K.Flay performs at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on April 15, 2019. Photos: Mike Dewald. SAN FRANCISCO — A sold-out crowd packed into the friendly confines of Bottom of the Hill to see K.Flay on an overcast Monday. It may have been the beginning of a long…

Wallet Chain So much music, so little time. At least that’s what I hear from friends all too often. Even with so many options to hear so much new music, how do you find it all? You could scour SXSW lineups, or CMJ New Music Monthly as I once did, but…

At 54 years old, and 26 years after his most famous band’s debut, guitarist Tom Morello is releasing The Atlas Underground, an album of collaborations with a variety of contemporary musicians. The Atlas Underground Tom Morello Oct. 12 This stage of Morello’s career recalls Santana, who released 1999’s Supernatural at…

Thirty Seconds to Mars at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, Ark., on July 8, 2018. Photos: Troy Jackson ROGERS, ARK. — Ominous sounds pierced through the darkness that filled the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, a venue in the northwest corner of the state, a few miles away from…

Mike Shinoda woke up to a new reality in late July 2017, a few days before his band Linkin Park was set to embark on tour. He had lost his friend and longtime bandmate Chester Bennington to suicide. Just like that, everything changed. The floor fell out from underneath…

Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford graduate and one-time Bay Area resident K.Flay returned to San Francisco Wednesday for the first time since she was nominated for two Grammy Awards, performing two a packed Fillmore. Kristine Flaherty used to perform much smaller venues throughout the Bay Area, at first…

Photos: Gary Chancer MOUNTAIN VIEW — Fighting back tears, Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds dedicated the band’s Tuesday show at Shoreline Ampitheatre to the people of Las Vegas, the band’s hometown. “They will never stop the music, they will never stop us,” Reynolds said before the band kicked into “It’s…

Mon Laferte performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. The third and final day of Outside Lands is in the books which means it’s time for my third and final “Best and Worst” roundup. Unless I keep this up indefinitely. Best:…

The Who performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO —The weather forecast was calling for Sunday to be the one sunny day at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. But by the time headliners The Who took the stage,…

Photos courtesy: Andrew Jorgensen/Outside Lands Ten years in, the Outside Lands Music Festival has become one of the most iconic music gatherings in the U.S. Which other festival offers a top-notch lineup alongside giant lit-up cypress trees in a magical fairy forest in the middle of a bustling metropolis?…