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Releasing their first ever full-length album this May, the Philadelphia born band—Grandchildren—success fully dropped 9 tracks of once-around, easy-album-listening music. Within the first listen of “Golden Age” all the way through I was immediately pleased and was able to start bobbing ... Continued

Young Statues are yet another promising up-and-coming band to emerge from the Philadelphia music scene, which gave us such artists as The Wonder Years and Valencia. From the first listen you can tell their new EP, Age Isn’t Ours, is ... Continued

The Features are a Southern American indie rock band from Tennessee, first releasing The Beginning EP in 2003, the Nashville-based combo has now released their new album The Features on May 14th of 2013. Falling somewhere in the middle between ... Continued

In today’s music scene, it seems that we are flooded by a constant rain of pop and indie songs. Every new band seems to be based around an acoustic guitar and soft lyrics. So when I popped this disc ... Continued

The legendary 1975 Wings tour, Wings Over The World, lives on through this reissue, more clear and in better quality than it ever has before.  This is one of the finest live recordings I've ever listened to, and it's all the ... Continued

by Lexi Cary Today the scruffy, tattooed foursome known as NO came into the station and unpretentiously filled our station with sincerity and soul. Three guitars, a bass, and a little casio keyboard they bought for three bucks at a ... Continued

Devendra Banhart, a Venezuelan-American singer and song-writer made his stop in Los Angeles this past Thursday night. With his eighth album Mala being release earlier this year in March, Banhart’s tour was sought-out more than ever before. Fans anxiously awaited Banhart ... Continued

In general, I’m not always immediately drawn to modern acoustic or folk artists but every once in a while I’ll have the pleasure of running into one who transcends any misgivings I may have about that kind of sound. This was ... Continued

UCLAradio wants to send you to an advanced screening of the last installment of the Hangover movies, The Hangover Part III! We have front of the line tickets to see what happens when the wolfpack goes BACK to Las Vegas. ... Continued

The two year saga of the relocation of the Kings and the most lucrative deal in NBA history ended Wednesday when the NBA Board of Governors, comprised of the owners of the NBA teams, voted down the deal to move ... Continued

What started off as 16 teams embarking on the long, arduous journey on the road to winning Lord Stanley's Cup, has now been reduced to 8. This season's quarterfinals included upsets, unlikely heroics, multiple game 72s, and overtime - lots ... Continued

What started off as 16 teams embarking on the long, arduous journey on the road to winning Lord Stanley's Cup, has now been reduced to 8. This season's quarterfinals included upsets, unlikely heroics, multiple game 72s, and overtime - lots ... Continued

Orianthi, former guitarist of Michael Jackson and all around bad ass, joined UCLAradio.com earlier this week for an in-studio performance and interview. Accompanied by Cyril Niccolai of The Fairchilds, they played Heaven In This Hell, You Don’t Wanna Know, and ... Continued

1. ARSIS Unwelcome 2. DEERHUNTER Monomania 3. CHANCE THE RAPPER Acid Rap 4. PRO ERA Peep: The Aprocalypse 5. BLEACHED Ride Your Heart 6. MIKAL CRONIN MCII 7. THE HEMMINGBIRDS The Vines Of Age 8. THE UNDERACHIEVERS Indigoism 9. THEE ... Continued

They Might Be Giants have been around going on three decades now, and for better or worse, they’ve staked out their cult territory. But after years of kiddie albums, live albums, and just plain [rhymes-with-kiddie] albums, their new album, Nanobots, is the ... Continued

Back when JT was yet another boyband heartthrob, most analysts would have predicted, if they’d thought about it at all, that his solo career after N*SYNC would be n*consequential. So his transition from prefab menace to something like an icon ... Continued

Upon pulling in to the Arts Colony district in Pomona, one might find themselves smitten by the cute charm and quaint atmosphere of the area: antique shops, art galleries, cute cafes, and the modest outward appearance of The Glass House ... Continued

No one captures carefree, garage-y, energetic, lo-fi like the crazy chicks (and dude) that make up the band Bleached. And having them play with the chill surf-esque dudes that make up Tijuana Panthers, and chiller tunes that make up Ex-Cops, ... Continued

It's your lucky day! UCLAradio wants to hook you up with advanced screening tickets to see the long awaited prequel to the loved 2001 film, Monsters Inc., Monsters University! We all want to know how Sulley and Mike became best ... Continued

Whether you called the genre chillwave, glo-fi, or "hypnagogic pop" (for overly self-aware readers of The Wire), Small Black's self-titled 2009 EP is now almost as ancient as that dreamy "perfume that overwhelmed the room" (Bradford Cox in 2011, saying "I hope nobody ... Continued