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UCLAAll procedures School are performedof Dentistry, by Post-graduate Westwood Dentists Campus and All rights reserved. supervised by Clinical Faculty of the Center of Esthetic Dentistry. www.CampusCircle.com CAMPUS CIRCLE April 2015 3 MUSIC Headliners aside, the second-tier performers promise a worthy show… COACHELLA ’15 The Sahara Tent during last year’s Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival JAY L. CLENDENIN/LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT BY: DASHEL PIERSON PLESA LIKE MUSLIMS TO MECCA, Catholics to the Vatican or mullet- a Grammy, little hype has emerged his coming performance. different than it once was. Nowadays, about 80,000-85,000 headed hillbillies to NASCAR, the annual desert pilgrimage for And closing out the two weekends this year is Drake. There is no people assemble in the desert compared to 25,000 in 1999, music lovers is upon us. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts surprise with this decision because everybody—your mother, the first year of Coachella’s existence. The spike in numbers Festival has become the music festival, nestled close to the your little sister, your dog—seems to like the teen drama actor is a direct result of Goldenvoice, the company that promotes industry hotbed of L.A. but also attracting flocks of fans from turned rapper. Make sure to look into his eyes when he sings; Coachella. In 2012, Goldenvoice bought land surrounding the across the globe. The three-day, two-weekend festival has the those brown orbs are said to cure cancer. grounds for a total of 280 acres. That year was also the first time ability to make or break an artist, it can resurrect West Coast rap Some of us go-getters out there went above and beyond our that the festival was held on two consecutive weekends, allotting royalty in the form of a hologram and it can supply happiness baseline duties and read past the bold-faced type at the top of the double opportunity for sweat and debauch in the desert. For and a hangover that’ll last way beyond the end of the weekend. lineup poster. For those overachievers, a substantial catalogue music festival diehards, this change has been a royal buzzkill, Whether you like it or not—whether you despise the state of of second tier artists pleasantly rewarded them. From alt-j to attracting more and more people and less niche-friendly bands. modern music, electro “drops” and all—Coachella has become Alabama Shakes, from St. Vincent to The Weeknd, Florence and Instead, organizers book the hottest, most mainstream artists to today’s Woodstock. So when tickets went on sale for 2015’s the Machine to Tame Impala, the list of secondary performers attract the most widespread crowd possible. They’ve substituted festival, they sold out faster than you could say “Kendall Jenner’s is very strong for 2015. On top of the previously mentioned originality and quality for a bigger paycheck or, in other words, nose ring.” And just as quick as the tickets were snatched up, the artists in the prime of their careers, there are a few unexpected they’ve sold out, man. lineup was knocked and praised by fans and critics alike. So grab throwbacks in the mix. There’s Belle and Sebastian (who just Jimmy Kimmel’s interviews, trolling attendees of 2013’s your feathered earrings, your sunglasses and your mind-altering released their first album in five years), Interpol and rebel armed festival into saying they like bands that don’t exist, shows a sad substances because we’re going to take you through this year’s with an acoustic six-string, Ryan Adams. truth. Liking little-known, niche artists is deemed “cool” yet the musical guests. Moving even further down the list into the attention-span big names are all we really care about. Because life is short, let’s make like an impatient child on no-mans-land, the artists keep getting better. As a general rule Nonetheless, dehydrating yourself in the desert while Ritalin and start straight at the top with the headliners. First off with festival lineups, the smaller the typeface, the less trendy pony-tailed men high on psychedelics gyrate is still a damn we got Australia’s legendary pundits of frat-boy ballads, AC/DC. the band. But this year’s bottom-billed attendees are a force good time, a rite of passage for the modern youth. And despite Though this may seem slightly askew from Coachella’s generally worth reckoning, including Ghostface Killah, Mac Demarco, a deteriorating display of headliners, there is still an abundance adolescent turnout, it was likely a move to add an element of Action Bronson, Chet Faker, The Orwells and a startlingly of worthy bands to be heard and surely some to discover. So widely accepted diversity, as they usually do. The band will low placement for Panda Bear. Noah Benjamin Lennox, aka belt out the lyrics to “Highway to Hell.” Admire the wonder of be without longtime drummer, Phil Rudd who in late 2014 Panda Bear, is also the founding member of Animal Collective, Jack White’s pale skin and his face-melting guitar solos. Bump was arrested in New Zealand for drug possession and alleged a headlining act in itself. And just this year, Lennox released a and grind as Canada’s number one export sweetly makes love murder-for-hire. Along with Rudd’s absence, the band will be widely acclaimed album, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper. to your ears. But check out the smaller acts, too. For one day, missing original member Malcolm Young, who has been stricken Although they won’t be dominating the main stages at the most you might be a grumpy old thirtysomething with a steady with dementia. Next up is Jack White. Though White is rock n’ desirable time slots, the so-called second-class acts will likely be job and a mortgage, and you’ll reminisce about the good ‘ol roll’s current golden child—a sort of Eric Clapton with a blues- the ones to watch. days when you saw “so-and-so before they sold out and infused thundercloud over his head—and a recent recipient of For Coachella veterans, the festival of today looks much became famous.” 4 CAMPUS CIRCLE April 2015 Film | Music | Culture MUSIC KENDRICK LAMAR’S ‘TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY’ IS DENSE, DIFFICULT, GRANDIOSE BY RANDALL ROBERTS LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS) Kendrick Lamar’s latest album was released unexpectedly on Sunday, March 14th. AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT) SO SOON AFTER ITS UNEXPECTED ISSUE late Sunday, “To recognition with his debut album, “Section.80,” and its five-time memory, history and echoes of souls and sounds past.