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PHOTOS: La Dispute impacts with intensity and full-throated screams at August Hall
SAN FRANCISCO — Post-hardcore rockers La Dispute brought their Panorama tour to August Hall Friday night. With full intensity and cathartic screams, the Michigan band opened with “Rose Quartz,” off its latest album, Panorama. “Fulton Street I” followed,…
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Miguel, Jessie Reyez and more play emphatic sets at Sol Blume Fest
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…
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PHOTOS: Failure and Swervedriver double up to conquer the Fillmore
SAN FRANCISCO — Shoegaze bands Failure and Swervedriver share several similarities: Both have taken lengthy hiatuses, returned and released recent records faithful to their signature styles. So it came as no surprise that both drew…
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REVIEW: The Messthetics bring chaos to The Chapel
SAN FRANCISCO — As the Messthetics took The Chapel stage on Monday night, bassist Joe Lally gave a shout out to the legendary San Francisco music magazine Maximum Rock and Roll and the Black Lives…
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REVIEW: The 1975 creates a sensory experience at Bill Graham Civic
SAN FRANCISCO — Manchester’s The 1975 provided a full sensory experience to a sold-out Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Monday night. The group began with “Give Yourself A Try” and “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME.” Striking, bold colors flashed across the…
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PHOTOS: Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive combine forces at The Warfield
SAN FRANCISCO — Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive brought their co-headlining “Collapse The World” tour to The Warfield Thursday night. Modern metal rockers Killswitch Engage showed why they are usually credited as one of the most…
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REVIEW: K.Flay shakes off the ‘Bad Vibes’ at intimate tour opener in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — A sold-out crowd packed into the friendly confines of Bottom of the Hill to see K.Flay on an overcast Monday. It may have been the beginning of a long work week, the…
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REVIEW: Weezer and the Pixies mix it up in Oakland
OAKLAND — As the four members of Weezer stood at a microphone in front of the stage at Oracle Arena—dressed in striped jackets and boater hats—and performed a barbershop quartet version of “Beverly Hills,” it…
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SLIDESHOW: Switchfoot, Colony House and Tyson Motsenbocker at The Warfield
SAN FRANCISCO — San Diego alt-rock band Switchfoot, which released its 11th album, Native Tongue, last fall, brought its tour to The Warfield Sunday night. Switchfoot is marking its 20th year together, as well as keyboardist Jerome…
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REVIEW: Grandson speaks truth to power through music at Slim’s
SAN FRANCISCO — Early on in his 75-minute set in front of a sold-out crowd at Slim’s, Grandson made his purpose known. “If you came here looking for answers, I’m sorry, because you’re going to leave…
