Phoebe Bridgers Greek Theatre, Berkeley October 16, 2021 Photos by Greg Chow (@gregchow). There was a feeling of excitement and anticipation in the air as one walked the winding path

City Morgue Regency Ballroom October 14, 2021 All photos by Geoff Smith. Trap-metal act City Morgue landed at San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom on Thursday, October 14th on the Hip-Hop oriented

Bob Mould August Hall October 1, 2021 Photos by Raymond Ahner Supporting his latest album Blue Hearts, which was released almost a year ago, iconic musician Bob Mould recently kicked off his

My Morning Jacket Greek Theatre, Berkeley September 25, 2021 Photos by Paul Piazza. Recently, My Morning Jacket returned as a headliner to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley for the first

Korn Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View September 11, 2021 All photos by Raymond Ahner Korn may have looked just a little different this time around, but that didn't stop the undisputed

Chvrches Screen Violence Glassnote Records After a bid for pop glory on Love Is Dead, Chvrches have returned to their classic sound found on Screen Violence, and the result is

Deafheaven Infinite Granite Sargent House There were some indicators on the previous Deafheaven album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, that the band was expanding their sonic palette, and that new arrangements

Hella Mega Tour Oracle Park August 27, 2021 All photos by Raymond Ahner. Originally slated to take place in July of 2020, the Hella Mega Tour finally rolled into Oracle Park

X and the Avengers Stern Grove July 25, 2021 All photos by Raymond Ahner. Now in it's 84th season, the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco continues to be the

Dinner Party Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto July 15, 2021 Photos by Paul Piazza. Last week, music lovers at the Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto were treated to the live debut

Fantastic Negrito Frost Amphiteater, Palo Alto July 8, 2021 Photos by Paul Piazza. Live music roared back to life at the Frost Amphitheater on the campus of Stanford University in

King Dream & Kingsborough SOMO Village June 4, 2021 Photos by Tom Dellinger Here we are! We appear to be at a place where we can look optimistically at the

Epica Omega Nuclear Blast Records  Few bands truly live up to their name the way Epica does. As one could expect from hearing their name, the band excels in crafting

Julien Baker Little Oblivions Rough Trade After two albums of very direct and confessional singer-songwriter music, replete with sparse guitar-based arrangements, Julien Baker has made the big jump to a

Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations 2020 Silver Lining Music There are few bands in the metal world as revered as the legendary Diamond Head. The band’s self-produced debut album,

Caiola  Only Real When Shared 2020 has undoubtedly been a strange year; with the halting of life and the decimation of normality this year has not only fractured our daily

The music world continues to suffer from the pandemic. Musicians don't tour, don't get together in the studio to work on new material, don't work out new songs in crowded

Pallbearer Forgotten Days Nuclear Blast Few bands in the metal underground have shone as brightly as Pallbearer, who have developed into one of the best doom metal bands around over

Broken Dreams, Inc. Rise Against What do DC Comics and punk rock have in common? Well, before today, you may have said nothing and you would not necessarily have been

Yola NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert Most music nerds have heard of and watched NPR’s Tiny Desk series. Once filmed before the NPR staff, the Tiny Desk performances strip artists