Tyler, the Creator announces ‘Chromakopia’ listening event at Intuit Dome
Tyler, the Creator is bringing his new album — and only his new album — to Inglewood’s Intuit Dome.The genre-blurring Los Angeles musician wrote on…
Review: Nickel Creek awes and amazes at the tiny Largo theater
Nickel Creek played an intimate warmup show at Largo at the Coronet for a lucky crowd Wednesday that piled into the L.A. theater for a…
Koe Wetzel on ‘9 Lives’: ‘It was like a therapy session’
Koe Wetzel is calling from Nashville, two nights into a recent visit to “a two-night town,” as this lifelong Texan describes country music’s capital.“It’s like…
The rebirth of Travis is hot off the presses on new album ‘L.A. Times’
At 50, Fran Healy, frontman/rhythm guitarist of the band Travis still looks every bit the rock star, even when he doesn’t feel like one.His neon-orange…
Angelica Garcia unpacks ‘strange cultural tug of war’ behind ‘Gemelo’
Angélica Garcia has been busy finding herself. Or, rather, her selves. The Los Angeles pop singer’s new record, “Gemelo” — twin in Spanish — is…
How Laci Kaye Booth survived Nashville to make a killer country album
Laci Kaye Booth clearly recalls the career path she’d envisioned in her head. After finishing in fourth place on “American Idol” in 2019, the smoky-voiced…
Dolly Parton pays tribute to ‘dear friend’ Dabney Coleman
Dolly Parton is mourning her co-star and longtime friend Dabney Coleman. “Dabney was a great actor and became a dear friend,” the country music star…
Is Taylor Swift on Beyoncé’s new ‘Cowboy Carter’ album? Nope
Sorry, Swifties: That sought-after Beyoncé-Taylor Swift collaboration isn’t anywhere to be found on “Cowboy Carter.” As Beyoncé delivered her eighth solo album late Thursday, fans…
Beyoncé’s new album is coming: Hear two songs now
Beyoncé is back. The pop superstar announced Sunday night that the second act of her promised “Renaissance” trilogy is due March 29. She revealed the…
Usher wants to bring romance back to music
You can see galaxies in Usher Raymond IV’s eyes. They twinkle as he speaks, no matter how little lighting there is in a room. His…
Taylor Swift takes legal action against teen tracking flights
Taylor Swift has bad blood with a Florida student behind several social media accounts dedicated to tracking celebrity private jets and their flight emissions. Jack…
2024 Grammys were stuck between Taylor Swift and a hard place
Maybe the real psyop was letting us think she might not win. Accepting the pop vocal album prize for “Midnights” at Sunday’s 66th Grammy Awards,…
Grammy Awards log nearly 17 million viewers, the most since 2020
The presence of music stars from the past and present helped boost the audience for the CBS telecast of the 66th Grammy Awards. The Sunday…
Jennifer Lopez releases new album-movie-musical
“Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always ... in love.” If there’s anything to know…
Michael Bublé reveals music career has ‘been cyclical’
For jazz vocalist and Christmas crooner Michael Bublé, the past 20 years have been a constant pattern of writing, promoting and touring new albums. Now,…
Jennifer Lopez ‘This Is Me … Now’: 2024 release date, movie
Come the new year, Jennifer Lopez will roll out the red carpet for more than just her new album, “This Is Me ... Now.” Next…
New Kanye West song harks back to his antisemitic tirades
A new Kanye West song has surfaced, which finds the troubled rapper calling back to his antisemitic tirade a year prior. Friday night, radio station…
If Gucci Mane had a do-over, maybe no ice cream face tattoo
I scream, you scream, we all scream, everybody loves ice cream. But not many of us would tattoo the delicious treat on our faces. And…