For some reason unbeknownst to me, UCLA students love the ’80s. At least that’s what I’m assuming the countless ’80s roller skating outings, ’80s club nights and ’80s-themed parties I’ve been dragged to is evidence of. Read more...

It would prove impossible to stereotypically categorize a performance by the company Pappa Tarahumara. Its performances could easily fall under the genres of dance, opera, song or abstract art. Read more...

A little bit of the ’80s still survives today: People wear big hoop earrings, off-the-shoulder T-shirts and slip-on shoes. Bands like Franz Ferdinand often have an ’80s New Wave sensibility. Read more...

A lot of people go their whole lives trying to fathom the extraordinary disconnect that occurs between generations of parents and children with respect to many things, most notably musical preferences. Read more...

There’s still room for pop music in underground rock ‘n’ roll. Just ask Kevin Barnes, the lead singer of Of Montreal. The 9-year-old indie-pop band, which will be playing at the Ex Plex on Feb. Read more...

Sin, ostracism, slapstick comedy, greed and suicide all mixed together sound to some people like the ideal soap opera scenario. To UCLA’s opera department, it’s the perfect characterization for this year’s annual winter quarter performance. Read more...

Presumptuous as it may be, allow me to sum up this year’s Oscar nominations in just one word: boring. In conversations I had with the four pop-culture encyclopedias that run the arts and entertainment section ““ or, as I like to call them, the “Four Hipsters of the Apocalypse” ““ I heard almost every major nominee predicted well before the nominations were announced Tuesday. Read more...