Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. NAPA —The final day of a music festival often starts with relaxed vibes. Attendees at BottleRock on Sunday laid out blankets and took advantage of the mild weather. Many…

Half-Alive, courtesy Yulissa Benitez. The road to Conditions of a Punk was long for Long Beach alt-rock trio Half•Alive. “We really just expected to do a ‘Part 2’ of the first album,” vocalist Josh Taylor said. “Then everything changed, and it just got bigger.” BottleRock Napa Valley 2023 Lizzo, Red…

Twenty One Pilots perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 9, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello, Holly Horn and Roman Gokhman. SAN FRANCISCO — The annual Outside Lands Music Festival kicked off Friday with Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers and dozens…

These just under-the-radar artists should be on your must-see lists at Outside Lands. Left to Right: Top row: Brasstracks, Denzel Curry, half•alive and Lauren Daigle. Middle: Still Woozy, Taylor Bennett, The Funk Hunters and ALLBLACK. Bottom: Luttrell, Nahko and Medicine for the People, PJ Morton and Shallou. The magnitude…