Rumspringa shows stand out from other Los Angeles indie rock bands because they try to make them feel more like parties than performances.
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Soundbite: “Teen Dream” Beach House
The same few words are used to describe the music of Baltimore duo Beach House: dreamlike, ethereal, haunting, excellent.
Monday Night Jazz Series encourages creativity at Kerckhoff Coffee House
By all rights, campus should be quiet on a Monday night as midterm season approaches, but instead, Kerckhoff Coffee House is loud and lively as the three-piece band Love Potion finishes up a set of jazz and funk, drawing on sources as diverse as 50 Cent and Bach.
Composer, mandolin artist Chris Thile to perform at Royce with L.A. Chamber Orchestra
At 28, Chris Thile has already had a long and storied career.
L.A. band the Standing Shadows go from TV to EP
Progressive, alternative, indie, electro-obscura-rock may sound like a complicated genre of music, but the Standing Shadows’ songs have gained familiarity with a wide enough audience to be featured on television shows such as “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The Cleaner” and “Harper’s Island.”
Bob Harp to bring authentic American roots music to L.A.
If you like your songs served up with a twist of heartache and a whole lot of Americana soul, Bob Harp is your bartender. The San Franciscan musician is making his way down to Culver City on Saturday to play at the Cinema Bar.
UCLA Professor Paul R. Abramson co-creates punk band Crying 4 Kafka
If it weren’t for a typewriter orchestra, he might just be known as the professor who knows absolutely everything about sex.