Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Around the time she began writing her own songs for the first time, Melbourne singer-songwriter Carla dal Forno lived in a house that was supposedly haunted. Her music reflects that haunted feeling, and she put that on full display at her Noise Pop show at the…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Add Bruno Major to the long list of English crooners who can sing American soul with the best of them. Making his San Francisco debut at a sold-out Noise Pop show at The Chapel, Major came took the soul sensibilities of Sam Smith,…