Artsweek

May 11, 2006

Artist in Profile: Lansing-Dreiden

By Rachel Hommel

Pretentious, philosophic and peculiar are only a few words to describe the musical experience that is Lansing-Dreiden. With two full-length albums behind it and an array of national accolades, this pseudo-band truly defi...

May 11, 2006

The Sweet Smell of Freedom?

By Aly Comingore

If the road to freedom truly is long and winding, the characters in "After Innocence" are the quintessential weary travelers. Scheduled snuggly in between last month's Actors' Gang performance of "The Exonerated" and nex...

May 11, 2006

The Dude Abides

By Gina Pollack

Set in the competitive world of women's gymnastics, "Stick It" takes teen girl clich

May 11, 2006

Turn The Beat Around

By Sophia Kercher

It is a secret society of passion, pulsating music and dance - salsa dance, to be exact. The members of the UCSB Salsa Club do not have brands on their inner thighs, they do not participate in animal sacrifices and they ...

May 11, 2006

Time To Grow Up

By Harrison Coltun

It was a couple of French guys who invented modern movies, and the French have been making films ever since. In fact, Frenchmen have been making films for so long that they give out the most important award a film can re...

May 11, 2006

NOFX- Wolves in Wolves Clothing

By system

Some kids never grow up. Or, perhaps more accurately, some kids grow up in their politics, but perhaps not so much in their lyrical styling.

May 11, 2006

Daniel Powter- Daniel Powter

By Amita Chollate

Major music television networks seemed to have taken it upon themselves to give up-and-coming artists a break in the entertainment industry.

May 11, 2006

Cd Review: Ball Hog – ONE

By Rebecca Riley

Both goofy and rabble rousing at times, Ball Hog's first album, ONE, gives an accurate glimpse of the band's live performances, as well as providing a vessel for its political views.

May 4, 2006

Hot Desert Action

By Marissa Stockham, Aly Comingore, Daniel Haier, Fergal Madigan

There's nothing like two days of nonstop stage-hopping in 95-degree heat to satiate the need for a good live show. Once again, the big money masterminds behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival spent their wee...

May 4, 2006

Notes on Coachella 2006

By Daniel Haier

Formed by outstretching one's index and pinky fingers while curling the other three, metal horns - also referred to by your God-fearing grandmother as "devil horns" - used to symbolize a concertgoer's enthusiasm for a pa...

May 4, 2006

The Wealthy Man’s Woodstock

By Matt Cappiello

"Hello, hippies," Maynard James Keenan said as his circus-metal foursome Tool took the stage at Coachella Sunday night. During the last 90 minutes of the set, I spotted two shirtless men in jester hats and a woman scream...

May 4, 2006

Modern Master

By Stephanie Cain

Modern dance pioneer of the 1950s, Paul Taylor, brought his lively choreography, technically skilled dancers and overall brilliance to a packed Campbell Hall last Wednesday evening. The Paul Taylor Dance Company's commit...

May 4, 2006

“Party Over Here, Fuck Y’all Over There”

By Harrison Coltun

At a quarter till eleven, Chief Xcel and The Gift of Gab, the duo responsible for Blackalicious, took the stage to the howling relief of the two thousand or so people lurking in the darkened food court. Gab promptly grab...

May 4, 2006

Neighborhood Shenanigans

By Rachel Hommel

In Taoism, "wu wei" means a stage of complete spontaneity. Local band Silent Wei took this concept - and its namesake - to mean unconstrained impulses. While the music created a few rhythmic ebbs and flows, the band's im...

May 4, 2006

Fit for a Queen

By Will Wolfsalu

"Kings and Queen" follows the lives of two former lovers over the period of a week. Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) is a successful, but icy, single mother working at a trendy Parisian art gallery. She returns home to the countr...

April 27, 2006

Just the Two of Us

By Rebecca Riley

Mavis Staples' personality radiated from the stage to every seat in Campbell Hall this past Tuesday night. Considering the length of time that she has been singing - about half of a century - her voice still manages to e...