Glass Animals performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on Sept. 11, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Glass Animals brought their Tour of Earth to Shoreline Amphitheatre on Wednesday, performing a concert that blended music with science fiction. The Oxford, England rock and psych-pop band opened with…

Glass Animals, “I Love You So F***ing Much.” Riding on the high of their 2021 mega-hit “Heat Waves,” British pop band Glass Animals have big shoes to fill with their newest album. Can the group achieve another chart-topper while also satisfying their longtime fans, many whom generally prefer the…

The Strokes perform at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Oct. 29, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF and courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — Indie rock band The Strokes’ set at Outside Lands got off to a rough start, then it stayed rough for an uncomfortably long time. The Strokes. The band started…

Over the last 75 years, the role of music producer has evolved from a cigar-chomping session boss who corralled musicians, wrote arrangements and ran the soundboard to a musician who often uses the recording studio—often with little more than a laptop—as a musical instrument, creating whole songs and albums…

Photos: Ian Young OAKLAND—If the first night of Not So Silent Night 2016 is any indication, the ’90s are back. Whether we like it or not. Performances by Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World dominated the first night of Live 105’s Not So Silent Night and they more or less…

Photos: Diana Cordero, Nick DeCicco and Ian Young TREASURE ISLAND — Mother Nature was the unintended guest performer Saturday on the first day of the Treasure Island Music Festival Saturday. A downpour drenched festivalgoers, causing a three-hour delay between sets. After hundreds if not thousands left in droves, promoters reversed policy…