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PHOTOS: Dallas Green gets intimate at the Fillmore as City and Colour
City and Colour performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO – Dallas Green brought his full band to the Fillmore Tuesday to perform songs from his recent City and Colour album, A Pill for Loneliness. For the Canadian Green, best known in the…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Robert Plant, New Pornos, Margo Price shine on day 2
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands crammed into the meadow in front of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ Towers of Gold Stage to see the…
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PHOTOS: AJR transforms Bill Graham Civic into a “Neotheater”
AJR performs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Sept. 28, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO – AJR came out swinging on Saturday night as they transformed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium into its own “Neotheater,” filled with brotherly love and unparalleled dance moves. As…
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PHOTOS: Fontaines D.C. salute Joyce and Yeats at The Independent
Fontaines D.C. performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten was a ball of nervous energy. Pacing the stage at the Independent like a caged animal, he surveyed the audience menacingly while simultaneously looking for an…
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PHOTOS: Incubus celebrates ‘Make Yourself’ at The Masonic
Incubus performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — For a band coming from an underground scene, celebrating 20 years of a release is an important moment. For Incubus, it was the perfect reason to go on an extensive tour celebrating…
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REVIEW: PVRIS sprinkles synth-pop on alt-rock base to powerful results at GAMH
PVRIS performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 7 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — PVRIS‘ powerful foundation of grungy guitars and thumping rhythm section was contrasted by electronic vibrations and sparkling guitar melodies at the Massachusetts band’s show at the Great American Music…
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REVIEW: Korn, Alice in Chains celebrate generations of hard rock at Shoreline
Korn performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Sept. 4, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Hard rock trailblazers of present and future came together for a mega-bill Wednesday night at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, capped off by co-headlining performances by Korn and Alice in Chains. The bill also…
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REVIEW: Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington cavort with mythical creatures at the Greek
Herbie Hancock performs at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug. 23, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. BERKELEY — The classically grandiose Hearst Greek Theatre played host to a pair of big names in jazz Friday evening: Kamasi Washington (the genre’s biggest success story of the last five years) and Herbie Hancock (one…
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REVIEW: Mabel makes San Francisco debut at Slim’s with new album in tow
Mabel performs at Slim’s in San Francisco on Aug. 19, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Having chosen the music industry as a career path, London singer-songwriter Mabel has a lot of lineage to live up to. Her mother is acclaimed Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry. Her father is…
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REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor shakes the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Protests don’t always come in the form of eye-catching soundbites. The anarchist post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor gave the Ace Hotel a panoramic view of a broken world and the urgent need to fix it. Godspeed you! Black Emperor 7 p.m., Tuesday Ace of Spades,…
