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Our favorite performances from 2017

December 29, 2017 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Best live shows of 2017 - The xx, Miguel, Moderat & Coldplay - featured

The 2017 BAMS List: Showbams covered many excellent bands, musicians and DJs throughout 2017 — the following are our favorite performances of the year.

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Filed Under: Best of 2017, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: 21 Savage, Action Bronson, AFI, Air, Alice Cooper, Alina Baraz, Amber Mark Beach Slang, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Animal Collective, Annenberg Space for Photography, Apogee Studio, Atlas Genius, BADBADNOTGOOD, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2017, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bleachers, Blonde Redhead, Bob Moses, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Car Seat Headrest, Cate le Bon, Chris Robinson, Cigarettes After Sex, Circles Around the Sun, City of Caterpillar, Claude VonStroke, Coachella, Coachella 2017, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Coldplay, Con Brio, Conor Oberst, Courtney Barnett, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Crystal Castles, Daniel Caesar, Dawes, Day N Night Fest, Day N Night Fest 2017, Day N Night Festival, Day N Night Festival 2017, Dead Meadow, Deafheaven, Deep Purple, Diet Cig, DIIV, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dr. Dog, Dr. Octagon, DREAMCAR, Duke Dumont, Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Guest, Emancipator, Emily King, Empire of the Sun, Fox Theater Oakland, Foxygen, Future Islands, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Gatecreeper, Girl Talk, Gone Is Gone, Gorillaz, Great American Music Hall, Greek Theatre, Greek Theatre Berkeley, Grizzly Bear, Gucci Mane, Hamilton Leithauser, Hazel English, Hinds, Hiss Golden Messenger, How to Dress Well, Iggy Pop, Isaiah Rashad, J.I.D., Jack Johnson, Jagwar Ma, Jamestown Revival, Jamie Isaac, Jay 305, Jay Som, Jen Cloher, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Jessie Ware, Jim James, Jr. Jr., Julie Byrne, Julien Baker, Justice, k.flay, Karen Elson, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Kaytranada, Kelis, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Khruangbin, Kilo Kish, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile, L.A. Witch, La Femme, LANY, Lauv, Lettuce, Levi's Stadium, Lil Yachty, Little Dragon, Lo Moon, Lord Huron, Lorde, Mayan Theater, Miguel, Miike Snow, Milky Chance, Minus the Bear, Mister Heavenly, MO, Moderat, Music Festival Outside Lands Music Festival 2017, Neon Indian, Nicki Bluhm, No Doubt, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2017, Noise Pop 25, Noise Pop Festival, Norah Jones, North Mississippi Allstars, NVO, Oh Sees, OK Go, Once and Future Band, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2017, Outside Lands Music Festival, Pallbearer, Passion Pit, Peaches, Perfume Genius, Petit Biscuit, Phoebe Bridgers, Phono Del Sol, Phono del Sol 2017, Phono del Sol Music Festival 2017, Playboi Carti, Pond, Porcelain Raft, Potrero del Sol Park, PRAYERS, Real Estate, Royal Blood, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sampha, Schoolboy Q, serpentwithfeet, Sheer Mag, Shrine Expo Hall, Sigur Ros, Silversun Pickups, Sleep, Sleigh Bells, Sofi Tukker, Solange, Spiritualized, Spoon, Styles P, Sufjan Stevens, Sunflower Beam, Talib Kweli, Tank and the Bangas, Tash Sultana, Tei Shi, Temples, Tennis, Tennyson, The Accidentals, The Avalanches, The Band Perry, The Coathangers, The Crystal Method, The Drums, The Fillmore, The Hip Replacements, The Masonic, The National, The Palms, The Radio Dept., The Revivalists, The War on Drugs, The xx, Thou, Thundercat, Tobacco, Tool, Touché Amoré, Tove Lo, Travis Scott, Twin Peaks, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vagabon, Vance Joy, Vic Mensa, Warpaint, Weezer, White Fence, Woods, YG, Young The Giant

Outside Lands reveals its 2017 schedule

August 1, 2017 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Outside Lands - 2017 schedule

The three-day festival has unveiled what every live music fan clamors for … set times!

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Above & Beyond, Alt-J, Cage the Elephant, Dawes, Electric Guest, Empire of the Sun, Fleet Foxes, Foxygen, Future Islands, Gorillaz, James Vincent McMorrow, Kaytranada, Metallica, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2017, Outside Lands Music Festival, Outside Lands Music Festival 2017, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood, S U R V I V E, Sofi Tukker, Solange, The Lemon Twigs, The Who, Thundercat, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, Warpaint

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

April 4, 2017 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Outside Lands - 2017 lineup

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

Foxygen – …And Star Power // Community Review

October 14, 2014 by The Bam Team 1 Comment

The Bam Team quick reviews Foxygen’s third LP in three years, …And Star Power, released by Jagjaguwar. Leave your own take to win free tickets to shows in SF.

