Category Archives: Arts

Bitchin’ babes laugh at life’s ups and downs Repertoire uses private experiences, improv for show By Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor OK, so your rent’s late, you have a 10 page paper due tomorrow and you can’t find a date for Friday night. Life’s got you down? Well don’t fret, because just when you think […]

Morissette takes home four Grammys By Robert Stevens Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the first year of a new nominating process meant to revitalize the perennially criticized Grammys, the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences voted with an exclamation mark Wednesday night, bestowing four awards upon "alternative" rocker Alanis Morissette and none to […]

Graduate composers explore new medium Emotional themes to run through student’s music at Schoenberg By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff Tonight’s concert featuring compositions by five UCLA graduate students stems from many impulses: experimentation, exploration and panic. "UCLA Graduate Composers Concert," in Schoenberg Hall’s Popper Theater, features a number of styles and arrangements. Master’s degree […]

Sharing beauty of music Pressler’s best gift Renowned concert pianist, founder of Beaux Arts Trio to play in Schoenberg Hall By Colette Jue Daily Bruin Contributor Music has branched into many different forms and styles. But all things that grow must have a foundation, and music is no exception. "You grow when you hear beautiful […]

Deftones join the Ozzy Osbourne bandwagon Madonna’s manager also signs group with Maverick Records By John Sabatini Daily Bruin Contributor Less than six months after the release of its debut album, "Adrenaline," the Sacramento garage band Deftones is already starting to make it big. In addition to making its on-screen debut in this summer’s film, […]

ruby mines beat from multitude of soundsBy Nisha Gopalan Daily Bruin Contributor Think of ruby singer Lesley Rankine as the kid who comes back from summer vacation looking totally different. Music fans will remember the bald-headed, combat-booted Rankine as the singer for British loud-band Silverfish and part-time member of the "industrial" supergroup Pigface. One hardly […]

A personal touch L.A.-based artist David Hockney portrays freedom and sensuality in his landscapes and portraits of friends, on display at the L.A. County Museum of Art through April 28. By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff The view of Los Angeles as seen by David Hockney includes palm trees and swimming pools, in addition to […]