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If you haven't made Valetine's Day plans yet, why not go see Robin Thicke and Melanie Fiona in concert at Club Nokia in the Pretty Lil' Hearts Valentine's Concert 2012? UCLA Radio is giving you TWO chances to win tickets - on our Facebook page and our Twitter page. The award-winning multi-platinum superstar, Robin Thicke, returns [...]

We've got tickets to see Trey Songz with Big Sean at Nokia Theatre on February 17th! We want to give you the chance to see them with your valentine, FOR FREE. Head over to the UCLA Radio Facebook page, where we will announce how you can enter to win. OR - tune in to UCLA Radio's [...]

Scorched Transmissions' S/T debut is a work of art that has its ups and downs. Consisting of three members, Future Metz (Rapper), Avitar Virgonian and JD Casten, the group makes a Hip Hop album that definitely sounds original. For example, the track "iFold" features one of the most creative Hip Hop beats I've ever [...]

Just as Mirrors in Your Eyes turned Soundpool away from shoegaze and into the realm of disco pop, this reply from fellow indie electronic artists takes them even further. The only hints of shoegaze remaining are the soft, ambient vocals that seem to contribute to the atmosphere instead of driving the song forward. By the [...]

Tune in Thursday night at 8:00 PM to Pregammin' for an interview with award winning director Adam Pesce as he discusses his recent documentary SPLINTERS: In the 1980s, a pilot left behind a surfboard in a remote seaside village in Papua New Guinea, a land known for cargo cults and cannibalism. Twenty years later, the sport of [...]

Just in time for Valentine's Day, UCLA Radio is giving away VIP tickets to an advanced screening of The Vow! The screening is taking place on February 8th at the ArcLight Hollywood at 7:30PM. Just head over to our Facebook page to find out how you can win. A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident [...]

In a musical scene that is currently dominated by debut albums, buzz bands, and the blogosphere, it is altogether refreshing to see an established band like Wilco thrive. I don't really know why, but to hear a band 16 years on release an album as driving and energetic as their early records is as rewarding [...]

If you're reading this, there's a good chance you were born sometime around the early 90s. Sure feels like you've been alive a long time, hasn't it? Now imagine a band that was formed at the same time you were born and that's still rockin' out with new stuff to this day. Such a thing exists, [...]

Shuteye Unison Album: Our Future Selves Genre: Rock/Post-rock I was expecting something loud, rough, and noisy when I turned on the first song. But then the album began to blend the rock-y, riff-y instrumentals with more mellow vocals, and there's something attractive about it. The album develops a very ambient sound, almost to the point of eeriness. Good [...]

We've got tickets to go to the advanced screening of the upcoming thriller The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe. The screening is taking place on Tuesday January 31st at 7PM at The Grove. Tickets are first come first served. Just follow us on Twitter @uclaradio to find out how you can enter to win! In [...]

Twin Sister is a dream pop / indie pop band hailing from the East Coast. Their sound is similar to that of Beach House, Real Estate, and I think possibly comparable to a more instrumental Metric. The band is fronted by Andrea Estella, who's vocals smoothly drone into the melodic pop sounds of Twin Sister. [...]

UNDERWORLD AWAKENING brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D. Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have [...]

Want to help out an up-and-coming band, but don't know who to get behind? Look no further! The band LA Font has a Kickstarter campaign going to raise money to record their next album. Go ahead and click on: LA Font's Kickstarter Campaign Who is LA Font? Did you really not click any of the above links? LA Font [...]

Would you like to have your own show on UCLAradio? Want to meet a bunch of cool people and learn about the best new music out there? Interested in News, Sports, or Comedy Talk radio? Come check out UCLAradio this Wednesday to learn about how you can become part of the station! The Info Meeting will [...]

Smog City's own Bambu will be hanging out with URBAN ROOTS this Saturday Jan 14th. We will have a conversation about how he got started, speaking truth to power, and organizing in the community. Get free downloads from www.Bambu.LA also January 19, 2012: Bambu Live at The Echoplex (with Rocky Rivera and Rhythm Natives) Tix [...]

To kick off the quarter, UCLA Radio is giving you another chance to win a new phone! We are giving away the new BlackBerry® Bold 9930 on the UCLA Radio Facebook page this week in preparation for The Kick Off, taking place on January 12th in Ackerman Grand Ballroom! The BlackBerry Bold 9930, runs on the [...]

In honor of Drive returning to the ArcLight Hollywood, FilmDistrict will be raffling off a jacket and prize packs during the Q&A with Albert Brooks after the 7:20pm show in the theater on Friday night, January 6! If tickets are sold out on Friday, fear not: The film will play at the ArcLight through January 12th, [...]

Don't call it a comeback: Script Doctor Eric and his sidekick Matt have returned from vacation to do their popular screenwriting podcast: Scriptcast This quarter, (Winter, 2012) Scriptcast will be recorded Wednesdays, from 10am-noon right here on UCLA Radio. Want to listen live? Is it Wednesday? Yes? Then check your watch: if it's between 10am and noon, [...]

To kick off the new year, UCLA Radio is giving you the chance to see NBC's new show Smash before it premieres on February 6th at 10/9c. This advanced screening of the pilot episode is taking place at The Grove on Monday January 9th. Just be one of the first 50 people to click this [...]

As 2011 draws to a close, I wanted to throw my own two cents in about what I considered the best albums of the year. 15. The Smile Sessions- The Beach Boys When Brian Wilson announced that The Smile Sessions would be released, I was ecstatic. I still don't own a box set to this day, but I've been [...]