Insert Foot vs. Dave FM. The Bay Area just lost a huge chunk of its musical soul—and just as big of a slice of its cool factor. San Francisco alt-rock station KITS-105.3 (Live 105/Alt 105; it switched names in 2017, but was always Live 105 to those remembering life…

The 1975 performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on April 22, 2019. Twenty One Pilots, The 1975 and Mumford and Sons were among the acts announced to perform at radio station Alt 105’s annual holiday concert, Not So Silent Night. The lineup also includes Jack White and…

Florence and the Machine performs at Not So Silent Night at SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 8, 2018. Photos: Alessio Neri. SAN JOSE — All music, all the time—the theme was simple at Saturday’s Not So Silent Night, the annual alt-rock holiday concert presented by San Francisco’s…

The Killers. Photos: Alessio Neri (all but The Killers, which are courtesy of Rob Loud) OAKLAND — Do you think that the Killers‘ frontman Brandon Flowers stood in front of the mirror while his band was writing its new album, Wonderful Wonderful, and asked himself how he could be…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Live 105’s Not So Silent Night started Friday at the Oracle Arena with performances by Welshly Arms, Manchester Orchestra, Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man and The Lumineers. Not So Silent Night: The Killers, Weezer, Foster the People, Walk the Moon, Alice Merton 6 p.m., Tonight Oracle Arena Tickets:…

Alice Merton, courtesy. Alice Merton has had nine homes since she was born. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but her parents soon moved to Connecticut, and then again to Ontario, Canada. When she was 13, they moved back to Germany after bouts of homesickness; this time to Munich,…

The Killers and The Lumineers will headline radio station Live 105’s annual two-night holiday concert, Not So Silent Night. Joining the Lumineers at Oracle Arena on Dec. 8, the first night, are Portugual. The Man, Vance Joy, Manchester Orchestra and Welshly Arms. Alongside the Killers, Weezer, Foster The People, Walk The Moon and Alice Merton will perform…

Green Day. Photos: Ian Young. OAKLAND — Anyone living in the neighborhood of Oracle Arena could’ve been forgiven for thinking that Saturday night’s installment of Not So Silent Night didn’t begin until 10:30 p.m., because despite an actual start time of 6 p.m., the arena remained something of a library until the…

Photos: Ian Young OAKLAND—If the first night of Not So Silent Night 2016 is any indication, the ’90s are back. Whether we like it or not. Performances by Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World dominated the first night of Live 105’s Not So Silent Night and they more or less…

Cage the Elephant performs during Not So Silent Night at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Dec. 13, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. The weather behaved and rain took the day off, saving event promoters from worry over attendance on the second night of the two-night event at Oracle Arena. The performances…