Crowded House, “Gravity Stairs.” Almost 40 years after their self-titled debut, New Zealand rockers Crowded House are still adding rooms to their musical mansion. Gravity Stairs, the band’s fourth album since the turn of the century, continues the sophisticated Beatlesque pop the band’s lead songwriter, Neil Finn, has been known…

Crowded House performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 6, 2023. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND —”We’ve really diverged tonight!”vocalist Neil Finn told the audience about two-thirds of the way through the Crowded House set at the Fox Theater on Saturday night. As the show had opened with the circus-like ambience of…

OAKLAND — During its heyday in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Fleetwood Mac was nearly as famous for drama as for music. Despite big egos, love triangles and a penchant for indulgence, the band managed to crank out hit after hit and establish itself as true rock-pop royalty. Following a widely publicized…