Gardens & Villa left behind the gardens and the villas of its sunny Southern California home to record in a wintery, snow-filledMichigan town, where it found inspiration for its new album, “Dunes.” The band’s sophomore release, “Dunes” was inspired by the snowy sand dunes in Benton Harbor, Mich. The change in environment – the first […]
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Album Review: ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’
It’s hard to classify Bombay Bicycle Club given its penchant for continuously altering its musical style. The band’s catalogue, spanning four albums, already contains a guitar-heavy indie rock album, “I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose,” a folk-inspired acoustic record, “Flaws,” and the up-tempo “A Different Kind of Fix.” Whether or not the radical change from album to […]
Album Review: ‘After the Disco’
Electro-pop, slow, sad ballads and existential lyrics combine together to create the typical Broken Bells sound. Although the tracks are seemingly disconnected, Broken Bells still manages to make space rock sound original. Danger Mouse and James Mercer deliver in the duo’s new album “After the Disco.” Although still alternative with Mercer’s introverted lyrics, “After the […]
Student and alumnus singer-songwriters to perform in Kerckhoff
The original version of this article and the headline that accompanied it both contained errors. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The music from singer-songwriters will fill the air in Kerckhoff Coffee House on Monday night with acoustic sounds off their newest material. This week’s installment of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Kerckhoff Concert […]
56th Grammys honor Daft Punk but ultimately fall flat
Among the four annual American awards that make up the EGOT – the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, which symbolize outstanding excellence in major entertainment fields – the Grammy is generally regarded as the most ridiculous. Why this is can be seen in both the fine lines and big picture of the 56th Grammy Awards, […]
UCLA Department of Theater to put on ‘Double Falsehood’
A royal family and the court walk onto the stage, clad in rich ornamental accessories that accentuate their regal demeanors. Suddenly, a duke’s attendant drapes himself in a white cloth and transforms, right in front of the audience and his companions, into a shepherd, and the show goes on uninterrupted. The effortless switching from character […]
Album Review: ‘Restoring Force’
Punk is dead, but apparently, nu-metal is not. “The Flood” drowned the old, repetitive sound of Of Mice and Men and brought them back to life in their new album, “Restoring Force.” “Restoring Force” is the metalcore band’s third full-length album, which the band recorded and released after their original vocalist, Shayley Bourget, left the […]