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Concert Review: Squeeze Digs Deep at New Jersey Gig
What does a somewhat-recently reunited band with a pretty good live album on their hands do after several live tours and a prime spot on the bill at the Coachella Music Festival? It’s not
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Live Music: Jeff Mangum @ The Fox Theater, April 10, 2012
Most people even a little familiar with indie rock know the story of Jeff Mangum. As the man behind Neutral Milk Hotel, one of the ‘90s more brilliant and original bands, Mangum is beloved
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Live Music: The Polyphonic Spree @ Great American Music Hall, April 3, 2012
The Polyphonic Spree have only released three full-length studio albums in the 12 years since their inception, but I don’t think that relatively limited output has in any way impeded their exposure as a
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Live Music: Beats Antique @ The Fox Theater, March 30, 2012
Beats Antique pulled out some special treats for their sold-out show at Oakland’s Fox Theater this past weekend. The glitz, glamour, and expansive performance could be credited in part to the fact that it
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Live Music: The Lumineers @ Cafe Du Nord, March 24, 2012
The Lumineers are among the latest and greatest of the new generation of rootsy folk-rock bands that have kept Americana fresh and captivating through the years. Like those musical contemporaries whose sound they evoke—think
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Live Music: The Del Fuegos, Turner Hall Ballroom, 2/29/12
I was seven years old when the Del Fuegos were at their peak, so it’s safe to say I have nothing previous upon which to base their Wednesday night show at the Historic Turner
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Live Music: The Jayhawks @ The Fillmore, February 4, 2012
I didn’t even know who the Jayhawks were in the ‘80s and most of the ‘90s, arguably the band’s defining years. I was a small town kid on the east coast and didn’t dig
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Live Music: The Pimps of Joytime @ The Independent, January 28, 2012
The Pimps of Joytime lit up Divisadero Street in San Francisco this past weekend, playing back-to-back sold-out shows at the pristine sounding Independent and giving all the patrons in attendance serious cause to dance.
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Live Music: Iggy Pop and the Stooges @ the Warfield, December 6, 2011
Earlier this week, I saw Iggy Pop and the Stooges perform live at the Warfield to an audience of about 2,000 people. The band was supposed to swing through San Francisco in September, but
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Live Music: The Budos Band and Afrolicious at Mezzanine, November 19, 2011
The funk tends to bring the fun, and Saturday night’s installment of San Francisco’s 10th annual Funk Festival lured the city’s dance party people out to help Afrolicious and the Budos Band transform the
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