Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers perform at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on March 24, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Laura Jane Grace and Against Me! drummer and producer Marc Hudson brought their intimate side project The Devouring Mothers to Bottom of the Hill Sunday…

SAN FRANCISCO — Singer-songwriter Brian Fallon has learned a thing or two in his two decades as a touring musician. The talented singer-songwriter rolled into the Bay Area Saturday for a show at The Independent and did not disappoint the capacity crowd, which was packed in tight and jostling for…

Once you have success fronting a band, it can’t be easy going solo. Everything you do is compared to your performance in the band, and unless you’re in a boy band, your good times are rarely ahead of you. As a solo artist, Brian Fallon will always be compared to…

Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem performs at the Independent in San Francisco on July 5, 2012. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Brian Fallon, frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, made a point of self-deprecatingly mocking his lack of education, the New Jersey punk-rock band’s appearances and their home state Thursday night at Gaslight’s…