Skip to content
SF SonicSF Sonic
  • Home
  • Concerts
  • Interviews
  • Feature Stories
  • New Releases
  • Photos
  • Coming Attractions
SF SonicSF Sonic
Concerts

The Pretenders Brought Punk Energy To An Intimate San Francisco Venue

The Pretenders Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco October 6, 2023 Photos by Raven Divito When I first saw that The Pretenders were playing Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, I
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Billy Strings Brings Bluegrass to the Masses

Billy Strings Golden 1 Arena, Sacramento October 4, 2023 Photos by Paul Piazza Guitar prodigy Billy Strings and his band performed to an enthusiastic crowd at Golden 1 Arena in
Paul Piazza
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

The Darkness Landed In San Francisco To Start Their World Tour

The Darkness The Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco October 3, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner When The Darkness took the stage at The Masonic in San Francisco, they were greeted by
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Interviews

Unapologetically Eugene S. Robinson – The interview…and a side order of homicidal ideation

Eugene S. Robinson is a bad man. And to all of you (Run DMC fans or not), he’s not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good. While it would not
Mark Paniagua
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

The Mission Brought A Dreamy Goth Triple Bill To The Chapel

The Mission The Chapel, San Francisco September 24, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner After unfortunately having to postpone their North American tour for a year, The Mission (aka The Mission
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

A Perfect Symbiosis: Love In Exile Live In San Francisco

Love In Exile (Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily) Great American Music Hall, San Francisco September 21, 2023 Photos by Tyler King Where does one artist end and another
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Donny McCaslin Brought His Own Version Of Jazz to San Francisco

Donny McCaslin and Mark Guiliana Miner Auditorium, San Francisco August 27, 2023 Photos by Richard Gelfand There's a common misconception that jazz music is "for old people," that barely anybody
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Swans Bring a Sonic Boom to Great American Music Hall

Swans Great American Music Hall September 12, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner Supporting their sixteenth studio album "The Beggar" (Young God Records, June 2023), the beyond-iconic Swans hit the Great
Raymond Ahner
3 years ago
Read More
Coming Attractions

Aftershock Celebrates Its Biggest Lineup To Date In Sacramento

The West Coast’s biggest rock festival, Aftershock, grows even more with its latest edition in 2023. The festival, which marks its 11th edition in Sacramento features its most packed lineup
Paul Piazza
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Yngwie Malmsteen Shreds at Ace of Spades

Ymgwie Malmsteem Ace of Spades, Sacramento September 7, 2023 Photos by Paul Piazza There was a buoyant spirit in the air at Ace of Spades in Sacramento when Yngwie Malmsteem
Paul Piazza
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Snoop Dogg Smokes Out Golden 1

Snoop Dogg Golden 1 Center, Sacramento August 25, 2023 Photos by Paul Piazza Snoop Dogg recently headlined a show at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento as part of his High
Paul Piazza
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Gratuitous Sax & Violins: John Zorn at 70 at the Great American Music Hall

John Zorn Great American Music Hall, San Francisco August 31st & September 3rd, 2023 Photos by Tyler King & Geoffrey Smith II When legendary saxophonist/composer John Zorn announced a five-day/fifteen-show
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Melvins and Boris Brought Fire And Brimstone Down Upon San Francisco

Melvins and Boris Great American Music Hall, San Francisco August 27, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner When Melvins and Boris, two of the biggest names in metal, announced a co-headlining
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Past to the Future: Duran Duran at Golden 1 Center

Duran Duran Golden 1 Center, Sacramento August 24, 2023 Photos by Paul Piazza Duran Duran brought their Future Past Tour to the Golden 1 Center recently.  The band, which originated
Paul Piazza
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Rod Stewart Keeps It Going

Rod Stewart Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mt. View August 8, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner Although Rod Stewart is now 78 years old, that most certainly hasn't stopped him from doing what
Raymond Ahner
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Poppy Overpowers the Regency Ballroom

Poppy Regency Ballroom August 22, 2023 Photos by Grant Ivie  YouTuber turned metal sensation Poppy came to the Regency Ballroom on a recent Tuesday night to roll through an action-packed
Andy Lindquist
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Weezer Hits It Out of The Greek

Weezer Greek Theatre, Berkeley August 24, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner Weezer, the iconic rock band formed in 1992, has carved a unique niche in the music world with their
Raymond Ahner
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Culture Club and Cohorts Turned the Concord Pavilion Into an 80s Club

Culture Club Concord Pavilion, Concord August 20, 2023 Photos by Raven Divito Culture Club are a band that needs no introduction. Led by the flamboyant frontman Boy George and still
Tyler King
3 years ago
Read More

Young the Giant Rock the Greek Theatre

Young the Giant Greek Theatre, Berkeley August 17, 2023 Photos by Alan Snodgrass As a nearly sold out crowd at the Greek Theatre anxiously waited in the darkness for Young
Andy Lindquist
3 years ago
Read More
Concerts

Supergroup L.S. Dunes Packs the Fillmore

L.S. Dunes Fillmore Auditorium August 9, 2023 Photos by Raymond Ahner L.S. Dunes, the pop punk / emo supergroup which features My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero, Coheed and Cambria
Raymond Ahner
3 years ago
Read More
111213

Father John Misty Mesmerizes Channel 24

April 13, 2026

Lamb Of God’s Bay Area Return Was Worth The Wait

April 8, 2026

Marissa Nadler’s New Songs Haunted A Small Sacramento Venue

March 31, 2026

Black Label Society Slams The Warfield

March 23, 2026

Gogol Bordello Hosts a Party at the Warfield

March 17, 2026

Sun Ra Arkestra Channels the Cosmos at The Chapel

March 11, 2026
Copyright 2016 to 2025. Authors and photographers hold copyright to their content.
  • Home
  • Concerts
  • Interviews
  • Feature Stories
  • New Releases
  • Photos
  • Coming Attractions