Music

November 16, 2015

Bay Area Hip Hop Legend Andre Nickatina To Return to Velvet Jones

By Benjamin Miller

Bay Area hip hop fans are in for a treat Friday night, as Andre Nickatina makes an appearance at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara. Nickatina’s contributions to the mid-90s Bay Area hip hop renaissance vindicate his legacy...

November 16, 2015

Hippie Sabotage and Cherub Coming to Earl Warren Showgrounds

By Jordan Metz

The electro-indie duo Cherub, best known for their hit single “Doses and Mimosas,” will be hitting the stage at Earl Warren Showgrounds Friday, Nov. 20. They have been carefully crafting new music with their new live...

November 15, 2015

Firebrand Record Label To Bring Politics and Music Coming to SOhO

By Gabriel Lazo

Ryan Harvey of the Riot Folk Collective and Tom Morello, the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, are coming to SOhO on Nov. 16. The duo aims to capitalize on the Che Guevara T-shirt-wearing, Occupy Wall Street spirit...

November 15, 2015

Folk Legends John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett Come to Campbell Hall

By Thomas Mannell

On Saturday night, Campbell Hall had a far different atmosphere than the average freshman lecture. The backpacks had been replaced by designer purses. The full heads of hair and wispy no-shave-November efforts had been r...

November 11, 2015

Paul S. Flores Comes to Reds Bin 211

By Vicky Munro

It’s unsurprising that 2015 Doris Duke Award recipient Paul S. Flores managed to garner a decent turnout for his evening of spoken word, hosted by the UCSB MultiCultural Center on Friday Nov. 5. The choice of Reds Bin ...

November 9, 2015

Brainfeeder Artist TOKiMONSTA To Perform at SOhO

By Carla Cernat

Halloween may be over, but watch out because the TOKiMONSTA is coming to town. On Nov. 12 at 8pm, world-renowned DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) is bringing her Fovere Tour to Santa Barbara’s own SOhO restaur...

November 9, 2015

Blitzen Trapper To Come to SOhO

By Joey Goodman

The music of Portland-based group Blitzen Trapper is, just like all things from Portland, weird. This quintet is nearing epic in both its age and discography, and has consistently straddled the lines between country, fol...

November 8, 2015

Janet Jackson Draws Pan-Californian Crowd to SB Bowl

By Nisa Smith

Hundreds of fans wiggled their way to their seats Wednesday night, Oct. 21 to witness Janet Jackson take the stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Although the groundbreaking singer had not toured in seven years, Ms. Jackson ...

November 8, 2015

Dia De Los Muertos at the Bowl

By Jack Wallace

The hottest event of the Halloween shmalloween weekend easily was the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Santa Barbara Bowl. For one night only, the Bowl became a magical arena, shaped after the traditional Day of the...

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...

November 5, 2015

Camp Flog Gnaw is Back

By Nisa Smith

Graphic T-shirts, old-school Vans and positive vibrations are sure to flood The Park at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 14 as Odd Future front man Tyler, The Creator delivers his Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival for it...

November 2, 2015

Ring in the New Year with SnowGlobe

By Bin Nguyen

Have you ever had a dream where nothing was surrounding you except for miles and miles of cold winter snow, and nothing else can be seen or heard but bright laser lights and the hottest electronic music? Well, this is no...

October 30, 2015

Young Classical Violinist Takes Students By Storm at Hahn Hall

By Ketaki Malaviya

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 26-year-old classical violinist, Ray Chen performed at the Hanh Hall in the Music Academy of the West. After touring the world and performing in various venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Hollywo...

October 30, 2015

8 Noise Ordinance Proof Songs for Your Halloween Dance Party

By Artsweek Editor

  Jason Chun Channeling the suspense of your favorite horror films, “The Haunting” by Kamelot truly lives up to its name. From its first ominous notes the tension builds, punctuated by strokes of drums and guita...

October 29, 2015

Florence + Bowl = One Big, One Blue, One Beautiful Show

By Karrah Bates

Reaching out into the audience with welcoming arms, she asked us to remove something weighing us down, keeping us on the ground. And with her triumphant cry, she freed us: “Santa Barbara, you are released!” Last Tues...

October 28, 2015

Pure Bathing Culture to Cleanse SOhO

By Jordan Metz

On Sunday, Nov. 1 SOhO will host a night of authentic Portland indie-pop. Wild Ones will take the stage at 9 p.m. followed by headliner Pure Bathing Culture. Pure Bathing Culture released their second full-length album P...