The Who Chase Center Oct 9, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Amidst some serious uncertainty as to whether or not front man Roger Daltrey would be able to perform, The

Stu Larsen The Independent October 8, 2019 Photos by Kylie McCormick Outside of The Independent is a black and grey bus; tightly parked it almost blends into the evening street.

Obituary and Abbath UC Theatre, Berkeley October 5, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Earlier this year Florida death metal heavyweights Obituary announced a 24-date run of fall shows, bringing along

Babymetal The Warfield 10/4/19 Photos by Marc Fong While on paper the idea of combining cute Japanese girl-group pop with hyper-speed metal might not seem possible, Babymetal demonstrated on Friday

Greta van Fleet Bill Graham Civic Auditorium October 2, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Rock wunderkinds Greta Van Fleet (GVF) returned to San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic just a bit

Gary Clark Jr. w/ Fantastic Negrito Greek Theater, Berkeley September 28, 2019 Photos by Paul Piazza Gary Clark Jr and his band played the Greek Theatre recently on autumn’s first

Post Malone Golden 1 Center  September 17, 2019 Photos by Paul Piazza The day before Post Malone played his first ever headlining show at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, the

Brandi Carlile Greek Theatre, Berkeley September 21, 2019 Photos by Nicole Baptista Elegant stage drapes backed Berkeley’s Greek Theatre—bright light morphed the color from blue to purple to red. There

Of Monsters and Men Fox Theater, Oakland September 24, 2019 Photos by Nicole Baptista Icelandic powerhouse Of Monsters and Men crashed onto the scene in 2011 with their mega popular

Revivalists Greek Theatre, Berkeley September 13, 2019 Photos by Paul Piazza The Revivalists have been on a tear over the last few years. After slugging it out on the Gulf

Sunn O))) The Fillmore September 9, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner After releasing the acclaimed Life Metal record earlier this year, drone metal masters Sunn O))) have spent the good

Shaped by Fire As I Lay Dying Nuclear Blast In one of the most miraculous comebacks in recent memory, metalcore titans As I Lay Dying are back with a new

Melvins The Cornerstone, Berkeley September 8, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner The Melvins kicked off a huge ten-week, fifty-plus show tour earlier this month, and recently stopped off at Cornerstone

Smashing Pumpkins Shoreline Amphitheater, Mt. View August 31, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Purveyors of the 90s, and especially fans of the music and movement that ultimately became labeled as

Korn and Alice in Chains Shoreline Amphitheatre September 4, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Devoted is an understatement—nearly 20,000 cheering fans packed Shoreline Amphitheatre for a lineup straight out of

Metallica Chase Center, San Francisco September 6, 2019 Photos by Brett Murray Fans from all over the world flooded into the brand new state of the art arena for a

Lynyrd Skynyrd Concord Pavilion August 24, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner Lynyrd Skynyrd has been out on the road on the Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Presented by

Tool Fear Inoculum There has been perhaps no album in music history as eagerly anticipated as the newest Tool record, Fear Inoculum. For the past 13 years, fans have been

Ceremony August Hall August 23, 2019 Photos by Raymond Ahner On the same day as the release of their sixth studio record In The Spirit World Now (which is also their

Young the Giant and Fitz and the Tantrums Greek Theater, Berkeley August 15, 2019 Photos by Marc Fong One of the biggest indie tours of the summer came through the