Saturday, February 7


Album Review: ‘Cerulean Salt’ by Waxahatchee

Punk rock is dead, punk rock is dying, punk rock died surviving. In a year when the genre threatens to crash at full throttle back into the mainstream (or at least pseudo-mainstream), from the anguished roar of Pissed Jeans to the wheezing desperation of Iceage, the quieter anguish of Waxahatchee’s “Cerulean Salt” could easily be overlooked as a folksy interlude. Read more...


UCLA student showcases one-man jazz act in Fowler concert series

At the age of 3, Nathan Kersey-Wilson’s favorite thing to do was jam out to the Beatles on his plastic saxophone. His musical passion began at this moment, leading him to eventually choose the saxophone as his primary instrument. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year jazz studies student Nathan Kersey-Wilson will perform his one-man show tonight at the Fowler Out Loud series. Kersey-Wilson uses a loop pedal to combine various instrument layers.


Against the Grain: Brendan Hornbostel: Black Flag, Iceage build on West Coast Punk

Beyond the blazing fast drums, aggressive guitars and piercing vocals that have made West Coast punk an against-the-grain entity is the adoption of an anti-authority, do-it-yourself attitude that embraces individuality. Read more...

Photo: Black Flag’s 1981 debut album “Damaged,” featured the anthem, “Rise Above,” that cemented the band’s West Coast punk sound.


UCLA student competes at Orientation LA

After winning his first DJ battle last week, UCLA trap spinster Alejandro “Alexbustamove” Bustamante prepares to battle it out with fresh opponents at Orientation LA. Read more...

Photo: Alejandro Bustamante, a fourth-year Design | Media Arts student who DJs as Alexbustamove, will battle against students from USC and LMU before acts such as Flosstradamus and gLadiator perform at Orientation LA.





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