Photos Provided by Grandstand Media With over 500 artists, 475 shows, and 45 venues, Netflix is a Joke Festival took over Los Angeles from May 4th to May 10th. UCLA Radio was lucky enough to meet the lovely staff behind it all, who source the talent, publicize the event, and overall bring this historically large…
Photos by Dylan Simmons Snail Mail handles human emotion with care. Hailing from Ellicott City, a suburb of Baltimore, singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan has been performing as Snail Mail since she was fifteen years old. The indie rock band’s third studio album, Ricochet, was released in March, over half a decade since the band’s last LP,…
Photos by Levi French “Music is love, for real” – James K James K was one of many artists who Spotify had recommended to me via Discover Weekly during the pandemic. Having lost access to that Spotify account, James K too became lost in my memory, until just a few months ago when my roommate…
Photos by Nathan Rifkin Nestled in the beautiful green hills of San Luis Obispo lies the Dairy Greek Golf Course. Typically featuring scores of golfers looking for their best shot, today the green was for a different demographic. I walked down the trail leading into the golf course, passing a beautiful duck lake on the…
Photos by Kayalani DeGrave Thirteen years ago, MUNA was formed at the USC Thornton School of Music, and last weekend, the band ushered in their latest era with two shows at the Shrine Expo Hall just across the street. After touring their 2022 self-titled record around the world and back, the group took a break…
Ariella Granados, known by the pseudonym Sparklmami, is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist and musician born and raised in Texas and based in Chicago. Sparklmami’s artistic endeavors and life adventures harmoniously come together in their debut album, in this body, coming out June 5th. This project is an intimate look at Sparklmami’s self-understanding, relationships, and internal…
Cover photo by Amanda Romankiw Alice Phoebe Lou has been the soundtrack of my daydreams for the past few years. Her ethereal, pensive, and mystical sound has paired perfectly with my daily romanticization of normality — allowing me to bask in the in-between moments. Born and raised in South Africa, and having lived most of…
Photos by Dylan Simmons It’s the third Saturday in July, in the middle of my three-week escapade in London. I’m walking through the streets of Hackney with an Australian girl I had met the week before. The weather was sunny and breezy, and the River Lea reflected a perfect image of the sky above us,…
Photos by Dylan Simmons The sea breeze bit our faces as Dylan and I sprinted past parked cars and docked sailboats. My feet, still asleep from spending the afternoon sitting in traffic, throbbed in protest — but the two of us had no time to think about our journey from Los Angeles to San Diego.…
Photos courtesy of Sonderview Fans deep in the world of pop music tend to get a few years of claiming an artist as their little secret before the rest of the world catches on. Discovering the magic of pop singer-songwriter Avery Cochrane has felt like catching the last train before she inevitably soars to stardom.…