Queens of the Stone Age performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 8, 2023. Courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — As Bay Area temperatures soared, Queens of the Stone Age brought their own heat to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Friday night. Josh Homme, the band’s frontman,…

The best albums of 2021 include Wale, Torres, Eric Church, serpentwithfeet, Mdou Moctar, Valerie June, Danny Elfman, Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, Japanese Breakfast and Mastodon. Best of 202 Whew, we’ve almost made it halfway through our list of the best albums of 2021. This year may have felt…

Bobby Gillespie, lead singer of Primal Scream, has teamed up with Jehnny Beth of Savages for their first collaborative endeavor, Utopian Ashes, a gorgeously grim and gray project. Its alt-rock styles feature a string of songs situated around a crumbling relationship. With the inevitable end of a marriage in…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Sufjan Stevens, Jehnny Beth, John Frusciante, METZ, Pearl Jam, clipping., Hailey Whitters, Black Thought, Throwing Muses and Phoebe Bridgers. We’re starting to get into the nitty gritty of our list of the best albums of the year. These next…

You never get a second chance at a first impression, as the saying goes. Artists need to consider whether to focus on displaying their versatility to appeal to a wider audience or to focus their vision for a more concise and esoteric project. There’s not a more fitting description…

Clockwise from top left: Matt Sharp and the Rentals, French 79, Spinning Coin, Tennis, Jehnny Beth and Beach Slang. Every week, there’s more new music waiting to be discovered. No one really has enough time to watch that indie channel on TV that just happens to be playing a…