MewithoutYou performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Nov. 10, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Philadelphia band MewithoutYou played the Rickshaw Stop Saturday. The performance was replete with the band’s signature emotional oscillations that are ever-present on its new album, [Untitled]. Aaron Weiss poetically sang on topics like mental illness and mysticism. MewithoutYou…

Conan Gray performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — On his first-ever tour stop in the Bay Area, Conan Gray proved to have the whole performing thing down. The Texas YouTuber and musician bounced all over stage as he filled…

Thrice performs at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Post-hardcore rock band Thrice returned to the Bay Area Friday, playing a sold-out Regency Ballroom. Beginning with “Only Us,” off 2018 album Palms, and “Image of the Invisible,” from 2005’s Vheissu, Thrice showing its post-hardcore…

Wild Nothing performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Wild Nothing brought its Indigo tour to the Independent Sunday, on the second of two nights in the City. The project of Virginia musician Jack Tatum performed a cohesive show, highlighting his…

Drake performs at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Oct. 26, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello OAKLAND — Superstar Drake brought his Aubrey and the Three Migos tour to a sold-out, roaring Oracle Arena Friday night. Drake Migos, Roy Woods 7 p.m., Saturday and Monday Oracle Arena Tickets: $60-$250+. At the first of…

The Internet performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Oct. 22, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello OAKLAND — Los Angeles pop-funk band The Internet stopped at the Fox Theater Monday. The band is touring in support of its new LP, Hive Mind.   Over the course of a 90-minute set,…

Basement performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — On the tail end of the West Coast run of its tour, U.K. melodic hardcore aggressors Basement set the Rickshaw Stop ablaze with energy on Monday night. Mosh pits broke out…

All Time Low performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Baltimore pop-punk band All Time Low brought its Summer Ever After tour to The Masonic on a night full of energy, teenage dreams and confetti. This tour was originally…

Lydia. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona indie pop band Lydia brought its ethereal sound, with melodies that oscillated freely between melancholic and happy, to the Chapel on Friday. The band is touring in support of new album Liquor, but the setlist was a trek through Lydia’s catalog. Lydia performs at The Chapel…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area blackgaze metal band Deafheaven brought its 2018 album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, with its dreamy soundscapes of shoegaze and the extremeness of black metal to a sold-out August Hall Tuesday. Deafheaven performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2018. With…