Gorillaz, “Cracker Island.” Centuries from now, historians will be desperate for an artifact that conveys what life was like during the twilight of Western civilization. People in the distant future will need help understanding our era’s anxious ennui. Cracker Island, the new album from Gorillaz—Blur vocalist Damon Albarn’s musical…

Tame Impala performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The first band to see its Chase Center show canceled by the pandemic was also the first to return. Tame Impala performed at the arena on Wednesday, becoming the first headlining music act…

Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…

Rachel Goodman’s top alt-rock and alt-pop songs of 2020. L to R; Row 1: Tame Impala, Caribou, Washed Out, Trace Mountains, The Big Moon, Future Islands. Row 2: Strfkr, Surfer Blood, Surf Rock Is Dead, Of Montreal, Hazel English, Suburban Living. Row 3: Jack River, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever,…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Fiona Apple, Doves, Run The Jewels, Thurston Moore, Fantastic Negrito, Jónsi, Code Orange, Hayley Williams and Tame Impala. And so, we’ve arrived at the end of this countdown of the best 75 albums of 2020. If you haven’t yet,…

The Streets, “None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive.” London has cultivated a popular and distinct hip-hop scene. Its eventual merge with the city’s underground electronic music scene in the 2000s led to grime, with its choppy rapid-fire lyrical patterns and accelerated tempos. Mike Skinner, the…

Tame Impala performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Sept. 2, 2016. Photos: Diana Cordero Tame Impala has rescheduled several tours and will now perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 21, after the original March 13 show was canceled two days prior due to San…

SXSW. Courtesy. UPDATED 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 15 — California governor Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference Sunday that all bars, clubs, wineries, and brewpubs in California will be closed in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Restaurants can say open, he says, but their capacity…

Tame Impala, “The Slow Rush.” On the sun-drenched shores of remote western Australia, Kevin Parker, the man behind Tame Impala, became dazed long ago, but he never sounded confused. Happily, this circumstance gave rise to a succulent flavor of toothy, interesting electronic psych-rock that had college students and critics glowing…

You should be excited about new albums from Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Grimes, Lorde, AJJ, Yves Tumor, The 1975, The Cure, Tierra Whack and IDLES in 2020, writes Kyle J. Kohner. Now that another phenomenal year and decade in music has passed, it’s time to look forward at what…