Joywave (L to R: Joseph Morinelli, Daniel Armbruster and Paul Brenner). Courtesy Eyvn Morgan. It took some time, but Joywave vocalist Daniel Armbruster says he’s looking forward to the return of a musical “normalcy.” Joywave at BottleRock Napa Valley 7:15 p.m., Friday, Sept. 3 Napa Valley Expo Tickets: Sold…

Empire of the Sun performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 12, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Sonoma Harvest Music Festival producers Monday announced the lineup for the third annual event at Glen Ellen’s BR Cohn Winery. This year’s festival will again take place on four days over…

Bastille performs at Greek Theater in Berkeley on Oct. 11, 2019. Photos: Alessio Neri. About six years ago, Dan Smith of Bastille wrote a little song about looking for optimism in a disaster. Now, he and his bandmates are playing songs about simply surviving one. On the road in…

Clockwise from top left: First Aid Kit, Joywave, Lindstrom, Love Fame Tragedy, Jax Anderson and Anna Rose. 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 lot of…

Bishop Briggs performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2018. Photos: Norm deVeyra. OAKLAND — She floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Bishop Briggs took the stage at the Fox Theater Tuesday night like she was entering the ring to compete in the title…

Joywave performs at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 16, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The revamped Swedish American Hall is a terrific venue for intimate and stripped-down shows. Its walls reverberate acoustics beautifully. Fans of indie bands appreciate the ability to watch a show…

Joywave: Photos: Shane Johnson BOISE – It’s never easy opening a show, but Joywave seemed at ease as it settled into an all-too-quick set warming up the crowd for headliners Cold War Kids at the Knitting Factory in Boise on Aug. 10. Cold War Kids, Joywave 7 p.m., Monday Ace of Spades, Sacramento…

The guys behind Joywave appear to be content with the content of Content, their sophomore album. A little confusing to be sure, but those disparities—between definition and context—fill the follow-up to 2015’s How Do You Feel Now? Content Joywave July 31 After the viral success of songs such as…

Joywave performs at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Oct. 11, 2019. Alessio Neri/STAFF. There are four things fans of Joywave should know in order to understand the motivations of the Rochester, New York indie rock quintet. First is that Rochester is the home base of Eastman Kodak…