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Desert Daze 2019: Another intriguing lineup loaded with must-see performances takes over Lake Perris

October 8, 2019 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: We have broken down the best music, camping and food options ahead of this weekend’s festivities for all you intergalactic space rangers.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Al Lover, Altın Gün, Alvvays, Anika, Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Automatic, Big Business, Blackwater Holylight, Blanck Mass, Cheap Trick, Connan Mockasin, Crumb, Desert Daze, Desert Daze 2019, Devo, DIIV, Dumbo Gets Mad, Dungen, Faye Webster, Flying Lotus, Flying Lotus (3D), Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Fred Armisen, Froth, George Clanton, Jakob Ogawa, Jerry Paper, Jessica Pratt, JJUUJJUU, Jonathan Bree, Khruangbin, Kills Birds, Klaus Johann Grobe, Lightning Bolt, Lumerians, Mad Alchemy, Mdou Moctar, METZ, Mitski, Moses Sumney, Nick Hakim, Parquet Courts, Part Time, Particle Kid, Post Animal, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Pussy Riot, SASAMI, Sessa, Shintaro Sakamoto, Stereolab, Surfbort, Temples, The Black Angels, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, The Flaming Lips, The Institute of Mentalphysics, The KVB, The Locust, The Paranoyds, Triptides, Trupa Trupa, Viagra Boys, Wand, Ween, White Fence, Winter, Wu Tang Clan, Yura Yura Teikoku, ZZ Top

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2018

December 28, 2018 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

David Byrne at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Showbams presents The Bam Team members’ favorite shows, albums and songs from 2018.

Filed Under: Best of 2018, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: 311, Against Me!, Alkaline Trio, Amen Dunes, Arctic Monkeys, Back To The Beach, Back To The Beach Festival, Beck, Best of 2018, Big D & The Kids Table, Big Red Machine, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Bon Iver, Childish Gambino, Coachella, Coachella 2018, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2018, Curtis Mayfield, Damon Albarn, David Byrne, Erykah Badu, Fishbone, Fox Theater Oakland, George Fitzgerald, Giggs, Gil Scott Heron, Goldfinger, Greek Theatre Berkeley, hepcat, Hollywood Palladium, Hookworms, Hot Snakes, Ibeyi, IDLES, Jamiroquai, Jon Hopkins, Jonathan Something, Jungle, Kamasi Washington, Khruangbin, Kurt Vile, LCD Soundsystem, Less Than Jake, Mad Caddies, Mark Ronson, Mela Murder, Men I Trust, Mustard Plug, Nine Inch Nails, Obongjayar, Oracle Arena, Outside Lands 2018, Outside Lands Music Festival 2018, Outside Lands night shows, Parquet Courts, Peter Gabriel, Polo & Pan, Primavera Sound, Primavera Sound 2018, Pusha T, Queens of the Stone Age, Richard Russell, Robyn, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Royal Blood, Sampha, Santa Barbara Bowl, Save Ferris, Shame, Smashing Pumpkins, Snail Mail, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Sublime with Rome, Syd, The Aggrolites, The Aquabats, The Armory, The Forum, The Independent, The Internet, The Interrupters, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The National, The Presets, The Raconteurs, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Soft White Sixties, The Suicide Machines, The Sword, The UC Theatre, The Untouchables, The Warfield, Thundercat, Tom Misch, Turbonegro, TV on the Radio, Wild Nothing, Young Fathers

Noise Pop 2018: A Bay Area indie culture celebration

February 15, 2018 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: The 26th edition of Noise Pop invades SF, Oakland and beyond this month to honor everything we love about the Bay Area.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Alex Cameron, Amy Shark, Bahamas, Bat Fangs, Ben UFO, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bruno Major, Built To Spill, Bully, Caleborate, Carla Dal Forno, Chasms, Crooked Colours, Cuco, Death Valley Girls, Dengue Fever, Dick Stusso, Doug Martsch, Enter Shikari, Feels, Florist, G Perico, GDJYB, Geographer, George Cessna, Gerd Janson, Gilligan Moss, Girlpool, Grails, Ha Ha Tonka, Hand Habits, Hazey Eyes, Ian Sweet, Iman Europe, Inara George, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Electronica, Jay Som, Jeff Rosenstock, Jessy Lanza, Joy Again, Langhorne Slim, Lemuria, Mary Lattimore, Meg Baird, Melkbelly, Milk Teeth, Mister Heavenly, Miya Folick, Mom Jeans, Mount Eerie, Mozhgan, Night Beats, No Age, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2018, Oso Oso, Palehound, Parquet Courts, Racquet Club, Real Estate, Roar, Rostam, Roya, San Fermin, Sean Rowe, Sevdaliza, Shabazz Palaces, shallou, Shamir, Single Mothers, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Special Explosion, Sudan Archives, Summer Twins, Superchunk, Tei Shi, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Album Leaf, The Coathangers, The Flytraps, The Fresh & Onlys, The Hotelier, The Peacers, The Weather Station, Tiny Moving Parts, Toro Y Moi, tUnE-yArDs, Twain, Ty Dolla $ign, Waxahatchee, Weaves, Wildling, Winter, Zomby

