Holly Herndon – Showbams

The 25 best live music acts of 2015

December 28, 2015 by The Bam Team 2 Comments

The 2015 BAMS List: Showbams covered many excellent bands, musicians and DJs throughout 2015 — the following 25 acts are our favorite live performers of the year.

Filed Under: Best of 2015, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: Allen Stone, Alt-J, Bad Religion, Battles, BØRNS, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2015, Big Grams, Billy Idol, Black Lips, Blonde Redhead, Broods, Built To Spill, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Chet Faker, Chromeo, City and Colour, Classixx, Cold War Kids, D'Angelo, D'Angelo and the Vanguard, dam-funk, Damien Rice, Dan Deacon, Death Cab For Cutie, Deerhunter, Dengue Fever, Django Django, Dr. Dog, Eagles of Death Metal, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Empire of the Sun, Failure, Faith No More, Father John Misty, FKA twigs, Flight Facilities, Florence & the Machine, Glen Hansard, Goldroom, Gorgon City, Holly Herndon, Hot Chip, Interpol, Israel Nash, James Bay, Jamie xx, Jeff Tweedy, Jenny Lewis, JMSN, Jose Gonzalez, Jurassic 5, Kanye West, Kate Tempest, Kendrick Lamar, Kindness, King Tuff, Les Sins, Lord Huron, Lotus, Marina and the Diamonds, Miami Horror, Milky Chance, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, MS MR, My Morning Jacket, Natalie Prass, Neon Indian, Odesza, Of Montreal, Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, Penguin Prison, Phantogram, Portugal. The Man, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Purity Ring, Puscifer, Ratatat, Royal Blood, San Fermin, Shlohmo, Slow Magic, SOHN, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, STRFKR, Sturgill Simpson, Sufjan Stevens, Surfer Blood, Talib Kweli, Tame Impala, Tennis, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips, The Glitch Mob, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Kills, Toro Y Moi, Tycho, Umphrey's McGee, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Viet Cong, Vintage Trouble, Vulfpeck, Widespread Panic, YACHT

Noise Pop 2015: Who made the ‘most’ of SF’s 12-day indie fest?

March 6, 2015 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Noise Pop never fails to create some of the most memorable experiences in live entertainment throughout the Bay Area each year.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Festival Reviews, Festivals Tagged With: Ben Gibbard, Bestie, Blackout Make Out, Caribou, Cathedrals, Dan Deacon, Flight Facilities, Geographer, Girrafage, Holly Herndon, Jessica Pratt, Kevin Morby, Kindness, Les Sins, Mark Kozelek, Mezzanine, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2015, Outside Lands Music Festival, Pell, Peoplemover, Rickshaw Stop, Running in the Fog, Sun Kill Moon, Surfer Blood, Swedish American Hall, The Black Ryder, The Chapel, The Church, The Fillmore, The LAB, The New Parish, The New Pornographers

Seeing Holly Herndon perform is a multisensory labyrinth

March 5, 2015 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

SHOW REVIEW: Holly Herndon’s show can come across as more conceptual than actually enjoyable, but she finds a nice balance between electronic experimentation and accessibility.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Caribou, Holly Herndon, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2015, The LAB