The Zac Schultz Gang sends us blues rock from the U.K., Nuclear Daisies evoke sci-fi movie raves, Nicki Bluhm channels the ...

The new LP by Calva Louise blends alt-rock, metal, electronica, and Latin and orchestral music. Here's how they made it.

"Forward" retains the best qualities of The Swell Season while pushing boundaries of how Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová can ...

A retro Brill Building number by Field Medic, smooth electro-pop by Hannah Jadagu, organic electronica from Bontan and more.

There’s few bands that have caught the writing bug quite like funk rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers. Six months after the band released the weighty Unlimited Love comes the follow-up: the equally ...

Napalm Death performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Calif. on April 7, 2025.

Kehlani performs at the Greek in Berkeley on June 23, 2017. STAFF file. { {CODEcustom-music-ad}} Every year, while I’m at Outside Lands, I do a column of five bands I think you should see at Outside ...

Amanda Palmer’s latest album, There Will Be No Intermission, is intensely personal. That was not by design. “It’s not like I woke up one day and said, ‘I know what I want to do; I want to write the ...

Benson Boone performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on May 1, 2024. Benson Boone performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on May 1, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. {{CODEcustom-music-ad}} The producers ...

Doja Cat performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2017. Doja Cat performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2017. Daniel Lee/STAFF. Three-day tickets will go on sale on Wednesday ...