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Category Archives: Bay Area Music
Rankstravaganza 2014: My 30 favorite songs of the year
I basically haven’t posted anything new to this blog since my 2013 year-end roundup. It’s been a busy year full of new challenges and responsibilities, but I’ve continued to listen to new music and compulsively keep track of what got … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Local Bands, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Against Me!, Ages and Ages, Andrew Bird, Beck, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2014, Black Prairie, Bleachers, Bob Mould, Bruce Springsteen, Conor Oberst, Death From Above 1979, Jack White, Jungle, Lydia Loveless, Mimicking Birds, Nickel Creek, OK Go, Pixies, Rankstravaganza, Robyn, Röyksopp, Sharon Van Etten, Sims, Spoon, Sturgill Simpson, The Black Keys, The Family Crest, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, The War on Drugs, Ty Segall, Weezer, Wye Oak
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Meanwhile, Elsewhere on the Web: My “Bay Area Mixtape 2013″ featured on the official Avenue Live blog
I meant to do a post as part of my End of the Year Rankstravaganza specifically focused on Bay Area bands and musicians. Of course, I didn’t get around to it. As it got later and later in January, I … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Local Bands, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Art Elliot, ATCL elsewhere on the Web, Best Songs of 2013, Everyone is Dirty, Great Lakes Myth Society, local bands, local local local, Maurice Tani, Myron & E, Painted Palms, Rankstravaganza, Shannon and the Clams, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Dodos, Thee Oh Sees, Vandella
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Report From the Show: Pink Martini at Stern Grove, SF, 08.11.13
There may be other shows where a 12-piece band performs songs in English, French, Spanish, Italian and I think Japanese. There may be other shows where you’ll find an inordinate number of audience members wearing pink feather boas and playing … Continue reading
PHOTOS: The Dread Crew of Oddwood @ NorCal Pirate Fest, 06.15.13, Vallejo, Calif.
I don’t want to oversimplify things, but any band with a headbanging bouzouki player is going to get a hearty thumbs up from me. (Bouzoukis, as you are no doubt aware, are traditional Greek instruments, but the name has come … Continue reading
An ATCL First: VIDEO (and a photo) of the Redwood Mountain Faire, 06.01.13, Felton, Calif.
Yup, the Redwood Mountain Faire pretty much met every single one of my expectations, including the fact that it was a totally chill way to spend a late afternoon/early evening—lounging on a blanket, sipping some craft brews, watching the hippies whirl around. Continue reading
You Really Ought to Go See Kate Kilbane Perform Her Pop-Rock Opera Based on a Gruesome Greek Myth
It was worth the price of admission just to watch the girl, maybe 9 years old, in the front row—her mouth agape, her eyes filled with wonder—bewitched by the story of a young woman struggling to control both the powerful magic and emotions roiling inside her. Continue reading
Report from the Show: The Mountain Goats, The Fillmore, San Francisco, 12.14.12
John Darnielle didn’t avoid the issue. He met it head on. When he came out on the stage in San Francisco on Friday, before he played a note, The Mountain Goats‘ singer-songwriter acknowledged what was on everyone’s mind. Because, as … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Report From the Show
Tagged catharsis, Newtown tragedy, San Francisco venues, The Fillmore, The Mountain Goats
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