Chromeo, “Adult Contemporary” Can you imagine anything better than disco-laced funk to help you work through your feelings? Chromeo can’t either, and the duo pulls it off with it’s latest album, Adult Contemporary. Adult Contemporary Chromeo BMG, Feb. 16 8/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. This funky, retro-feeling…

The Highwomen perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 3, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. NAPA — After country star Chris Stapleton, himself a replacement to Stevie Nicks, suddenly became ill the day before BottleRock Napa Valley was to start, the festival’s producers acted quickly. They realized…

Chromeo performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on June 15, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Chromeo had one main intention at the Greek Theatre Saturday night: to create one gigantic outdoor dance party. The Canadian electro-funk duo repeatedly demanded, “I wanna see you dancing!” David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and…

Chromeo, “Head Over Heels.” Funk exists on a continuum, from the fuzzed- and spaced-out, low-fidelity, loose booty jams of Funkadelic, to the slickly produced, radio-friendly, disco-infused hits of The Commodores and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Chromeo’s fifth album has all the complexity of a Quincy Jones production but none…

The Flaming Lips perform at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. A recap of the 2014 rendition of the festival in photos and more than two hours of videos! DAY 1 Typhoon performs at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival…