In The Valley Below, courtesy Jaimie Skriba. The road back to “normal” isn’t without speed bumps. As music fans eagerly, but cautiously return to concerts, some of that same internal dialogue is happening for performers. For Angela Gail Mattson of In The Valley Below it manifests as anxious energy. In…

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a busy 12 months for Albert Hammond Jr, who began last March by releasing his fourth LP, Francis Trouble, and ended February with a Wednesday Noise Pop Music Festival concert at the Independent. Backed by a crisp four-member band, the Strokes guitarist felt loose…