Photo Courtesy of Your Favorite Color UCLA Radio’s Rising Artist Spotlight aims to highlight upcoming artists who have demonstrated unique creativity and talent through their music. Through interviews and features, we delve into their journey, influences, and aspirations, giving listeners a glimpse into the future of music. Dreamy, sunset-tinged visuals on melancholic storylines, all bolstered…
Meet Xay Lavie: a surrealist indie rock artist blending classical training, emotional storytelling, and experimental textures into something wholly his own.
UCLA Radio’s Rising Artist Spotlight aims to highlight upcoming artists who have demonstrated unique creativity and talent through their music. Through interviews and features, we delve into their journey, influences, and aspirations, giving listeners a glimpse into the future of music. Photo Courtesy of Flooding Feeling spits onto power onto narcissism in Flooding’s latest EP,…
To close out their Big Smile vs. America tour, Greer took it back to where it all began–Orange County, California. Getting their start in a garage just 10 minutes away from where I stood, the alt-rock band showed up and out for their hometown show at The Observatory OC. With a packed floor, spunky outfits,…
After over twenty years in the music industry, Lake Street Dive has perfected their craft and united generations of music lovers on their 2025 tour. The multi-genre band has evolved throughout the last two decades but found a sweet spot in their most recent album, Good Together, inspiring their joyous return to the road. Despite…
As June melts into July and we trade fans for fireworks, it’s important to commemorate pride month by platforming the identities that make us us. No matter who or how we choose to love, we come together as a community in support of one another. We write for those who can’t advocate for themselves. We read to learn about perspectives outside of our own. We love unapologetically because joy is resistance.
What better way to kick off summer than with Briston Maroney and Peach Pit at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles? Co-headlining the Long Hair, Long Life Tour, the two artists drew a completely packed amphitheater filled with longtime fans ready for a night of music they knew by heart. The moment I stepped into…
Photos by Caroline Sanchez I always imagined that being serenaded with your lover over a fancy dinner would be romantic. But on stage and in front of 2,000 people? My stomach would be doing flips. Filipino-Australian pop singer grentperez (Grant Perez) closed off his Backflips in a Restaurant US-Canada tour at the Wiltern in LA…
Though we scorn it, exodus is fundamental to the human condition. Our ancestors were nomads, before they were custodians of land, they were custodians of change. With time, our ancestors learned to move with the seasons, learned to grow along nature, learned to live with the changes. Settlement is a relatively modern innovation. Humanity is,…
“I’m-a keep on winnin’, it’s only the beginnin’.” nate sib – “tonight” Los Angeles native nate sib (Nathan Subbiondo) has emerged as a modern proponent of electropop, with frequent comparisons to early 2010’s Justin Bieber. While initially known as the best friend and opener for rising electroclash star 2hollis (Hollis Frazier-Herndon) on his last tour,…