Music

March 2, 2017

Shy Girls and Culver Provide Warmth for Perfect Park

By Jasmine Rodriguez

With a Lorde-like hand motion, Vidmar from Shy Girls truly immersed himself in the essence of atmospheric music.

March 2, 2017

BADBADNOTGOOD Bring a Spectacular Show

By William Emmons

Although BBNG may be characterized as a jazz band, the boundaries of their sound do not by any means fall within the traditional confines of jazz as a genre.

March 1, 2017

Tracks of the Month: February 2017

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Max Pasion-Gonzales, William Emmons

Grown up Fairy Tales dates back to Acid Rap, originally for big brother Chance the Rapper himself, but Taylor Bennett takes it and features his brother as well as Jeremih.

February 23, 2017

Kamasi Washington is a Jazz Legend in the Making

By Ryan Hykes

Deep bonds formed through trust, friendship and family make better jazz than anything that the most talented strangers could create.

February 23, 2017

Postmodern Jukebox Brings Charm to Arlington

By Allie Graydon

The stage lit up with a flaming, passionate red, and the musicians of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) took the stage in their first-ever show in Santa Barbara.

February 16, 2017

Grammys Pay Tribute to Past and Present

By Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin

No matter how small an artist starts, they can reach the height of their craft.

February 16, 2017

Yuja Wang and Company Take Granada By Storm

By Jack Wallace

The audience filed back in and the two virtuosos re-emerged, Kavakos unchanged and Wang now draped in a slinky, subdued green evening dress.

February 10, 2017

Six Songs About Girls: A Valentine’s Day Playlist

By Zoe Jones

Sugar, spice and everything nice.

February 10, 2017

The Friday Review: Process by Sampha

By Ryan Hykes

Sampha has been featured in tracks by Kanye, Beyoncé, Frank Ocean and Drake, yet hadn’t released a full debut album of his own until this week’s Process.

February 3, 2017

The Friday Review: CULTURE by Migos

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

The brilliant X factor in this group’s success is the Migos’ conscious realization of their influence in spaces that transcend music.

February 2, 2017

Elephante Brings Dreamy Beats to the HUB

By Olivia Yazzolino

The energy was already high nearly an hour before Elephante came on, and the Hub filled up quickly for the sold-out show.

February 2, 2017

Switchfoot and Relient K Rock the Arlington

By Isaac Mikulski

Energy surged through the crowd as fans of both groups moved and sung along to new songs and favorite hits alike.

February 2, 2017

The Atomics Are a Blast from the Past

By Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin

Not only are these siblings taking the music industry by storm, but also the modeling world.

January 31, 2017

Tracks of the Month: January 2017

By William Emmons

At the end of each calendar month, Artsweek takes a look at new tracks that stood out and made a place in our playlists.

January 20, 2017

The Friday Review: I See You by the xx

By Ryan Hykes

For fans of the xx’s previous work, this album keeps their atmospheric instrumentation and their oft-touched themes of love and loneliness.

January 18, 2017

Dawes, Dad Rock and the Modern Meaning of Genre

By Zoe Jones

Genres are, in fact, boxes; they’re compartmentalized for conveniently choosing what we want to consume in a culture constantly flooded with new music. However, some music is best created by challenging these very cate...