Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands showed up to Potrero del Sol Park Saturday for the seventh annual Phono Del Sol music fest, a one-day concert with local and up-and-coming acts ranging from indie rock, hip-hop, and R&B to grunge and punk rock. Festivalgoers packed the main stage for SoCal…

Wye Oak performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 12, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Read more stories about Wye Oak, Nick Waterhouse and Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 12,…

Nick Waterhouse performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 12, 2014. Indie soul man Nick Waterhouse doesn’t mince any words about recording in the same room where Nirvana made “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and where more than a hundred gold-certified records from the likes of the…

Nick Waterhouse, courtesy. The  thing you notice foremost about Nick Waterhouse in an interview is how carefully he chooses his words. He’s direct, and there are very few tangental stories with the possibility of confusing you. When we spoke in late May, Waterhouse spoke slowly, clearly and thoughtfully about…

Wye Oak, courtesy. It takes a certain strength for a musician to publicly say that she had lost a skill like songwriting, but that is the position Wye Oak‘s Jenn Wasner found herself in as she and Andy Stack tried to record a follow-up to 2011’s Civilian. Wasner spoke…

Wye Oak performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 12, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. This year’s Phono del Sol Music Festival headliner came close to not performing in the Bay Area this year. In fact, Baltimore duo Wye Oak nearly avoided playing at all. Vocalist-singer-bassist Jenn Wasner…

Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Read more stories about K.Flay here. Yacht performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 13, 2013. Yacht performs…