From a stage dressed up to look like Botticelli's The Birth of Venus , indie-rock outfit Japanese Breakfast rocked a packed Mission Ballroom on September 6. The show came through as part of the band's Melancholy Tour, celebrating its fourth album and first official studio album, For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) .

This performance was anything but melancholy, though, especially as prolific frontwoman Michelle Zauner strutted and shimmied across the stage with an infectious buoyancy, singing songs about aging, social challenges and ancient mythology from the recent album and others. click to enlarge

California indie-pop project Ginger Root opened the night with a multimedia set accentuated by two giant television screens on either side of the stage, and a videographer

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