NIGHT MUSIC: Gonzalez releases her meditative songs as Nite Jewel. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
SIBS: “We’re striving for decadence on a budget,” Piper Kaplan, top, with Skylar, says of Pearl Harbor. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
NEW BEGINNING: The Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee left a San Diego soul-rock group and moved to L.A. to try something different. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
