Music
A young man gets up on stage. He wears a loose-fitting, colorful button-down. I speak with his mother, Sherry Mandell, about the organic produce company she works for. Her son belts out: “This place...
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Hundreds of octogenarians shuffle into their seats. The house is packed. They have come to hear two of the most celebrated classical musicians in the world. On Thursday night, Jan. 21st, the famous Gr...
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It may be true to say that electronic music has never been bigger than it is today. Massive festivals like EDC, Tomorrowland and Electric Zoo dominate the festival-scape, and even more traditional eve...
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As I had predicted hours prior, hordes of elderly people flocked to and surrounded Campbell Hall the night Tommy Emmanuel stopped at UCSB’s campus. However, upon reaching the destination, I noticed ...
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Swarms of drunken Isla Vistans descended upon SOhO Restaurant and Music Club Sunday night to jump up, down and all around to the show SELECT Entertainment and We the Beat lined up. Individuals who nor...
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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...
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If you’ve ever cruised down Pardall on a Tuesday night, you might have passed a cozy open mic occurring at the Coffee Collaborative, and heard a quick snippet of what sounds like a guitar-percussion...
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If you smashed together a circle marked “black metal,” and another named “mariachi music,” the resulting Venn-diagram intersection would be labeled “Metalachi.” The band of the same name t...
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The air was still and brimming with excited anticipation in Campbell Hall on Thursday night. A group of five men stood onstage with their silent instruments, illuminated by an outline of red light. Qu...
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My first time attempting to find downtown Santa Barbara’s SOhO music club proved to be more difficult than I thought it would. As I wandered down State Street in the frigid, 45-degree weather, I tho...
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BoomBox is a band featuring Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux. The pair act as producers, songwriters and DJs of their electronic-centric group. Their music blends rock and electronic beats ...
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While there is so much music that enters this world, very few of the artists behind the music get the recognition that they deserve. XYLO is a pair of the numerous musicians rising from the shadows, g...
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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 ba...
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“Every single person in this club could beat me up.” This was my first experience with the Velvet Jones. I was immediately greeted with a spotlight glare glinting off of some guy’s grills. The c...
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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 C...
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Chronically single
“Casual” by Chappell Roan
“Atmosphere” by FISHER
The entire shared playlist with their ex
“Je te laisserai des mots” by Patrick Watson
“If Only” by The Marías
Their ex’s old voice memos
White noise
“ceilings” by Lizzy McAlpine
“Marvins Room” by Drake
“KLOusFRENS” by Bad Bunny
“Somebody Else” by The 1975
