Pavement is back, and Stephen Malkmus promises he’s excited

Pavement members pose on a park bench.

Thirty years ago this week, Pavement released its debut album, “Slanted and Enchanted”; seven years after that, the band dropped its fifth and final LP, “Terror Twilight.” The two records bookended one of the greatest […]

UCLA announces ambitious “Hip Hop Initiative” with Chuck D

A rapper performs in front of an American flag

Two years ago at the California African American Museum in downtown Los Angeles, three titans of East Coast rap converged for a roundtable: influential “Paid in Full” rapper Rakim; Public Enemy’s cofounder Chuck D; and […]