Concert Reviews
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REVIEW: Dead & Company put on a one-of-a-kind show at Chase Center
Dead & Company perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 30, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — Dead & Company’s Dec. 30 show at Chase Center was both a Grateful Dead concert and, at the same time, not a Grateful Dead concert. Dead & Company 8…
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REVIEW: The Joy Formidable moans once more at The Chapel
The Joy Formidable performs at The Chapel in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2019. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s become accepted with so-called record anniversary tours that the album being performed—usually in full and beginning to end—is getting a victory lap, with the attendees marveling at in all…
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REVIEW: Thurston Moore Group refines audacious noise at The Chapel
Thurston Moore Group performs at The Chapel in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2019. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — The Chapel hosted Thurston Moore Group Monday for an arty and unusual experience. Alternative rock icon Thurston Moore led a formidable assemblage of credentialed bohemians, including My Bloody Valentine bassist…
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REVIEW: She & Him unwrap a set of Christmas covers at the Fox
She & Him perform at Fox Theater in Oakland on Dec. 13, 2019. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. OAKLAND — The world got the hint that actress Zooey Deschanel could sing a Christmas standard when she belted out “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in Elf. Over the course of two holiday-themed albums with M.…
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REVIEW: DIIV plays with heart, practices obscurantism at The Fillmore
DIIV performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Indie rockers DIIV bathed the Fillmore in warm baritone layers of sound on Sunday, playing songs from their new album, Deceiver. The Brooklyn shoegaze quartet explored punchy and mysterious guitar rock and…
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REVIEW: Lil Nas X makes a cameo, pop rules night at WiLD 94.9 Jingle Ball
Lil Nas X performs during WiLD 94.9’s Jungle Ball at The Masonic in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2019. Photos courtesy iHeartRadio. SAN FRANCISCO — Rapper Lil Nas X has had a breakout 2019. Thanks to “Old Town Road” and debut album 7, he racked up a bevy of award…
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REVIEW: Twenty One Pilots, Raconteurs lead Not So Silent Night at SAP Center
The Raconteurs perform during radio station Live 105’s Not So Silent Night at SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 7, 2019. Photos courtesy RADIO.COM. SAN JOSE — Some of the biggest names in alt-rock descended on the SAP Center on a soggy Saturday night in the South Bay…
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REVIEW: High On Fire burns and returns in ferocious triumph to The UC Theatre
High on Fire performs at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on March 29, 2016. Photos: Derek Tobias. BERKELEY — Local heavy metal champions High On Fire returned to The UC Theatre from a year-long limbo Friday night. Following the appropriately gruesome partial amputation of guitarist Matt Pike’s toe, the band was…
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REVIEW: Pixies fire on all cylinders, dig deep into songbook at August Hall
Pixies perform at The August Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — With a surprising burst of fiery energy, indie rock giants the Pixies filled August Hall on Thursday. The capacity crowd of mainly millennials cheered the band and sang along to classic…
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Andrea Bocelli makes San Francisco debut with SF Symphony at Chase Center
Andrea Bocelli performs with the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2019. Photos: Onome Uyovbievbo. SAN FRANCISCO — As Andrea Bocelli addressed a sold-out Chase Center Thursday night toward the end of his two-hour performance with the San Francisco Symphony, he acknowledged the…
