Lines of 20-year-old electronic music enthusiasts began forming outside the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday three hours before Flume was scheduled to perform. Swarms of girls without tickets to the sold-out concert stood desperately nearby with cash in hand, looking for any way to bypass the bouncers. A couple who had forgotten their tickets […]
Category Archives: Music
“Game of Thrones” Live Concert Experience lets TV show’s music reign
Music is coming. Strings hummed and drums pounded on the Hollywood Palladium theater stage, drawing many excited cheers from audience members sporting shirts with House Targaryen sigils or “The North Remembers.” Immersive art, music and storytelling brings the suspenseful and often tragic show “Game of Thrones” to life. After seven years of helping shape the Westeros […]
Alumna reaches greater operatic highs with support of family, mentors
Angel Blue’s first opera album was a gift from her father. At 5 years old, Blue listened to Leontyne Price’s seasoned vocals on “A Program of Song” over and over, falling more in love with the music with each aria, she said. Eighteen years later, the UCLA alumna performed for world-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo in 2007. After Blue […]
Bruin Bash lottery opens online after 2015 safety concerns
Winning a ticket to this year’s Bruin Bash will take a little bit of luck. An online lottery opened Friday morning for the annual event that is co-hosted by the Campus Events Commission and the Cultural Affairs Commission. This year, Bruin Bash will take place in Pauley Pavilion on Monday, Sept. 19, with a maximum capacity […]
Q&A: Christoph Bull discusses his musical contribution to ‘Ghostbusters’
Christoph Bull brought the “Ghostbusters” soundtrack to life on his neighborhood church organ. Bull, an adjunct associate organ professor in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, recorded the organ music for the new “Ghostbusters” movie score at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles over the course of two days in May. Film composer […]
Album review: ‘Warm on a Cold Night’
With their debut album “Warm on a Cold Night,” British pop duo HONNE attempts to persuade the world they feel the most deeply and emotively of all male pop singers. Their invocation of smooth, synth-laden jazz and soul provides a pleasant listening experience, but the superficiality of the lyrics causes HONNE’s supposedly intense feelings to […]
UCLA Electronic Dance Music Club’s guide to the best festivals of 2016
Audiences either looking to party or attend solely for the music can find an electronic dance music (EDM) festival to suit their needs. From colossal night-long raves that immerse the senses to laid-back, poolside concerts, 2016 provides many opportunities to appreciate music. Past and present members of the Electronic Dance Music Club at UCLA give […]