Justin Timberlake performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2025. Photos: Matt Pang and Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — The crowds at the Napa Valley Expo felt bigger and a little younger on Saturday, and there was an excitement in the air for one…

CHVRCHES’ “Screen Violence.” The pandemic forced so many of us live our day-to-day lives through screens. From the TV to cell phone and laptop, screens defined the digital isolation. So too did that mindset define the creation of the latest release from Scottish synth-pop trio Chvrches, Screen Violence, the fourth…

CHVRCHES perform at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Perhaps it’s superstition, but Iain Cook says that his band, Glasgow’s Chvrches, will have a tough decision to make once the trio heads back to the studio to record a follow-up to the critically and…

Iain Cook of Chvrches performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Glasgow trio Chvrches are big fans of Prince, so Iain Cook was over the wall, recently, to have sold out Minneapolis’ First Avenue for the second consecutive night, and for the…