Provo, Utah natives Cristal Ramirez, Katie Henderson, McKenna Petty and Alisa Ramirez have begun to build a reputation as The Aces. And across the 14 tracks on their sophomore album, Under My Influence, the pop quartet shows an ability to develop a narrative and draw from personal experiences to give impressive depth.…

Clockwise from top left: All We Are, The Aces, Hazel English, Katie Malco, Angelica Vila and Diet Cig. 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 singles, but…

5 Seconds of Summer perform at the Event Center at San Jose State University on Oct. 3, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan SAN JOSE — Australian pop band 5 Seconds of Summer is the current hottest band in the U.S. right now. Last week, the heartthrobs earned their first No.…

Provo, Utah’s pop band The Aces titled their debut album after a line in an Edgar Allan Poe poem. But When My Heart Felt Volcanic was not a comment on Poe’s morbid curiosity in 1847’s Ulalume. 5 Seconds of Summer The Aces 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3 San Jose Event…

The Killers. Photos: Chloe Catajan, Martin Lacey and courtesy NAPA — The Killers turned the heat up in Napa on the second day of BottleRock Napa Valley Saturday. The Las Vegas band may not have been responsible for the noticeable increase in sunshine, but it brought the glitz and glamor…

  Courtesy: BottleRock Napa Valley With a lineup ranging from The Killers and Bruno Mars to Snoop Dogg and Earth, Wind & Fire, few festivals can match BottleRock’s crossover appeal. Looking beyond the headliners reveals a diverse array of up-and-comers waiting to break big. At BottleRock, Napa becomes the…