San Cisco may be a west coast band, with a name that could pass for a tourist’s abbreviation for San Francisco and an upbeat Californian pop sound, but the quartet actually calls the west coast of Australia home. San Cisco, Wooing 8 p.m., Aug. 28 Great American Music Hall…

Mon Laferte performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. The third and final day of Outside Lands is in the books which means it’s time for my third and final “Best and Worst” roundup. Unless I keep this up indefinitely. Best:…

Attendees at Outside Lands on August 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. Day two of Outside Lands is in the books so it’s time for the second edition of my best and worst! See if you can pick up on the subtle theme. Best: Metallica — Not even just the show. Just…

While there was disappointment about A Tribe Called Quest’s postponement turning into a total (and mysterious) cancellation, Metallica’s spectacle of a performance more than made up for it. A band that’s been touring off and on for more than 35 years doesn’t really have bad shows anymore, but even by…

Attendees at Outside Lands on August 11, 2017. With the first day of the 10th Outside Lands in the books, I thought it might be a good idea to look back on the five best things I saw today. But since I’m a generally cranky person you also get the five…

Fate, it seems, wants Angel Snow to be a musician. After three years in Nashville pursuing a career in music, Snow was considering changing direction. She had signed up for a program to teach English in South Korea and was well underway in the preparations. “When I met Alison…

Con Brio is a hard band to pin down. Known for its energetic (to say the least) live shows, the San Francisco septet is part funk and part rock, compared to everyone from Sly and the Family Stone to Prince to James Brown. Blue Bear School of Music 11th Annual…

If you’re like me—and odds are either you are or you aspire to be—you don’t really want to be associated with Valentine’s Day. Some people spend weeks festooning everything in cutesy red hearts and some spend those weeks raging against the mere concept with songs about getting dumped. But not people…

Photos: Roman Gokhman SAN FRANCISCO — Temple of the Dog’s self-titled debut, their lone album, was released 25 years ago. It is as old now as Pet Sounds, Revolver and Blonde On Blonde were when it debuted in 1991. That is old enough to qualify as classic rock, as the age and…

Temples, Riptides 9 p.m., Saturday Great American Music Hall Tickets: $21. Temples are playing at the Great American Music Hall this Saturday, and RIFF wants to send you to the show. The psychedelic rock band from Kettering, England, begins their 13-city North American tour this week. Their debut album, 2014’s…