Dead Poet Society, courtesy. Boston quartet Dead Poet Society isn’t your average modern rock band. Sure, the guitar riffs and the big hooks are there, but also slick musicality and a tight dynamic. The members come from sturdy roots, having met in 2013 at Berklee College of Music. After…

Social Distortion performs at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2024. Photos: Ammar Chishty. SAN FRANCISCO — Social Distortion’s run at the legendary Fillmore just seemed to keep getting longer. First announced as a pair of shows on the band’s holiday tour, new gigs kept getting added…

Billie Eilish performs at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 10, 2024. Photos: Henry Hwu. SAN JOSE — Billie Eilish fans descended on the South Bay on Tuesday night for the first of two sold-out shows at SAP Center. The show was one of Eilish’s last on…

Doug and Alyssa Graham, owners of 3Sirens and duo The Grahams, put together and appear on compilation record “Every Possible Way,” benefitting Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. A new compilation album taps nearly a dozen artists like Lucius, Joseph and White Denim to venture back to the ‘90s…

ROSÉ, “roșie.” K-Pop superstars BLACKPINK may have stunned fans when the quartet opted against their individual contracts with music giant YG Entertainment to pursue solo careers, but those endeavors seem to be working out so far. Roseanne Park, better known as Rosé, is the first member of the group…

Dua Lipa, “Live from Royal Albert Hall.” It doesn’t offer as gargantuan of a clash as Metallica’s S&M, for which the thrash band linked up with an orchestra, but pop superstar Dua Lipa took a similar route on her new live album. Her songs get the orchestral treatment, backed…

Winona Fighter, courtesy Lindsey Byrnes. SACRAMENTO — Years of grinding on the road as a DIY punk band are finally paying dividends for punk band Winona Fighter. The band’s rise is a throwback to a bygone era of playing as many shows to as many people as possible. Winona…

Rise Against performs at The UC Theatre in Berkeley, Calif. on Nov. 19, 2024. Photos: Maylani Cornier. BERKELEY — Relentlessly touring quartet Rise Against has been doing something new on its current trek: playing intimate rooms. The UC Theatre in Berkeley, on Tuesday, was easily the coziest room in…

Michael Kiwanuka, “Small Changes.” His album may be called Small Changes, but it was actually some fairly significant ones that informed singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka’s fourth album. The Mercury-Prize-winning artist, whose song “Cold Little Heart” was made the opening theme for HBO’s “Big Little Liars,” became a parent of two and moved…

Elyanna performs at Fox Theatre in Oakland on Nov. 17, 2024. OAKLAND — Bay Area music fans may have first been introduced to Palestinian Chilean singer Elyanna just a few months back at Outside Lands, where she delivered one of the most compelling sets of there festival. The artist packed…