It's not often that an album comes out that borders on impossible to classify into one genre or another. "Mirror Traffic," a new release from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, dabbles in several genres, from rock 'n' roll and country to folk and indie rock. Read more...
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Each week, Daily Bruin Arts & Entertainment takes to Bruin Walk to ask students with music players what songs they are listening to. Read more...
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Released in the wake of the Newport Folk Festival, Ollabelle's "Neon Blue Bird" is in a good position to take advantage of folksters new and old looking to further explore the genre. Read more...
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If Bob Dylan were to ever form a band and record an album that incorporates ambient and alternative rock, it might sound something like "Slave Ambient" by The War on Drugs.** Read more...
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August 1, 2011 – Go ahead, sing this paragraph. As part of the Hammer Museum’s ongoing “Sing Your Favorite Book” series, Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sat in and paced through the galleries on July 22, crooning portions of the Vladimir Nabokov classic Lolita. You know, the book where middle-aged Humbert Humbert has an affair with his prepubescent stepdaughter.
The next performance, featuring Tany Ling singing Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union”, is this Thursday. [1:31]
"A musician interprets Nabokov through song"Many people have read Karl Marx's "Capital" "“ but few, if any, have heard it sung. Read more...
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Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sings excerpts of “Lolita” for the Hammer Museum’s “Sing Your Favorite Books” series. The series was created in conjunction with the “Ed Ruscha: On the Road” exhibition.
When it comes to jazz, one might think of the well-known tunes of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis as the defining sounds of the genre. Read more...
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Nearly a decade has passed since Vanessa Carlton debuted her first single, "A Thousand Miles." And though her latest album's first track "Carousel" opens with the familiar sound of a solitary piano, Carlton's sound has undergone quite the evolution. Read more...
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