Clockwise from top left: Axel Flovent, Ash, ASHS, Kinley Dowling, Nicolas Godin and ARMNHMR featuring Micah Martin. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who…

Clockwise from top left: San Cisco, Ben Watt, Morning Midnight, COMA, Brian Dunne and Cailin Russo. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has…

Organist David Hegarty plays at SF Sketchfest at The Castro Theatre on Jan. 7, 2016. Courtesy: Tommy Lau More than 200 shows. Seventeen days. And 20 venues. That’s SF Sketchfest 2017 by the numbers, and the artist lineup for the January festival is equally impressive and lengthy. The performers, announced today,…

Ten years ago, a couple small, local music production companies decided the Bay Area needed more live music. They envisioned a festival that didn’t force ticket holders to decide which acts to skip. They decided that if a festival was planned well enough, it should be possible to see every performance.…

Photos: Brandon Jernigan MOUNTAIN VIEW — Gwen Stefani’s first childhood airplane flight took her from Orange County to San Francisco – and she returned Saturday night to sing in the Bay Area, where locals cheered at every mention of their home. Stefani’s “This is What the Truth Feels Like…

  For the first time in 10 years, October’s Treasure Island Music Festival is extending its shuttle service to include East Bay music lovers. The festival itself is moving to the east side of the island, which makes it easier to run shuttles across the eastern span of the Bay…