Author Valerie Law

This year’s Phono del Sol was a lively celebration of local art, public parks, and music. The 2016 lineup featured Chairlift, Alvvays, Born Ruffians, Mr Little Jeans, Adam Vida, The Seshen, The She’s, Hot ...

Local non-profit indie music and food festival Phono del Sol will take place this Saturday, July 9 at Potrero del Sol Park (25th and Utah) in San Francisco. In its sixth year, the all-ages festival is produce...

Hailing from Portland, M. Ward is on tour for his eighth studio album, More Rain (2016). Matthew Ward has performed as a solo artist for more than fifteen years and is known for being half of She & Him with...

If you missed Mitski on Upper Sproul this semester, you're in luck. We're giving away a pair of tickets to her all-ages show at the Starline Social Club in Oakland on Friday, July 8, which also features San Fr...

Originally from Toronto, art pop band Weaves turns three years old this month. Having only an EP that came out April 2014, this month of June also marks the release of their self-titled debut album -- an enthu...

It has been nearly three weeks since Chance the Rapper released Coloring Book (2016), his latest work following Acid Rap (2013), 10 Day (2012), and a variety of singles and side projects, including last year'...

The audience at the Warfield on Saturday night was filled with teenagers. This was no surprise, considering 26-year old Mac DeMarco is a bit of a god in the hipster world. His popularity is in large part...

By the time opener John Grant sang, “I am the greatest motherfucker that you’re ever gonna meet” (from his song “GMF”), the general admission section of The Masonic was spilling over with people waiti...

On tour for their latest album, Light Me Up (2016), Bronze Radio Return made a triumphant return to the Chapel in San Francisco after their show in the same location last April. As the crowd waited for the band...

Since releasing We Brave Bee Stings and All in 2008, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down have delivered album after album (Know Better Learn Faster in 2009 and We the Common in 2013) of a signature folk roc...

Django Django was nothing but electricity at the Regency Ballroom Friday night. On tour for their second album Born Under Saturn (2015), the performers came out in a cloud of smoke, greeted to enormous cheer. B...

October 24, British art rock band Django Django make their way to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom. Earlier this year they released their second album, Born Under Saturn (2015); Friday marks their third to...