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Outside Lands 2017: Our 10th anniversary awards

August 28, 2017 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL REVIEW: We hand out some hardware after the 2017 edition of Outside Lands.

Outside Lands 2017: Top 5 things to see, eat & drink

August 10, 2017 by Kevin J Quandt Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: We’ve outlined our top sets that you won’t want to miss, biggest scheduling conflicts, potential guest appearances and the best beverages to drink.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: A Tribe Called Quest, Del The Funky Homosapien, Fleet Foxes, GastroMagic, Golden Gate Park, Gorillaz, Heineken Dome, Kali Uchis, Kaytranada, Little Dragon, Lorde, Metallica, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2017, Outside Lands Music Festival, Outside Lands Music Festival 2017, Rag'n'Bone Man, Royal Blood, The Who

Outside Lands reveals 2017 lineup, headlined by Metallica, The Who & Gorillaz

April 4, 2017 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Outside Lands is going BIG for its 10th anniversary with a lineup for the ages.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: A Tribe Called Quest, Above & Beyond, Action Bronson, Alt-J, Belle and Sebastian, Bleachers, Bomba Estéreo, Cage the Elephant, Dawes, Dr. Octagon, Electric Guest, Empire of the Sun, Fleet Foxes, Foxygen, Future Islands, Golden Gate Park, Goldroom, Gorillaz, Hamilton Leithauser, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, James Vincent McMorrow, k.flay, Kaytranada, Little Dragon, Lorde, Louis the Child, Maggie Rogers, Metallica, MUNA, Noname, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2017, Outside Lands Music Festival, Outside Lands Music Festival 2017, Queens of the Stone Age, RAC, Rag'n'Bone Man, Real Estate, Rebelution, Royal Blood, Schoolboy Q, Shovels & Rope, Sleigh Bells, Sofi Tukker, SOHN, Solange, Temples, The Avett Brothers, The Who, Thundercat, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, Warpaint, Young The Giant

Missy Elliott, Björk, Frank Ocean & Nine Inch Nails to headline FYF Fest 2017

March 21, 2017 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Year after year, FYF Fest has continued to pull bigger and better artists. And in 2017, that trend will continue.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: 6lack, A Tribe Called Quest, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Angel Olsen, BADBADNOTGOOD, Beach Fossils, Bjork, Blonde Redhead, Cap'n Jazz, Cherry Glazerr, DJ Harvey, Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, Frank Ocean, FYF 2017, FYF Fest, FYF Fest 2017, Grandaddy, Hannibal Burress, Helena Hauff, Horse Meat Disco, Hundred Waters, Iggy Pop, Joey Purp, John Talabot, Kamaiyah, Kehlani, King Krule, Little Dragon, Majid Jordan, MGMT, Missy Elliott, Mitski, Moses Sumney, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mura Masa, Nadia Rose, Nicolas Jaar, Nine Inch Nails, Noname, Omar-S, Perfume Genius, Run The Jewels, S U R V I V E, Seun Kuti, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Sleep, Slowdive, Solange, Temples, The Black Madonna, The Drums, The Faint, Thee Oh Sees, Thundercat, Tiga, Ty Segall, Whitney

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2016

December 29, 2016 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Showbams presents The Bam Team members’ favorite shows, albums and songs from 2016.

Filed Under: Best of 2016, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: A Tribe Called Quest, Ab-Soul, Air, Anderson .Paak, Animal Collective, At the Drive-In, Best of 2016, Beyonce, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Blood Orange, Bob Moses, Brainfeeder, Brian Eno, Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Chris Cornell, Coachella, Coachella 2016, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Conor Oberst, Danny Brown, David Bowie, Deep Sea Diver, DJ Shadow, Earl Sweatshirt, Flume, Flying Lotus, Fox Theater Oakland, Gallant, Glass Animals, Greek Theatre Berkeley, Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hundred Waters, Islands, Jim James, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Mac Miller, Mall Walk, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Mitski, Moderat, My Morning Jacket, Noname, Orpheum Theatre, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2016, Outside Lands Music Festival 2016, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pearl Jam, Pretty Lights, Radiohead, Run The Jewels, Santa Barbara Bowl, Savages, Scala, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Shrine Auditorium, Solange, Sonder, Tame Impala, Temple of the Dog, The Avalanches, The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, The Cure, The Forum, The Range, The Warfield, Tool, Tycho, Vince Staples, Zack de la Rocha

Outside Lands 2017: Our 10th anniversary awards

Outside Lands 2017: Top 5 things to see, eat & drink

Outside Lands reveals 2017 lineup, headlined by Metallica, The Who & Gorillaz

Missy Elliott, Björk, Frank Ocean & Nine Inch Nails to headline FYF Fest 2017

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2016

FESTIVALS

FYF Fest cancels 2018 edition in stunning move

B2B sets highlight HARD Summer’s 2018 lineup

Our 5 favorite moments from Coachella 2018

SHOWS

Soulwax make up for lost time with a wild LA show

With CyHi the Prynce on the bill, Big K.R.I.T. shows fans why his moniker is much bigger than him

Moby might think he’s old, but his 15th and newest album doesn’t sound it at Apogee Studio

Going below the surface with Will Varley in SF

Joywave make fans at Swedish American Hall feel ‘Content’ with their latest studio material

PHOTOS

Rivers Cuomo delights Weezer fans with a rare acoustic performance at Bottom of the Hill

A Perfect Circle’s new album ‘Eat the Elephant’ plays a lot better live than its critics might think

Diet Cig don’t let a fever get the best of them in SF

John Maus’ synth work captivates a sold-out Slim’s

Wafia makes her Bay Area debut at Rickshaw Stop

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