Music

‘Catalyst’ Art Fest Draws 900 to Food Co-op

The Catalyst Contemporary  Literary Arts Magazine curated yet another beautiful music and art fest this Tuesday at the I.V. Food Co-op. Becoming increasingly popular for their joyful celebration of I...
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Chromeo and The Glitch Mob to Infest SB Bowl with Electro-Funk

Funk lords Chromeo are taking last year’s successful “Funk on the Rocks” show on tour — this time, in addition to Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, they’ll hit several of the West Coast’s...
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Robert Plant & The Santa Barbara Bowl Shifters

Bring us that low-strumming guitar, the solid percussive drum beat, the humming bass and the electric switches and mixes. This upcoming weekend, on May 31, Robert Plant, legendary rock icon, and his b...
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Cambodian Rock n’ Roll

"Don't Think I've Forgotten" tells the story of rockers fighting to be heard amidst revolution
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Robert T. Johnson Senior Recital

Thursday night, I walked into Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall to see Robert T. Johnson’s senior composition recital. When I was handed bubble wrap and a program with “RECESS” instead of “intermissi...
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Extravaganza 2015

AS Program Board Curates Next Installation in Annual UCSB Festival
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Get Hyphy with E-40: UCSB Gets a Taste of Yay Area

Come this upcoming Fall Quarter of 2015, UCSB’s College of Letter and Sciences will introduce a new comparative literature course that will focus on the social and scientific implication of the lang...
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Azeem Ward Dazzles UCSB and International Fanbase

This afternoon, outside of Karl Geiringer Hall, a line of Azeem Ward fans snaked through the music building for the esteemed flautist’s senior recital. The hall overflowed, despite attendance being ...
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Live at the Batcave: Pookie

Pookie. The word means “vagina” in Tagalog and is slang for a heroin pipe. In Isla Vista, it’s the name of a loud garage band that refuses to describe their genre, piping that anyone who asks ...
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Extravaganza Music Festival Lineup 2015

The 2015 Extravaganza Music Festival lineup was announced earlier today. Details below: Miguel: Madeon: Joey Badass: AlunaGeorge: Bad Rabbits:  
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People Under the Stairs: Vibe-Hop Super Heroes Tackle SOhO Thursday

Welcome to inner-city Los Angeles, Pacific-side capital of gods of rhyme and denizens of beat. It’s sometime mid-’90s (hazy times, ya dig?) and Jesuit Prep schoolboy Christian Portugal and Hamilto...
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It’s Better When They’re Together: Kim and Jack Johnson Share UCSB Stories

In September 1993, one week into UC Santa Barbara’s Fall Quarter, Jack Johnson was sitting with his new friend from Black Studies 6 Eric Cardenas at Ortega Dining Commons. A momma’s boy his whole ...
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JMSN Strikes a Chord at Blind Tiger: Shaggy R&B Vocalist Wins Audience with Unexpected Relatibility

A dull red spotlight illuminating the Blind Tiger stage served as the sole catalyst in transforming the skinny Detroit native, Chris Berishaj, into the torn-soul R&B singer, JMSN. Berishaj sported...
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French-Chilean Rapper Ana Tijoux Challenges the Oppressor at the Hub

A noisy line formed outside of The Hub Friday night, April 24, consisting of people eager to see French-Chilean musician Ana Tijoux. As remixes to Amerie’s hit “1 Thing” and Erykah Badu’s “O...
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Duke Dumont Shares the Gift of Good Electronic Music in Santa Barbara

The air was humid from the collective sweat of dancers in the Goodland Hotel’s Rincon Ballroom on Tuesday, April 21. Contrary to the title “ballroom,” the floor was packed with young people brea...
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