Skrillex performs at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2023. Photos: Gavin Legaspi and Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — For the second day in a row, Portola Festival delivered an enticing lineup of dance, hip-hop and underground acts, even as intermittent light rain and chilly weather settled…

Beyoncé, ‘Renaissance’ The problem Beyoncé created for herself when she released Lemonade back in 2016 was it was instantly regarded as her best project. It was lauded by critics, showered with awards and consistently ranked as one of the best albums of the year, decade and—sometimes—of all time. How…

Bangladeshi electronica musician Sajeeb Saha has steadily moved past the Skrillex remix that gave his Jai Wolf alias his big break in 2014. Single “Indian Summer” and following EP, Kindred Spirits, foreshadowed an expansion past the EDM format, backing up massive drops with more songwriting chops. Saha’s push to establish…