Music

ODESZA’s Latest Album, ‘In Return’

December 9, 2014 by

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 mu...
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Three Albums To Listen to on a Rainy Day

December 7, 2014 by

With a heavy downpour of rain hitting Santa Barbara this past week, many of you (like myself) may have understood the bad weather as the perfect opportunity to skip class and stay inside. While most p...
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It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: 10 Jingles for Your Holly Jolly Soundtrack

December 4, 2014 by

Now that Thanksgiving is over we can guiltlessly indulge in Christmas/winter songs! “Christmas Time Is Here” by Vince Guaraldi Trio/from A Charlie Brown Christmas Sometimes we grow tired of meanin...
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Better at a Festival: Sound Tribe Sector 9 Didn’t Deliver the Goods at the Wiltern

December 2, 2014 by

I’m a latecomer with jam bands, never having listened to the Dead or Phish as a kid. However, I’ve seen my share of funky goodness while traveling around from festival to festival over the...
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Magnets & Ghosts EP Be Born is Perfect for Winter Nights

December 2, 2014 by

With the cold this article is going up in December winds momentarily wiping out the sweet and sunny days here at UCSB, it’s time to exchange that ready-for-the-beach playlist for something a tad mor...
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More Rock than Sand: Foster the People Play SB Bowl

December 2, 2014 by

After superb opening acts by Soko (“We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow”) and Sylvan Esso (“Coffee”), Foster the People’s last show of their North American tour was set to be a blast. Held at the S...
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A Taste of the Past: Pink Floyd’s Final Album

November 27, 2014 by

“We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year/Running over the same old ground, what have we found?/The same old fears; wish you were here.” These are the legendary lyrics ...
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‘No Reason’ to Put Down Giraffage’s New EP

November 27, 2014 by

Touring with the likes of Porter Robinson, Phantogram and XXYYXX, San Francisco-based producer, Giraffage, has made quite a name for himself in the electronic music sphere over the years. He first gai...
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Jam Band Brothers Gow Meld Together at SOhO

November 27, 2014 by

On Wednesday Nov. 19, Brothers Gow turned SOhO Restaurant and Music Club into a colorful river of sound. The psychedelic jam band from San Diego performed a menagerie of stylized songs ranging from co...
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KCSB’s Compilation CD Is a Winner: Artsweek Talks to KCSB About the Goings on of Studio A

November 22, 2014 by

“Radio is so fleeting, but at least we have this,” said KCSB general manager Yibing Guo, her hands gripping the cardboard cd case with “KCSB 91.9 Live in Studio A” stamped on it in green ink. ...
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Black Scholars Hall Reviews K-pop

November 21, 2014 by

“K-what? Wait what did you say? Are black people even allowed to listen to that?” These were the frequent responses I got when I asked my hallmates in the black scholars hall about their knowledge...
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Mac DeMarco Turns Hub into Jungle Gym: Plus the Inside Scoop on the DeMarco After Party

November 20, 2014 by

Tucked into a triangular nook of the hub’s ceiling beam, the gap-toothed indie-rocker grinned down at the crowd below him. Screaming girls and sweaty boys stretched their hands and fingertips up tow...
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Go Hard in da Paint with Waka Flocka & Iamsu! this Saturday

November 20, 2014 by

What I am about to tell you will be sweet, sweet music to your ears, so listen up. Waka Flocka Flame and Iamsu! are coming to Santa Barbara this Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds! Grant...
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Greensky Bluegrass Transports Listeners at L.A.’s Troubadour

November 18, 2014 by

I stepped out of the foggy Santa Monica night and into another world. The Dead Winter Carpenters were finishing up their opening set for Greensky Bluegrass at the Troubadour, one of L.A.’s best ...
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Jam Band to Play SOhO on Wednesday: Artsweek Talks with Brothers Gow

November 17, 2014 by

Over the weekend, I had a fruitful opportunity to sit down and talk with a few of the talented musicians from eclectic jam band Brothers Gow, who will be playing SOhO this upcoming Wednesday. I got to...
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