The year 2014 saw remarkable music, from Mac DeMarco’s “Salad Days” to Sam Smith’s “In the Lonely Hour.” This year, music fans are eagerly waiting for the releases of music from artists such as Frank Ocean, Adele, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West, who all have not dropped an album in years. Read more...
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January 6, 12:26 am
Winter Music Preview
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January 5, 3:59 pm
Second Take: Kanye West and Paul McCartney come together for new track
Kanye West sure knows how to end the year on a high note. On Dec. 31, the Chicago-based rapper quietly released the first song since his 2013 platinum-selling album “Yeezus.” A duo with Beatles-legend Paul McCartney, “Only One” features West singing – not rapping – while McCartney dances along the keyboard, harmonizing with the auto-tuned vocals. Read more...
Photo: Kanye West’s newest song, “Only One,” featuring Paul McCartney, is sung from the point-of-view of West’s mother, Donda West, as she helps West come to grips with his fame, family and the uncertainties he felt after her passing. (Roc-A-Fella Records)
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December 30, 8:31 pm
Daily Bruin A&E looks back at some of the most memorable albums of 2014
The new year means new beginnings, new experiences and of course, new releases of music. In anticipation for the exciting never-before-heard music that lies ahead in 2015, Daily Bruin A&E; reporters look back at some of the memorable albums that have left a mark on music in 2014. Read more...
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December 15, 2:49 am
KWAYE – A new music artist hits UCLA from the UK
Positive energy and soulful music is what this exchange student from the United Kingdom is about. Kwayedza Kureya, or more commonly known by his musical name, KWAYE, is studying at UCLA for a year, and he’s already making an impact. Read more...
Photo: (Vikram Kumar/Daily Bruin)
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December 15, 2:47 am
Q&A: Alumna talks band Smoke Season tour, Spring Sing performances
Three and a half years ago Gabrielle Wortman stood on a stage at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and performed for a crowd of thousands at UCLA's annual Spring Sing. At the time she was a music media and management student at UCLA. Now she, along with her new band Smoke Season, is traveling in a tour van on an seven-city tour up the West Coast. Read more...
Photo: Jason Rosen (left) and UCLA alumna Gabrielle Wortman (right) comprise the band Smoke Season. Having played twice at Spring Sing, Wortman said her performances at UCLA prepared her for her musical career. (La Famos)
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December 11, 12:23 am
Q&A: Composer Eric Tanguy talks music, paying homage to Henri Dutilleux
Eric Tanguy’s catalog of more than 100 musical compositions has resonated with audiences in more than 25 countries at major venues like Carnegie Hall and earned him designation as “Composer of the Year” twice in France. Read more...
Photo: French composer Eric Tanguy is a guest lecturer of a composition seminar at the Herb Alpert School of Music. The UCLA Philharmonia will perform Tanguy’s homage to composer Henri Dutilleux, “Affettuoso,” Thursday. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
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December 8, 1:36 am
Across the Pond: Rustie’s ‘Green Language’ speaks to trap fans
There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...
Photo: Scottish DJ Rustie has taken the American-born genre of trap music and made it his own through forceful drops and subtle, layered instrumentation. (Warp)