This post was updated April 23 at 7:53 p.m.
This quarter, artists are hopping onto the stage.
From decades-long discographies to the latest lullabies, musicians are setting off the spring soundwaves.

Student bands battled it out onstage at UCLA’s newest venue for a chance to perform at the university’s most historic one.
Co-hosted by the Student Committee for the Arts and UCLA Radio, the Road to Royce took place Monday night at the UCLA Nimoy Theater and gave four student groups the opportunity to compete for an opening spot at SCA’s Royce Hall show May 16.

This post was updated April 11 at 7:34 p.m. 
Like many Bruins, these icons of pop culture are coming out of hibernation.
Following several years between projects, artists are making their return to music this season.

Dave Grohl has added a new accolade to his musical resume.
On Monday, the Student Alumni Association declared Grohl as the 2024 Spring Sing George and Ira Gershwin Recipient.

This post was updated April 7 at 7:57 p.m.
In Dance Marathon’s final hours, UCLA is still grooving as a new lineup of performers takes the stage.

Vampire Weekend has rediscovered the key to heaven on its fifth full-length album.
“Fuck around and find out,” Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig gleefully exclaims on the opening track of the band’s latest album, “Only God Was Above Us.” Born from a Daily News headline, the 10-track album’s title references a 1988 plane crash where when recounting the striking visual of the aircraft’s roof ripping off, one survivor declared “only God was above us.” Fittingly, the genre-bending record is deeply interested in mining beauty from chaos, and for the most part succeeds.

This post was updated March 31 at 9:40 p.m.
For Beyoncé, the road less traveled by is always the right choice.
At a sprawling 27 tracks over an expansive 79-minute runtime, Beyoncé’s eighth studio album “COWBOY CARTER” is her longest LP to date.