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A Perfect Circle’s new album ‘Eat the Elephant’ plays a lot better live than its critics might think

April 25, 2018 by Andrew Pohl Leave a Comment

PHOTOS: Between Coachella performances, the alt-metal supergroup stopped in San Jose to perform material from its first new album in 14 years.

Our favorite performances from 2017

December 29, 2017 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Best live shows of 2017 - The xx, Miguel, Moderat & Coldplay - featured

The 2017 BAMS List: Showbams covered many excellent bands, musicians and DJs throughout 2017 — the following are our favorite performances of the year.

Filed Under: Best of 2017, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: 21 Savage, Action Bronson, AFI, Air, Alice Cooper, Alina Baraz, Amber Mark Beach Slang, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Animal Collective, Annenberg Space for Photography, Apogee Studio, Atlas Genius, BADBADNOTGOOD, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2017, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bleachers, Blonde Redhead, Bob Moses, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Car Seat Headrest, Cate le Bon, Chris Robinson, Cigarettes After Sex, Circles Around the Sun, City of Caterpillar, Claude VonStroke, Coachella, Coachella 2017, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Coldplay, Con Brio, Conor Oberst, Courtney Barnett, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Crystal Castles, Daniel Caesar, Dawes, Day N Night Fest, Day N Night Fest 2017, Day N Night Festival, Day N Night Festival 2017, Dead Meadow, Deafheaven, Deep Purple, Diet Cig, DIIV, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dr. Dog, Dr. Octagon, DREAMCAR, Duke Dumont, Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Guest, Emancipator, Emily King, Empire of the Sun, Fox Theater Oakland, Foxygen, Future Islands, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Gatecreeper, Girl Talk, Gone Is Gone, Gorillaz, Great American Music Hall, Greek Theatre, Greek Theatre Berkeley, Grizzly Bear, Gucci Mane, Hamilton Leithauser, Hazel English, Hinds, Hiss Golden Messenger, How to Dress Well, Iggy Pop, Isaiah Rashad, J.I.D., Jack Johnson, Jagwar Ma, Jamestown Revival, Jamie Isaac, Jay 305, Jay Som, Jen Cloher, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Jessie Ware, Jim James, Jr. Jr., Julie Byrne, Julien Baker, Justice, k.flay, Karen Elson, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Kaytranada, Kelis, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Khruangbin, Kilo Kish, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile, L.A. Witch, La Femme, LANY, Lauv, Lettuce, Levi's Stadium, Lil Yachty, Little Dragon, Lo Moon, Lord Huron, Lorde, Mayan Theater, Miguel, Miike Snow, Milky Chance, Minus the Bear, Mister Heavenly, MO, Moderat, Music Festival Outside Lands Music Festival 2017, Neon Indian, Nicki Bluhm, No Doubt, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2017, Noise Pop 25, Noise Pop Festival, Norah Jones, North Mississippi Allstars, NVO, Oh Sees, OK Go, Once and Future Band, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2017, Outside Lands Music Festival, Pallbearer, Passion Pit, Peaches, Perfume Genius, Petit Biscuit, Phoebe Bridgers, Phono Del Sol, Phono del Sol 2017, Phono del Sol Music Festival 2017, Playboi Carti, Pond, Porcelain Raft, Potrero del Sol Park, PRAYERS, Real Estate, Royal Blood, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sampha, Schoolboy Q, serpentwithfeet, Sheer Mag, Shrine Expo Hall, Sigur Ros, Silversun Pickups, Sleep, Sleigh Bells, Sofi Tukker, Solange, Spiritualized, Spoon, Styles P, Sufjan Stevens, Sunflower Beam, Talib Kweli, Tank and the Bangas, Tash Sultana, Tei Shi, Temples, Tennis, Tennyson, The Accidentals, The Avalanches, The Band Perry, The Coathangers, The Crystal Method, The Drums, The Fillmore, The Hip Replacements, The Masonic, The National, The Palms, The Radio Dept., The Revivalists, The War on Drugs, The xx, Thou, Thundercat, Tobacco, Tool, Touché Amoré, Tove Lo, Travis Scott, Twin Peaks, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vagabon, Vance Joy, Vic Mensa, Warpaint, Weezer, White Fence, Woods, YG, Young The Giant

Our 10 favorite shows from the first half of 2017

July 5, 2017 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Best live shows of 2017 - Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Ryan Adams & Run the Jewels - featured

The 2017 BAMS List: Showbams revisits the best performances we’ve witnessed over the past six months.

Filed Under: Best of 2017, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: Best of 2017, Bonobo, Kendrick Lamar, Moderat, Radiohead, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, The Flaming Lips, The xx, Tool

Tool continue to melt minds on their latest tour

June 28, 2017 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

PHOTOS: The three-time Grammy winners haven’t released an album since 2006, but they did debut new visuals on this latest jaunt across North America.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Photos Tagged With: Clutch, Fantômas, Primus, Puscifer, SAP Center, The Crystal Method, The Melvins, Tool

A Perfect Circle make their triumphant return to SF at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

April 26, 2017 by Andrew Pohl Leave a Comment

SHOW REVIEW: In the world of rock supergroups, there are few that have sprung up in the last few decades that can hold a candle to A Perfect Circle.

