Bleachers perform at the Independent in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF.

Bleachers‘ performance was solid throughout, but it was at the midpoint, somewhere near a cover of Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” that Jack Antonoff, who spoke about nursing a cold and having a generally rough day, came alive, interacting with the sold-out crowd and showing off. The second half of the show was truly something else.