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Hot Tuna Smoke in Return to the Fillmore
Hot Tuna is power trio rock at its finest as sonic sparks fly in the band's astonishing seventh decade of performing at rock's most sacred venue.
05 Mar 2020
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Tibet House's 2020 US Benefit Concert Rocked with Iggy Pop and Patti Smith
Patti Smith brought down the house at the annual Tibet House benefit as she first paid tribute to Kurt Cobain and Allen Ginsberg with "About a Boy" and "Don't Say Nothing'".
02 Mar 2020
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Silversun Pickups Carry the Glorious Grunge Torch in Oakland
LA rockers Silversun Pickups perform a noble service for the music community by helping keep grunge alive heading into their third decade as an alt-rock force.
26 Feb 2020
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Circus Magic: Patrick Wolf at St Pancras Old Church
Across his career, Patrick Wolf has been a real ratchet of identities, textures, garlands, costumes, hairstyles and colours, reinventing himself with each album.
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12 Feb 2020
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Trey Anastasio Band Bring Spirit Family Together in the City of Angels
It's Trey Anastasio Band's newer songs that most energize their audience, which a testament to the creative wave that Anastasio has been riding for the past few years.
02 Feb 2020
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Los Lobos Rock the Fillmore for "Bill's 89th Birthday Bash"
From their early garage band days in East LA to national acclaim and ongoing status as a perennial Fillmore favorite, Los Lobos have truly become a cultural institution.
24 Jan 2020
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Spafford Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary with Jamtastic Return to the Great American Music Hall
Spafford are known for their improvisational skills, and they waste no time before taking the audience on a magic carpet ride to a higher dimension.
16 Jan 2020
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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Get Down to Rise Up at the Fillmore
Karl Denson's funky dance parties have been a regular occurrence at the Fillmore over the past two decades and a great new tradition is now growing, with Tiny Universe returning for late December shows for the third time in four years.
13 Jan 2020
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Ghost Light Shine with Illuminating Rock Power in San Francisco
There are many bands that can catch a groove and watch the lead guitarist wail, but there are few that can deliver innovative collective ensemble playing like Ghost Light.
09 Jan 2020
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Marco Benevento Strikes Sonic Gold in San Francisco
A Marco Benevento concert feels like going through a cosmic wormhole to a groovy land of enchantment that blends a retro foundation with a futuristic funk.
08 Jan 2020
Music
Dixie Chicks Headline the Ally Coalition 6th Annual Talent Show
Jack and Rachel Antonoff drew strong talent including Dixie Chicks, Jason Isbell, and Carly Rae Jepsen to the LGBTQ equality benefit for the Ally Coalition.
07 Jan 2020
Music
Celebrating New Year's Eve with the Strokes
During their sold-out New Year's Eve show at the Barclays Center, the Strokes performed a new song and announced that a new album is forthcoming.
07 Jan 2020
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Blanck Mass Brings Violent Visions to Life on Stage in Manchester
Benjamin John Power of Fuck Buttons fame takes his latest Blanck Mass record, Animated Violence Mild, to the stage, exposing the full blown brutality of his extravagant electronics.
12 Dec 2019
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Fruition Bring Halloween Catharsis to Petaluma's Mystic Theater
Fruition give the Bay Area a boost with a triumphant All Hallows Eve performance in the wake of PG&E;'s forced blackouts.
02 Dec 2019
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Branford Marsalis Quartet Delivers Timeless Tone Science in Sonoma
The ease with which the Branford Marsalis Quartet weaves through various genres is truly impressive, for there are so many different styles in the jazz world and this group seems to be a master of them all.
27 Nov 2019
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Feeling Over the Moon About a Tiffany Young Love-Fest
Transforming from K-pop girl group member to mainstream pop solo artist, Tiffany Young makes an impressive impression on North America with her first major headlining tour that's leaving fans screaming for more.
27 Nov 2019
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Synthpop's Chromatics Journey Through a Stellar Discography in Manchester
For their Double Exposure tour, Chromatics travel through their endless gems in a masterful performance in Manchester.
18 Nov 2019
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Andrew Bird Lets the Rock Roll and Flies High in Oakland
Andrew Bird takes one of the year's best albums, My Finest Work Yet, on the road and delivers a stellar live version in its entirety with dynamic backing band.
