Festivals
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Outside Lands reveals daily lineups
Producers of the 12th annual Outside Lands announced the daily lineups of the festival that runs from Aug. 9 to 11. Alt-rockers Twenty One Pilots and Americana-pop band The Lumineers headline Friday. Future EGOT winner Child Gambino and electronic musician Flume take center stage on Saturday. Folk icon Paul Simon and DJ-producer Kygo will finish…
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INTERVIEW: D.C. trio finds a different SHAED of success with “Trampoline”
SHAED photographed before a concert at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on March 15, 2019. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Trampoline” propelled SHAED to the tops of multiple charts after Apple used the spacey and woozy slow-burner last fall to score a MacBook commercial, but if you ask the…
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Q&A: Citizen Cope on ‘Heroin and Helicopters,’ his role as an artist
Citizen Cope. Courtesy photo. In the seven years between his 2012 album, One Lovely Day, and this spring’s Heroin and Helicopters, Clarence Greenwood had a daughter and lost his father. The singer-songwriter, better known as Citizen Cope, also toured consistently. He didn’t set out to avoid releasing music for…
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INTERVIEW: The Dip continues a rise to the top of blue-eyed soul
The Dip. Courtesy photo. The Dip is selling out shows. Their second album of upbeat and nostalgic soul music, The Dip Delivers, is getting rave reviews. The band’s spring tour, their longest ever, will culminate at BottleRock. The septet’s growing momentum is predictable given the band’s dedication and chops,…
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Q&A: The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor on writing cool songs over slick ones
The Dandy Warhols Every musical decision Portland alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols have ever made, they’ve tried to make in an effort to rebel against what was expected not only of themselves, but of artists in general. BottleRock Napa Valley May 24 to 26 Napa Valley Expo Tickets: General admission…
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Miguel, Jessie Reyez and more play emphatic sets at Sol Blume Fest
Attendees at Sol Blume in Sacramento on April 27, 2019. SACRAMENTO – Sol Blume’s two stages and unique festival fashion culminated with Miguel’s first Sacramento show in seven years Sunday. Entering the stage with no introduction, he began with the acoustic strums of “Criminal,” off of 2017’s War &…
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INTERVIEW: Slothrust feeds on the magnetism of music
Slothrust The new live action and hand-drawn animation video for “Peach” encapsulates the sort of magical vibe alt-rock trio Slothrust was searching for when writing and recording its 2018 album, The Pact. BottleRock Napa Valley May 24 to 26 Napa Valley Expo Tickets: General admission $160-$360. The video sees the…
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Mitski, Galactic, Isley Brothers to headline 82nd Stern Grove Festival
Mitski performs at The Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. New Orleans funk group Galactic, indie pop singer-songwriter Mitski, a double-bill of the Psychedelic Furs and James and R&B legends The Isley Brothers will perform at this year’s Stern Grove Festival. The 82nd annual free, 10-week summer…
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INTERVIEW: Liz Cooper charts her course of exploration with the Stampede
Liz Cooper and the Stampede. The best laid plans often go awry, but sometimes they lead to something better. That holds true for singer-songwriter Liz Cooper, frontwoman of Liz Cooper and the Stampede. Cooper, a scratch golfer in high school, grew up on a trajectory to make a name…
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Outside Lands 2019: Twenty One Pilots, Childish Gambino and Paul Simon to headline
Twenty One Pilots perform at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on July 21, 2016. Photo: Paige K. Parsons. Alt-rockers Twenty One Pilots and R&B superstar Childish Gambino will join the previously announced legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon as headliners at the 2019 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. The three will…
