Punk is not dead. At the very least, it’s still alive in the rebellious attitudes and short haircuts of three girls from 1980s Stockholm. In Lukas Moodysson’s 2013 Swedish drama “We Are the Best!,” adapted from the graphic novel “Never Goodnight,” by Moodysson’s wife Coco Moodysson, three preteens give a new meaning to the term […]
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Coldplay’s Royce Hall concert shifts between intimate show, spectacle
In between two of UCLA’s largest annual concerts – Spring Sing and the JazzReggae Festival – British rock band Coldplay set upon Royce Hall Monday night to celebrate the international release of its sixth studio album “Ghost Stories.” Packing Royce Hall to its full capacity, the concert was Coldplay’s only West Coast appearance during the […]
Concert Review: John Legend
It was Monday night in Hollywood. Down at the Emerson Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., however, nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B; singer John Legend descended the staircase and headed for the piano in the middle of what became his private lounge for 90 minutes. “You’re just hanging out in my living room tonight,” Legend told the small […]
JazzReggae lineup to include Snoop Dogg, Aloe Blacc
The festival will include Southern California-natives Snoop Dogg and Aloe Blacc, as well as Jamaican vocalist Mavado and Black Uhuru.
Coldplay to perform at Royce Hall on album release date
On May 19, the same day that British rock band Coldplay releases its sixth studio album, “Ghost Stories,” the band will be on the UCLA campus for a performance in Royce Hall. The winner of seven Grammy Awards, including record of the year for 2004’s “Clocks,” and eight Brit Awards, including three awards for best […]
Album Review: ‘Indie Cindy’
The Pixies are not a normal rock band – but that’s nothing new. Through the group’s turbulent legacy of defining alternative rock in the late ’80s and early ’90s, followed by an extremely extended hiatus of 23 years, frontman Black Francis has explored themes of existentialism (“Where Is My Mind?”), maritime suicides (“Wave of Mutilation”), […]
Album Review: ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’
This isn’t a coming-of-age album; it’s a coming-of-self album. For a band like Florida Panhandle punk rock group Against Me!, music has always been about bringing out raw emotion that’s not afraid to sound ruthless or slightly cacophonous. Since the band’s 2002 debut LP “Against Me! is Reinventing Axl Rose” defined the group by its […]