Photos: Courtesy of Bear Music Festival PINECREST, Calif. — As afternoon light dapples through the evergreens, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express launch into an 18-song, two-hour set. The venue is a poolside stage at Bear Music Festival, a unique family-friendly mashup of summer camp, house party and larger (and…

Cage the Elephant performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri It was not until I showed up at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and walked the length of the Outside Lands Music Festival grounds that I fully grasped…

Our team trekked many miles in Golden Gate Park last weekend for the Outside Lands Music Festival. What was easy with fresh feet and room to move around at 2 p.m. turned into a slog through seas of music fans by 6 p.m. Did you miss our moment-by-moment coverage of…

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:…

The Who performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO —The weather forecast was calling for Sunday to be the one sunny day at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. But by the time headliners The Who took the stage,…

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…

Photos: Alessio Neri A last-minute postponement by legendary hip-hop crew A Tribe Called Quest didn’t spoil the mood for tens of thousands Gorillaz fans Friday, the first day of the Outside Lands Music Festival. And Gorillaz, the electronic, animated project of Blur’s Damon Albarn did not disappoint with a…

How do you follow up one of the most listened-to songs of 2016? “We’re going out on top. We’re done,” says James Sunderland, one-half of Los Angeles synth-pop duo Frenship, whose song “Capsize” was declared by many as the song of the summer last year. Frenship at Outside Lands…