Lifesize Teddy, courtesy. We’ve got some of everything for you this week in Tuesday Tracks. From hardcore punk to house-infused R&B and country/mariachi-fusion, there’s sure to be something that’ll pique your interest and hopefully make it onto your playlist. Listen to the latest from The Joy Formidable, Berhana, Frex,…

Clockwise from top left: Wandering Hearts, The Joy Formidable, Belvedere, Kris Delmhorst, CMAT and Livingmore. This week’s Tuesday Tracks picks includes electrifying punk from Belvedere, The Wandering Hearts’ powerhouse Americana and CMAT’s confessional pop anthem. *** The Wandering Hearts, “Gold” — This uplifting folk Americana track jumps in with…

The Joy Formidable performs at The Chapel in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2019. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s become accepted with so-called record anniversary tours that the album being performed—usually in full and beginning to end—is getting a victory lap, with the attendees marveling at in all…

The Joy Formidable performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 18. 2018. SAN FRANCISCO — The Joy Formidable returned to the Bay Area following the release of its new album, Aaarth. The Welsh trio played at The Independent to an energetic, joyful and formidable crowd. The band’s heavy…

SAN JOSE — With thousands of mostly young music fans lining up for hours to see a K-Pop boy band in Oakland on Tuesday, it was fair to wonder (yet again) what that meant for rock and roll bands. The Foo Fighters didn’t sell out the SAP Center, but…

Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Ritzy Bryan, frontwoman of Welsh noise-pop band The Joy Formidable found herself gazing out her Utah studio window. “I have a lovely view out the window, and I always find a lot of peace in the nature of where I live,” Bryan said in…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO —  Some bands care about more than playing a terrific technically proficient show, and The Joy Formidable proved just that with an intimate set at Swedish American Hall Saturday that included plenty of jokes between songs — which they performed largely acoustically — that spanned the Welsh alt-rock trio’s…

Noise Pop has returned to San Francisco for its 25th year, and producers have made their silver anniversary special. Over the next week, some of the most unique, up-and-coming and well known names in rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop and everything in between will visit more than a dozen venues throughout San Francisco and…

The producers of Noise Pop announced additional artists added to the 25th iteration of the popular music festival, which takes place in a dozen venues throughout San Francisco and Oakland. The additions are highlighted by Rogue Wave, who will perform a set of 1980s covers to coincide with their recent album…

Even as Welsh rock trio The Joy Formidable was writing Wolf’s Law, their 2013 sophomore album, vocalist-guitarist Ritzy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd could see their romantic relationship crumbling. Like a premonition, their songs at the time spoke of a relationship breaking down. The break-up took place on the…