Photos: Jane Hu SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area favorite Geographer‘s Noise Pop show Thursday at The Independent was a glimpse of an artist in movement: Experimenting and changing, yet confident of his own skills and fully in command of his voice. Mike Deni has one of the best rock…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO − WHY? explored the new sounds of its latest album, Moh Lhean, at the Fillmore on Thursday, alongside an energetic set from Mister Heavenly and soulful Florist. Immediately commanding the stage as the lights went out, WHY? started its headlining set with one of its oldest songs, “Bad Entropy,”…

Photos: Chloe Catajan SAN FRANCISCO — “One, two, three, will you list it off to me?/ How you’re sorry you feel weird in a jubilation dream,” whispered Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad of Girlpool. Part best friends and part folk-punk band, the two led into their Noise Pop set…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Australian indie pop sensation Amy Shark brought her strong set to The Independent Wednesday. Most of her songs were lyrically dense yet sonically upbeat, though she wasn’t afraid to throw in a more melancholy tune. For the better part of a decade, Amy Shark’s musical achievements…

Photos: Karen Goldman SAN FRANCISCO — No one Enter Shikari song is easy to describe; there are no math rock tunes, dance rock numbers, EDM bangers, punk scorchers or thrash screamers. That’s because the London quartet typically includes three or more genres in each one, with jazz, drum and…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Add Bruno Major to the long list of English crooners who can sing American soul with the best of them. Making his San Francisco debut at a sold-out Noise Pop show at The Chapel, Major came took the soul sensibilities of Sam Smith,…

Photos: Chloe Catajan SAN FRANCISCO − Built to Spill literally couldn’t wait to start its Noise Pop performance on Tuesday, beginning their set before The Fillmore even had time to turn down the house lights. Halfway through their first song, “The Plan,” it was clear the Boise, Idaho rock…

Courtesy: Dan Monick Mister Heavenly has quite the indie rock pedigree; it was founded by Honus Honus (Ryan Kattner) of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of The Unicorns, and drummer Joe Plummer of Cold War Kids and Modest Mouse. The band got its start when Plummer’s Modest Mouse and Kattner’s…

Iman Europe grew up with her mother’s side of the family in Los Angeles and spends time in New York, where she was born and where her father’s side of the family calls home. Still, if you ask the singer-songwriter and rapper about her favorite place to call home,…

As Girlpool, best friends Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad transform everyday moments into whimsical, folk-punk melodies that not only peek into the duo’s tight-knit universe, but also often hit close to home. Girlpool Field Medic, Rose Droll, Special Explosion 8 p.m., Wednesday Great American Music Hall Tickets: $18-$20. On…