15 Nov 2019
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Circles Around the Sun Rise Above at the Chapel in San Francisco
Jam rock quartet Circles Around the Sun carry on after the shocking suicide of founding guitarist Neal Casal and deliver an uplifting show of healing transcendence.
06 Nov 2019
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Celebrating 20 Years of Ghostly International, Art, and Community in Chicago
Ghostly International took over three of Chicago's best artistic spaces, the Metro, Smart Bar, and Notre Shop, to celebrate the culture and communities that supported their legendary 20-year creative mission.
05 Nov 2019
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Austin Film Festival 2019: (Trans)national Justice
New films by Terrence Malick, Miranda Nation, and Trey Edward Shults stand out amongst a diverse crop of films at Austin's annual "screenwriter's festival".
04 Nov 2019
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Incubus and Dub Trio Party Like It's 1999 in San Francisco
As Incubus' Make Yourself album progresses on stage, the seamless flow that's always made it a great listen shines through as the band takes the audience on a genuine sonic journey.
31 Oct 2019
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Florence Welch Discussion and Acoustic Set at New Yorker Festival
Florence Welch participated in a deep discussion and gave a short performance as part of the 2019 New Yorker Festival.
30 Oct 2019
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With Musical Range and Noisemaking, Bruce Hornsby Takes San Francisco
The uncle of melodious heartland rock, Bruce Hornsby gets his cues from San Francisco fans at a sold-out gig at the venerable Palace of Fine Arts.
29 Oct 2019
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Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Mine for Sonic Gold in California
Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir and his trio Wolf Bros close out the summer with a festive blast in Napa and Santa Cruz.
25 Oct 2019
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Sea.Hear.Now Wildly Successful in Second Year
Though my biggest complaint was about the number of people attending, Sea.Hear.Now was a superb festival experience.
23 Oct 2019
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Infinite Color & Sound Are Free Spirits in New York
Infinite Color & Sound showcased their flourishing project at PublicArts ahead of sets at Sea.Hear.Now as part of a brief East Coast run. Photos and video of the whole show inside.
17 Oct 2019
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Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony Christen the City's New Arena with Triumphant Team-Up
The world's greatest metal band, Metallica unite with their hometown symphony for a concert of symphonic metal magic to ring in opening night at San Francisco's new arena.
16 Oct 2019
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New Order in Berlin: Timeless and Timely
In Berlin, dance-rock legends New Order prove once again why their music draws attention nearly 40 years on.
15 Oct 2019
Music
Highlights from the 2019 Global Citizen Festival
The 2019 Global Citizen Festival featured Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, and more for an event that drew thousands of attendees who won tickets through social activism.
11 Oct 2019
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Banks and Zara Larsson Are Two Pop Performers You Must See to Believe
They may be as different as night and day, but California's Banks and Sweden's Zara Larsson had the same, successful effect on Denver-area crowds over a five-day span in September.
10 Oct 2019
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Fontaines D.C. Ignite Bowery Ballroom
A raucous new favorite, Fontaines D.C. are touring hard on the heels of their Partisan Records debut, Dogrel.
10 Oct 2019
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Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington Join Together to Take Berkeley Higher
Two generations of Jedi jazz masters join forces for a majestic co-headlining tour. Like Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock expresses sentiment for the good people of humanity coming together to transcend the chaos of modern times.
08 Oct 2019
Film
New York Film Festival 2019: 'Bacurau'
Loony anti-colonialist Brazilian satire Bacurau doesn't always balance its humor with its bite, but its communitarian soul, oddball wit, and dark vision of the future still hits home.
02 Oct 2019
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Outside Lands Push the Envelope with Buzz Bands and Grass Lands
The 2019 edition of San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival featured a number of emerging rock 'n' roll buzz bands, providing music fans a chance to catch a variety of fresh sonic flavors and maybe even discover a new favorite.
25 Sep 2019
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Climate Strike New York Activists in Photos
Inspired in part by young activist Greta Thunberg, thousands of people participated in the Climate Strike march in New York, with many other events around the world.
23 Sep 2019
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