August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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Anderson’s score work is planned to exacting detail. But this three-night stand with Bill Murray, Beck, Jackson Browne and more was played in the spirit of the way fans revisit his beloved films.
In “Old School,” Finnerty’s Dan Band tried to “bump this up one notch when they’ve already nailed it.”
With DTLA’s post-pandemic troubles amid a boom in dance music, Origin’s founders hope the scene can help again.
Was’ LP “Groove in the Face of Adversity” recalls Detroit’s blue-collar ambition. His late friend Bob Weir would love his new tour.
The Village People adopted campy archetypes of masculinity. Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, they became gay icons.
“I don’t think anybody had that ear in them the way that he did,” said the Grammy Museum’s Michael Sticka.
At Hollywood’s Fonda, trans producer-singer Jane Remover turns a three-night stand into a cathartic, raucous pit, signaling a breakout moment after Coachella and their Live Exhibit tour.
Keith produced on Travis Scott’s hit “Sicko Mode” and Drake and 21 Savage’s “Jimmy Cooks.”
“A Rock & Roll band with horns was Walt’s idea,” Chicago said, announcing Parazaider’s death.
“These changes and expansions give even more people a place for their music to be respected, heard and evaluated,” the Recording Academy’s Harvey Mason Jr. said.