Alec Hartnett

January 24, 2016

Brazilian Girls, Dreamers Set Upon SOho

By Alec Hartnett

Setting: last Saturday, Jan. 16 a beautifully warm night delighted by a line-up subtly genius in nature draped itself over Santa Barbara. Inside an interesting restaurant concert venue styled American, almost-Southern-Eu...

January 15, 2016

Brazilian Girls To Come to SOhO

By Alec Hartnett

Hailing from a city across the country from Isla Vista, the band Brazilian Girls will be swinging downtown Santa Barbara this Saturday, Jan. 16. Interestingly enough, the band members have no roots based in Brazil, and t...

June 30, 2015

We Remember Them: Honoring the Unlucky Bright Minds of Our Youth

By Alec Hartnett

On a terrible May 23rd, in 2014, the UCSB and the Santa Barbara communities suffered greatly at the hands of contorted misfortune. Six students bore the brunt of this onslaught: Katie Cooper, George Chen, Veronika Weiss,...

May 28, 2015

Robert Plant & The Santa Barbara Bowl Shifters

By Alec Hartnett

Bring us that low-strumming guitar, the solid percussive drum beat, the humming bass and the electric switches and mixes. This upcoming weekend, on May 31, Robert Plant, legendary rock icon, and his band the Sensational ...

April 9, 2015

Live from the Batcave: Alex Bocknek

By Alec Hartnett

Kindling the cloudy, energetic and electronic dance music scene, gloving was gifted upon this music-fueled world in a conspicuously suggestive manner. Riveting and beautifully choreographed, dancers’ fingertips began t...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Music Albums

By Kelsey Tang, Nadine Bedwan, Elena Bernick, Brianna Guzman, Jon Choi, Alex Bocknek, Alec Hartnett

Artsweek Staff Shares the EP’s that Made Us Groove These Days… by Ab-soul Kelsey Tang, Staff Writer By infusing the fuzzy ambience of downtempo into classic hip-hop, Ab-Soul’s These Days… became an impressive...

December 9, 2014

ODESZA’s Latest Album, ‘In Return’

By Alec Hartnett

You know that feeling that swells from your core through your entire body when you see a protagonist of one of your favorite movies triumph over his adversaries and obstacles? You hear the happiest music you’ve ever he...

November 6, 2014

Hear I.V.: Talented Pianist Joins in on I.V. Jam Session

By Alec Hartnett

I’m swimming through the streets of IV on my fixie and the cacophony of the undulating music blended by the town’s residents is harsh. This is a daily experience that intrigues me so much that I have discarded headph...

October 22, 2014

Massive Attack and TV on the Radio Deliver More than Just Music at SB Bowl

By Alec Hartnett

Last Friday, Oct. 17, Santa Barbara was graced by another pleasant evening with a beautifully clear, vibrant sunset. A cool breeze blew through the city’s Bowl, setting an extremely comfortable atmosphere for a concert...