Twin Peaks stage at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands 2017 on August 11, 2017. Photo: Alessio Neri. Now in its 11th year, the Outside Lands Music Festival is safely in the conversation for the best music festival in the U.S., right alongside Lollapalooza, Coachella and Bonnaroo as a destination…

Courtesy: Damian Borja Cutting other people’s hair uses a different part of the brain than cutting one’s own. So says indie rocker Lauren Ruth Ward, for whom cutting hair is a passion equal to making music. Ward’s first customer was herself, and over more than a decade, she learned…

Photos: Alessio Neri MOUNTAIN VIEW — Thomas Mars and Phoenix brought their traveling Italian disco show to radio station Live 105’s BFD festival at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday. The Parisians, the final of 25 acts to perform at the annual radio station start of summer show, played three songs off…