Author Archives: Nick DeCicco
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Fred Armisen, Adam Devine top Outside Lands’ comedy lineup
Fred Armisen, Adam Devine, John Mulaney and Natasha Leggero were announced Tuesday to top the bill for the comedy lineup for this year’s Outside Lands Music Festival. Armisen is known for his roles on the IFC sketch comedy series “Portlandia” as well as being a former “Saturday Night Live”…
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Review, Videos: Mudcrutch shows Tom Petty’s playful side
Tom Petty and Mudcrutch perform at the Fillmore in San Francisco on June 19, 2016. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Tom Petty made a goof Sunday while introducing a song at the first of Mudcrutch’s two nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco. “This is from ‘Heartbreakers 2,’ ”…
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Ice Cube, Sigur Rós top bill for Treasure Island festival
Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós and California rapper Ice Cube were named June 14 as the headliners for the Treasure Island Music Festival. The festival, now in its 10th year, takes place Oct. 15 and 16 on the island. According to a press release, the 2016 installment will mark the final year on…
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Radiohead announces events for ‘Pool’ physical release
As part of the June 17 worldwide physical release of British art rock quintet Radiohead’s ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, the band announced plans June 10 for a daylong “audio stream from the band, competitions, instructional artworks and more.” Participating record stores in Northern California include: • Bedrock…
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Review, videos & photos: Bob Dylan croons Sinatra in subdued Greek Theatre gig
BERKELEY — The fact seems impossible to imagine now, but almost 51 years ago, Bob Dylan polarized his audience when he “went electric.” After a few years cutting his teeth on meditative folk songs, many political in nature, the eternal shapeshifter Dylan morphed into the first of many characters…
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Review, Photos, Videos: Supporting new LP, The Kills erupt at Fox Theater
Photos: Roman Gokhman, Adrian Jusue, Diana Cordero OAKLAND — As The Kills played Saturday at The Fox Theater in Oakland, a curtain draped behind them portrayed a nature scene: A volcano erupting amid a tropical setting with palm trees. Whether it was meant to serve as a nod to the…
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Review: Chelsea Wolfe stays mysterious at The Chapel
SAN FRANCISCO — Even in a space as intimate as The Chapel, Chelsea Wolfe managed to maintain an aura of mystery. The Roseville-born darkwave artist kept a healthy distance from the crowd Thursday night at the San Francisco venue, saying little and shrouding herself in a brooding bevy of…
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Interview: K.Flay finds her voice through adversity
K.Flay performs at BottleRock 2016. Though the past few years were rocky for multi-genre musician K.Flay, they seem to have paid off. The Stanford graduate who dabbles in hip hop, pop, rock and R&B was signed to RCA Records, but was dropped after two EPs and masters to dozens more unreleased…
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BottleRock 2016: Photos, videos and 7 great sets
NAPA — The fourth installment of the BottleRock Napa Valley festival brought high temperatures and memorable performances. Temperatures flirted with the 90-degree mark as 40,000 flocked to the Napa Valley Expo each day for the event. Let’s look at seven sets from the 2016 BottleRock that stood out above the rest.…
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Review: Townshend celebrates 71st birthday as The Who hits Oakland
OAKLAND — An amazing journey is nearing its end for The Who. The British rock group plotted its “The Who Hits 50” tour in 2015, but after frontman Roger Daltrey’s health battles and a Morrissey amount of postponements, the band finally played Thursday at Oracle Arena in Oakland. Daltrey has…