Pearl Jam performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2024. Photos by Matt Pang/STAFF and Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — It may not have been Sunday, but the Church of Pearl Jam was in session as dusk fell over the Napa Valley Expo. It’s…

The Kid LAROI performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 2022. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Australian rapper and pop artist The Kid LAROI brought his “End of The World Tour” to The Warfield on Wednesday, approaching the end of a month-long North American tour. The 19-year-old, whose…

Post Malone, “Twelve Carat Toothache.” Twelve Carat Toothache by Post Malone is an appropriately titled album that seems to focus on the whiny ramblings of a wealthy singer oozing with glitz. The album, his fourth, is all style, no substance. It would be dismissive to write off the problems of someone…

The Chicago drill scene is alive and well. Between Polo G’s Hall of Fame and, now, G Herbo‘s 25—we may have a new trend setting up to define the next era of hip-hop. 25 G Herbo Epic, July 2 7/10 The new record follows G Herbo’s 2020 album, PTSD, on which the rapper reflected…

Hall of Fame, the third album from Chicago drill rapper Polo G, presents a veneer of glamour and success, from the artwork and title suggesting prestige to the robust number of notable features—DaBaby, Young Thug, Pop Smoke, Nicki Minaj, Roddy Ricch and more—all evoking the sense of an induction into a titular…

Though it’s technically only been a year since Justin Bieber released his last album, it feels like it’s been a while since we’ve heard from the former prince of pop music. Lyme disease and a young marriage have kept him relatively busy over the last few months, but he’s…