The Paradox talks a rapid rise, EP 'Proceed With Caution, working with Travis Barker and bringing instruments back to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Portola Festival closed its fifth edition Sunday with a day that belonged to Sweden. Zara Larsson brought her Midnight Sun tour to Pier 80 for its final summer stop and pulled Saturday ...

But don’t feel bad. She’s more talented than us, anyway. And she was built for this type of thing. The timing of Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters–her first record in eight years–may have been ...

Lionel Richie is again postponing his San Francisco concert, this time due to needing surgery to treat an irregular heartbeat ...

Miranda Lambert leans into disco on her new LP, pairing playful production and sharp songwriting with Ella Langley and Chris ...

Em Beihold, Photo: Kirt Barnett. SoCal singer-songwriter and pianist Em Beihold has lyrics that have bounced around in her head for years. She doesn’t always write them down, but they linger. She ...

Noah Kahan performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2025. Photos: Matt Pang and Steve Carlson/STAFF. (Noah Kahan above courtesy). NAPA — BottleRock’s third and final ...

The harrowing cadence opens Portals, the third album from alt-pop songstress Melanie Martinez. The 13-track album leans heavily into darkly vibrant art-pop. Upon hearing Martinez’s music, it feels ...

It has been quite the creative renaissance for pop-singer-turned-best-selling-author Joanna “JoJo” Levesque. Levesque found early success, overcoming depression and addiction at home before falling ...

Jennifer Finch performs with L7 in Brazil in 2025. Photo: Diego Castanho. Jennifer Finch, the bassist, vocalist and songwriter who helped define L7’s uncompromising punk and grunge sound, has died ...

And while Grrr Live generated much of its excitement with how creative or powerful the band’s old war horses were put across, most of the 20 songs on the newly released Wiltern set draw strength not ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. —It was at times unorthodox, but the opening night of the North American leg of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour was a joyous triumph. The first of two sold-out nights at ...