MusicfestNW releases 2016 lineup with headliners Duran Duran & Tame Impala

April 4, 2016 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Returning for its third year, MusicfestNW will be back at Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park this summer.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: A$AP Ferg, Andrew W.K, Drive Like Jehu, Ice Cube, MusicfestNW, MusicfestNW 2016, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Parquet Courts, STRFKR, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ween

Noise Pop 2016: Relive the festival frame by frame

March 10, 2016 by Molly Kish Leave a Comment

PHOTOS: Navigating through more than 100 acts across the Bay Area, we take a look back at this year’s best highlights.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Festivals, Photos Tagged With: Alexander Spits, American Football, Antwon, Bender's Bar & Grill, Birth Defects, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dirty Denim, DoTheBay, Growwler, Her Space Holiday, Joywave, Kamasi Washington, Kneedelus, Metric, Neto & So What, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2016, Noise Pop Festival, One Line Drawing, Parquet Courts, Ringo Deathstarr, SFJAZZ Center, Swedish American Hall, The Chapel, The Masonic, The New Parish, The Regency Ballroom, The World, Unlikely Heroes

Noise Pop 2016 Shows of the Week // GO4FREE to Metric, Parquet Courts, Cayucas, DIIV & more

February 23, 2016 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Win a pair of free tickets to our “Shows of the Week” for Noise Pop 2016.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Alex Metric, Antwon, Astronautsetc., Bottom of the Hill, Brick & Mortar Music Hall, Cayucas, Diane Coffee, DIIV, Hamilton Leithauser, Heartwatch, Metric, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2016, Parquet Courts, Ringo Deathstarr, Swedish American Hall, The Independent, The Masonic, The New Parish, Wild Ones

Noise Pop 2016: Daily picks & flavors of the week

February 22, 2016 by Molly Kish Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: To get you ready for all the Noise Pop festivities throughout the Bay Area, we present our daily picks and flavors of the week.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Alexander Spit, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Antwon, Battlehooch, Beacon, Bender's Bar & Grill, Bottom of the Hill, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chris Cohen, Creative Adult, DIIV, Dirty Ghosts, Escort, False Priest, Fine Points, Fucked Up But Beautiful, Joywave, Kamasi Washington, Metric, MOBLEY, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2016, Owl Paws, Palehound, Parquet Courts, Rickshaw Stop, Song Exploder, Swedish American Hall, The Chapel, The Independent, The Masonic, The New Parish, The Warfield, The World, Two Sheds, Unlikely Heroes, Wild Ones

Noise Pop 2016: Get ready with our Spotify playlist

November 20, 2015 by Molly Kish Leave a Comment

Brush up on the first round of artists that have been announced for next year’s bill and don’t miss your opportunity to take part in the festivities.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Astronauts etc., Beacon, Cayucas, Escort, Film School, Heartwatch, Kamasi Washington, Natasha Kmeto, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2016, Palehound, Parquet Courts, The Cave Singers, The Mountain Goats, The Thermals, Vince Staples, Wild Ones

The 25 best live music acts of 2014

December 2, 2014 by The Bam Team 2 Comments

The 2014 BAMS List: Showbams covered many excellent bands, musicians and DJs throughout 2014 — the following 25 acts are our favorite live performers of the year.

