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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,…
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REVIEW: Young the Giant, Fitz and the Tantrums bring tour to penultimate stop in Berkeley
Young the Giant perform at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug. 15, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. BERKELEY — Young the Giant and Fitz and the Tantrums brought their co-headlining tour to the Hearst Greek Theatre Thursday evening; the penultimate performance of a tour that has crisscrossed the…
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Outside Lands: Childish Gambino, Hozier and 10 others we loved on Saturday
Childish Gambino, Courtesy: Jerm Cohen/Outside Lands. Other photos by Joaquin Cabello and Martin Lacey. Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — Childish Gambino made the announcement shortly after taking the stage: He had just been told that his performance at Outside Lands had drawn the largest single crowd in the festival’s decade-plus history.…
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REVIEW: Backstreet Boys push beyond nostalgia at SAP Center
Backstreet Boys perform at the SAP Center in San Jose on Aug. 4, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN JOSE — The plan could have been much simpler for ’90s boy band Backstreet Boys: Show up, knock out a greatest hits set and send everyone home happy. The pop group had…
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REVIEW: The Psychedelic Furs and James raise the temperature at Stern Grove
James’ vocalist Tim Booth dances with a fan at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on Aug. 4, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Pop and rock stalwarts The Psychedelic Furs and James brought their co-headlining tour to the Stern Grove Festival Sunday, playing to a standing-room-only crowd…
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REVIEW: Slipknot, Gojira, Volbeat and Behemoth kick off Knotfest with metallic mayhem
Slipknot performs at Knotfest at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 26, 2019. Photos: Alessio Neri. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Back in 1999 it would seem insane to predict that nine jumpsuit-wearing maniacs from Iowa would tour America with Denmark’s groove metal export, French ultra-heavy environmentalists and Poland’s…
