Bruins will soon have a new song they can sing along to at gameday tailgates. Christian Stockwell, a fourth-year philosophy student who produces music under the pseudonym “cenzo,” is currently working on an R&B, hip-hop song called “chosen” that will be released in late December. The song features references to UCLA football’s quarterback Josh Rosen, […]
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Album review: ‘Phases’
Angel Olsen’s “Phases” sends listeners through cycles of love and longing set against hypnotizing guitar chords. At first listen, the album sounds like a random mix of songs without any rhyme or reason. The minimal instrumental backgrounds on some tracks and vocals that stray outside of Olsen’s signature emotion-heavy singing disorient the listener temporarily. However, […]
Movie review: ‘The Square’
“The Square” is completely out of the box. The 2017 satire drama film by writer-director Ruben Östlund is a captivating spectacle of understated humor, with cleverly written moments of discomfort and thought-provoking actions. However, “The Square” takes on too many complex ideas while critically looking at the hypocrisy of human nature, leaving an otherwise crisp […]
Alumna creates women’s pants suitable for comfort, business needs
The athleisure trend was too casual for Eunice Cho’s taste, so she designed a pant that works in a business setting but feels like a activewear. Anderson School of Management alumna Cho founded AELLA, a fashion company that creates professional clothing for women made out of activewear-inspired material, primarily focusing on pants. Cho said she […]
Q&A: UCLA lecturer of animation to judge upcoming film festival
UCLA lecturer and animation critic Charles Solomon has seen numerous animated films, and this weekend he will add 12 more to the list. Solomon will be one of the judges for the Animation Is Film Festival, which will take place Friday to Sunday at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. The festival will showcase […]
Concert review: Flying Lotus and Thundercat at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
This article was updated Oct. 16 at 11:55 a.m. Attendees of Flying Lotus’ concert Saturday only needed two items – a ticket and a pair of 3-D glasses, which were given out at the venue. Flying Lotus’ set included graphics that ranged from sleek, repeating patterns of psychedelic geometric shapes to captivating organic movements of melting faces […]
Rieber Hall students develop banana mail service, send messages on fruit
A group of students on the Hill have a new idea for relaying messages – sending them on bananas. Banana Grahams allows students to send messages on bananas to anyone living on the Hill. The service has only been up and running for about a week, yet more than 100 students have followed the group’s […]