AJR performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on April 29, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — AJR concerts are experiences apart from the music, and the brotherly pop trio, which wouldn’t want it any other way, brought a spectacle, full of love and lots of dancing to Chase…

Photos: Mike DeWald, Roman Gokhman and courtesy. NAPA — As a nearly full moon set Sunday night, the man of the hour—or the weekend—took the stage on the final day of BottleRock Napa Valley. Bruno Mars had been the buzzed-about headliner at BottleRock from the moment the festival lineup was announced…

Dean Lewis photographed at the Independent in San Francisco on April 17, 2018. Photos: Lauren Low Being the next big thing in Australian pop music machine comes with expectations and pressures. The country has been spitting out singer-songwriters with regularity seemingly month-over-month, from breakout major label success stories like…

Sigrid performs at the Independent in San Francisco on April 17, 2018. Lauren Low/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Think of Sigrid as a dark horse pop star. The 21-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter, who headlined a sold-out show at the Independent Monday, recently was named as the winner of the BBC Sound of…