Hannah Nizinski skipped class trying to buy tickets to see the classic rock heroes of her childhood. This weekend, the second-year business economics student will attend the rock music festival Desert Trip with her father, who she said first introduced her to the genre. The Coachella-esque festival takes place in Indio, California, over two weeks, […]
Category Archives: Music
UCLA musician to pitch extended play at Fowler Out Loud
Charlie Bond used to sit for hours alone at his desk, recording instruments and mixing tracks for his solo albums. Now Bond is part of a band whose members are collaborating to bring the alternative rock songs he created in solitude to the live stage. The fourth-year music student released his first solo extended play […]
Country artist Brad Paisley to perform free concert at UCLA
This post was updated Oct. 12 at 10:20 a.m. Tickets remain available for country artist Brad Paisley’s free show at UCLA. Paisley will perform at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Oct. 21 during Bruin Family Weekend. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Campus Events Commission announced Monday that students could pick up tickets to […]
Hear This Not That: Green Day’s album evokes pre-teen nostalgia, Sum 41’s lacks maturity
Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. For this installation, Lee compares the throwback sounds of Sum 41’s latest […]
Concert Review: Miike Snow at the Shrine Auditorium
A small yet electrified crowd filled the cavernous Shrine Auditorium to dance to Miike Snow’s equally electrified pop beats. The Swedish trio graced Los Angeles with electro-pop sounds from its older hits along with tracks from “iii,” its newest studio album in four years. The band members kept the audience moving with the upbeat sounds […]
Album Review: ‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’
Daya is trying to be the new Lorde. The 17-year-old pop artist sounds just as dream-like as the “Royals” singer, and Daya’s debut studio album “Sit Still, Look Pretty” appeals to the same group of wannabe edgy mainstream listeners. Both her titular song and April 2015 hit “Hide Away” promise an album of original, ethereal […]
Two UCLA alumni headline as Kristoff in live production of ‘Frozen’
Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Each week, the Daily Bruin will share alumni’s experiences working at the Happiest Place on Earth. […]