Los Angeles Dodgers players celebrate after clinching the MLB World Series with a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees in Game 5 on Oct. 30, 2024, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images. LOS ANGELES — David Gilmour and the Los Angeles…

As far as we know, Tony Hicks is only having one kind of baby as he passes time at home during the COVID-19 quarantine. Some good really can come from this coronavirus mess. In the middle of boring COVID-19 isolation, I just spent more than an hour with 10…

“This column writes itself, right?” Insert Foot. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I’m not a joiner. Mostly. For example, I didn’t join a fraternity in college for various reasons. Probably because they didn’t stock enough alcohol. That’s a column for another time. I haven’t joined the PTA, never sought admission to…

An all-queer dark electronic pop girl band is a phrase that you don’t hear very often. L.A.’s MUNA has made the sub-genre official with their debut album, About U. Written and performed in the same vein as Haim and Lucius, the album is full of heartbreak, social justice and empowerment tempered with…

With a new album, Foxygen also bring a new sound. Wearing their oldies influence on their sleeves, Foxygen ditches the ’70s psychedelia and strikes for an even older vein: ’60s baroque-pop. Similar to Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, The Zombies and Scott Walker, Foxygen uses a wide array of instrumentation—mostly piano and…

Samuel Shea’s and Julien O’Neill’s trip to Los Angeles in January 2015 was just supposed to be a visit. The New York City duo had an opportunity to record a few tracks and log some time on the beach. “We had had an offer through one of Julian’s friends to…