“Who killed Laura Palmer?” The question, like much of cult TV hit Twin Peaks, set the tone for serialized television for decades. Its mysteries, shrouded in both mind-expanding, often head-scratching twists, and the lush vegetation and shadowy, dreamlike fictional town in which the show is set, captivated many during…

Courtesy: Estevan Oriol To his fans, Dallas musician Boy Epic is a total enigma. Basic details like his real name and age are practically undiscoverable online. The only thing that connects listeners to him is his art–a combination of music and film. But if anything, Boy Epic’s music offers a…

Courtesy: Alysse Gafkjen The two-plus years since 2015 have been a time of transition for Gill Landry. The multi-instrumentalist left Old Crow Medicine Show (with whom he sang and played banjo, and won two Grammy Awards). His fiancé left him. He packed his bags and left Nashville, too, after…

Phoenix photographed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on June 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In the corner of the trailer, a smallish TV hung from the ceiling is playing a documentary on Burt Bacharach. Right below, on a love seat, Christian Mazzalai and Deck…

Alice Merton, courtesy. Alice Merton has had nine homes since she was born. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but her parents soon moved to Connecticut, and then again to Ontario, Canada. When she was 13, they moved back to Germany after bouts of homesickness; this time to Munich,…

What started with the most innocuous of beginnings—George Sheppard helping his sister Amy with a college assignment to write and record a song—reached a tipping point several years later with the reception of “Geronimo.” Sheppard 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 13 Rickshaw Stop Tickets: $15. Their band, Sheppard, had a…

Jacob Banks, courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — Every week there is a new atrocity. Whether the target of the far right is immigrants, children, African Americans or the poor, conservative extremists are trying to bully others into submission. The problems aren’t limited to the United States. Nigerian-born, U.K.-based soul singer…

Sofi Tukker, courtesy Shervin Lainez. SAN FRANCISCO — Their biggest song may be sung in Portuguese, with more on the way in that language, but Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern of New York dance pop duo Sofi Tukker pull inspiration from whatever city or country they happen to be…

Andrew Bird, courtesy. From the outset of the project, Andrew Bird always envisioned Echolocations as a series. The vocalist-songwriter-musician, who has switched back and forth between folk, pop, jazz, classical and blues over 20 years and 14 albums, had decided, on the advice of a friend, to trek out…

Bad Suns, courtesy. For Los Angeles new wavy indie rock band Bad Suns, the difference between a debut album and a sophomore LP comes down having the tenacity to learn from your experiences and make the appropriate tweaks. Bad Suns QTY, Hunny 8 p.m., Wednesday Great American Music Hall…