Frank Horne

February 3, 2017

Sango & Monte Booker Bringing the Sound of Tomorrow to SOhO

By Frank Horne

On Sunday, Feb. 4, SOhO is lucky to host a pair of innovative young beatmakers for a night of squeaky-clean polished mixes and cuts.

June 2, 2016

BFOM Bids Grads Adieu

By Frank Horne

This Saturday, BFOM hosted their quarterly concert to a sold-out and packed-in I.V. Theater, wishing their senior members an emotional goodbye.

May 19, 2016

In Review: Extravaganza 2016

By Frank Horne

ASPB certainly outdid their already esteemed selves with the studded list of performers, and the relatively smooth run of 2016’s Extravaganza makes it one for the books.

May 5, 2016

UCSB Descends Upon Coachella 2016

By Alex Bocknek, Frank Horne

The Nexus hit Coachella 2016, and here are some of Artsweek’s highlights.

May 5, 2016

Extravaganza 2016 Lineup Revealed

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Frank Horne

A.S. Program Board announced several big-name acts for UCSB's spring festival, Extravaganza, at Harder Stadium.

February 25, 2016

Graphic Voices Showcases New Media

By Frank Horne

Last weekend, Feb. 20-21 the Limitless Coalition (with the generous help of the Film and Media Studies Dept.) hosted the second annual Graphic Voices conference, dedicated to linking together students from all fields to ...

February 18, 2016

STRFKR Gets Rowdy in VNTRA

By Frank Horne

STRFKR is very serious about not being taken too seriously. Ironically lifting their name from the label slapped onto those willfully entrenched in the celebrity lifestyle they so eschew, STRFKR’s live set perfectly cr...

February 11, 2016

SBIFF Producers Panel and Writers Panel

By Frank Horne

Producers Panel Coverage Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) always manages to draw an engaging assortment of industry professionals to speak on the ins and outs of their trade, which is most likely at leas...

January 14, 2016

Dirtybird’s Shiba San Takes Over SOhO

By Frank Horne

With a silent wish for my bike’s safety as it sat locked up outside of 7-Eleven overnight, I hopped onto the crowded party bus headed downtown to see Shiba San light up SOhO Restaurant & Music Club. Lined with kits...

January 7, 2016

Shiba San To Come to SOhO

By Frank Horne

Many thump. Such house. Wow. All these words can describe the experience of listening to Shiba San, the enigmatic French DJ whose dirty basslines have garnered him a momentous rise in recognition over this past year. Thi...

January 7, 2016

Hateful 8: Didn’t Hate, Wasn’t Great

By Frank Horne

Quentin Tarantino has always had trouble dialing it down for anyone, and this has usually been to cinematically fresh effect. His films always revel in excess, often taking the form of the candy-coated violence of “Ing...

November 5, 2015

ASPB Thrills ThunderDoom with Witch and the Tantrums, Spook Dogg

By Frank Horne

Delirium, the latest in the school’s series of Halloween shows designed to shepherd rowdy hordes of Isla Vistans away from the weekend’s police-prowled streets, was a two-day fest of crowds and costumes that went dow...

October 15, 2015

New Noise Festival to Bring Black Lips and Ariel Pink to SOhO

By Frank Horne

The New Noise Music Festival in Santa Barbara has promised to bring exciting and eclectic groups of artists across various Santa Barbara stages every year since its first iteration in 2009. One of the hottest tickets on ...

September 27, 2015

Ratatat were ‘Magnifique’ at the Majestic

By Frank Horne

Just shy of an hour south of campus, along a relatively quiet downtown Ventura street lies the Majestic Ventura Theater, a 1920’s-style hall that may deserve its self-styling as “the best venue between Los Angeles an...

April 9, 2015

How Purity Ring Sent Artsweek to the ER

By Frank Horne

The line outside the Thunderdome stretched far on Saturday night, with throngs of students waiting to vibe out to Purity Ring and Sweater Beats. Though my stay at the show was cut short when my ankle got cut deep by a fa...

February 16, 2015

Utah Report: I Went to Sundance and It was Awesome

By Frank Horne

Every January, Hollywood descends upon (or ascends to, technically) the picturesque snow globe that is Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Since its founding in 1978, Sundance has been a forum for independent...