Author Archives: Michael Massaro
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Sept. 11-17
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Sept. 4-10
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Aug. 28-Sept. 3
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Aug. 21-27
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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Manchester quartet Everything Everything wants to talk on ‘A Fever Dream’
Between the United States having a president with one of the lowest approval ratings in history, the United Kingdom panicking as it prepares to leave Europe and the rise of terrorist attacks and global threats, it’s an understatement to say that the world is in a state of flux.…
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Aug. 14-20
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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VIDEO: Bay Area Concert Calendar: Aug. 7-13
RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week. RIFF’s video concert series features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…
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Survival Guide: Outside Lands stage times announced
What do you all massive festivals with multiple stages share in common? It’s always difficult to navigate and impossible to see every artist. Outside Lands, which released its daily stage time schedule today, is no exception. Just one of many conundrums: Gorillaz at Lands End or Alt-J at Twin Peaks? While RIFF can’t…
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Introducing Brick + Mortar: Former teen enemies find a musical connection
Bassist Brandon Asraf and drummer John Tacon met in middle school under inauspicious circumstances, immediately disliking each other. Brick + Mortar, Split Party, The Go Ahead 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 8 Swedish American Hall Tickets: $12-$14. “I was a new kid in eighth grade,” said Asraf, one-half of New…
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1-2-3-4 Go! Records to host Green Day pop-up shop for homecoming show
Excited for Green Day’s show at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Saturday? The band put together an Oakland exclusive event on their Revolution Radio Tour to celebrate the homecoming: a 2-day pop-up shop. The pre-show event will be hosted by 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland on Wednesday from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Thursday…