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September 20, 2018

Miguel to Elevate the SB Bowl

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

After a year of touring off of his recent success, and with special guest DVSN along the way for this stretch, the SB Bowl stage is set for a wavy end to the summer.

September 9, 2018

In Review: Be the Cowboy by Mitski

By Hannah Jackson

With so much available content about relationships and all that comes with them, Mitski still finds a way to offer a refreshing take.

August 24, 2018

Under the Radar: A Profile of the SB DIY Scene

By Sean Edwards

Santa Barbara is not typically one of the cities mentioned when discussing music’s DIY movement, but the underground scene’s influence has moved up the coast and found a home amongst the waves.

August 24, 2018

Artsweek’s 7 Favorite Local Places to Catch a Show

By Zoe Jones, Jasmine Rodriguez

From amphitheater concerts at the SB Bowl to backyard shows in I.V., Santa Barbara has a lot to offer when it comes to live music.

August 15, 2018

Bon Iver Graces the Bowl with Summertime Show

By Melody Pezeshkian

Throughout the first three songs, I felt disoriented and distorted. I began to forget the peaceful side of Bon Iver that lulled me to sleep many nights in a row.

August 9, 2018

Artsweek Reviews ‘Sorry to Bother You’

By Antonio Morales

The film itself is anything but stuffy pompous filmmaking –– it breathes with a cartoonish elegance that triggers relieving enthusiasm. “Sorry To Bother You” mimiks the message which its predecessor “Get Out”...

July 9, 2018

Batcave Sessions with The Anti-Sheist

By Katelyn Lee Zamudio, Red Chua

Join local IV garage rockers The Anti-Sheist as they discuss Twin Peaks, Mac Demarco, and locking themselves in a room with a bunch of big, sweaty guys.

June 29, 2018

Five Pride Month Bangers

By Alex Modiano

Musicians and artists have always been at the forefront of social change, and a recent wave of confident queer artists have helped usher in a new era of Pride Month jams.

June 6, 2018

A Graduate’s Guide to Santa Barbara Movie Theatres

By Alex Wehrung

Now that I’ve spent four years squawking my incoherent opinions about movies that you probably never bothered to read, I might as well leave some kind of lasting influence. So, here you are. A guide to the movie theate...

June 1, 2018

‘Solo’ Stalls Mid-Hyperspace

By Alex Wehrung

Despite its star-heavy cast, the highly anticipated science fiction film failed to deliver anything different.

May 26, 2018

Modest Mouse Gets Weird at the Arlington

By Andre Bouyssounouse

Their sound is a bit punk: catchy, shouty, angry, fun. Brock’s delivery defines their sound — his voice is somewhere between a yelp and a howl, conversational one second and guttural the next.

May 25, 2018

Ariel Pink and DIIV Were Indie As Fuck at SOhO

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

His live presence was everything we could have expected and more. It was enigmatic, it was borderline insane and it was, for lack of a better term, Ariel Pink as fuck.

May 24, 2018

Music and Me: How Songs Shape Our Mental Health

By Artsweek Staff

As Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close, Artsweek takes a personal look at how usic has informed bout our struggles and victories with mental health.

May 24, 2018

Dillon Francis, Charli XCX, and More Tear it Up at Extravaganza ‘18

By Kristina Valencia

In case you missed it, A.S. Program Board (ASPB) presented the students of UCSB with their fun (and free) annual festival on the grass of Harder Stadium last weekend, featuring DJBJ, Coast Modern, DRAM, Charli XCX and ...