Author Archives: Natalie Edwards

“Living with the Living” Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Touch and Go Records 4 Paws Out Of 5 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ fifth full-length album, “Living with the Living,” is another solid addition to the musicians’ repertoire. It’s full of smart political manifestos in the group’s signature style of updated, melody-driven East Coast punk. […]

Chamber music has long served as the more intimate alternative to the expansive arrangements of orchestral concerts and the individual expressiveness of solo performances. It also has a long history of collaboration between professionals and amateurs. “Walter Ponce and Friends,” a chamber concert taking place tonight at Schoenberg Hall, exemplifies both traditions with Professor Walter […]

Clinic wants to transform The Troubadour into a dance garage. The dirty reverb and heavy drone of the British band’s latest release, “Visitations,” may find the venue’s dusty wood interior a perfect home, but front man Ade Blackburn only hopes he’ll also find a dancing crowd at Friday night’s show. “We’ve played some gigs in […]

Professor Ian Krouse’s “50th Birthday Celebration” is not a party in the ordinary sense of the word. There probably won’t be cake, it costs $7 for UCLA students to attend, and Feb. 14, the date of the event, isn’t the music department chair’s birthday. Instead, the party planned is a celebration of music composed by […]

Sondre Lerche “Phantom Punch” ASTRALWERKS RECORDS Inspired after touring with Elvis Costello, Sondre Lerche abandoned the billowy pleasantry of his first albums, “Faces Down” and “Two Way Monologue,” and the jam-session arrangements of his jazz-influenced last album “Duper Sessions” in favor of the spirit of early Costello. Lerche’s latest release, “Phantom Punch,” is a practice […]

Deerhoof “Friendship Opportunity” KILL ROCK STARS RECORDS It is typical of Deerhoof album reviews that the band’s move from esoteric to pop music is bemoaned while the album itself is increasingly celebrated for its pop accessibility. Though its newest release, “Friend Opportunity,” is the group’s ninth album in a career that has lasted 13 years, […]

In India, a country comprised of 28 states and seven union territories, there are 22 official languages and over 800 spoken ones. This week, UCLA’s Indian Student Union is celebrating South Asia’s variegated cultures with South Asian Heritage Week. The array of events planned is a feat of organization and communication for ISU, but one […]