Nile Rodgers and Chic perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. Nile Rodgers hasn’t stopped moving in years. The Chic cofounder and writer and producer of countless hits since the ‘70s—often the biggest hits of his collaborators’ careers—says his recent lifetime achievement award…

Charlie Hall, “Invisible Ink.” Charlie Hall has spent most of his music career making other people sound good. Hall is a multi-instrumentalist, but he’s best-known as the drummer for Grammy-winning band The War On Drugs. He has a reputation among other musicians as a generous support player. Now, Hall…

Crowded House performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 6, 2023. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND —”We’ve really diverged tonight!”vocalist Neil Finn told the audience about two-thirds of the way through the Crowded House set at the Fox Theater on Saturday night. As the show had opened with the circus-like ambience of…

The Warning performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 5, 2023. SAN FRANCISCO — The Fillmore has played host to a who’s who of rock and roll legends over the years. Thursday, the venue welcomed a trio of the next rock wave. Led by Mexican sisters The Warning,…

Lewis Capaldi performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on April 30, 2023. Karen Goldman/STAFF. BERKELEY — Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi stopped at the Greek Theatre on Sunday to perform to a sold-out house. He has a new album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, coming later this month,…

Jordan McGraw, courtesy. The son of TV’s Dr. Phil may be the last person you expect to drop a great pop-punk album. Yet this is exactly the case with Jordan McGraw. Bort Jordan McGraw May 5 Get the album on Amazon Music. The 36-year-old musician, formerly singer-guitarist in L.A.…

Rauw Alejandro performs at SAP Center in San Jose on April 26, 2023. Italie Penaloza/STAFF. SAN JOSE — Almost exactly a year since his last visit, Puerto Rican sensation Rauw Alejandro made his way back to SAP Center on Wednesday in support of his latest sci-fi-inspired album, Saturno. With the…

Tiny Telephone Oakland, photographed on Oct 15, 2016. STAFF. UPDATED 9:30 a.m., April 24. — John Vanderslice‘s Tiny Telephone studio in Oakland has now raised more than $38,000 of its $75,000-goal following a break-in burglary on April 15. Thieves forced their way into the studio, in the 5700 block of Lowell…

Mastodon performs at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on April 20, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Metal mainstays Mastodon and Gojira brought their Mega-Monsters Tour to the Concord Pavilion on Thursday, shaking the hills with driving beats and shredding guitars. Mastodon was appropriately ready for April 20 occasion with its…

Phish performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on April 17, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. BERKELEY — Legendary jam band Phish returned to the Greek Theatre for the first time since 2010 as the quartet kicked off a three-night stand on Monday. Due to the city’s 10 p.m. curfew, the…