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 […]
Category Archives: Music
Second Take: Drake and Meek Mill usher hip hop feuds into 2015’s social media age
This week, Daily Bruin A&E is counting down to the New Year by looking back at the best and worst events in the arts and entertainment world of 2015. Today, A&E contributor Sean Lee recounts the Drake and Meek Mill beef that established 2015 as the year hip hop feuds entered the social media age. […]
Editors’ picks: Best of 2015
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. This week, the Daily Bruin A&E editors pick their favorite pop […]
Album Review: ‘Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven’
Kid Cudi’s new album cover for “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” bears a striking resemblance to Robert Capa’s 1936 photo “The Falling Soldier.” In the photograph, Capa captures the moment a soldier is shot by a “speeding bullet” and falls to his death. In 1975, the authenticity of the photograph was questioned by journalist Philip Knightley, […]
Album Review: ‘A Head Full of Dreams’
Last year, Chris Martin bared listeners his broken heart with Coldplay’s album “Ghost Stories,” a sad eulogy to his split from longtime wife Gwyneth Paltrow. This year, with “A Head Full of Dreams,” he is attempting to convince his audience he’s ready to move on. However, while “A Head Full of Dreams” completes the almost-but-not-quite-cathartic […]
Reels, Notes and Takes: Week 10
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 […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The gaida
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 Bulgaria’s gaida, a sheep or goatskin bagpipe from the Balkans and Southeast Europe. Ivan Varimezov could only listen […]