Artsweek

January 12, 2006

The Elected | Sun, Sun, Sun | Sub Pop

By Aly Comingore

Fans of older Rilo Kiley cuts like "August" and "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" will remember Blake Sennett as Jenny Lewis' right-hand man and unlikely replacement at the mic stand.

January 12, 2006

Ryan Adams | 29 | Lost Highway

By Aly Comingore

At the rate that Ryan Adams has been penning tunes as of late, some cannot help but worry that his meticulous composition and artistic integrity may begin to suffer. Meanwhile, others are just fretting that the poor guy ...

November 17, 2005

Artist in Profile: Allison Anders

By Harrison Coltun

We here at UCSB are extremely lucky. No not for our unnaturally close proximity to the great pacific Pacific or our numerous Nobel laureates but for something else. We have at our school a filmmaker who offers her unconv...

November 17, 2005

Live: Death Cab for Cutie @ The Wiltern

By Aly Comingore

Sure, Ben Gibbard may appear the atypical tough guy, but after Saturday night, one cannot dispute the fact that the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie had his game face on. Prone to wearing his heart on his sleeve, Death...

November 17, 2005

Moview Reveiw: The Ice Harvest | Lloyd Dobler Takes on the Mob

By Aly Comingore

Coming from someone who would like to think that John Cusack can do no wrong, it means a lot to say that the plot description for his latest venture, "The Ice Harvest," found me hesitant to see it at best. Presented with...

November 17, 2005

Live: Bulgarian Bebop @ Campbell Hall

By David Landes

It's hard to sit still in Campbell Hall when confronted with music so animated and danceable as to be banned under Soviet rule. Gypsy megastars Ivo Papasov, Yuri Yunakov, Neshko Neshev and Salif Ali are the creators of B...

November 17, 2005

Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Maverick

By Matt Cappiello

Pop music is indeed the sluttiest music. On Madonna's latest, Confessions on a Dance Floor, the constantly changing pop chameleon switches outfits once again, this time shorter, dancier, and much more revealing. When thi...

November 10, 2005

Steve Carell: Polka Dot in a World of Taupe

By Harrison Coltun

Star of stage and screen, both big and little, Steve Carell is becoming something of our generation's funniest comedians. Whether you know him from shows such as "The Daily Show," "The Office" or as mentally retarded Bri...

November 10, 2005

Damian Marley @ The Hub 11/6/2005 | Iron Like a Lion

By Jeff Gibson

"Ooh, yeah. We're jamming." As coils of smoke spiraled upward toward the rafters of the Hub last Sunday night, reggae aficionados crammed together in anticipation for one of the biggest musical prodigies to leave the isl...

November 10, 2005

Sketching Americana

By Ilana Berger

"bobrauschenbergamerica," the UCSB Dramatic Art Dept.'s latest production, exudes a warmth that will leave you clinging to your apple pie. Based on the works of modern artist Robert Rauschenberg, the play by Charles L. M...

November 10, 2005

Hiroshim, Mon Amor

By Anna Trumbo

Hiroshima, filled with sun, is waking up on August 6, 1945. Teenage boys are playing a game of baseball, women are shopping at a fish market, crowded trolley cars are carrying parents to their jobs, while their children ...

November 10, 2005

Live: Broken Social Scene @ The Henry Fonda Theatre

By Rebecca Riley

This week, my Monday night was usurped by the opportunity to see Broken Social Scene and Feist play at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. After a short jaunt south on the 101, I arrived in Los Angeles a little strung ...

November 10, 2005

Trey Anastasio | Shine | Columbia

By Anna Trumbo

Last week, the former frontman of America's biggest cult band released his fifth solo album, Shine. This album gives Anastasio a creditable niche in the pop genre - a result that many critics discourage; the new material...

November 3, 2005

Arlo in Wonderland

By Aly Comingore

It's four decades later and renowned folk activist Arlo Guthrie is still humming the same tune. In conjunction with his concert performance later that evening in Campbell Hall, Guthrie took some time out Tuesday afternoo...

November 3, 2005

Live: Arlo Guthrie @ Campbell Hall

By Matt Cappiello

I hate hippies. But I love their music, and I especially love crazy old coots like Arlo Guthrie. When I heard that the folk music legend was going to grace Campbell Hall with his presence, I shouted my joys from the redw...

November 3, 2005

Never Stop Broadcasting

By Harrison Coltun

Nikola Tesla would be proud of his invention if he could see what radio station KCSB is doing right now. Yes comrades, our beloved student-operated 91.9 FM KCSB is having a party. Not just any party, but KCSB's annual fu...