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REVIEW: Mr. Bungle, The Melvins ‘geek’ out at the Fox
Mr. Bungle performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 23, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. OAKLAND — Mike Patton’s eclectic musical tastes were on full display Tuesday night at the Fox. The Mr. Bungle (and Faith No More) frontman kicked off a 90-minute set of relentlessly chugging thrash metal with…
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REVIEW: Matchbox Twenty flex their catalog and shine a new light at Concord Pavilion
Matchbox Twenty performs at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on May 21, 2023. Photo by Jim Trocchio. CONCORD, Calif. — Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas made an observation as he looked out over the large gathering at Concord Pavilion during the home stretch of his band’s set. “It’s funny,…
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REVIEW: Joan Baez and Taj Mahal star at Acoustic-4-a-Cure Fillmore show
Joan Baez, Taj Mahal and Sammy Hagar perform at Acoustic-4-A-Cure at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 13, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — An unexpected appearance by Joan Baez, impressive blues chops of Taj Mahal and punchy one-liners by Chris Isaak highlighted the Acoustic-4-a-Cure concert at the…
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REVIEW: Muse masters misdirection at fiery Oakland Arena spectacle
Muse performs live at Oakland Arena, in Oakland Calif. on April 14, 2023. Derek Tobias/STAFF. OAKLAND — U.K. alt-rock superheroes Muse brought the firepower and a full bag of trips to Oakland Arena on Friday. The band has played the East Bay venue at least a half dozen times…
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REVIEW: CIX brings K-pop soul to Paramount Oakland tour closer
CIX performs at Paramount Theatre in Oakland on March 26, 2023. Gavin Legaspi/STAFF. OAKLAND — Soul-music-loving K-pop group CIX concluded their second U.S. tour at the Paramount Theatre with a breezy, groove-centric 100-minute set. The quintet, whose name stands for “Complete in X,” is a rising act on the…
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REVIEW: P1Harmony rings in the lunar new year at the Paramount in Oakland
P1Harmony performs at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland on Jan. 22, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — K-pop sextet P1Harmony celebrated the lunar new year with a packed house at Paramount Theatre Sunday. The up-and-comers, who just formed in 2020, dazzled without the high drama of an arena production, which…
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RIFF WITH: Maggie Lindemann serves up a ‘Suckerpunch’ on debut album
Maggie Lindemann, courtesy. SACRAMENTO — Ask rising star Maggie Lindemann who she’d most like to hit the road with, and the 24-year old Texas singer doesn’t miss a beat. “I really want to go on tour with myself,” Lindemann said. “I really want to headline, really bad.” It certainly…
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REVIEW: Matty Healy and The 1975 bring suburban anxiety, Jack Antonoff to SF
The 1975 performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 29, 2022. Photos: Jordan Curtis Hughes. SAN FRANCISCO — Where should the conversation start about “The 1975 At Their Very Best,” the U.K. band’s tour that stopped at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Tuesday night? Is it…
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CONCERT REVIEW: Carrie Underwood does it all at Chase Center
SAN FRANCISCO — Carrie Underwood may have country roots, but the powerhouse vocalist bleeds classic rock. Her Saturday night stop at Chase Center was the singer’s final concert of 2022, and a spectacle in the pantheon of one of the best shows of the year. The Oklahoma-born Underwood seemed…
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REVIEW: The London Suede, Manic Street Preachers burn bright at the Warfield
The London Suede performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2022. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — On a suitably gloomy yet glamorous Monday evening, the Warfield lobby was buzzing with middle-aged friends catching up on recent health scares and sharing photos of the kids they’ve raised in…
