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Soundbite: Islands
Charming, tongue-in-cheek morbidity has always been Nick Thorburn’s strong suit. But while he used to pair it with sanguine, sunshine-coated guitars, tropical drums and elastic bass lines, Thorburn and his band now produce something far more calculated and gloomy.
Is it me, or is pop music getting more creative?
I can’t escape the conclusion that pop music is getting better.
Instrumental introductions
When Indian classical musicians play the santoor, their hands hammer, pluck, or glide across the instrument at exhilarating speed, navigating the 100 strings with adroit precision to produce the resonant, reverberating melodies. However, this ... Employed at a record label, the Los Angeles school district and in health administration, UCLA alumni Matt Frankel, Michael Garner and Dan Chang have successfully transitioned from college students to real-world employees. When he’s not obsessing over rappers Lil’ Wayne or Killer Mike, Tom Breihan, one of my favorite music bloggers, will not shut up about “American Idol.” Think back to high school English classes. Remember all those essays you had to write – the ones that analyzed the most minute details of a piece of prose? For as long as people have been making music, they have found a function for it. Strike the Spring Sing stage, but UCLA traditions remain. Blake Fullmer, UCLA second-year undeclared student, could be the next pop music sensation. The singer recently won the “Your Big Break” contest, earning his band a place on the stage at this year’s Wango Tango concert, taking place May 10 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. There have been two golden periods in music history for big bands: the Jazz age, when big brass bands played swing and jazz, and the ’70s, when stoned longhairs got all their friends together to be as loud as possible. Lady Danville stays close to roots
‘Idol’ provides the all-American experience
Soundbite: Death Cab for Cutie
Music’s function: to make you think
Current consumption of media deprives listeners of the context opera and theater once provided
On an international scale
Ethnomusicology department’s spring festival celebrates musical diversity
Blake Fullmer’s big break
UCLA student and artist to perform at concert Saturday
Big band, small towns
Large Georgian ensemble blends genres to create psychedelic free-form freakiness
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