Yola Ace of Spades, Sacramento April 15, 2022 Photos by Paul Piazza Yola recently headlined Sacramento’s Ace of Spades in support of her excellent 2021 album Stand for Myself. The

Deftones Bill Graham Civic Center April 18, 2022 Photos by Pollen Heath (IG: crimson_flower_) After an agonizing two-year wait, thousands of Deftones fans packed Bill Graham Civic Center for a

Soul Ska (feat Angelo Moore) Great American Music Hall April 16, 2022 Photos by Tom Dellinger (www.tomdellinger.com) Bay area band Soul Ska brought their mayhem and magic to The Great

Ministry The Warfield April 16, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner (IG - raymond_ahner) After over two years and multiple support band changes, The Industrial Strength Tour finally hit the road

Orville Peck Ace of Spades, Sacramento April 14, 2022 Photos by Paul Piazza A sold-out crowd greeted Orville Peck and his band recently at Ace of Spades on the first

Lindsey Buckingham Palace of Fine Arts April 5, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner (IG - raymond_ahner) Earlier last year Lindsey Buckingham announced not only the release of his first solo

Lights Regency Ballroom April 6, 2022 Photo by Raymond Ahner from an earlier performance It seemed fitting that the chorus to the opening song, “Prodigal Daughter,” was “Baby I’m Back,”

Mayhem Regency Ballroom March 9, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner Norwegian black metaller's Mayhem recently embarked on the "Sanguine Sodomy of North America Tour," and kicked off the festivities with a

Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum Starline Social Club, Oakland March 25, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II (geoffreysmithphotography.com) Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum brought their own unique brand

Winter Wondergrass PalisadesTahoe April 1 - 3, 2022 Photos by Paul Piazza The weather was picture perfect for the 6th annual WinterWonderGrass Tahoe which is held at Palisades (formerly Squaw

The Go-Go's Masonic Auditorium March 24, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner (IG: raymond_ahner) After two previous attempts in the last two and a half years, The Go-Go's finally returned to San

Journey and Toto Chase Center March 31, 2022  Photos by Raymond Ahner (IG: raymond_ahner) The old and the new collided at the state-of-the-art Chase Center in San Francisco as Journey

Baroness Starline Social Club, Oakland March 25, 2022 Photos by Kyle Hotchkiss (IG: khmusicpress) For their first large-scale tour of the US since the start of the pandemic, Baroness decided

Snapped Ankles The Rickshaw Stop March 25, 2022 All photos by Geoffrey Smith II Snapped Ankles create a sound that is hard to pin down. While they're often labeled Post-Punk

Judas Priest Fox Theater, Oakland May 12, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner 2020 was shaping up to be a monumental year for heavy metal band Judas Priest, who were poised

Gang of Four The Independent March 21, 2022 Photos by Nicole Baptista Gang Of Four sold out The Independent in San Francisco on the night of the 13th, but walking

The Darkness Regency Ballroom March 16, 2022 All photos by Raymond Ahner After the pandemic put the brakes on their 2020 world tour, Britain's The Darkness announced in late 2021

Leif Vollebekk Great American Music Hall March 15,2022 Leif Vollebekk is something special. Taking to the Great American Hall stage, Leif and band intermixed a setlist of ethereal beauty with

Exodus Jack London Square March 6, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner It had been quite a while since Exodus had a homecoming show in Oakland, so a Sunday afternoon show

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Paramount Theater, Oakland March 13, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II. This wasn't supposed to happen. I wasn't supposed to like this show. I'm one