Murs performs with The Grouch, Eligh and DJ Fresh at the Cornerstone in Berkeley on July 8, 2021. Karen Goldman/STAFF. BERKELEY — West Coast underground hip-hop legends Murs, The Grouch and Eligh played to a packed house at The Cornerstone on Thursday, with a crowd eager to welcome their…

Lord Huron performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug 2, 2019. Click the photo to begin the slideshow. BERKELEY — Lord Huron returned to the Bay Area on Friday, following performances at BottleRock and Treasure Island music festivals over the past nine months. Given the opportunity to…

The Jesus and Mary Chain performs at Mosswood Park for Burger Boogaloo in Oakland on July 6, 2019. Click the photo to start the slideshow. OAKLAND — Day one of the tenth annual Burger Boogaloo was held in Oakland’s Mosswood Park on Saturday. Hosted by legendary filmmaker and counterculture icon John…

RJD2 performs at the Cornerstone in Berkeley on Feb. 1, 2019. Photos: Karen Goldman. BERKELEY — Ramble Jon Krohn didn’t remember the last time he performed in Berkeley as RJD2, but he has a connection to the East Bay all the same. At his show at Cornerstone Friday, Krohn…

FIDLAR performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 2, 2018. Photos: Karen Goldman OAKLAND — FIDLAR stopped at the Fox Theater Friday for the penultimate show of a tour leading up to the release of the Los Angeles punk band’s forthcoming album, Almost Free. The band played a…

Photos: Karen Goldman SAN FRANCISCO — It became clear at Dan Auerbach‘s show at the Fillmore on Thursday, the second of two sold-out gigs, that the Black Keys’ guitarist was at some point in his life fascinated by the revue tours of the ’50s and ’60s. Touting not only his…

Photos: Karen Goldman OAKLAND — Singer-songwriter and piano aficionado Tori Amos played the Paramount Theatre Sunday as part of her Native Invader Tour. The Oakland concert consisted of three parts, with seven original songs, followed by an interlude called “Fake Muse” — a play on fake news — that included two cover songs (the Police’s “Wrapped…

Photos: Karen Goldman OAKLAND —The Tedeschi Trucks Band played to a near-sell-out-crowd Friday at the Fox Theater, the first of two Bay Area shows. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, home of bands like the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and .38 Special, Tedeschi Trucks follow firmly in the tradition of blues and Southern rock. Tedeschi Trucks…

Photos: Karen Goldman SAN FRANCISCO —Blues guitarist Patrick Sweany showed off his chops and raspy voice at Bottom of the Hill Wednesday night in a performance that stretched for two hours late into the early morning hours. Accompanied by his band (bassist Todd Bolden, drummer Sam Wiseman and guitarist Joey Fletcher),…

Photos: Karen Goldman SAN FRANCISCO — The first fan to arrive at Kasabian‘s U.S. tour closer at the Regency Ballroom arrived at 8 a.m. on Sunday, 11 hours prior to doors opening and directly after getting off an airplane from Boise. The rest of the crowd was a mix…