This post was updated Oct. 9 at 3:18 p.m. Declan McKenna is anything but a zero. The British indie rocker headlined The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday night. Read more...
Photo: In front of a black-and-white checkered background, Declan McKenna strums his guitar while belting into a standing mic. The English rock artist performed for an enthusiastic crowd at The Fonda Theatre on Thursday. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)
As the crisp fall air blows in, releases from returning titans are warming listeners’ ears. Whether they be indie icons or pop legends, artists have returned for the autumnal season with new albums. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 27 at 9:39 p.m. Wallows is making sure fans aren’t bored yet. The indie-pop band performed on Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium, kicking off its hometown shows in Los Angeles this week. Read more...
Photo: Lit by purple and teal lighting, Wallows member and main vocalist Dylan Minnette sings into a standing mic. The indie rock band, composed of Minnette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston, played the first of three hometown shows as part of their “Tell Me That It’s Over Tour” Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 9:25 p.m. 5 Seconds of Summer’s latest album is putting listeners through an emotional blender. Two years since the last album release, 5 Seconds of Summer has returned with its fifth studio album “5SOS5.” Composed of members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin, the Australian pop-rock band celebrated its 10-year anniversary in December 2021. Read more...
Photo: Four red and blue exuberant figures make up the cover for 5 Seconds of Summer’s fifth studio album. The pop-rock group released “5SOS5” Friday. (Courtesy of BMG Rights Management)
Antonio Lysy is translating Bach’s musical phrases to unconventional stages. On Sept. 23 in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, the cello professor and string area chair will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six cello suites inside artist Richard Serra’s sculpture, “Torqued Ellipse,” in an event titled “Bach In the Serra.” Lysy said the main inspiration for playing the suites, an ordered set of classical works, in “Torqued Ellipse” was to experiment with the unique acoustics in the enclosed space the sculpture offers. Read more...
Photo: Cello professor and string area chair, Antonio Lysy plays the cello surrounded by lit candles. Lysy will play suites from Bach during the “Bach in the Serra” concert at 7pm on Friday. (Courtesy of the Herb Alpert School of Music)
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 9:30 p.m. Audiences flew to new heights at Bruin Bash 2022. Welcoming students back to campus, the annual concert returned to the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Monday for the second year in a row. Read more...
Photo: PinkPantheress sings to the crowd surrounded by fog and fuchsia pink lights. The 21-year-old alternative hyperpop artist headlined this year’s annual Bruin Bash concert Monday. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 9:19 p.m. Death Cab for Cutie is proving its indie legacy lasts from here to forever. In the 10th studio album of their 25-year career, the indie rock veterans provide a masterful, melodic examination of existentialism, connection and hope. Read more...
Photo: Two figures look out towards a foggy cityscape on the cover of Death Cab for Cutie’s “Asphalt Meadows.” The indie rock band released their 10th full-length album Friday. (Courtesy of Atlantic Records)
