Camaron Ochs (Cam). Photo: Szilveszter Mako. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that singer-songwriter Camaron Ochs, who researched psychology at UC Berkeley and Stanford, found even more layers to peel ...

Shawn Robbins is an event and concert photographer, and a father of a monster truck-obsessed toddler. An active duty member of the U.S. Coast Guard and writer for the Duffel Blog (a military satire ...

Morocco-born, Manitoba, Canada-raised artist Faouzia Ouihya has been making music for the better part of a decade, racking up millions of streams alongside awards for her songwriting and her powerful ...

Danny Elfman performs during “The Night Before Christmas” show at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Randall Michelson/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva. LOS ANGELES — It’s the time of ...

Influenced by Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath, Rush, Herbie Hancock and The Meters, The Alive is a California rock band launched between surf and skate sessions in 2018.

SACRAMENTO — Orange County metalcore quartet Dayseeker didn’t plan to make a Halloween record; it just turned out that way. The band walked into a studio last year and it took this long to make ...

Buckethead performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo by @bucketheadrocks. SAN FRANCISCO —This week has provided many electric rock guitar laden shows with Judas Priest, Richie ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An unlikely pairing teamed up for an unorthodox show at Chase Center for the return of DreamFest, the annual fundraising concert tied in with the Dreamforce conference by Salesforce.

This week, we’ve got German protest punk from Melonball, throwback rock from Kit Sebastian, old-school rock from The Earls of Babylon, modern rock from the Strumbellas and the Vintage Caravan; and ...

From progressive to industrial to the classics with a taste of modern hip-hop, Love Ghost manages to walk the tightrope without sounding contrived. The band consists of Finnegan Bell (guitar and lead ...

The Who performs at Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on Sept. 21, 2025. Michael Chan/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Shoreline Amphitheater has always been a welcoming venue for British ...

Ana Frango Elétrico and Marcos Valle. Courtesy: Baraúna 13. This week’s column includes a blend of bossa nova and alt-rock from Ana Frango Elétrico and Marcos Valle, psychedelic rock from Yuuf, twangy ...