St. Lucia performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2022. Mike DeWald/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Dance pop quintet St. Lucia, touring new album Utopia, brought a kaleidoscopic performance to August Hall Friday night. The group, led by guitarist Jean-Philip Grobler and keyboardist Patti Beranek, front-loaded the…

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif. on Oct. 21, 2022. Karen Goldman/STAFF. BERKELEY — Carly Rae Jepsen picked a good night to play the Greek on Friday. Hours after dropping her new album, The Loneliest Time, the pop singer-songwriter played several of the newer songs at her…

Swedish House Mafia performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2022. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Swedish house trio Swedish House Mafia celebrated finding Paradise Again at the first of two Chase Center shows on Friday. The title of the album by DJs Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello…

The Kid LAROI performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 2022. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Australian rapper and pop artist The Kid LAROI brought his “End of The World Tour” to The Warfield on Wednesday, approaching the end of a month-long North American tour. The 19-year-old, whose…

5 Seconds of Summer perform at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on June 14, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — New-wave pop band 5 Seconds of Summer made the East Bay the third stop of their current tour on Tuesday, playing at Concord Pavilion. The Australian quartet opened its set by performing…

Tears for Fears perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 2, 2022. Gary Chancer/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Tears for Fears brought their tour in support of their latest album, The Tipping Point, to Shoreline Amphitheatre on Thursday for the second of two shows in the Bay Area. …

Pusha T performs at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on June 1, 2022. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Rapper Pusha T has established himself as one of the greats in hip-hop; first in duo Clipse with his brother No Malice, and then by himself. The artist, whose name is…

Bauhaus performs at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco on May 22, 2022. Karen Goldman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Making their first Bay Area appearance since 2006, Bauhaus electrified audiences during their two-night stint at The Masonic in San Francisco. The band is currently in the midst of a short…

Durand Jones & The Indications perform at the Fox Theater in Oakland on May 21, 2022. Matt Pang/STAFF. OAKLAND — Soul rock band Durand Jones and the Indications brought their tour in support of their third album, Private Space, to the Fox Theater on Saturday night. The Indiana band’s latest…

Sigur Rós performs at Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 17, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Icelandic melodic post-rockers Sigur Rós’ touched down at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater on Tuesday. Although it has only been five years since the group played in the Bay Area, this marked…