Cage the Elephant performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri It was not until I showed up at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and walked the length of the Outside Lands Music Festival grounds that I fully grasped…

Photos: Alessio Neri MOUNTAIN VIEW — Incubus and Jimmy Eat World have teamed up for a short summer tour covering major cities in the U.S. Last night it was the only Bay Area’s date, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Incubus is touring in support of its new album, 8, released last April. The new…

Photos: Alessio Neri Celebrating the release of its new EP El Cortez earlier that day, Los Angeles power pop band Rooney brought a party atmosphere to a sold-out show at the Independent Friday night. Frontman Robert Schwartzman and his band kicked off the show with “Blueside,” off 2007’s Calling…

Photos: Alessio Neri CONCORD — The Deftones and Rise Against are co-headlinng one of the biggest summer tours in years, and brought their show to the Concord Pavilion Thursday. The show was opened by post-hardcore band Thrice and the solo project of Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), Frank Iero and The Patience. The Deftones…

Kaleo performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on April 13, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Kaleo played an electric set Thursday at the Masonic to kick off several California dates, culminating in appearances at Coachella. During an hour-long set, the Icelandic blues rock band played mostly tunes off…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a point in every wildly successful act’s show when the fans, knowing their role, act out a role or clap, as if on cue, but without having to be prompted. U2 has this, the Stones have this, and Biffy Clyro has it, too.…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Vancouver rock and punk duo Japandroids returned to the Bay Area Tuesday for the first of two shows at The Fillmore, in support of recently released LP Near To The Wild Heart Of Life. Japandroids, Craig Finn & The Uptown Controllers 8 p.m., Wednesday The Fillmore Tickets: $25.…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — The Red Hot Chilli Peppers performed at Oracle Arena Sunday, the only stop on their tour in support of 2016 record The Getaway, was was released last June. The lone show followed three in Los Angeles, and we’re just speculating when we say that perhaps…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — The last time Julien Baker played Noise Pop, in 2016, she fell in with the ranks of rising artists. Thursday, she returned as a bonafide success by selling out the Great American Music Hall, and keeping an entire room on pins and needles…

Austra performs at the Mezzanine in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2017. SAN FRANCISCO — Austra‘s Katie Stelmanis started her show at the Mezzanine by singing Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s most famous tune, “Somewhere over the Rainbow,” as a tribute to the victims of the Oakland Ghost Ship fire. Her set was arranged…