Arts and Entertainment

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning to the scene of some of his most memorable moments from a half century career in music, renowned Heartbreaker Mike Campbell stepped foot on The Fillmore stage for the first time as frontman Tuesday night with the Dirty Knobs before a near sell out crowd. Best …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON It’s been a long time coming for fans of The Mars Volta, a progressive rock standout that broke up in 2012 and is back with a North American tour to support their new self-titled album. Their first tour in a decade is a journey through the group’s …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON With over 50 years in the music industry as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer; Todd Rundgren is back with a new album, Space Force, that shifts the artistic focus from himself to an exploration of previously unfinished works by other artists. Fresh off being inducted into the …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON Hailing from Lettsworth, Louisiana, blues legend Buddy Guy is rolling on with a new album featuring a classic blues sound played by one of the genre’s most iconic elder statesmen. The 86-year-old guitarist and singer has done just about everything there is to do in music from …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON The history of jazz is filled with forward-thinking artists that pushed the envelope of music. One aspect of jazz that stands the test of time is its ability to define a tone. Envision a swanky high-class, smoke-filled bar. There’s instantly a kind of jazz that pops into …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER There’s not a lot of bands out there that can still fill arenas around the world in spite of only putting out two new studio albums in the past four decades. But you can certainly count The Who on that shortest of lists.   Soldiering on after …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Reunited for a 50th Anniversary tour and performing in San Francisco for the first time since a pair of 1972 dates at Winterland, Roxy Music left no doubt that their British flair still transcends universal borders during their set at Chase Center Monday night. Forty years after …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON It’s been a long time coming for fans of The Mars Volta, a standout progressive rock band risen from the ashes of a post-hardcore juggernaut. After 10 years, they’re back together with a new self-titled record that’s a clean slate for the group. The Mars Volta was …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON Indie rock standouts Death Cab For Cutie just dropped their first studio album since the pandemic began, providing a comforting sound in the wake of a trying time. The band has defined the sound of indie rock throughout the 2000’s, rising to prominence with the landmark records …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON Longtime British reggae standouts UB40 have found themselves in a peculiar spot over the past ten years as a group. Following over 20 years of consistency, lead vocalist and guitarist Ali Campbell departed from the band in 2008. Campbell was followed by keyboardist Mickey Virtue and multi-instrumentalist …