There’s no time like the summertime to catch up on new music, whether it’s at the beach in the sun, in the car stuck in typical L.A. traffic or just relaxing and enjoying the break. These summer album releases will help pass the time through a grueling workday, set the ambience for the calm evenings […]
Category Archives: Music
Students petition to maintain choral programs at UCLA
As longtime choral conductor and director Donald Neuen prepared for his departure from UCLA this past spring, the Choral Excellence Association at UCLA began to see signs that its programs, and possibly the department, might be leaving with him. While the loss of a longtime director as highly regarded as Neuen would put any program […]
Second Take: Objectification in Jennifer Lopez’s music video perpetuates issue
It has become somewhat “vogue” to be a feminist lately. After Beyoncé’s self-titled album was released last December along with music videos such as “Partition” and “Drunk in Love,” although it sells sex more than feminism, the trend started. She was praised for putting a positive message out for women and the album was wildly […]
Album Review: ‘x’
With songs about deteriorating relationships and unrequited love played to the tune of acoustic strums and bluesy vocals, Ed Sheeran’s latest album “x” is nothing listeners haven’t heard before. “x” is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter and it’s filled with sappy generic love songs from front to back with minimal variation, continuing the […]
Q&A: Producer, DJ Justin Martin talks dance music, past gigs
Deep house producer and DJ Justin Martin has gained the strong reception of dance music audiences performing live sets in the U.S. and internationally in recent years. Martin co-founded the San Francisco-based Dirtybird Records label along with Claude VonStroke in 2005 and has since released several albums and mixes, his most recent being the two-track […]
Album Review: ‘Ultraviolence’
Leaning against the open door of a vintage car on the cover of her latest album, Lana Del Rey evokes a sense of melancholy and lonely sentiments that reflects the songs of “Ultraviolence.” The third studio album by the songstress, “Ultraviolence” ditches the pop, upbeat energy of her previous albums, “Born to Die” and “Paradise,” […]
Spotlight on LA: Summer Previews
Dear reader, Here at the Daily Bruin, we’re beyond a bruin, just like you. In Arts & Entertainment, we want to write stories for you, about you and because of you. As hard as we try, we haven’t held up that promise to you, our reader, in terms of our neglected online blog, Spotlight. But […]