The producers of Noise Pop have announced the initial performers at the 2020 music festival. Producers of the Noise Pop Music Festival have announced the initial lineup of the 2020 incarnation of the two-week indie music extravaganza. Tickets to the just-announced shows go on sale today, and all-event badges are already…

VHS Collection performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Mar. 2, 2019. Photos: Shawn Robbins. SAN FRANCISCO — New York synth pop band VHS Collection has a name that hearkens to a point in time where films were a thing that could be fast-forwarded or rewound, but not…

Yuna performs at Noise Pop at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 1, 2019. Photos: Karen Goldman. BERKELEY — Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna returned to the Bay Area stage Friday night at Berkeley’s UC Theatre after an extended break from the road. The songstress took the opportunity to write and…

Kamaal Williams performs at Starline Social Club in Oakland on March 1, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. OAKLAND — During his Noise Pop Music Festival performance Friday, British keyboardist Kamaal Williams proved that the ghost of Miles Davis still haunts jazz. And if the capacity crowd was any indication, the…

My Brightest Diamond performs at Noise Pop at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2019. Photos: Jane Hu. SAN FRANCISCO — My Brightest Diamond‘s concert Tuesday at the Rickshaw Stop may very well end up being one of the highlights of the Noise Pop Music Festival,…

Charlotte Lawrence performs at Noise Pop at Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — From the moment the setlist was taped to the stage, a setlist that Charlotte Lawrence wouldn’t be able to follow, very little went according to plan…

Teenage Fanclub performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — The members of Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub were feeling old at 2019’s Noise Pop Music Festival. But they shouldn’t have been. “We only play venues that have defibrillators,” founding guitarist and songwriter Norman Blake…

Yuna Yuna’s music career began in an exotic place that most people these days don’t know much about: MySpace. The story of the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia artist’s music, however, goes further back and farther away. Yuna Nicotine, ASTU 8 p.m., Friday, March 1 The UC Theater Tickets: $26-$35. “Growing up,…

My Brightest Diamond. Courtesy: Catalina Florea. The challenge of parachuting into Noise Pop 2019 isn’t lost on Detroit’s Shara Nova. The mastermind behind the luminous experimental pop project My Brightest Diamond is thoughtfully preparing to bring her blend of classical technique and catchy songwriting to audiences who may be hearing her…

Vagabon performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on March 23, 2017. Yuna, Saul Williams, MHD, Joy Williams (of The Civil Wars) and a handful of others have been announced as the final acts performing at the 27th annual Noise Pop Music Festival, held in Bay Area venues between Feb.…