Filed Under: Community Review, Featured, New Music Tagged With: ...And Star Power, Community Review, Foxygen

Outside Lands 2014: Lineup locks, likely acts & long shots

March 12, 2014 by Kevin Quandt & Mike Frash 18 Comments

FESTIVAL RUMORS: As we inch toward springtime, some Bay Area music freaks (like us) are beginning to speculate who will be gracing the stages in Golden Gate Park come August.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Chance The Rapper, Chromeo, Chvrches, Coldplay, Cut Copy, Elton John, Flume, Foster the People, Foxygen, Frank Ocean, Glen Hansard, Gogol Bordello, Gramatik, Green Day, Haim, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, Jagwar Ma, Janelle Monáe, Kendrick Lamar, Lord Huron, Lorde, Lykke LI, Mac Demarco, Mayer Hawthorne, Mikal Cronin, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, OSL, OutKast, Outside Lands, Outside Lands Music Festival 2014, Pharrell Williams, Portugal. The Man, Queens of the Stoneage, Robert Plant, Santana, Sharon Van Etten, The Avett Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Tool, Tycho, Valerie June

Showbams’ top tracks of 2013

December 11, 2013 by The Bam Team 8 Comments

BEST OF 2013: Showbams contributors name their top 20 songs of the past year.

Filed Under: Best of 2013, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Atoms for Peace, Big Black Delta, Blood Orange, Carcass, Cave, Daft Punk, Deafheaven, Disclosure, FOALS, Foxygen, Holy Ghost, Jagwar Ma, James Blake, King Krule, Kurt Vile, London Grammar, M.I.A., MS MR, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, RAC, Rhye, Schoolboy Q, Superhuman Happiness, Vampire Weekend, Washed Out, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Youth Lagoon

MIDTERM REPORT: Best Albums of 2013

July 17, 2013 by The Bam Team 3 Comments

BEST OF 2013: Is 2013 the year digital dance music makes the big leap, fully taking over the Top 40 but also ingraining itself into the hearts of critics?

Filed Under: Best of 2013, Featured Tagged With: Atoms for Peace, Boards of Canada, Cold War Kids, Daft Punk, Deerhunter, Disclosure, Flume, FOALS, Foxygen, Jagwar Ma, James Blake, Kurt Vile, Major Lazer, My Bloody Valentine, Phoenix, Portugal. The Man, Rhye, Sigur Ros, STRFKR, The Natinoal, Thee Oh Sees, Toro Y Moi, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Youth Lagoon

Treasure Island Music Festival 2013 predictions

May 13, 2013 by Kevin Quandt & Mike Frash 5 Comments

FESTIVAL SPECULATION: The 2013 Treasure Island Music Festival lineup drops May 28th, so who will perform? Take a look at our artist predictions for the Festival in the Bay.

Filed Under: Festivals Tagged With: Animal Collective, Atoms for Peace, Autre Ne Veut, Dan Deacon, Death Grips, Disclosure, Foxygen, Haim, Iceage, James Blake, John Talabot, Kendrick Lamar, MIA, Mikal Cronin, Palma Violets, Paper Diamond, Phosphorescent, Queens of the Stone Age, Savages, Social Studies, The Cure, The Shouting Matches, TIMF, TIMF 3013, Treasure Island Music Festival, Treasure Island Music Festival 2013, White Arrows

New Music Tuesday: Bad Religion • Toro y Moi • Ra Ra Riot • The Joy Formidable • Nosaj Thing • FIDLAR • The Growlers • Foxygen

January 22, 2013 by The Bam Team 2 Comments

Bad Religion - True North

Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks, album highlights, lowlights and important takeaways for select albums.

Filed Under: New Music, New Music Tuesday Tagged With: Bad Religion, Esben and the Witch, Fidlar, Foxygen, New Music, Nosaj Thing, Ra Ra Riot, The Growlers, The Joy Formidable, Toro Y Moi

Foxygen reveal influences, prolific production pace

January 17, 2013 by Molly Kish 1 Comment

INTERVIEW: Sam France and Jonathan Rado discuss the overblown reporting on their “bi-coastal” music creation and how their partnership has developed.

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews Tagged With: Foxygen, Jonathan Rado, Richard Swift, Sam France