The Jesus Lizard Fillmore Auditorium May 5/6, 2025 Photos by Paul Piazza The legendary noise rock outfit TheJesus Lizard  brought their incredible turbulent and tuneful raucous performance  to the Fillmore

SKOTO promo photo by Andrew Caulfield. Live photo by Ruben Alejandro. With the announcement of this year's Substance Festival at the Great American Music Hall, we here at SF Sonic

Alison Moyet Fillmore Auditorium May 16, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner Legendary synth-pop chanteuse Alison Moyet captivated a packed Fillmore Auditorium, making her first visit to San Francisco in nearly

Lords of Acid DNA Lounge May 27, 2025 Buy Tickets Lords of Acid are back on the road in 2025 with a brand-new tour that promises to be louder, wilder, and

The Go-Gos Warfield Theater May 13, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner After two weekends at Coachella, and just prior to a show in Las Vegas before the Cruel World Festival, The Go-Go’s

Empire of the Sun Channel 24, Sacramento May 4, 2025 Photos by Paul Piazza Empire of the Sun recently came to Sacramento’s Channel 24, the city’s brand-new, state-of-the-art music venue.

With the announcement of this year's Substance Festival at the Great American Music Hall, we here at SF Sonic wanted to highlight some of the bands and artists playing over

Punk In The Park Cow Palace, Daly City May 3, 2025 All photos by Raymond Ahner Presented by Brew Ha Ha Productions, and after moving from the outside parking lot

Warren Haynes Band The Quarry, Rocklin May 2, 2025 Photos by Paul Piazza The Warren Haynes Band recently played a Friday night show at Quarry Park Amphitheater in Rocklin, the

Kraftwerk Greek Theatre, Berkeley April 18, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner After more than half a century of creating some of the most revolutionary and influential music of all time,

Deafheaven Fillmore Theater April 21, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner. “It feels good to be home,” Deafheaven frontman George Clark told the sold-out audience at the Fillmore on Monday night. 

Machine Head Fox Theater, Oakland April 5, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner Late last year, Bay Area metal stalwarts Machine Head announced a major 25-date US tour, which sees the

Seth Walker Side Door, Sacramento April 5, 2025 Photos by Paul Piazza Singer/songwriter Seth Walker made a stop at Sacramento’s The Side Door venue recently as he embarked on a

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium Masonic Auditorium April 3, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner After announcing a co-headlining tour late last year, long time metal-ists Bullet For My Valentine

Snow Patrol The Fox Theater, Oakland March 24, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner Having just released their eighth studio effort The Forest Is The Path (Polydor Records) late last year,

After releasing their acclaimed record, No Obligations on Epitaph Records last year, The Linda Lindas further advanced their unironic, joyful, and exciting trajectory of mashing up L.A. punk with post

Melvins Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace, Palm Desert March 7, 2025 Photos by Raymond Ahner Blasting up and down the California West Coast, the Melvins just wrapped up a quick

For fans of Nine Inch Nails, the Self Destruct Tour has gained notoriety as the band's most infamous tour. Running from 1994 through 1996 in support of the band's second

Cavalera Great American Music Hall February 24, 2025 Photographs by Raymond Ahner Late last year Cavalera announced the 30 date "Third World Trilogy Tour,"  which sees brothers Max and Iggor

Amyl and the Sniffers. Kneecap. IDLES. Missing these artists early on are some of my biggest regrets when it comes to concert attendance. And all three of them played modest