Halsey, courtesy. A mere month after giving birth, Halsey has returned to the music scene with their most garish and gory project yet. Influenced heavily by pregnancy and the beauty and complexity of childbirth, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power attempts to disrupt the discourse around pregnancy…

Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2018. Photo: Shawn Robbins. If you read part one of my list of the top 50 albums of the year, you may already be disappointed by some of my choices, especially with Robyn’s comeback album making a “premature” appearance…

Nine Inch Nails perform on their 2018 Cold and Black and Infinite Tour. Courtesy of Nine Inch Nails. SAN FRANCISCO — Nine Inch Nails’ first night in the City for its Cold and Black and Infinite tour at the sold-out Bill Graham Civic Auditorium was full of teenage angst…