Sun Kil Moon – Showbams

Phoebe Bridgers inspires a sold-out crowd in her hometown at LA’s Lodge Room

December 18, 2017 by Rochelle Shipman Leave a Comment

PHOTOS: The singer-songwriter’s album release show will likely be one of the last times we’ll be able to catch her in such an intimate setting.

Albums you’ll want to hear in 2017

January 9, 2017 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

NEW MUSIC: The year starts off with a bang thanks to these forthcoming releases.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, New Music Tagged With: Antemasque, Arcade Fire, Bonobo, Broken Social Scene, Bruce Springsteen, Chic, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings, Depeche Mode, Diddy, DJ Premier, Elbow, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, GZA, Haim, Japandroids, Jesu, john mayer, Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, Lupe Fiasco, Major Lazer, Mastodon, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, New Music, Pond, Ride, Ryan Adams, Sampha, Sky Ferreira, SOHN, Spiritualized, St. Vincent, Sun Kil Moon, T.I., The Flaming Lips, The Killers, The National, The Offspring, The Shins, The xx, Troye Sivan, Vampire Weekend, Wyclef Jean, Zack de la Rocha

SF Show of the Week // GO4FREE to Lupe Fiasco at 1015 Folsom 11/16 (WED)

November 15, 2016 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Win a pair of free tickets to our “Show of the Week” in SF at 1015 Folsom on November 16th.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 1015 Folsom, Brick & Mortar Music Hall, Golden Suits, Great American Music Hall, Jay Som, Joe Budden, Lupe Fiasco, Matt Costa, Natasha Kmeto, Red Fang, Ricky Eat Acid, Should We Run, Slims, Stones Throw Records, Sun Kil Moon, Swedish American Hall, The Independent, The New Parish, The Stone Foxes

SF honors its musical history at City Hall’s Centennial Celebration with Sun Kil Moon, Vetiver & more (6/19)

June 18, 2015 by Molly Kish Leave a Comment

SHOW PREVIEW: SF City Hall celebrates its 100th anniversary in euphonious fashion this Friday, June 19th with live music and a host of other entertainment options.

Filed Under: Live Music Previews Tagged With: City Hall, Dead Kennedys, DJ Apollo, DJ Dials, Motion Potion, San Francisco City Hall Centennial Celebration, Sun Kil Moon, Vetiver

Showbams’ Top 50 albums of 2014

December 22, 2014 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

The Bam Team presents the Top 50 Albums of 2014. Yes, ALL of 2014 (ahem D’Angelo).

Filed Under: Best of 2014, Featured Tagged With: Adult Jazz, Alt-J, Angel Olsen, Aphex Twin, Ariel Pink, Beck, Broken Bells, Caribou, Chet Faker, Cloud Nothings, Cold War Kids, Courtney Barnett, D'Angelo, D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Death from Above 1979, Flying Lotus, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Future Islands, Interpol, Jack White, Jungle, Karen O, Kishi Bashi, Mac Demarco, Mark McGuire, Phantogram, Real Estate, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, SOHN, Spoon, St. Vincent, Strand of Oaks, Sturgill Simpson, Sun Kil Moon, Swans, Temples, The Antlers, The Black Keys, The New Pornographers, The War on Drugs, Thom Yorke, Todd Terje, Top Songs of 2014, tUnE-yArDs, TV on the Radio, Tweedy, Ty Segall, Tycho, White Fence, Woods

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

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014: Three hot days of treating SF

October 9, 2014 by Mike Frash 3 Comments

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass … It’s just one of those laissez-faire weekends in SF that works time and time again.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Built To Spill, Dawes, Deltron 3030 with the 3030 Orchestra, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, HSBF, HSBF 2014, Mark Kozelek, Red Baraat, Robert Earl Keen, Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, Social Distortion, Sun Kil Moon

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014 proving to be as diverse as ever

August 21, 2014 by Mike Frash Leave a Comment

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: From Ryan Adams to Deltron 3030 with The 3030 Orchestra to Social Distortion, variety is the key word for Hardly Strictly 2014 in SF this October.

Filed Under: Featured, Festivals Tagged With: Buddy Miller, Chris Isaak, Cibo Matto, Dave Rawlings Machine, Deltron 3030 w/ The 3030 Orchestra, Emmylou Harris, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2014, Jonathan Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Malawi Mouse Boys, Ryan Adams, Shawn Colvin, Social Distortion, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Sun Kil Moon, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Sam Chase, Yo la Tengo

Festival Review: Noise Pop 2014

March 6, 2014 by The Bam Team 1 Comment

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Noise Pop Festival 2014 has come and gone, and what a jam-packed week of music and merriment it was!

Filed Under: Featured, Festival Reviews, Festivals Tagged With: Cheatahs, Cold Cave, Com Truise, Digital Mystikz, Dirty Ghosts, DJ Rashad, Dr. Dog, El Ten Eleven, Happy Fangs, Mark Kozelek, No Age, Noise Pop, Noise Pop Festival, Painted Palms, Papercuts, Real Estate, Rogue Wave, Sun Kil Moon, The Donkeys, The Fresh & Onlys, The Soft White Sixties, Vetiver

Mark Kozelek’s surly banter, control obsession effects at GAMH

March 3, 2014 by Mike Frash 3 Comments

SHOW REVIEW: Always honest and amusing in an odd way, much like his music, Kozelek turned between-song breaks into hilarious and awkward moments.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Great American Music Hall, Mark Kozelek, Sun Kil Moon

12 reasons to grab a Noise Pop festival badge

February 14, 2014 by The Bam Team 6 Comments

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Noise Pop Festival, a week-long event spread out amongst the finest 22 venues in SF, makes for the finest extended independent music showcase on the West Coast.