Men I Trust perform at The Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2018. Photo: Joaquin Cabello. Rapper Princess Nokia, pop singer-songwriter Charlotte Lawrence, synth-pop Men I Trust, folky artist Marissa Nadler and other acts have been added to the lineup of the 2019 Noise Pop Festival, which will take…

Noise Pop 2019 artwork Tickets for the 2019 Noise Pop Music Festival go on sale Friday. The 27th incarnation of the indie rock, pop and hip-hop festival will include Beirut, who just announced their fifth LP, Gallipoli; guitarist Bob Mould (of Hüsker Dü); long-running Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub, and the Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr.,…

Chasms perform at Starline Social Club in Oakland during Noise Pop on Feb. 23, 2018. Photo: Alessio Neri The Bay Area always gets a taste of festival season early with Noise Pop. Last week more than 100 performers of indie rock, pop and hip-hop overtook more than a dozen…

Photos: Alessio Neri BERKELEY — Ty Dolla $ign brought his “Don’t Judge Me” tour at The UC Theatre on the penultimate night of the 2018 Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival. The Angeleno rapper (real name Tyrone William Griffin Jr.) kicked off his sold-out show with “Wavvy,” “Saved” and “Blasé.” He also performed his…

Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Under a stark white spotlight, Real Estate keyboardist Matt Kalman kicked off the band’s Oakland Noise Pop show Saturday with the first few notes of the appropriately titled “Saturday,” from 2017 album, In Mind. The Fox Theater was flooded with yellow light as lead…

Cuco performs at Gray Area in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 24, 2018. Nick Gumas/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Cuco delivered a genuine, albeit short performance to a sold-out Noise Pop crowd at the Gray Area in San Francisco Saturday. “I guess I was too blind to see you…

Bully performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 23, 2018. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Playing even faster than on Bully‘s new album, Losing, singer Alicia Bognanno flew through the opener, “Feel The Same.” With frenetic energy, Bognanno bounced on the stage. The…

Photos: Alessio Neri BERKELEY – After an hour-long wait, Caleborate took the Cornerstone stage to an audience of fans, friends and family on Thursday. The Sacramento native kicked off his Noise Pop set with “Caught Up,” the opening track of his 2017 album, Real Person. As an artist who wears…

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,”…