Artsweek

May 28, 2009

Guess Who’s Back… Back Again? ****

By Sara Weitz

It has been almost five years since phenomenal rap artist Eminem has graced the public with any new music. But now he's back: His latest album, Relapse, is his most raw, intense and overall in-depth look into his usually...

May 21, 2009

Extravaganza 2009

By Hunter M. Daniels

Hot off the heels of the one-two punch of its 2008 EP, The Bake Sale, and its 2009 mix-tape, Gone Fishing, The Cool Kids played a mid-afternoon set at this weekend's Extravaganza.

May 21, 2009

INTERVIEW: The Cool Kids

By Matthew Schmitt

Artsweek writer Matthew Schmitt talks to The Cool Kids - a.k.a. Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish.

May 21, 2009

Campbell Hall To Host Reel Loud Friday

By Steven Morris

Finally legal and of age, the 18th annual Reel Loud Film Festival will fill Campbell Hall tomorrow evening. Each year, Reel Loud challenges local filmmakers and musicians to make a silent project on 16mm film stock and c...

May 21, 2009

A Cross-continental Affair

By Karen Urrutia

Long ago, Barbara Lebow's parents took a trip to Cuba. A photo of them taken there, in front of a tiled fountain with palm trees in the background, gave the playwright her first glimpse of the island. Nine years ago, sto...

May 21, 2009

Kings of Leon Rock the KROQ Weenie Roast

By Sara Weitz

While most students were at UCSB's Extravaganza this past Saturday, I ventured all the way out the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to see KROQ's annual Weenie Roast. This year's lineup was one of the best, featuring...

May 21, 2009

INTERVIEW: Rebelution

By Rene Caballero

Minutes before Extravaganza '09 opened its doors to a line of hundreds of people, I found myself in front of the Rebelution tent backstage. The reggae band whose members met in SBCC and then began to build the group's fa...

May 21, 2009

Venus Infers Rocks Relay for Life

By Jenni Perez

Holding a crowd's attention at Relay For Life is no easy task. With the fellas distracted by the perpetual wet t-shirt fest, compliments of water balloon tosses and water "Duck, Duck, Goose" games, and the ladies going ...

May 21, 2009

INTERVIEW: DJ Raph

By Rene Caballero

DJ Raph mixed in-between acts at last Saturday's Extravaganza, making everyone - from the dance-music neophyte to the electro Gene Kelly - get up and bump to the beat of the bass. In between one of his many sets that nig...

May 14, 2009

Audiotistic 2009

By Matthew Schmitt

San Bernardino brings two things to mind: bros and Big Bear. But there's another thing the city has to offer - a gigantic fairground that has been the host of many festivals.

May 14, 2009

’90s Pop Phenoms The Vaselines Revisited ****

By Steven Morris

You've probably never heard of the Glasgow indie-pop band The Vaselines. And, if you have heard of them, it's probably only because Kurt Cobain was madly in love with them. Luckily, Sub Pop Records has reissued The Vasel...

May 14, 2009

High School Musical ****

By Staff

From producer Ryan Murphy, of the demented and immensely pleasurable show, “Nip/Tuck,” comes a tamer but similarly satirical show, “Glee.” This new show – which comes across as a “High...

May 14, 2009

Deejay Raph: Extravaganza’s Je Ne Sais Quoi

By Rene Caballero

I met the Frenchman turned I.V. resident DJ at his residence on Sueño Road. When I got there, the sound of his latest audible concoction blasted through the garage door, the man who had won the DJ spot in this year'...

May 14, 2009

“Star Trek” Rebooted *****

By Artsweek Editor

Although big screen re-imaginings of comic books or TV series have long been de rigueur, none have taken on a series with such a rich back story and committed fan base as "Star Trek." With the collected weight of the ori...

May 14, 2009

“Fanboys” To Screen in I.V. Theater Sunday

By Rene Caballero

Fanboys is the story of five Star Wars fanatics who receive the news that one of them has been diagnosed with cancer and will more than likely not make it for the release of Star Wars Episode I. The five fans decide to b...

May 14, 2009

No Moldy Peaches Here ***

By Hunter M. Daniels

In essence, Peaches is a woman, playing as a man who is dressed as a woman. "You're staring at my ass / and my beard / and my moustache," she taunts on "Serpentine," a track from her latest album, I Feel Cream, a sleaze ...