Wednesday, April 1

Restaurant review: PopUp Bagels brings delicious schmears, ‘rip-and-dip’ bagels to Brentwood

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:16 p.m. PopUp Bagels doesn’t do sandwiches, knives or shortcuts – only warm bagels, oversized schmears and a little chaos. Read more...

Photo: A bagel sits in cream cheese next to a brown bag that reads “PopUp Bagels.” The No. 1 bagel vendor in New York City on Yelp recently opened a store in Brentwood, which is the chain’s first location in Los Angeles. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Album Review: Ari Lennox’s “Vacancy” brings R&B to 2026 with sultry, upbeat songs

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 8:21 p.m. Ari Lennox is leaving no vacancy for R&B music in 2026. The neo soul songstress released her third album, “Vacancy,” on Friday – one of the first major R&B releases of the new year and her first LP since 2022’s “age/sex/location.” The 15-track, 51-minute album leans heavily upon Lennox’s past lyrical themes about sex and relationship woes while adopting a more jazzy sound than her previous work, complete with rich saxophone throughout. Read more...

Photo: Album cover for Ari Lennox’s “Vacancy” shows the artist lying sideways on a green couch. Lennox’s third studio album was released Jan 23, making it one of the first R&B projects of the year. (Courtesy of Interscope Records)






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