August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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Foster’s relentlessly creative, adaptable percussion drove elegant bepop and raucous fusion groups alike.
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Is it a coincidence that this experimental U.K. band, along with Swedish metal band Ghost, hit No. 1 in the same month? Or is there something chaotic in American culture that’s craving brutal, escapist and lore-driven rock again?
Roger Nichols’ tune for a bank commercial became the Carpenters’ smash “We’ve Only just Begun,” and was nominated for song of the year at the Grammys.
The first night of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s SoFi stand was a bountiful, meticulous three-hour show that centered on the camaraderie between two of the most important acts in contemporary music.
“Y’all may have heard that I’m kinda winding down,” Jackson said Saturday. “In fact, this is my last road show of my career. Y’all gonna make me tear up out here.”
‘I enjoyed the past two years with them, both on and off stage,’ Freese said. ‘I support whatever they feel is best for the band.’
The titan of ’80s rock all but disappeared for decades. Now he’s revisiting a Journey favorite with a country legend.
‘Mexican music and country music said almost the same thing, just in different languages,’ the late singer said in a documentary.
Kanye West, now know as Ye, has teased the incendiary single for days on livestreams. The rapper released it on Soundcloud on Thursday, only for it to vanish a day later.