Clockwise from top right: Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, HAIM, Roger Waters, Tyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish, Lorde and John Mayer. After the pandemic canceled concerts in 2020, we crossed out fingers that our favorites would be rescheduled. Slowly, they’re…

Changephobia, a term Rostam coined to surmise the feeling of wrestling with our ever-changing lives, is the ambient, glossy album we need to bring us into a bright summer. With the opening of movie theaters and concert halls, artistic spaces where talent is splattered in grand displays, the album…

Megan Thee Stallion performs during the 2021 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. Courtesy. While the main pre-show distraction centered on snubs and the lack of diversity at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, the tone changed with a plethora of memorable and historic moments from this…

63rd Grammy Awards, courtesy: Recording Academy. Welcome to the Olympics of music! The 63rd Grammy Awards are not the be-all, end-all of music achievement, or even an accurate representation of the most adventurous, unique music being made today, but they’re the standard barometer of commercial success. The two awards…

Leave it to Taylor Swift to shock the music world by releasing a surprise album just a handful of months after dropping… well, a surprise album. Evermore serves as The Love Below to her own Speakerboxxx. Some of the original cast involved in crafting Swift’s spectacular folklore are back for more, with collaborations by Bon…

The sax solo that rings in the opening notes of Women In Music Pt. III, the third album from Haim, sets an immediate tone for the trio as it embarks on an alt-pop journey. The Haim sisters may have needed to push the album back in the midst of the…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello BERKELEY — There’s something cleansing about the rain, both literally and figuratively, and for the crowd of more than 8,000 who braved the weather Friday to see Haim, it was, perhaps, an emotional purification. With the rain-soaked Greek Theatre set as the backdrop, the trio of Este,…

After a much-ballyhooed delay, Songs of Experience, U2’s 14th studio album, has arrived. And thank the gods of rock and roll: it’s very, very good indeed. I need to sit with an album for a while before ranking it in the pantheon of U2 albums, but some have proclaimed it’s…

Courtesy: Eliza Soros With MS MR, the New York electro-pop duo behind indie hits like “Hurricane” and “Bones,” label-head Lizzy Plapinger got her first taste of the music industry from the perspective of an artist. Cuco, LPX 9 p.m., Friday Popscene at Rickshaw Stop Tickets: $13. HAIM, LPX 8…

Who would have thought that the Haim sisters’ sophomore release would be a concept album? It’s true; on Something To Tell You, the story picks up with a breakup. Danielle Haim is heartbroken on “I Want You Back,” begging for a second chance. She, bassist Este Haim and guitarist…