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Music

Under the Stars: Ron Trent convenes boogie royalty for ‘Lift Off’

Plus: A Juneteenth punk party? Third annual Bliss Fest at Presidio Theatre? Plan accordingly.

Feeling bleak, yet dance-y this Pride? Consider gloomy june your parade marshals

Local band celebrates release of debut album at El Rio's Queer Emo Night.

Remembering Sly Stone: Unreleased album to provide mourners with time capsule of genius

'The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967' shows what we've lost.

Under the Stars: gyrofield’s drill-adjacent punch is legit

Ali Shaheed Muhammad gets in his bag, musical folklorist Ben Lamar Gay connects to ancestors—and Dead and Co. line up three nights in GGP.

Review: Laraaji and Prekop emerged from phaser clouds at Grace Cathedral

Two new age greats lock in—could a collab be upcoming?

Live Shots: Over 60 open-air SF Porchfest acts dispelled the June gloom

Personable flute, Jolie Holland-reminiscent vocals, and tight-knit punkabilly made for quite the Mission District afternoon.

Win a pair of tickets to see Grace Jones this Friday

See the legend in all her fierce glory, this Fri/13 at Blue Note Napa!

Win tickets to Nekrogoblikon, Anuhea, Silversun Pickups

We're teaming up with some of SF's best music venues to get you to some shows. Here's how to enter.

Tune-Yards’ ticket sales support East Bay houselessness pub ‘Street Spirit’

Duo's kaleidoscopic new album is called 'Better Dreaming'—quite the imperative.

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Under the Stars: With Tiny Desk triumph, hometown hip-hop hero Ruby Ibarra returns

Plus: Mourning [A] BLKstar refuses to let Black music be boxed in, Destroy Boys get their national shine.

Win a pair of tickets for Röyksopp, Indo Warehouse, Ministry

Enter to see a show at one of SF's premiere venues.

Under the Stars: What is San Francisco cool in 2025? Mae Powell’s language of love

Plus: An early warning for Pachyman and MNDSGN's October linkup and Deltron's July trip down memory lane.

Live Shots: Lauren Mayberry’s pop power glinted at The Fillmore

CHVRCHES frontperson was back in full force after illness delayed her solo debut at the venue.

Portraits of Past has risen—or perhaps the Bay Area hardcore act never truly died?

An unlikely tale that rages from Half Moon Bay and Gilman Street to the Lower East Side's grimy dance floors.

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Raven’s R&B science fiction evokes a San Francisco that still could be

Album 'Gnosis' calls upon our shared memories of dance floors past.

Live Shots: Woe to those who missed Matt Berninger’s introspective solo set at Bimbo’s

The National frontman seemed to loose a more brooding—yet grateful—side.

Under the Stars: Madison McFerrin brings free soul back to SF, alongside The Seshen

Plus: Space Ghost and Teddy Bryant's R&B magic provides positivity, Bowie hits the symphony, a B-52's throwback, and more.

Review: A masterful James Taylor invoked familial love at Frost Amphitheater

Delivering his greatest hits alongside Carole King and Marvin Gaye covers, it was clear: the singer still has chops.

Win a pair of tickets to Underworld | Your Neighbors | Grace VanderWaal 

We're teaming up with some of SF's best music venues to get you to some shows. Here's how to enter.

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