When the band members of Atomic Walrus first sat down to pick out a band name, they wanted to encapsulate their style. The band took two names and blended them, mixing the song “Atomic Dog” by the P-Funk and the Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus.” The band’s resulting name, Atomic Walrus, embodies the band’s blended style of funk and rock. Read more...

Photo: Funk-rock fusion band Atomic Walrus will release its first EP “Slug Life” on Saturday. The band is composed of UCLA alumnus and drummer Nivedan Nayak (top), USC alumnus and guitarist Max Cohen (left) and vocalist Joe Kellman (right). (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. Read more...

Photo: Winter Schneider, a graduate student in history, and her husband Yves Figaro (pictured with his band Chouk Bwa Libète) will perform their collaborative Haitian drumming, dancing and narrative work at Thursday’s Fowler Out Loud concert. (Courtesy of Winter Schneider)

In her freshman year of high school, Shadi Amirieh volunteered for a nonprofit organization, the Friendship Circle, where she mentored and guided children with autism. Inspired by her experience, she wanted to start a company so that parents and their kids could enjoy themselves while improving the children’s motor skills and development, the UCLA alumna said. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Shadi Amirieh founded Backseat Beats, which is a dance, fitness and music company in Los Angeles geared toward young children and babies. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)