Tag Archives: U2
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Bay Area U2 tribute band Zoo Station hanging up the fly shades
Zoo Station performs at The Chapel in San Francisco on March 18, 2016. Photos courtesy Justin Schlesinger. One of the best tribute acts in the Bay Area is hanging up the fly shades after 20 years. U2 lovers Zoo Station, one of the most popular and tirelessly gigging bands…
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Q&A: Matt Nathanson going back to the ’90s with remake of U2’s ‘Achtung Baby’
Matt Nathanson Bay area musician Matt Nathanson was nice enough to take a break from a family vacation to speak with RIFF about his newest release, a song-for-song cover of U2’s Achtung Baby (timed with the 30th anniversary of that album). For Achtung Matty, Nathanson reunited virtually with long-time collaborator Aaron Tap.…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Exodus’ a bold closing chapter to the life of DMX
A bold and bittersweet closing chapter for one of the greatest rappers of all time, the long-awaited album from DMX, Exodus, comes a little over a month and a half after his death. His first release in nine years (following 2012’s Undisputed) and his first on Def Jam since Grand Champ, Exodus is…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – May 25
Clockwise from top left: STACEY, Faye Webster, Azure Ray, Lydia Ainsworth, Black Map and Lucy Dacus. Whether you’re listening to the resonant rock of Lucy Dacus, confessional folk from Faye Webster or the post-hardcore heaviness of Black Map, this week’s selections are a treat for the ears. We round…
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Two U2 nerds on the significance of ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind,’ 20 years later
Twenty years to the day that U2 released its landmark album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, Roman Gokhman and I jumped on Zoom to talk about what the album means to us as fans, its cultural impact and legacy, and how it changed the course of U2’s music–for better or worse–in…
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U2’s Bono turns 60, shares playlist of the 60 songs that ‘saved my life’
U2 frontman Bono, who turned 60 on May 10, shared a playlist of 60 songs that have impacted his life. “These are some of the songs that save my life, the ones I couldn’t have lived without, the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60…
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Q&A: André Allen Anjos on his new RAC album and earning a paycheck during the concert blackout
André Allen Anjos (RAC), Courtesy: Jules Davies. It’s March 48 (who’s keeping track, though?) and musician-producer André Allen Anjos, better known as RAC, seems happy to see a new human face. After several weeks of keeping indoors at his Portland, Oregon apartment, Anjos, like most of us, is living…
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PHOTOS: Blossoms lead British Isles showcase, Inhaler makes West Coast debut at the Independent
Blossoms perform at the Independent in San Francisco on Nov. 13, 2019. Gary Chancer/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — English indie pop band Blossoms headlined a three-act lineup at the Independent that also included the California debut of Dublin quintet Inhaler—fronted by Bono’s son Elijah Hewson. The headliners, making just their…
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REWIND: We celebrate the moon landing with songs about space
No David Bowies were harmed in the making of this music video. At 7:59 pm on Sunday, July 20, 1969—50 years ago today—a human being first set foot on another world. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent two hours, 31 minutes and 19 seconds on the moon, while Michael…
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Roman Gokhman’s favorite concerts of 2018: 5-1
Bruno Mars performs at BottleRock Napa on May 27, 2018. This is the final in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Favorite Shows 2017 | Favorite Shows 2016 | Favorite Shows 2015 Favorite Shows 2014 |…
