After Scottish rock band Trashcan Sinatras first found success with their 1990 debut album, Cake, their music spent three months on the Billboard 200 chart, led by jangly single “Obscurity Knocks.” Trashcan Sinatras 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23 The Chapel Tickets: $22-$25. The new wave band struck gold again with…

Indie rock band Warpaint may be from Los Angeles, but singer-guitarists Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman call Eugene, Oregon home. I asked to speak to them specifically, because I share their hometown. We’re about the same age, were there at the same time and went to competing high schools.…

Kasabian, courtesy. Kasabian has never connected commercially in the U.S. the same way the band has in its native U.K., where the quartet is in the same ranks as the Arctic Monkeys and Muse. At home, singer Tom Meighan, guitarist Sergio Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards and drummer Ian Matthews…

Andrew W.K. photographed at a show in Boise, Idaho, on Aug. 7, 2006. Photo: Gary Chancer Last week we began a conversation with rock and roller—and serious partier—Andrew W.K. about his ongoing tour and upcoming album. In the course of our interview, we covered a lot more diverse topics, and…

Ruth B. performs at Slim’s in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Only a couple of years ago, recent high school grad Ruth Berhe was posting six-second snippets of herself covering other people’s song on a keyboard from her parents’ home in Edmonton, Alberta.…

Andrew W.K. is an advice columnist, game show host, motivational speaker, former club owner and musician. Though he’s best known for his 2002 hit Party Hard, the musician part had nearly been pushed to the back burner; his last tour was five years ago and his last album was released…

Prinze George at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 28, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri There is nothing illiterate about Maryland synth-pop trio Prinze George. Guitarist-producer Kenny Grimm, vocalist Naomi Almquist and drummer Isabelle De Leon are all well read, educated and appreciative of the culture around them near Washington, D.C.—they’re…

Courtesy photo. Interview photos: Alessio Neri. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre features Humphrey Bogart as an out of luck prospector south of the border. John Huston’s 1948 film depicts the negative effects success can have on a group of friends. It is the favorite movie of Roger “King…

Santa Barbara reggae-rock band Rebelution released Falling Into Place, it’s sixth album in nine years, in 2016. But the band’s follow-up record is already in the works, singer-guitarist Eric Rachmany said. Rebelution will be hitting the studio sometimes this autumn. Rebelution at Outside Lands Music Festival 6:50 p.m., Sutro stage…

Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 28, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri Santa Cruz bluesman Marty O’Reilly could pass for a younger version of Tom Waits on record, his vocal rasp permeating every track on his band’s 2014 debut Pray for Rain and 2015 EP…