Tag Archives: Outside Lands 2013
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Jessie Ware on her festival experiences
Photo: Roman Gokhman After I finished chatting with Jessie Ware at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco two weeks ago, I walked out of her trailer only to have her chase me down and tell me that she would be returning to city for a show at The Fillmore on…
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Photos, videos: Outside Lands 2013 – Day 3
Photos: Roman Gokhman
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Photos, videos: Outside Lands 2013 – Day 2
Photos: Roman Gokhman Nine Inch Nails perform at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 10, 2013.
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Photos, videos: Outside Lands 2013 – Day 1
Photos: Roman Gokhman Featuring the Smith Westerns, Surfer Blood, Band of Horses, The National and Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney performs at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 9, 2013. Photo: Roman Gokhman. Surfer Blood performs at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on…
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MS MR’s Game of Thrones theories, international upbringings and collegiate shortcuts
Photo: Roman Gokhman I met up with Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow in June, prior to MS MR‘s opening set for CSS at the Independent. It was the duo’s second time performing in San Francisco, and their Outside Lands set will be just their third. Still, they can imagine…
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African nomad guitarist Bombino used to herd goats
Bombino, who plays Sunday at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, recently released his second album. Nomad was recorded and produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. But less than a decade ago, Bombino lived in constant danger, during a crackdown by Niger’s government. Read my story on how…
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The National’s Matt Berninger on shaky hands, firing his brother and recording ‘Trouble Will Find Me’
Two weeks ago I spoke to Matt Berninger, lead singer for The National, who perform just prior to Sir Paul McCartney next Friday at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. In fact, I have twice before interviewed the band’s bassist, Scott Devendorf. You can read a story here and…
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Phoenix guitarist Christian Mazzalai on the year of Anglo-French pop
Photo: Roman Gokhman Today’s Outside Lands Music Festival preview is about French rockers Phoenix. The story ran Monday. Here are some more of guitarist Christian Mazzalai‘s thoughts on the definition of ‘cool’ and what he misses from the time the band was not as well known. Catch the band next…
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U2 at Outside Lands? Not impossible
Last week I spoke to Allen Scott, an executive vice president at Berkeley concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment. Another Planet is largely responsible for putting on the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park, (Aug. 9 through 11). As you’ll see in my story, I was lucky…
