Artsweek

January 28, 2016

XYLØ and FMLYBND Take Over Velvet Jones

By Tracy Smith

It took me by surprise when I read about XYLØ’s upcoming show dates and I did not see one for Los Angeles, but dates for both San Francisco and Santa Barbara. XYLØ is a duo based out of L.A., but their fan base has a...

January 28, 2016

Mariachi Metal Group Metalachi Rocks Velvet Jones

By Gabriel Lazo

A young man gets up on stage. He wears a loose-fitting, colorful button-down. I speak with his mother, Sherry Mandell, about the organic produce company she works for. Her son belts out: “This place seems sober as fuck...

January 28, 2016

Tradition and Culture Converge with Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax

By Gabriel Lazo

Hundreds of octogenarians shuffle into their seats. The house is packed. They have come to hear two of the most celebrated classical musicians in the world. On Thursday night, Jan. 21st, the famous Grammy-winning perform...

January 27, 2016

Preview: Lemaitre Coming to SOhO

By Jack Wallace

It may be true to say that electronic music has never been bigger than it is today. Massive festivals like EDC, Tomorrowland and Electric Zoo dominate the festival-scape, and even more traditional events like Coachella a...

January 25, 2016

Finding Home with Brooklyn

By Alex Wehrung

Where is home? “Brooklyn” chronicles a young woman’s journey that is both literal and introspective. After stepping out of Ellis Island’s customs checkpoint into a heavenly light, Saoirse Ronan&#8...

January 25, 2016

Tommy Emmanuel Energizes Campbell Hall

By Jasmine Benafghoul

As I had predicted hours prior, hordes of elderly people flocked to and surrounded Campbell Hall the night Tommy Emmanuel stopped at UCSB’s campus. However, upon reaching the destination, I noticed married, middle-aged...

January 24, 2016

Ghastly, Local Acts Make Sunday Funday @ SOhO

By Sohila Sandher

Swarms of drunken Isla Vistans descended upon SOhO Restaurant and Music Club Sunday night to jump up, down and all around to the show SELECT Entertainment and We the Beat lined up. Individuals who normally show up 20 min...

January 24, 2016

Brazilian Girls, Dreamers Set Upon SOho

By Alec Hartnett

Setting: last Saturday, Jan. 16 a beautifully warm night delighted by a line-up subtly genius in nature draped itself over Santa Barbara. Inside an interesting restaurant concert venue styled American, almost-Southern-Eu...

January 24, 2016

David Kuperman Batcave Session

By Brenda Munive

If you’ve ever cruised down Pardall on a Tuesday night, you might have passed a cozy open mic occurring at the Coffee Collaborative, and heard a quick snippet of what sounds like a guitar-percussion compilation straigh...

January 22, 2016

Metalachi to Mash It Up @ Velvet Jones

By Gabriel Lazo

If you smashed together a circle marked “black metal,” and another named “mariachi music,” the resulting Venn-diagram intersection would be labeled “Metalachi.” The band of the same name takes that premise of...

January 21, 2016

Monterey Jazz Brings Campbell to Life

By Allie Graydon

The air was still and brimming with excited anticipation in Campbell Hall on Thursday night. A group of five men stood onstage with their silent instruments, illuminated by an outline of red light. Quietness and darkness...

January 21, 2016

Winter Wonder Drag at UCSB

By Kaitlyn Haberlin

If David Bowie taught us anything, it was to always strive to be the artistic, sexy, alluring and flamboyant humans we are. And with Mr. Bowie’s recent passing (moment of silence for my still-aching heart), it is espec...

January 21, 2016

Beach Punks Surfer Blood Rock SOhO

By Zoe Jones

My first time attempting to find downtown Santa Barbara’s SOhO music club proved to be more difficult than I thought it would. As I wandered down State Street in the frigid, 45-degree weather, I thought, “This show b...

January 20, 2016

BoomBox Headed to SOhO

By Aiyana Moya

  BoomBox is a band featuring Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux. The pair act as producers, songwriters and DJs of their electronic-centric group. Their music blends rock and electronic beats with elements of fun...

January 19, 2016

Preview: XYLO, FMLYBND at Velvet Jones

By Tracy Smith

While there is so much music that enters this world, very few of the artists behind the music get the recognition that they deserve. XYLO is a pair of the numerous musicians rising from the shadows, giving people another...

January 15, 2016

Brazilian Girls To Come to SOhO

By Alec Hartnett

Hailing from a city across the country from Isla Vista, the band Brazilian Girls will be swinging downtown Santa Barbara this Saturday, Jan. 16. Interestingly enough, the band members have no roots based in Brazil, and t...