Festivals
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Outside Lands: Goldroom brings West of the West to Lands End
Less than two months ago, Josh Legg was lying in a Cancun hospital bed, coming to terms with a neck broken in two places, the result of a sneak wave that picked him up and crashed his body head-first into the sand while he was bodysurfing. Goldroom at Outside…
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PHOTOS: A taste of Warped Tour
Photos: Gary Chancer Summer is winding its way down and so is another Warped Tour. The tour has made its way across the country and this weekend landed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. As usual, fans got to sample every type of music from rock to screamo, and punk…
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Q&A: Eric Rachmany of reggae rockers Rebelution reflects on SF homecoming, new music
Santa Barbara reggae-rock band Rebelution released Falling Into Place, it’s sixth album in nine years, in 2016. But the band’s follow-up record is already in the works, singer-guitarist Eric Rachmany said. Rebelution will be hitting the studio sometimes this autumn. Rebelution at Outside Lands Music Festival 6:50 p.m., Sutro stage…
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Interview: Electric Guest hits the reset button
Matthew “Cornbread” Compton was preparing to hop on a call with a reporter when his phone buzzed. Checking a text message from his Electric Guest bandmate, Asa Taccone, he learned that Taccone wouldn’t be unable to make the interview because he was just involved in a car crash. Electric…
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Outside Lands 2017: 10 under-the-radar acts you shouldn’t miss
Courtesy: Andrew Jorgensen for Outside Lands Since 2008, concert-goers in the Bay Area and beyond have carefully planned out their Outside Lands itineraries. With numerous music stages, the Barbary comedy tent, wacky culinary stage, pop-up performances (that throw a wrench into everyone’s carefully sculpted, laminated schedules), not to mention…
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Outside Lands 2017: James Vincent McMorrow brimming with confidence on True Care
Tired of the monotony of the music industry and the record-tour-repeat cycle, Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow followed up his critically acclaimed 2016 album, We Move, just nine months later with True Care this May. James Vincent McMorrow at Outside Lands Music Festival 3:50 p.m., Sutro stage Sunday, Aug. 13…
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Outside Lands musicians on the ultimate festival experience
Photos courtesy: Andrew Jorgensen/Outside Lands Ten years in, the Outside Lands Music Festival has become one of the most iconic music gatherings in the U.S. Which other festival offers a top-notch lineup alongside giant lit-up cypress trees in a magical fairy forest in the middle of a bustling metropolis?…
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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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Outside Lands announces night show and comedy stage lineups
Producers of the 10th annual Outside Lands this week unveiled the performer lineups for the Barbary comedy tent and several night shows at venues throughout San Francisco. Belle & Sebastian at the Independent, Electric Guest at the California Academy of Sciences and Sleigh Bells, also at the Independent, lead the night shows lineup. The other shows…
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Treasure Island Music Festival: Producers considering two locations for 2018
Where will the Treasure Island Music Festival be held when it returns in 2018? That’s at the top of the list of questions for fans of the boutique music festival held annually for the last decade on Treasure Island. Treasure Island producers announced this week they would be skipping…