“When you first walk onto campus, or you’re first touring campus, you see Janss steps and that’s THE place, that is THE picture, you’re kind of honoring, or idolizing, the literal inaccessibility of UCLA“ UCLA Radio’s new project Campus Stories focuses on highlighting and humanizing underrepresented students here on campus. We hope to open a…
Our Digital Press writers highlight their favorite media from this year
Alexandra Savior @ Pico Union Theatre 2/15/20 Through her performance, Alexandra Savior eloquently details her grief and tragedy with a twist, allowing women to take back the word “hysteria.” On February 15th, I journeyed to The Pico Union Project- an intimate, church venue in Los Angeles- to hear Savior’s new album, The Archer. The crowd…
UCLA Radio’s Campus Stories project, focusing on highlighting and humanizing underrepresented students on campus, presents our second interview with second year Public Affairs transfer Celine Truong. Celine is the internship co-director at Undergraduate Students Association Council Transfer Student Representative office as well as a co-director at SEATED, the Southeast Asian Transfer Enrichment Day. She transferred…
Review of “Alice Hyatt” by Damien Jurado Damien Jurado’s new single, “Alice Hyatt,” rejects attempts to perfect the imperfect and urges us to move on. In May, the prolific folk artist will be releasing his fifteenth album, What’s New Tomboy. “Alice Hyatt” is one of two singles Jurado released this past month to give his…
PRIMAVERA SOUND LOS ANGELES @ LOS ANGELES STATE HISTORIC PARK [9/16/22 – 9/18/22]
Harry Nilsson’s 1970 album The Point! has been a kind of security blanket for children since its release, and during quarantine, has played a curiously similar role for my young adult self. It’s a comfortable middle ground between watching a meaningful but emotionally taxing film, and watching an actual children’s show. “Sure, it’s a children’s…
NOTE: As of 9/20/2022, the Writers Guild of America West released their board election results. Rich Talarico was not voted to a seat, but he continues efforts toward writer advocacy. He’s partnered with Stephanie Aly (advocate, journalist) to establish the Artistic Fairness Cooperative (AFC) to gather writers and fans to advocate for fair creative compensation.…
We polled our team on their favorite tracks from last year, and what they’re looking forward to this year. Here is what they had to say. Eleonor Palabrica Favorite Album of 2020: After Hours by The Weeknd this album has zero skips and it honestly helped me through the transition from normalcy to the pandemic…
Desert Daze @ Lake Perris State Recreation Area [10/3/2022]
Have you ever been in such an inexplicably unique situation that simply no one would ever understand?!? Have you ever told your friends about that one time in that one place where you were talking to that one person, and they’re like “Yeah… can’t relate…” Frustrating, isn’t it? Luckily, we’ve all been there, and done…
UCLA Radio’s Campus Stories presents our third interview with non-traditional Anthropology fourth year transfer Kassi Gooch. At 39, Kassi considers her time at UCLA a “second life.” In her past life, she worked in the food industry as a chef. She speaks about finding a community on campus through the Bruin Guardian Scholars group, a…
Photo of Lori Mattix (Right) and Sable Starr (Left) with Dave Hill of Slade by Michael Ochs Archives from Getty Images After the release of Leaving Neverland and Surviving R. Kelly, the downfall of Burger Records and affiliated bands, and most recently Marilyn Manson getting dropped from his label, it appears sexual abuse is finally…
Music offers listeners a pathway towards self-discovery. For queer individuals, music can expose them to the reality of their own identity in a way they may struggle to encounter it in their everyday life. To celebrate pride month, we asked our Digital Press writers to reflect on the music that inspired their gay awakening. From…
Bachelor’s “Stay in The Car” music video takes us on a journey to nowhere. Indie singer Jay Som and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner have joined forces to collaborate on an alternative band called “Bachelor.” Their album Doomin’ Sun is set to release on May 28th. However, the band has already released two songs off their premier…
Brand new indie rock duo Bachelor have come together to deliver the perfect bitter-sweet summer anthem. “Sick of Spiraling” is a warm and nostalgic representation of new band Bachelor’s unique sound. Opening with twangy guitar sounds and a mellow drumline in the background, duo Melina Duarte and Melissa Kempner introduce the melancholy dreaminess of their…
In an era of Instagram micro-trends and disposable fashion, UCLA student and Bay Area based designer Lauryn Ilasco is creating an online presence with her distinctive, sustainable designs. Full of asymmetric knits, chunky rings, and mixed fabrics, Lauryn’s brand love, laur (lovelaur.com) showcases her creativity through a number of collections, either archived or for…
Interviewed by Jackie Pierce Quinn Christopherson caught the attention of the indie scene when they won NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2019 with their song “Erase Me,” a compelling folk song with striking vocals and lyricism that speaks to Christopherson’s experience as a trans man. We sat down (over Zoom) with Quinn to talk about…
Rosie Tucker’s “Habanero” is an anthem of self-discovery, love, and what-ifs.
Phoenix @ the Youtube Theater (10/06/22) By Harry Frahn “Thank you! Thank you all! I love you!” cries the black-clad man while he rises, slowly lifted by countless hands, onto the shoulders of the crowd. As he reaches his zenith, he falls silent, lacking the words to properly describe the gratitude he’s feeling. At…
~~~~~ Top of the World — Pacific Palisades ~~~~~ Neel: Top of the World is a fitting name for a place like this, especially on the night we went. The blanket of fog with peaks sticking out from underneath made it look like there were little rifts among a sea of clouds. Above all the…
Attending the final show of a well-loved band carries with it a heavy weight. Following an announcement regarding the conclusion of Girlpool as a band a couple months ago, their final show at the El Rey Theater feels less like a traditional concert displaying new material than it does a celebration of life. Upon entering,…