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Steve Aoki gives SF champagne wishes and cake-in-your-face dreams

November 19, 2013 by Sterling Munksgard 1 Comment

PHOTOS: The cake, the champaign, the robots and crowd surfing on inflatable boats were the main points of spectacle at a mad-packed SF Civic Auditorium. Chaos reigned supreme…

Filed Under: Featured, Photos Tagged With: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Borgore, Steve Aoki

Showbams’ best shows of 2012

December 23, 2012 by The Bam Team 2 Comments

BEST SHOWS of 2012: Our contributors reflect on the best live music they witnessed in 2012 and list their favorite shows. What was your favorite show of 2012?

Filed Under: Best of 2012, Featured Tagged With: A.Skillz, Aaron Freeman, Against Me!, Animal Collective, AVICII, Best Concerts of 2012, Charles Bradley, Citizens! Lescop, Cold War Kids, D'Angelo, Dan Deacon, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Dr. John, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Electric Guest, Father John Misty, Flying Lotus, Fun., Future Islands, Girl Talk, Guns N' Roses, Head and the Heart, Howlin Rain, Japandroids, Keller Williams, Kid Koala, Kronos Quartet, Les Claypool, M83, Mala, Metallica, Miike Snow, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, New Multitudes, Of Monsters and Men, Of Montreal, Passion Pit, Phish, Radiohead, Refused, Ryan Adams, Sage Francisc, Sigur Ros, Starfucker, Steve Aoki, Steve Kimock, Stevie Wonder, STS9, Tame Impala, The Album Leaf, The Faint, The Hives, The Lumineers, The Presets, The Rapture, The Shins, The Walkmen, The xx, Top Shows of 2012, Trey Anastasio, Trombone Shorty, Washed Out, White Fence, Wilco, Willie Nelson and Family, Woods, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Zee Avi

Steve Aoki gives SF champagne wishes and cake-in-your-face dreams

Showbams’ best shows of 2012

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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