A man passed away last week. He was a man whom I, like thousands of others, had never met, but felt I knew as intimately as my best friends, as I felt he knew me. He was a man whom I, like thousands of others, had never once spoken to but with whom I could […]
Author Archives: Dan Crossen
Soundbites
Belle and Sebastian “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” Rough Trade In his diary for the liner notes of its new album, “Dear Catastrophe Waitress,” Belle and Sebastian front man Stuart Murdoch rather awkwardly uses the word “indie” to describe the feeling of his native Glasgow in the summer. He justifies his awkward prose style with the explanation […]
Go Phishing for some lame tunes during summer
It’s hard to believe, but summer is nearly upon us. In fact, this column will be my last for our beloved dB magazine for quite some time. What, you might ask yourself, will I do without another informative Headphone Master piece each week keeping me up-to-date about the state of the hipster music world? Well […]
That band you thought was in is on its way out, along with trucker hats
Many people don’t notice it in their day-to-day affairs, but cycling has become a major factor in the music world. And I don’t mean cycling in the overcoming-cancer-to-take-home-the-yellow-jersey-all-the-while-tugging-at-the-heartstrings-of-a-nation sense of the word. I’m talking the constant shifting in and out of vogue of various musical fashions and trends. It happens every day, just beyond the […]
“˜Simpsons’ creator proves his music savvy
This June, Los Angeles’ second incarnation of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival opens at Royce Hall. Despite not taking place exclusively ““ or even primarily ““ on campus, this year’s festival is shaping up to be at least nearly on par with the past year’s, easily UCLA’s best arts event of 2002. What makes this […]
dB team leaves Coachella with plenty to write
Coachella, taking place in scenic Indio and featuring scores of bands on four stages, was this spring’s biggest music festival in Southern California. Naturally, dB was there to give you the best coverage of the event. Saturday 4:25 p.m. While negotiating the several-miles-wide parking lot ““ not to mention the line of thousands waiting to […]
Rivalries great fodder for entertainment in music industry
Popular music is, by its very nature, antagonistic. Artists creating rock and hip-hop are constantly trying to tear down old, out-dated paradigms of a generation, or perhaps of a few weeks earlier, and to replace it with something new and fresh. It is only natural that this leads at times to conflict: conflict between fans […]