Golden Gate Xpress

Rocky G rocks The Depot in the Cesar Chavez Student Center April 11, 2017.

Battle of the bands at SF State

April 18, 2017

Brother Gipson and The Mantra performs in The Depot for the battle of the bands competition at SF State on April 11, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. (Alina Castillo/Xpress)

Brother Gipson and the Mantra take the win at Battle of the Bands, set to open for Vince Staples

April 13, 2017

Faux Foe Fox perform during the battle of the bands contest in The Depot at SF State on Tuesday April 12, 2016. (Ryan Zaragoza / Xpress).

Math rock band opens for Kehlani at Rhythms Music festival

April 26, 2016

Faux Foe Fox guitarist and vocalist Leslie Ngo, and guitarist Nicholas Hoffman perform during the battle of the bands contest in The Depot at SF State on Tuesday April 12, 2016. (Ryan Zaragoza / Xpress).

Student band rocks the Annex

April 19, 2016

DNA Lounge’s Battle of the Bands nears finale with fresh sounds, debut of alumni band RonDre

Cecilia Abate

July 16, 2014

DNA Lounge’s summer Battle of the Bands series continued Sunday night with a lively seven-piece ska group, Day Labor, that juiced up the crowd the minute they filtered in the door. The event at this San Francisco nightclub...

Christian McArdle-Hankin of The Pull stretches in the middle of their set during Battle of the Bands 2014 at The Depot Wednesday, April 9.

Five local bands go head-to-head in Battle of the Bands, The Pull takes the win

April 12, 2014