Green Day

When Destroy Boys come up with an idea, they run with it. They start with a serious thought before twisting it into a joke, imagining it through every possible metaphor and carrying it up and down the ladder of abstraction. 

On Sept. 16, Swedish House Mafia shook the roof of San Francisco’s Chase Center as part of the revival tour for its new album, Paradise Again.

Dust settled, fog lifted and fireworks flared in San Francisco to welcome headliners SZA, Green Day, Post Malone and other sensational acts August 5 to 7.

On Saturday, Green Day returned to the Bay Area for a special headliner homecoming performance, and Kali Uchis and Rina Sawayama served divine, slayful sets at Twin Peaks.

Come one, come all, dear cowboys — all are welcome at an Oliver Tree show. 

This production is one which demands attitude from every actor, and BareStage has delivered completely.

LØLØ may be relatively new to the scene, but her recent releases live up to the tour’s namesake — she serves as a conduit through which pop-punk is revitalized.

Playing to a sold-out crowd, the three giants of 2000s Hot Topic culture set out to bring fans together once again following a year of empty stages and virtual performances. 

Armstrong doesn’t seem to want to reckon with the songs he’s covering or investigate their emotional or thematic purposes.

The album occasionally touches on more mature, vulnerable subjects, but the band still grips onto the ounces of goofiness that have characterized it since 2003.