Photos by Dylan Simmons A dark cloud has loomed over Los Angeles in recent months. With the emboldened Trump administration launching a campaign of ICE raids across the country, his xenophobic war on immigrants is omnipresent in LA. Impassioned protests subsequently popped up across the city, fighting back against the unlawful treatment of our neighbors,…
Photo Courtesy of Larry Niehues 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. Bridging generations of storytelling and music tradition, 21-year-old Stella…
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,…
Photos graciously provided by Kilby Block Party A couple weekends ago, we left behind the surf and sand of Los Angeles and took a trip to Salt Lake City to check out a new contender to the Western United States music festival scene: Kilby Block Party. Kilby Block Party debuted as a one-day festival in…
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. Pop music duo Foley, composed of best friends Gabriel Everett and Ash Wallace, are…
From recording his own records at just twelve years old to collaborating with the biggest names in music, LA-native Iman Omari is an artistic force to be reckoned with. His consistent dedication to the craft and ability to evolve set his discography apart from the rest. I was lucky enough to hop on a call…
Photos by Isabella Appell Hundreds of thousands of multi-generational fans traveled back in time to Club Kokomo from May 2-4 for a weekend of (somewhat) sunny skies, live music, and sunset views. With legends like The Beach Boys, Lenny Kravitz, and Sublime taking the stage, SoCal’s ultimate coastal festival offered a little something for everyone. …
Photo courtesy of Drew Wojtas (IG: @drawntothesound) @drawntothesound, a music page operated by Midwestern college student Drew Wojtas, has been a fixture of hip-hop Instagram since its inception. Its memes about various rappers took users’ feeds by storm over the pandemic. Formerly known as @yandhi_memes, the username was changed to @drawntothesound in 2024 to escape…
UCLA Radio sat down with Dr. Terence Keel, Founding Director of the UCLA Lab for BioCritical Studies, to discuss how LA County jail conditions and governance cause premature death and frequent misclassification in death investigator’s reports.
Photos by Kayalani DeGrave Black Country, New Road has charged full steam ahead in a new direction. The post-rock band, comprised of six virtuoso multi-instrumentalists, was formed back in 2018 in Cambridge, England. Since the departure of their former lead singer, Isaac Wood, in 2022, the band has pivoted from Wood’s ghostly, melodramatic, ‘speak-singing’ to…
Photos by Caroline Sanchez “Is there just one Phoneboy?” my roommate asks. “Three,” I answer, “And one Phonegirl.” The four-person alternative/indie rock band from New Jersey is made up of Wyn Barnum and Ricky Dana (guitarists/vocalists), James Fusco (bassist), and Jordan Torres (keyboardist/vocalist). Phoneboy’s first and self-titled debut came out in 2021; I found them…
Photos by Julia Steinhouse We found ourselves at yet another concert where we were the youngest ones there by a mile. It’s not surprising that the crowd was composed of largely older Yo La Tengo fans this night at the Novo, given that YLT formed over 40 years ago in 1984. The group first came…
The college experience is a choose your own adventure situation; you can go down well-worn roads, or you can take initiative and create your own path. I’ve made it my mission to find and celebrate those who chose authenticity and passion over the roads well traveled in my series Superlatives. I had the opportunity to…