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

Sparks The Warfield March 11, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II Fans attending the Sparks show on a recent Saturday at The Warfield had a lot to be excited about.

Circle Jerks Fillmore Auditorium February 25, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner. After an almost two year delay (and after a teaser of what was to come at Punk Rock Bowling

Killswitch Engage Warfield February 23, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner. Fans had been waiting for a long time to finally see the incredible metalcore double-headlining bill of Killswitch Engage and

ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) Great American Music Hall February 26, 2022 All photos by Tom Dellinger On a recent Saturday, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) concluded a two-night run of their

Gary Numan The Fillmore February 24, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner. After postponing his Intruder tour in the fall of 2021 due to the pandemic, Gary Numan was finally able to

The Wonder Years Regency Ballroom Feb 9, 2022 "You know who we are, you know why we're here," sang Dan "Soupy" Campbell a few songs into The Wonder Years set