Radio station Live 105 Monday unveiled the lineup for its annual BFD concert at Shoreline Amphitheater, and while most will be buying tickets to see French Anglo-rockers Phoenix and Scottish angular pop revivalists Franz Ferdinand, among many others, the festival again will feature a full lineup of Bay Area acts…

After being unsatisfied by the results of 2010 EP Gold, The New Up took a step back to reflect on the direction of its pop music, which skewed heavily toward grunge and psychedelia. Over the past seven years, the San Francisco duo (and couple) built a studio and wrote songs endlessly to produce…