Arctic Monkeys, “The Car.” If you’re one of those Arctic Monkeys fans who headbanged in the early aughts to “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor,” you might be disappointed in the band’s latest album. With their seventh studio longplayer, The Car, the Brit rockers leave behind the…

Arctic Monkeys perform at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Rock icons Arctic Monkeys, on tour supporting new album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, made a stop at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Saturday for the first of two…

Arctic Monkeys, “Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino.” In the nearly five years since Arctic Monkeys released their commercial breakthrough, A.M., the band has done much reinventing, reimagining and reestablishing itself on new album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. Exploring a new terrain of piano-dominated melodies, along with spacey synths, while…