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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 ...

May 17, 2018

Clairo Illuminates Storke Plaza

By Ivan Gonzalez, Kelly He

Clairo’s luminescent presence left UCSB students glowing and wishing to “feel this way forever”.

May 10, 2018

LCD Soundsystem Shines at Santa Barbara Bowl

By Antonio Morales

By the end of the night, LCD Soundsystem had proven that my expectations paled in comparison to what was to come.

May 7, 2018

Tracks of the Month: April 2018

By Artsweek Staff

From Aminé and Injury Reserve to A$AP Rocky, April brought an assortment of energetic, eccentric and thoughtful hip hop tracks.

May 7, 2018

Full 2018 Extravaganza Lineup Announced

By William Emmons, Sanya Kamidi, Supriya Yelimeli, Melody Pezeshkian, Antonio Morales

This year, Extravaganza will be on Sunday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m.

May 3, 2018

Artsweek Reviews Avengers: Infinity War

By Alex Wehrung

“Infinity War” is a movie that shouldn’t have worked, but it did, and it’s fun.

May 3, 2018

Does Coachella Suck?

By Meghan Kelly

The sheer grandeur of the festival is what makes it worthwhile and what keeps convincing 100,000+ people to attend every year.

May 1, 2018

I Saw The Drums at SOhO and it was Aggressively Gorgeous

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

The Drums gave downtown Santa Barbara a brilliantly wild escape from home, as I hope they continue to give people for many years to come.

May 1, 2018

Jane Gottlieb’s Colorful World

By Antonio Morales

Jane Gottlieb takes conventional photography one step further in order to intensify the colorful world she creates.

May 1, 2018

In Review: Isolation by Kali Uchis

By Antonio Morales

Isolation captures Kali Uchis’ relentless ability to venture into an amalgamation of different musical domains.

April 27, 2018

The Friday Review: Sex & Food by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

By Hannah Jackson

While Sex & Food may not be Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s best collective work, it does offer an innovative look at the modern day and age.

April 26, 2018

Dewey Bryan Saunders’ Surreal World of Album Cover Art

By William Emmons

Dewey Bryan Saunders is one of today’s most innovative and established graphic designers who often operates within the niche realm that is album cover art.