As Election Day approaches Nov. 8, an independent website will issue new and unreleased music from Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Aimee Mann and more as part of a “30 Days, 30 Songs” campaign. The website’s aim is to derail Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, who came off one…

Weezer performs at Slim’s in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Would you believe this was my first time seeing Weezer live? Considering how long they’ve been around, I really shouldn’t have stayed away this long. “The last time we played here was in 1994; we opened…

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down performs at Phono del Sol in San Francisco on July 12, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. San Francisco resident Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down does community work in addition to writing and performing with her band. Thao & The…