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October 8, 2015

The Martian is Out of This….Ugh, Please Don’t Make Me Say That.

By Alex Wehrung

I will not deny it; writing that headline was somewhat painful. But it’s true: “The Martian,” the adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, is pretty damn good as a matter of fortunate fact. And, even better, it stands ou...

October 5, 2015

Wild Child Bringing Southern Charm to SOhO Friday

By John Fortino

Through sweet ukulele strums and rich trumpet licks, Wild Child captivates audiences like a moth to a flame. The band has seven members, each of which are masters at their respective instruments. The versatility of their...

October 5, 2015

Neil Young to Perform at Santa Barbara Bowl This Saturday

By Jack Wallace

Timeless purveyor of folk wisdom and noted environmental champion Neil Young has launched another world tour following the June release of his latest studio album, The Monsanto Years. As part of this tour, the wind-burnt...

October 2, 2015

Eddie Pez – Oedipus – Rex in the Park

By Sammy Gerraty

An excited and chattery crowd collected in Anisq’Oyo’ Park Saturday night for the opening show of Shakespeare in the Park’s version of Oedipus — Commedia dell’Arte style. Junior BFA actress, Maddie Martin, perf...

October 2, 2015

Remy Boy Fetty Releases Explosive Pop Trap Album

By Benjamin Miller

The rapid rise to prominence of the Internet as a music discovery platform has revolutionized the genre of hip-hop for good. With this relatively new luxury, music fans around the world have flocked to the liking of 2015...

October 1, 2015

Death Cab and Best Coast Kick-Off Santa Barbara Bowl Fall Season

By Simone Dupuy

With the 2015 release of Death Cab For Cutie’s Kintsugi came the departure of guitarist Chris Walla. Many feared the group’s sound and stage presence would suffer on tour, myself included. After a life-changing show ...

October 1, 2015

Vic Mensa Sets Wild Tone For UCSB Schoolyear

By Nisa Smith

A full moon adorned the sky above Storke Tower Saturday as UCSB students lined up to witness Vic Mensa take the stage. As all full moons foreshadow, the night began a tad weird as Community Service Officers (CSOs) allowe...

October 1, 2015

Engineering a Poetry Club

By Jason Chun

What does a poet look like — the beret-topped face half-hidden behind an obscure novel at Starbucks? Or the stuffy, thick-bearded professor in his book-lined study? Frankie Cunningham eludes both of these archetypes. F...

September 27, 2015

Ratatat were ‘Magnifique’ at the Majestic

By Frank Horne

Just shy of an hour south of campus, along a relatively quiet downtown Ventura street lies the Majestic Ventura Theater, a 1920’s-style hall that may deserve its self-styling as “the best venue between Los Angeles an...

September 24, 2015

Glass Animals Was Better Than Your Senior Prom

By Madeline Lockhart

Lyft drops me off at Earl Warren Showgrounds. The line is moving slower than the Six Flags’ Batman ride and twice as long. I resist the urge to cut and take my place at the back. It’s 8:15. We’re still waiting to g...

September 24, 2015

‘Black Mass’ Shows Depp Can Do More Than Make Faces

By Alex Wehrung

Over the past decade-plus, we’ve watched Johnny Depp play sauntering, maniacal weirdos in so many films that I wonder if he goes to bed flailing his hands in the air like he’s trying to bat away flies. After “Pirat...

September 24, 2015

CRSSD Festival

By Artsweek Editor

Since the first radio plays of Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Sprites” in 2008 and the first Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles in the same year, electronic dance music in America has taken on many different fo...

September 17, 2015

Death Cab is Sure to Kill

By Simone Dupuy

Death Cab for Cutie, savior of the indie-rock world, has done it yet again with 2015 release Kintsugi, and has been celebrating with a world tour. On Sept. 26, the band famous for “Soul Meets Body” and “I Will Foll...

September 17, 2015

Fear for the Future of this Spinoff

By Alex Wehrung

  About two and a half years ago, I couldn’t sleep one night, so at three in the morning, I went on Netflix and popped on the first episode of “The Walking Dead.” The first 20 minutes absolutely dripped with a...

September 17, 2015

Tom Misch’s Beat Tape 2 : Putting the London Chillwave on the Map

By Benjamin Miller

The Information Age has provided musicians with a music sharing platform more powerful than ever before — the Internet. Sites such as SoundCloud and The Hype Machine have fostered the birth of location-based genres, fr...

September 17, 2015

FMLYBND to Play Welcome to Paradise Carnival

By Emile Nelson

Each year, Isla Vista sees a wave of new bands in all genres — and as quick as they come, they’re gone. Very few bands survive the first year here in I.V., let alone escape the bubble to achieve any sort of actual fa...