Say goodbye to the pretty in pink, cutesy Ariana Grande we all know, and make room for the dangerous woman she has become. In her third studio album, “Dangerous Woman,” Grande showcases a more grown-up, sultry side to her personality. Compared to her previous albums, production is of a higher quality and to match that, her higher register is...
Rating: 8.7 / 10
Chance The Rapper opens his highly anticipated third mixtape, “Coloring Book,” gleefully repeating the phrase “And we back” alongside crescending beat claps and evolving harmonies. This is the first of many instances on the tape where we find ourselves contentedly questioning where, in God’s name, has Chance been? And, more importantly, can we go, too?
The answer...
Classifying Kaytranada under any genre does the Montreal-based producer and DJ a disservice. His chops are versatile, ranging from chillwave and deep house to R-and-B and funk, yet there prevails a distinct sound with his synths and melodies that are unique to him.
After gaining popularity during 2013 via his SoundCloud tracks such as “AT ALL” and remixes of popular...
On May 5, experimental rap group Death Grips dropped their fifth studio album, “Bottomless Pit.” Almost all of the 13 tracks drip with their signature mashup of rapid-pace lyrics, furiously heavy percussion and dense layers of instrumentation. This album echoes the dark electronica of their 2012 album, “The Money Store,” but incorporates a lot of metal and alt-rock guitar...
“Bravely Second: End Layer” is a game in which friendships and family bonds are explored, a hero is miraculously brought back from death and the world bears witness to the end of time.
It is also a game that lets you dress up as a cat during all of those scenes.
Playing “Bravely Second,” a game exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS...
The Bell Tower had never been more colorful than it was at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10. There were students with backpacks on, older people, many people with shaved and colored hair and couples walking dogs. It looked like a trail mix blend of people in which no single ingredient outnumbered another; everything was in harmony and tasted...
The Urban Roots Spoken Word poetry event at The Barn continued the month of festivities celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month with an event hosted by the Asian Pacific Student Programs (APSP), which featured spoken word artists Jason Chu and Dante Basco.
Spoken word is a popular form of performance art, with groups like the famous Button Poetry circulating content daily...
Senryu Taiko, an organization founded in 1998, was one of the earliest collegiate organizations dedicated to the tradition of kumi-daiko to ever form. In Japanese, the word taiko refers to a wide variety of different types of percussion instruments. Kumi-daiko then, is the performance of these instruments being played in an ensemble, though the word taiko can also refer...
Hoodboi performs club rituals
As a member and co-founder of the LA-based music collective Athletixx, which also features producers Falcons, Kittens and Promnite, DJ Hoodboi brought the West Coast club scene's signature aggressiveness to UCR. He delivered a live set that was at times both familiar and innovative, switching from Top 40 mixes and flips to his original productions: an...
The UCR Department of Theater, Film and Digital Production continued their season this past weekend with the cloak-and-dagger thriller “Wilderness of Mirrors.” The play was a two-hour event in which a young journalist named Erin (played by Gloria Olivas) goes looking for answers about a spy who was recruited out of Yale for the CIA during World War II....