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Outside Lands cancels 2020 edition, reveals lineup for 2021 with Tame Impala, Lizzo & The Strokes

June 24, 2020 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Outside Lands 2021

While the music festival won’t take place in 2020 due to the coronavrius pandemic, organizers did their best to lift spirits by revealing the dates and roster for 2021.

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Albums you’ll want to hear in 2016

January 6, 2016 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

2016 albums

NEW MUSIC: There’s plenty of ear candy that’s already set to be released this year.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, New Music Tagged With: AlunaGeorge, Animal Collective, Antemasque, Band of Horses, Beck, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Blink-182, Bloc Party, Chairlift, Charles Bradley, Chromatics, Crystal Castles, David Bowie, Deftones, Diddy, DJ Premier, Drake, Frank Ocean, Gary Numan, Gorillaz, GZA, Haim, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lupe Fiasco, M.I.A., M83, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Major Lazer, Mark Kozelek, Metallica, Metronomy, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, New Music, No Doubt, Pete Yorn, Poliça, Radiohead, Rihanna, Spiritualized, St. Lucia, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Killers, The Strokes, Tortoise, Ty Segall, Wild Nothing, Zeds Dead

SF Show of the Week (TIMF edition) // GO4FREE to Albert Hammond, Jr. at The Independent 10/16 (FRI)

October 13, 2015 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Albert Hammond, Jr.

Win a pair of free tickets to our “Show of the Week” in SF at The Independent on October 16th.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Albert Hammond Jr, Brick & Mortar Music Hall, Deafheaven, El Ten Eleven, Gang of Four, Great American Music Hall, Guy Fox, Hinds, Slims, The Districts, The Fillmore, The Independent, The New Parish, The Strokes, Tribulation

Are Built to Spill indie rock’s most important band?

July 21, 2015 by Josh Herwitt Leave a Comment

Built to Spill

SHOW REVIEW: If there is one “indie” band that revolutionized the gritty, lo-fi sound before most even had a chance, it’s these guys.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Troubadour

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: Depeche Mode • The Strokes • Wavves

March 26, 2013 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

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: Depeche Mode, New Music, The Strokes, Wavves