HAAi (Teneil Throssell), courtesy Sophie Webster. This week’s edition is filled with banger after banger. We’re winding our waists with Seun Kuti and Goyo, while HAAi, Paperwhite and Cafuné deliver electronic bliss. Lanz Pierce gets inspired by Eminem, while Cam and Braye remind us of the important things. HAAi…

Eden Muñoz performs during Festival La Onda at the Napa Valley Expo on June 1, 2025. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. NAPA, Calif. — If the first day of Festival La Onda was about setting the tone, the second was about holding it down. The energy stayed high across the Napa Valley…

Camila Fernández performs during Festival La Onda at the Napa Valley Expo on May 31, 2025. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. NAPA, Calif. — Festival La Onda wasted no time setting the tone at the Napa Valley Expo on a scorching Saturday. “We’re just getting started,” declared Sonora Tropicana, the first act…

Coldplay performs at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 31, 2025. Photos: Anna Lee. PALO ALTO, Calif. —It was at times unorthodox, but the opening night of the North American leg of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour was a joyous triumph. The first of two sold-out…

Kendrick Lamar and SZA perform at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on May 8, 2025. Photo by Cassidy Meyers. SAN FRANCISCO —  The victory lap for Kendrick Lamar seems to keep going and going. From a definitive victory in a rap beef against Drake to the Super Bowl…

Stray Kids perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco on May 28, 2025. PhotoS by Chris Tuite/COURTESY. SAN FRANCISCO — It was impressive enough that K-pop superstars Stray Kids could sell out Oakland Arena a few years ago, but on their current dominATE World Tour, the octet is selling…

Spacehog in the 1990s, courtesy. After first reuniting more than a decade ago and making a fourth album, As It Is on Earth, England-via-New-York rock band Spacehog returned to individual projects. The rockers responsible for ‘90s classics like “In The Meantime” and “Mungo City” went their own ways. Spacehog…

Noah Kahan performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2025. Photos: Matt Pang and Steve Carlson/STAFF. (Noah Kahan above courtesy). NAPA — BottleRock’s third and final day carried through much of the momentum built by the first two with youthful energy that could…

Justin Timberlake performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2025. Photos: Matt Pang and Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — The crowds at the Napa Valley Expo felt bigger and a little younger on Saturday, and there was an excitement in the air for one…

Green Day performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 23, 2025. Steve Carlson and Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA —Whether it was the good weather or the lineup, it felt a little busier than usual at BottleRock Napa Valley as the three-day festival opened its gates…