As a crowd gathered in the main room of the Treehouse apartment complex, a venue within the Westwood Village music scene, the vocalist of The Ten Thousand, alumnus Kevin Daye, brought an energetic presence to the stage. In a set reminiscent of the heavy guitar riffs and vocals of Rage Against the Machine but with […]
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Students present ‘A Night of Jazz’ at Kerckhoff concert series
Kerckhoff Coffee House will be tinged with an air of nostalgia and sent back in time through fresh takes on jazz standards. Four ethnomusicology students will take the stage Monday night with their renditions for “A Night of Jazz,” presented by the Cultural Affairs Commission Concert Series. “A Night of Jazz” will consist of individual […]
Q&A: American Idol finalist talks performing with The Street Hearts
UCLA student band The Street Hearts will be playing at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at UCLA Saturday in Drake Stadium. Spencer Lloyd, a contestant from American Idol’s season 13, will be joining them. The Street Hearts – which has recently added two new members, first-year ethnomusicology student Nate Schwartz and second-year ethnomusicology […]
Concert Review: John Legend
It was Monday night in Hollywood. Down at the Emerson Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., however, nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B; singer John Legend descended the staircase and headed for the piano in the middle of what became his private lounge for 90 minutes. “You’re just hanging out in my living room tonight,” Legend told the small […]
Album Review: ‘Pop Psychology’
With three albums and four years of mainstream success, Neon Trees is still stuck in a stage of immaturity and adolescence. Like the band’s previous albums, “Pop Psychology” is yet another 40-minute long complaint about teenage problems, unrequited love and even more teenage problems. While songs like “Love In the 21st Century” and “Text Me […]
JazzReggae lineup to include Snoop Dogg, Aloe Blacc
The festival will include Southern California-natives Snoop Dogg and Aloe Blacc, as well as Jamaican vocalist Mavado and Black Uhuru.
Art scene at Coachella larger-than-life
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival exemplifies the word “big.” With its notable music acts that perform each year and the immense crowds that pour into Indio every spring for the annual festival, Coachella has made a name for itself on a grand scale. Since 2003, the festival has also incorporated large-sized art installations […]