Filed Under: Best of 2014, Featured Tagged With: Arcade Fire, Atomic Bomb, Blood Orange, Connan Mockasin, Darkside, David Byrne, Death from Above 1979, Deerhoof, Flume, Future Islands, Jack White, Mac Demarco, Nine Inch Nails, OutKast, Parquet Courts, Rubblebucket, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent, Sun Kil Moon, Sylvan Esso, The National, The War on Drugs, tUnE-yArDs, Volcano Choir

WIN TICKETS: Parquet Courts at The Independent 5/27 (TUE)

May 26, 2014 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Win a pair of free tickets to Parquet Courts Tuesday, May 27th at The Independent in SF.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: CCR Headcleaner, Parquet Courts, SCRAPER, The Independent

Parquet Courts, White Fence share an exciting bill at GAMH

January 21, 2014 by Kevin J Quandt 2 Comments

SHOW REVIEW: Each band brought fueled-up performances to a mix of youthful punkers and savvy critics as head-banging, moshing and shoe-gazing all had a place on this evening.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Great American Music Hall, Parquet Courts, White Fence

WIN TICKETS: White Fence // Parquet Courts at Great American Music Hall Thursday 1/16

January 13, 2014 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Win Tickets to Parquet Courts and White Fence at Great American Music Hall Thursday 1/16.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Great American Music Hall, Parquet Courts, White Fence

Showbams’ 40 best albums of 2013

December 3, 2013 by The Bam Team 4 Comments

BEST OF 2013: Showbams presents our favorite 40 records of 2013, along with individual columnist top picks.

Filed Under: Best of 2013, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: Anders Osborne, Arcade Fire, Atoms for Peace, Best Albums of 2013, Boards of Canada, Bonobo, Classixx, Daft Punk, Danny Brown, Darkside, Disclosure, El-P & Killer Mike as Run the Jewels, FOALS, Hanni El Khatib, Holy Ghost, Jagwar Ma, James Blake, Jon Hopkins, Kanye West, King Krule, Kurt Vile, Mount Kimbie, My Bloody Valentine, Parquet Courts, Phoenix, Phosphorescent, Queens of the Stone Age, Rhye, Sigur Ros, Superhuman Happiness, The National, The Strokes, Thee Oh Sees, Toro Y Moi, Tyler the Creator, Vampire Weekend, Volcano Choir A$AP Rocky, Washed Out, White Denim, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

New Music Tuesday: Jessie Ware • A$AP Rocky • Yo La Tengo • Parquet Courts • Christopher Owens

January 15, 2013 by Mike Frash Leave a Comment

Jessie Ware - If You're Never Gonna Move

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: A$AP Rocky, Christopher Owens, Jessie Ware, New Music, Parquet Courts, Yo la Tengo

Desert Daze 2019: Another intriguing lineup loaded with must-see performances takes over Lake Perris

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2018

Noise Pop 2018: A Bay Area indie culture celebration

MusicfestNW releases 2016 lineup with headliners Duran Duran & Tame Impala

Noise Pop 2016: Relive the festival frame by frame

Noise Pop 2016 Shows of the Week // GO4FREE to Metric, Parquet Courts, Cayucas, DIIV & more

Noise Pop 2016: Daily picks & flavors of the week

Noise Pop 2016: Get ready with our Spotify playlist

The 25 best live music acts of 2014

WIN TICKETS: Parquet Courts at The Independent 5/27 (TUE)

Parquet Courts, White Fence share an exciting bill at GAMH

WIN TICKETS: White Fence // Parquet Courts at Great American Music Hall Thursday 1/16

Showbams’ 40 best albums of 2013

New Music Tuesday: Jessie Ware • A$AP Rocky • Yo La Tengo • Parquet Courts • Christopher Owens

FESTIVALS

Lightning in a Bottle’s 2020 roster has Kaytranada, Sylvan Esso, GRiZ & Purity Ring leading the pack

BottleRock goes with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band & Stevie Nicks to lead 2020 lineup

Coachella locks down Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott & Frank Ocean to headline in 2020

BEST OF 2019

Our favorite performances from 2019

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2019

SHOWS

The prolific, often unpredictable King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard turn heavy at LA’s Greek Theatre

FKJ is a one-man, groove-making machine who’s full of surprises as he demonstrates at Shrine Expo Hall

The Raconteurs show all at the Santa Barbara Bowl why we need them after 11 years between albums

In times when we need it most, COMMON continues to spread worldwide love at Apogee Studio

Jim James, The Claypool Lennon Delirium take us on a psych-rock roller coaster at The Wiltern

PHOTOS

Tool show us at SAP Center that they’ve only gotten bigger & better with more time

Maribou State feel the love at The Regency Ballroom

Empire of the Sun are walking on more than just a dream after selling out three straight shows in SF

The Lil Smokies take on SF & burn down the house

You Me at Six know how to make their fans go wild as they exhibited at Great American Music Hall

THE LATEST

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