Chelsea Jade, courtesy. This week we anticipate summer in the light breezy tracks of Cassie Marin and Chelsea Jade. In the turmoil of tumultuous weather changes and dark skies, rain and new growth of spring appear in the optimistic sounds of Rei Brown. Meanwhile, the somber moodiness of winter…

Clockwise from top left: KILLBOY, Alice Ivy, Magdalena Bay, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, ADULT. and Rod Wave. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new…

Art design: Scott Hansen/ISO50 Bay Area musicians Thao Nguyen, Tune-Yards, Tycho, Primus and others will headline the largest-to-date Oakland Ghost Ship Fire benefit show Wednesday at the Fox Theater. The fire, which left 36 people attending an underground concert dead, shook the Bay Area’s DIY arts community and the country.…

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…

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,…

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…