmann’s new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel and how they match up with Jack Clayton’s 1974 adaptation.