Conor O’Brien has a voice that lives simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. Thin and reedy yet soft and yearning, O’Brien’s voice contains a magical quality – no doubt helped by his mesmerizing Irish lilt – to tell stories and tall tales in the spirit of the Irish, to precisely deliver meaning in the […]
Author Archives: Shreya Aiyar
Behind the counter at Westwood Ralphs bakery
It was early – too early, thought Brenda Castellon. The usual crowd around the Ralphs bakery counter was thin. After all, it was 4 in the morning, and Castellon stifled a yawn as she watched the cake decorator. He looked glum, thumbing through the thick stack of pink order forms. Castellon felt a sudden urge […]
LACMA names two UCLA students as curatorial fellowship recipients
Fourth-year art history student Canan Cem turned a page of her Andean textiles textbook, leafing through the glossy photos of pre-Columbian mantles, shawls and tunics woven in bright reds, browns and eggshell blues. To her, the items were flat, two-dimensional – they belonged only to the collection of PowerPoint slides her professor presented in lecture. […]
Winter Music Preview
2015 was a tumultuous yet exciting year for music and pop culture, with Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and The Weeknd dominating the charts and musicians such as Frank Ocean and Zayn Malik breaking hearts with an absentee album and his departure from One Direction, respectively. Daily Bruin A&E assesses the promise of this winter […]
‘Bodies & Nutella’ exposes relationship between indulgence, necessity
Vy Giap had globs of Nutella in her hair that left tracks on her shoulders. As she spun around laughing, she then pasted a handful of the hazelnut chocolate spread on another student’s bare stomach. “I really like the idea of Nutella as art: It’s almost like a kid playing with food,” said Giap, a […]
Halftime Signatures: Baton twirler aims to inspire enthusiasm for sport
In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Michelle Glymph, an alumna and ex-Golden Girl, or featured baton twirler. Cheers rang through the air as the crowd of tailgating spectators waved the UCLA Bruin Marching Band through the grassy area […]
Album review: ‘Wiped Out!’
The Neighbourhood’s arrival onto the Los Angeles music scene in 2011 was marked with teenage angst supported by a motley mixture of synths and a little too much echoey reverb. The group’s first EPs, particularly “I’m Sorry…,” were reminiscent of the conflicted, hormone-driven era of the late 2000s. Fast-forwarding to 2015, The Neighbourhood has improved […]