Author Archives: Steve Carlson
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PHOTOS: Colony House leaves it all behind in San Francisco
Colony House performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 29, 2020. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO – Indie rockers Colony House returned to the Bay Area with hopeful hearts and eyes set toward the future in a rollicking performance at August Hall on Saturday night. The Nashville-based quartet…
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PHOTOS: Seventeen shows strength in numbers in San Jose
Seventeen (SVT) performs on the Ode to You World Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose on Jan. 21, 2020. Steve Carlson/Staff. SAN JOSE — South Korean boy band Seventeen , also known as SVT, made its long-awaited—though short-handed—debut in the Bay Area on Tuesday at the SAP Center, the sixth…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Robert Plant, New Pornos, Margo Price shine on day 2
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands crammed into the meadow in front of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ Towers of Gold Stage to see the…
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PHOTOS: LANY enters the home stretch of its marathon at the Masonic
LANY performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on June 14, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — LANY performed at The Masonic on Friday for the first of two nights in San Francisco. The sold-out show marked the home stretch of the Los Angeles trio’s 100-date world tour across…
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REVIEW: Rivers Cuomo digs deep into Weezer songbook at August Hall
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2018. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t foggy enough in San Francisco for Rivers Cuomo. Midway through his 27-song acoustic tour-de-force at August Hall Wednesday night, the Weezer frontman needed a little something…
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REVIEW: James Bay brings a new sound to the Fillmore
Photos: Steve Carlson SAN FRANCISCO — James Bay isn’t afraid of taking risks, that much became obvious at his Tuesday show at The Fillmore. When the English singer-songwriter took the stage for his sold-out performance, he looked hardly like the James Bay who visited the Bay Area in years…