After having trouble adapting its multi-layered music to the live setting, Metric wanted its new album to be something it could perform with confidence for its audiences. “I’m not really sure that we knew what our sound was,” said guitarist and producer James Shaw, noting the development undergone during the band’s significant touring schedule after […]
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Soundbites
Broken Social Scene “Broken Social Scene” Arts & Crafts In 2003, a Toronto collective called Broken Social Scene released “You Forgot It In People.” The album was a near-perfect effort, merging well-worn pop structures with Radiohead-like experimentalism and a sense of youthful enthusiasm that made it the most exciting rock release in recent memory. Two […]
Celebrating African American music
Hip-hop, rock, soul, gospel and jazz have one thing in common: They’re coming to UCLA. The Festival of African American Music runs in Schoenberg Hall from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4, featuring eight nights of performances and a two-day musical and cultural symposium. It is sponsored by UCLA’s ethnomusicology department, as well as the Ralph […]
Clap meets thundering success
This Friday, prepare to do more than just applaud at the Campus Events Commission’s concert. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who will be playing in Bruin Plaza on Oct. 7, has been making audiences all over do as the name suggests on their first major national tour. The Brooklyn-based band met in college and came […]
Melissa Etheridge tells her tale
Students of Professor Roger Bohman’s Biology of Cancer class had a surprise guest speaker on Wednesday ““ rock star Melissa Etheridge. Etheridge had come to speak to the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 30 class about her own experience as a breast cancer survivor as part of the mtvU series “Stand In.” Students were allowed […]
Sacred synergy
Around the world in 80 days? Try 16. This year, UCLA is taking Los Angeles on a two-week world tour with the third World Festival of Sacred Music, held in venues throughout the city from Sept. 17 through Oct. 2. The festival, initiated by the Dalai Lama in 1999, is organized and presented by the […]
Have stage: need bands, performers
Looking for a place to play? West Los Angeles is full of opportunities for performers to present their music to audiences, from the Cultural Affairs Commission’s “Eclectic” open mic nights on campus to McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. For musicians trying to avoid the high-pressure glitz of the Sunset Strip, an intimate open mic […]