Concerts

Masego had San Francisco at his fingertips — and he knew it. Enveloped in smoke and a sultry, amber glow, he took The Warfield stage with sheer magnetism on the night of March 14.

Surfacing charts and selling out stadiums in Reid’s fictional timeline, the 11-track album, sung by Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin), is an attempt to realize the band that tragically bites off more than it can chew.

Within Oakland’s Fox Theater on March 9, the Australian singer and songwriter built a space of respite from the latest atmospheric river that hit the Bay Area.

Samia makes music awash with uncertainty and fissures about life and relationships, but her concert demonstrated that what pervades is her gentle confidence in a way to wade through it.

Boasting her archetypal bursts of arpeggios during each song, Spektor was an entrancing one-woman show.

Armed with a short yet striking setlist, the ever effervescent Wallice, dressed perfectly in pink and a pair of black boots, leapt on stage to kick off a carefree and exuberant night at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club on March 7.

On Feb. 27, glitter-clad locals flocked through rain to Fox Theater — though the crowd was originally searching for a nostalgia-filled night, Tove Lo’s stunning concert felt like a blessing from the future.

Whether artists have already made their name in the music scene or they’re just starting out, Noise Pop has a place for all of them. Read on for The Daily Californian’s highlights from Noise Pop’s 30th anniversary.

From Mutter’s adoring gaze to the audience’s countless standing ovations, one thing was clear in Davies Symphony Hall: Williams is beloved. Perhaps he was the Valentine everyone needed.

In foggy San Francisco, where we lay our scene, romance is not dead, but it’s much darker.