These just under-the-radar artists should be on your must-see lists at Outside Lands. Left to Right: Top row: Brasstracks, Denzel Curry, half•alive and Lauren Daigle. Middle: Still Woozy, Taylor Bennett, The Funk Hunters and ALLBLACK. Bottom: Luttrell, Nahko and Medicine for the People, PJ Morton and Shallou. The magnitude…

Photo: Gary Chancer As the clock ticks down toward the 11th annual Outside Lands Music Festival, when thousands of music fans descend upon San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the festival organizers Tuesday announced the food and drink lineup. Outside Lands was one the trailblazing festivals to integrate culinary culture as a…

Iain Cook of Chvrches performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Glasgow trio Chvrches are big fans of Prince, so Iain Cook was over the wall, recently, to have sold out Minneapolis’ First Avenue for the second consecutive night, and for the…

Nicki Bluhm performs at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I interviewed all but one of the artists with direct local connections to the Bay Area for a story on the Outside Lands Music Festival, which you can read here. The result was a magazine-length-worthy piece,…

George Watsky is not a household name like, say Macklemore, but that may begin to change following his performance at the Outside Lands Music Festival in his native San Francisco. After all, Macklemore was a relative unknown when he took the festival stage three summers ago. I spoke to…