August Brown

Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s long-awaited David Geffen Galleries building opens for a sneak peak Thursday -- the first look inside the raw, empty interior of architect Peter Zumthor’s poured concrete creation.

The Boss’ new box set organizes 83 previously unheard songs into seven distinct LPs, each with its own sound and theme.

Singer Abel Tesfaye kicked off a run of four shows at the Inglewood venue on Wednesday night, the site of some of his greatest triumphs and most bitter disappointments as a live performer.

Ralphs’ guitar work helped move rock out of the psychedelic ‘60s and into the arty pomp of ‘70s glam.

“We are in really dangerous times,” Morello, the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, told The Times. “Protests showed that every act of joy is an act of resistance.”

Tom Morello, the guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and a longtime leftist and human rights advocate, will headline a “Defend L.A.” set at the Echoplex on Monday in support of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

The Alibi’s owners allege famous investors ‘hatched a plan to exploit’ independent music. The investors called the claims ‘salacious — and utterly false.’

McCarthy founded the group Nitzer Ebb in Essex, with David Gooday and Bon Harris. The band released its first single, “Isn’t It Funny How Your Body Works,” in 1985.

The Beach Boys’ co-founder talks to The Times about his longtime former bandmate who helped shape the culture of SoCal music.

Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.