Filed Under: Editor's Picks, Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: A Perfect Circle, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Failure, Maynard James Keenan, PRAYERS, Primus, Puscifer, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2016

December 29, 2016 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Showbams presents The Bam Team members’ favorite shows, albums and songs from 2016.

Filed Under: Best of 2016, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: A Tribe Called Quest, Ab-Soul, Air, Anderson .Paak, Animal Collective, At the Drive-In, Best of 2016, Beyonce, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Blood Orange, Bob Moses, Brainfeeder, Brian Eno, Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Chris Cornell, Coachella, Coachella 2016, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Conor Oberst, Danny Brown, David Bowie, Deep Sea Diver, DJ Shadow, Earl Sweatshirt, Flume, Flying Lotus, Fox Theater Oakland, Gallant, Glass Animals, Greek Theatre Berkeley, Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hundred Waters, Islands, Jim James, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Mac Miller, Mall Walk, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Mitski, Moderat, My Morning Jacket, Noname, Orpheum Theatre, Outside Lands, Outside Lands 2016, Outside Lands Music Festival 2016, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pearl Jam, Pretty Lights, Radiohead, Run The Jewels, Santa Barbara Bowl, Savages, Scala, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Shrine Auditorium, Solange, Sonder, Tame Impala, Temple of the Dog, The Avalanches, The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, The Cure, The Forum, The Range, The Warfield, Tool, Tycho, Vince Staples, Zack de la Rocha

Are Umphrey’s McGee LA’s quintessential jam band?

March 11, 2015 by Josh Herwitt 1 Comment

SHOW REVIEW: Los Angeles has never been known as a home for jam bands. But if there’s one jam band that could finally transform that notion, it might be Umphrey’s McGee.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Joshua Redman, The Wiltern, Tool, Umphrey's McGee

Primus bring Danny Carey from Tool into a Bay Area tradition

January 5, 2015 by Scotland Miller Leave a Comment

SHOW REVIEW: There are few things in this world that are as much of a sure thing as a local New Year’s Eve show from the kings of oddity and tweakerdom.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Danny Carey, Fox Theater Oakland, Primus, Primus Sucks, Tool

The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2014

December 31, 2014 by The Bam Team Leave a Comment

Showbams presents The Bam Team members’ favorite shows, albums and songs from 2014.

Filed Under: Best of 2014, Editor's Picks, Featured Tagged With: A Perfect Circle, American Football, Aphex Twin, Ariel Pink, Atomic Bomb, Beck, Best of 2014, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Bottlerock Festival, Candlestick Park, Caribou, Chromeo, Cibo Matto, Cinquanta, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Cold War Kids, Connan Mockasin, crosses, D'Angelo, Darkside, David Byrne, Death from Above 1979, Deerhoof, Die Antwoord, Duck Sauce, Failure, First Aid Kit, FKA twigs, Flying Lotus, Foo Fighters, Fox Theater Oakland, Fugazi, Future Islands, FYF Fest, Glass Animals, Great American Music Hall, Greensky Bluegrass, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, High Sierra Music Festival, Holy Ghost, Iggy Azalea, Interpol, Jack White, James Blake, Jamestown Revival, Jamie xx, Jungle, Kendrick Lamar, Lettuce, Mezzanine, MGM Grand, MIA, moe., MS MR, Nine Inch Nails, Nothing, OK Go, Outside Lands Music Festival, Panda Bear, Paul McCartney, Perfume Genius, Phish, Puscifer, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Run The Jewels, Ryan Adams, Sam Smith, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Sinkane, Slims, Soundgarden, Spoon, St. Vincent, Sturgill Simpson, Summer Camp Music Festival, Syd Arthur, Sylvan Esso, Temples, The Antlers, The Bam Fam, The Barr Brothers, The Black Keys, The Chapel, The Cure, The Dead Weather, The Fillmore, The Fonda Theatre, The Forum, The Fox Theater Pomona, The Greek Theatre, The Independent, The String Cheese Incident, The War on Drugs, The Warfield, Todd Terje, Tool, Tove Lo, tUnE-yArDs, TV on the Radio, Tweedy, Tycho, Valley View Casino Center, Volcano Choir, White Fence, William Onyeabor

Tool pound out two sold-out nights at Bill Graham Civic

March 17, 2014 by Scotland Miller Leave a Comment

SHOW REVIEW: For two straight nights, Tool blew away their fans with ear-splitting renditions and a laser-light show that would leave even the most seasoned of concertgoers totally dumbfounded.

Filed Under: Featured, Live Music Reviews Tagged With: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Failure, Tool

Outside Lands 2014: Lineup locks, likely acts & long shots

March 12, 2014 by Kevin Quandt & Mike Frash 18 Comments

FESTIVAL RUMORS: As we inch toward springtime, some Bay Area music freaks (like us) are beginning to speculate who will be gracing the stages in Golden Gate Park come August.