Tunesday: For looking out a rainy window, thinking about the meaning of life
Alexander Hong/Senior Staff
You are the star of the movie that is your life. So earbuds in, assume the gaze position and reflect.
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The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Music of 2020
With her sophomore LP Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa put the pop music genre on her shoulders — and needless to say, she carried it without wavering.
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Bob Dylan is relentless on monumental new album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’
It comes as no surprise that Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan’s first album of original music since 2012’s Tempest, is nothing short of spectacular.
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Pop songs from our past selves
Love in Conversation
Music is a vessel to hold our experiences, our many selves. It gives us words (and a drumbeat) for every moment of euphoria and every strain of heartbreak.
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Blake Mills’ mesmerizing single ‘Vanishing Twin’ radiates ethereal warmth
Despite the crowd of big names surrounding him, it is notable that the Grammy Award-winning producer’s new single, “Vanishing Twin,” is so subtle and restrained.
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Picks of the Week: Indie flicks, festivals and features for February
On Sunday some of you might be shocked to find out the Super Bowl is happening again. Watching it will not be my Sunday recommendation but I felt it worth mentioning so you aren’t as blindsided as I was.
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Tunesday: Odd love songs
The day of St. Valentine has come and gone — and with it brings sales on Valentine’s Day chocolates and romantic playlists that are tired and maybe a bit droll. If you’ve exhausted your catalog of old Valentine’s Day standbys (or merely looking to broaden your horizon of love songs
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Top 10 albums of the year
The Daily Cal’s arts staff assesses the best tunes of the year 2012
1. Frank Ocean — Channel ORANGE Channel ORANGE is more than a collection of songs. It is an experience, a story about a crack addict in Arkansas, a stripper namedCleopatra, a rich kid raised my maids, a monk in a mosh pit and a man coping with his religion and
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Fiona Apple enchants and mystifies with new album
What Fiona Apple was up to in the seven years between the release of her third album Extraordinary Machine (2005) and her latest is anybody’s guess. But whatever it was, we are grateful. The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You
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