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Best of the Bay

Welcome to Best of the Bay 2024: The New Classics!

Marke B. -
Our 50th annual Readers' Poll celebrates everything that's Best about the Bay Area—from the people who live here.
Music Review

What leaky roof? The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis blew it clean off

John-Paul Shiver -
The quartet—which includes Fugazi's rhythm section—blazed with jazz-rock flights that felt very now.
Stage Review

Death is a vivid handshake in beguiling ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

Charles Lewis III -
SF Opera's Verdi is taut and athletic under conductor Eun Sun Kim, with a game cast and striking costumes.
Music

Under the Stars: Los Bitchos bring the party with ‘Talkie Talkie’

John-Paul Shiver -
Thundercat hits Golden Gate Park, Honey Dijon kicks, Andy Smith reaches up, Amelia Ray delights, more new music news
Music

Roar Shack, baby: Enter Mid-Market’s new experimental music hub

Marke B. -
Local duo The Living Earth Show launches a revitalizing series of live collaborations in the old Mr. Smith nightclub.
Music Review

Ghost-charged glow worms: Flore Laurentienne and William Basinski at Grace Cathedral

Daniel Bromfield -
Two very different ambient acts filled the cavernous space with sounds archival, decayed, and sentimental.
Music

Live Shots: Murs and Z-Man revved up Cal Academy’s ‘NightLife’

D.A. Mission -
The Cali rappers played the Academy of Sciences' weekly party as part of the 'NightLife Remix: Live Music Series'
Music

‘You deserve to have a good life’: Animal Prince brings radical retro-pop joy

Marke B. -
On debut album 'Have Good Dreams,' the Oakland duo brilliantly deploys sweeping orchestration, bracing grooves.
Music

Under the Stars: Allysha Joy articulates the selfless act of love

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Jimetta Rose & the Voices of Creation, Lunar Noon takes on 'Teardrop,' Kevin Morby's festival, more new music
Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: SF Live

Tamara Palmer -
Golden Gate Bandshell to Union Square, free music series sets the city's beloved spaces to a beat.

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