Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Turkish “ud,” a fretless lute played as a solo instrument or member of a larger ensemble. Münir […]
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Album Review: ‘Emotional Mugger’
VHS tapes haven’t been relevant in years, so when Ty Segall sent his newest record to music journalists on VHS, it shed light on his thought process while recording the album. The busiest man in rock music is eager to try new things. His latest effort, “Emotional Mugger,” applies lo-fi production techniques to heavy guitar […]
How Vietnamese Culture Night shaped one Bruin’s college experience
As a child, Lyna Truong would ask her parents to tell her about their emigration from Vietnam during the war. They would always hesitate, refuse or brush off her requests. They didn’t want their youngest daughter to hear about the scramble onto the cramped boat pushing off from the rough Vietnamese beach, setting off towards […]
Reels, Notes & Takes: Week 3
There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Each week, the Daily Bruin A&E editors will discuss their views […]
Album Review: ‘Death of a Bachelor’
Panic! At The Disco reminds me of junior high school and early 2000s emo rock, a lite version of mentor band Fall Out Boy. So when Brendon Urie, the band’s driving force and only remaining original member, compared Panic! At The Disco’s new album to a “mix between Sinatra and Queen,” two of my favorite […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Indian sitar
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Indian sitar, a stringed, gourd-shaped instrument. Rahul Neuman’s parents, aunt, grandparents and brother performed, studied and loved […]
arTistic Attention: TA Shelina Brown promotes feminism through rock music
With the series “arTistic Attention,” A&E will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts & entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. If you know an artsy TA who deserves to be featured, email us at ae@media.ucla.edu. Shelina Brown named her new […]