Foals, “Life Is Yours.” For their seventh album, Oxord, U.K. alt-rockers Foals dial in their sound to offer up an eclectic and upbeat effort filled with summertime anthems built on tight writing and musicianship. Life Is Yours Foals Warner, June 17 7/10 Never working with the same producer twice,…

Clockwise from top left: Angel Olsen, Foals, Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Oh Sees, The Highwomen, Bring Me The Horizon, Gary Clark Jr., and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Well, we’ve made it. The following 10 albums are the best we heard this year.…

Foals, “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2.” Just six months after Foals released their fifth album, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1, they’re already back with the second half. Even after dropping solid releases throughout the ’00s, Part 1 shaped up as a highlight…

Foals perform at the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 22, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. OAKLAND — Foals incited a dance party when the English rockers brought their Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Tour to the Fox Theater on Friday. The Oxford band has two new albums in 2019:…

Photos: Diana Cordero OAKLAND — A concert performance wasn’t the first thing on many people’s minds Monday evening at the Fox Theater. Faces flashed on glowing screens. The first presidential debate was still on. Those who couldn’t watch were following along on social media. In the basement, the bands…

Photo: Che Holts SAN FRANCISCO — The sun had gone down on first day of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, and yet, the crowd at the Lands End main stage, where headliners LCD Soundsystem closed out the day, was, well, sparse for the time of day. At…

Vampire Weekend performs at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Vampire Weekend performs at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11, 2013. Also, check out videos and photos of Foals, Hall & Oates, The Head and the…