Put a few music majors in a room, and the result will no doubt be a little music. Put 10 music majors in a room, and the result will be The Primaries. In February of 2013, The Primaries played as part of UCLA’s Cultural Affairs Commission’s concert series at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, the band’s first show […]
Author Archives: Nick LaRosa
Q&A: ‘California rock’ band The Wes Coast give a taste of upcoming EP
Los Angeles-based “California rock band, the Wes Coast, was born in 2011 when then-first-year ethnomusicology student Wes Miller met then-fourth-year history student and guitarist David Han. Over the course of that quarter, and those to follow, the two began writing music together and assembling the components of what would become their band. With the combined talent and […]
Musician keeps rhythm despite 25-year rest
More than 40 years ago, a young performer named Izzy Chait could be heard accompanying barroom pianists throughout Westwood. A lifelong lover of singing, Chait, now 65, returned to performing about 12 years ago after a 25-year hiatus, during which he established and maintained a career in the dealing and auctioning of antiques, eventually opening […]
Avenged Sevenfold keeps crowd spirited during KROQ show
M. Shadows took the stage at KROQ’s Red Bull Sound Space Friday night and looked out onto a crowd of ghouls. Attendees were encouraged to dress in costumes for the “Day of the Dead”-themed show, which resulted in a mob of classic horror villains and frights of every kind, clad in Avenged Sevenfold gear from […]