Iggy Pop and Bikini Kill headlined the 17th Mosswood Meltdown festival
John Waters hosted 20 bands over three days in Oakland, with Pavement on the Friday pre-party and a Ramones tribute band featuring Fred Armisen.
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Jazz saxophonist Plas Johnson, who played the "Pink Panther" theme, dies at 94
The session musician backed Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Marvin Gaye across a decades-long Los Angeles career.
Chilean singer Mon Laferte releases double album "Femme Fatale Vol. 2"
The 20-track record includes a duet with St. Vincent and arrives eight months after its predecessor.
Sony Music label files new lawsuit against AI startup Udio
The suit accuses Udio of ripping more than 30,000 recordings from YouTube to train its song-generating software.
Composer Rock Burwell's Obsession score drew early Oscar talk
The horror film took more than $400 million on a budget under $1 million, and the score has already burned through a couple of vinyl pressings.
Rapper Vince Staples played Cry Baby songs at the Tiny Desk
He stopped the set to ask who in the room knew the names of Black Panther Party members killed by police, and got no hands.
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs release new rock album "Mission of Mercy"
NPR critic Ken Tucker says the former Tom Petty co-writer avoids nostalgia while chasing rock's "hard-won serenity."
El Malilla restored his US tour after pausing it over ICE raids
The reggaeton Mexa singer opens 19 dates in Palm Springs on 24 July, and says his next album took a year and a half and includes a bolero.
Jennifer Finch, L7's longtime bassist, dies at 59
The band said she died of an aggressive brain cancer just a week after she backed out of L7's farewell tour.
Los Primos del Este release eighth studio album "Dulce Amargo"
The North Carolina band's norteno-sax sound has topped 2 million Spotify listeners as the subgenre keeps growing fast.
Madonna's new album "Confessions II" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard charts
It's her tenth album to top the Billboard 200, even though the record has barely registered on streaming or radio.
The Rolling Stones release "Foreign Tongues," their 25th studio album
Critics call it their funniest record in decades, powered by guest turns from Paul McCartney, Bruno Mars and the late Charlie Watts.
Goldenvoice books Olivia Dean and the Killers for the Ocean Way festival
The new Santa Monica beach event runs 26 and 27 September with no parking at the site, next to the E Line terminus.
Michael Jackson biopic "Michael" tops $1 billion at the box office
Luminate data shows Jackson's US on-demand streams jumped nearly 144% the week the film opened, echoing the climb Queen saw after Bohemian Rhapsody.
Grindcore band Napalm Death opened a circle pit at the Tiny Desk
Battle jackets filled the NPR office for eight songs, bookended by two 1987 tracks that still define the genre.
Jack White hires satanic duo Twin Temple after Charley Crockett drops them from his tour
The band announced a new album days later, produced by Shooter Jennings, who also worked on Crockett's own last record.
L7 bassist Jennifer Finch diagnosed with brain cancer, will miss the band's farewell tour
The band said she's had multiple surgeries and now needs full-time care, and set up a GoFundMe to help cover it.
Actor and musician Finn Wolfhard releases new solo album "Fire From the Hip"
The Stranger Things star recorded the guitar-driven LP on 24-track reel-to-reel and kicks off a new tour this month.
Rapper Jay-Z brings Rihanna and Beyonce onstage at delayed Yankee Stadium concert
The show started after midnight following a crowd surge outside the stadium and didn't wrap until roughly 3 a.m., Variety reported.
Bassist Flea played a jazz Tiny Desk set with the Honora Band
Four decades into Red Hot Chili Peppers, he turned up on trumpet, bass and spoken word alongside Jeff Parker and Anna Butterss.
Singer Huey Lewis says hearing loss ended his relationship with music
A cochlear implant restores his speech, but he says it can't recreate the pitch of a song, eight years after his Meniere's diagnosis.
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, voice behind "Total Eclipse of the Heart," dies at age 75
She died in a Portugal hospital months after emergency surgery, closing out a career that also produced "Holding Out for a Hero."
Rapper redveil rebuilt his beats for a live band at the Tiny Desk
The Prince George's County producer treated the NPR office as a homecoming, closing with a letter to his brother.
Taylor Swift wins copyright case dismissal as "Eras Tour" film gets five Emmy nods
The nominations land five days after her Manhattan wedding to Travis Kelce and mark only her second career Emmy nod.
Justin Bieber joined BTS, Madonna and Shakira on the World Cup halftime show
Chris Martin curated an 11-minute set at MetLife Stadium that also carried Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel, the PS22 Chorus and the Muppets.
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien releases solo album "Blue Morpho"
The dreamy, unsettled record grew out of a mid-pandemic depression he hid from his own teenage kids at the time.
Origin, a new downtown LA dance venue, bets on a rave revival
Two veteran promoters are rebuilding the old Lot 613 into a 1,000-capacity club with a modular patio, hoping clubbers come back to the Arts District.
Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte joins conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl
The August 21 concert caps Dudamel's farewell run as the L.A. Philharmonic's music director before he moves on to the New York Philharmonic.
Música mexicana singer Tito Double P releases second solo album "Acomodo"
Released May 28 with zero guest features, the 23-track corrido record follows his rise writing hits for cousin Peso Pluma.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle's children reportedly split his estate
TMZ reports the rapper's two children split $11 million in cash and assets, seven years after his 2019 killing outside his South LA store.