Composite image. Original photo of My Chemical Romance by Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. Traditionally during this time of year, I either write about the best (2020, 2022) or worst (2019, 2021) of Christmas music. I had a whole pattern going but I didn’t write one last year so I find myself…

John Oates, “Reunion.” As the alphabetically subverted second half of ’80s pop duo Hall & Oates, John Oates played guitar and sang backup for his taller, blonder songwriting partner Daryl Hall on hits like “Maneater” and “She’s Gone.” Seen as one of music’s legendary wing-men, Oates is emerging from…

John Oates, courtesy. “It’s been a while since I played there,” John Oates recently said about performing in California, either on his own or as half of Hall & Oates, the mega popular rock-soul-R&B duo with Darryl Hall. That will soon change, as he and percussionist John Michel are…

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…