Under a sea of blue lights, you are playing guitar to a beautiful song that some in the crowd have been waiting to hear live for over a decade.

The way we see it, summer is a time to explore.

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.

Our writers cover a selection of concerts in our sixth annual Coachella Diary.

Though she may list “illuminated manuscripts” as a main influence, Julia Shammas Holter also demonstrates a strong connection to the surreal.

During his full-time school and work schedule, an all too familiar feeling overtook Joe Williams.

Let’s be frank ““ there is just way too much music out there. 2007 brought a flood of releases and so much good stuff that there is no way 10 selections could capture everything musical that happened this year.

Drugged-out hippies lazily aspired to live in one. The Partridge family idealized and trivialized the possibilities of one.

Oftentimes, a musician’s ability to produce something beautiful, genuine and personal is proportional to how acutely she can draw from within. However, Sally Seltmann of New Buffalo went outside.

In addition to snack staple Swedish Fish and furniture godsend Ikea, college students ““ and Americans in general ““ have seamlessly allowed another aspect of Swedish culture to trickle into their daily lives.