Dream Wife, “So When You Gonna…” Icelandic-U.K. trio Dream Wife is back following its 2018 self-titled debut. Sophomore album So When You Gonna… finds the band on both ends of the pop-punk spectrum. From loud, screamed anthems to poetic mellow ballads; Dream Wife tries a little of this and that without…

Dream Wife performs at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — U.K. garage pop and punk band Dream Wife was sugar and spice and acidic bite Tuesday at Cafe Du Nord, at its first San Francisco show. Bassist Bella Podpadec, guitarist…

Dream Wife. Courtesy: Hollie Fernando “I’m gonna fuck you up, I’m gonna cut you up,” sings Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on “F.U.U.,” the closer to the Icelandic-U.K. pop-punk trio’s explosive 2018 debut album. Dream Wife RUSSO, BTCHKRFT 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9 Cafe du Nord Tickets: $12-$14. The song…

Dream Wife, self-titled. The countercultural, nonconformist, confrontational nature of punk reaches far beyond three-chord riffs—a reality foundational to the cleverly named Icelandic-British trio Dream Wife. Finding its main influences in Madonna and David Bowie, two legendary examples of punk manifesting far outside its stereotype, these three are set to carry the…