Samiam delivers hard-edged, cathartic music to Westwood By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff Between the hard-edged, guitar-driven sound of his band and the cathartic, confessional nature of his troubled lyrics, you’d think Jason Beebout, the frontman of Samiam (playing today at noon in Westwood Plaza), would be, shall we say, a troubled guy. Read more...

Mozart opera from a galaxy far, far away Classic ‘Flute’ uses colorful characters, music to entertain the child in all of us By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff You’re doing word association. Read more...

Veruca Salt to fight ‘Seether’ tonight at Hollywood Palace By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff Mention the band Veruca Salt to your average alterna-bigot and you’ll get one of a handful of programmatic reactions: they’re "too poppy," they’re "sellouts," "they rip off" the Breeders. Read more...

Jazz artist to perform By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff Saxophonist Joshua Redman planned to go to law school, but instead he ended up taking the jazz world by storm. Read more...

KMFDM delves deeper into metal-industrial 11-year-old band promotes newest release Wednesday By Nisha Gopalan When Freud discussed fixations, he evidently never considered the abbreviation, KMFDM. "Kill Mother-Fucking Depeche Mode" reigns as arguably the most-recognized interpretation of KMFDM’s name. Read more...

Family TiesSmits hopes work in generational tale ‘Mi Familia’ will ease way for Latino actors in entertainment By Jeffrey Shore At a luxurious hotel in Beverly Hills, far from the setting of his new film, the usually unflappable Jimmy Smits looks a little, well, flapped. Read more...

Family TiesMi Familia presents the extraordinary tale of one Latino family coping with the typical struggles of life in America By Jeffrey Shore My Family/Mi Familia is an extraordinary film. Read more...