Tuesday, June 30

Second Take: Smaller bands at Coachella showcase diverse music scenes

It seems like this year’s Coachella headlines have been dominated by Madonna-gate, Justin Bieber’s inability to get into the VIP area and Tyler, the Creator calling out Kendall Jenner. Read more...

Photo: Weekend 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival took place in Indio from April 10 to 12, featuring headliners Drake, AC/DC and Jack White. Weekend 2 will commence on Friday featuring the same lineup. (Daily Bruin file photo)


MFA exhibit invites visitors to challenge perception of space

Wax drips onto a convoluted pipe that spans a hallway of the Broad Art Center. Design | Media Arts graduate student Hsin-Yu Lin sits underneath the installation as she speaks of her interest in objects and the social purpose they serve in a space. Read more...

Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate student Hsin-Yu Lin’s solo exhibition, “Kin Ku Ki Kwan ( The Encyclopedia of Timid Knowledge),” will open Thursday in Broad 1250. The wax-covered installation will be accompanied by a game, which Lin said will guide viewers to interact with the sculpture and space. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)


Album Review: ‘Cherry Bomb’

“Cherry Bomb” Tyler, The Creator Odd Future LLC 3.5 out of 5 Paws Tyler, The Creator doesn’t like to follow the rules. At least, he says as much in the bridge of “Deathcamp,” the N.E.R.D.-inspired opener to his fourth full-length album, “Cherry Bomb.” Tyler raps, “I don’t like to follow the rules/ and that’s just who I am/ I hope you understand,” echoing over a tinkling rhythm between bursts of reverberating guitar riffs and shouts. Read more...

Photo: (Odd Future LLC)


Q&A: Alumna talks receiving fellowship, hopes for her project

Riding her bike around Los Angeles while wearing a mask, UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas became fascinated with air pollution. On April 9, Yoldas was named as one of the recipients of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her proposal, “Distilling the Sky.” With an architectural structure, Yoldas said she hopes to compress polluted air particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas has a background in both arts and sciences. Her proposal, “Distilling the Sky,” aims to compress polluted particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. (Matt Cummins/Daily Bruin)


UCLA scholar-in-residence uses literary background to understand music

For UCLA Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak, music is more than just sound – music is a language. Mak has dedicated her academic and professional career to interpreting the stories that a piece of music can tell. Read more...

Photo: Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak will give a lecture Thursday for the musicology department. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


Movie Review: ‘Monkey Kingdom’

Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” opens with a breathtaking view of a fog enveloping the jungles of South Asia at sunrise. Directed and produced by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, the movie premieres this spring and will join the ranks of Disney’s amusing and illuminative films about nature. Read more...

Photo: Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” will have its opening week April 17-23, where the money from ticket revenue will be used for making donations to Conservation International. (Disneynature)


UCLA scholar-in-residence uses literary background to understand music

For UCLA Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak, music is more than just sound – music is a language. Mak has dedicated her academic and professional career to interpreting the stories that a piece of music can tell. Read more...

Photo: Department of Music scholar-in-residence Su Yin Mak will give a lecture Thursday for the musicology department. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)