Members of Miike Snow created their newest album by sending files back and forth online between their residences in Bangkok, Stockholm, New York and Los Angeles. Miike Snow will now be traveling internationally, performing tracks from the completed album “iii.” Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and singer-songwriter Andrew Wyatt comprise the indie pop […]
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Alumnus creates medley of cinema, live film score performance with “The Godfather”
Listening to the iconic film scores of John Williams and other greats struck passion into 7-year-old Justin Freer. He knew he wanted to conduct the sounds accompanying the screen. On Saturday, the UCLA alumnus stood at the podium at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in front of an orchestra and packed theater, conductor’s baton […]
Love | Hate: Will the “Clue” film remake go down well or not?
“Clue” is a quintessential piece of any household’s board game cabinet. However, it’s not essential to the average homeowner’s movie library – but perhaps that’s about to change. The classic mystery game was first introduced in the 1949, becoming an instant classic and spawning several books, games and a feature film. Although an initial flop […]
Bar necessities: Culver Hotel bar
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Over the next 10 weeks, they explain which have the […]
Bruin Vinyl club hopes to create haven for vintage music buffs
Growing up, Austin Berke never paid much attention to the piles of classic rock records stored in his family garage – his father told him the records were probably all water-damaged. But during winter break of his senior year of high school, Berke decided to go through the stacks while his family was cleaning out […]
‘Project Runway: Junior’ alum creates unisex fashion line
The first design Matt Sarafa ever brought to life was a blue satin dress for his mother. “It was literally awful,” Sarafa said. “It looked like Princess Elsa from ‘Frozen,’ but like on crack.” His mother, Tina Sarafa, on the other hand considers the dress a treasure. “I will have that dress for the rest […]
Alumna captures LA’s pigeon rolling community in new documentary
More than 50 men stood at street level with their heads raised and eyes trained on the sky. For a brief moment it was empty, until a flock of pigeons swarmed into sight, falling and twirling in somersaulting free falls. UCLA alumna Milena Pastreich watched from behind a camera lens, a bystander among the large […]