Live 105 this morning released the lineup for its annual BFD spring mini-festival, which will head to Shoreline Amphitheatre for the 19th year on Sunday, May 19. Headlining the day are Thirty Seconds to Mars, Passion Pit, Silversun Pickups, and Jimmy Eat World. Other notable performers include DJ Sh ... More >>
Live 105's BFD, with Jane's Addiction, Garbage, Cake, fun., Neon Trees, and more Saturday, June 2, 2012 Shoreline Amphitheater Better than: Listening to Live 105 for 12 consecutive hours. True to its name, Live 105's BFD was a big fucking deal yet again this year. We're talking more than three doz ... More >>
Kevin HendersonThe Raveonettes at Bimbo's last night.The RaveonettesTamarynMay 10, 2011@ Bimbo's 365 ClubBetter than: Love in a trash can.Bimbo's 365 Club was built in 1931, during the latter years of Prohibition. Despite its status as San Francisco's first modern nightclub, you can still see des ... More >>
The LimousinesBuild-up an electro-pop duo with as much radio appeal as San Jose's the Limousines -- whose single "Very Busy People" got lotsa love from Live 105's airwaves -- and you're bound to get somewhere. This year's single "Internet Killed the Video Star" took the band to even larger audien ... More >>
Can you spot the real Tom Gabel?Silversun PickupsAgainst Me!The Henry Clay PeopleThe Fox Theater, Oakland8 p.m., $35Calling all ufologists and conspiracy buffs! Tonight we can witness evidence of aliens among us -- proof that Pod People do indeed exist. You may notice these Pods' exoskeletons tak ... More >>
photo by Stacy Schwartz for City Pages Courtney Love fills the Hole once moreLive 105 just announced its 2010 lineup for its big summer fest, BFD, and the band on the bill most folks will be talking about--for better or for worse--is Hole. Yup, Courtney Love and Co. will be one of the headliners ... More >>
While you were out shopping or flying or arguing with the family, we were combing our photo archives to compile the best and the brightest of San Francisco 2009. From Morrissey, to Modest Mouse, from the Flaming Lips to KISS, from Dizzy Balloon to Silversun Pickups and festivals galore in between. ... More >>
View more photos in "Silversun Pickups & Metric @ Verizon Droid Launch."Indie rock music met tech at last Friday's Verizon Droid Launch at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, where Canadian Band Metric and Silverlake band Silversun Pickups played to celebrate the launch of Verizon Droid, an iPhon ... More >>
EKAphotographyVinyl Vamp: Zap Mama Fickle weather and last-minute headliner replacements aside, Outside Lands was a success, by most yard sticks. Here's what folks are saying about the three-day extravaganza, which drew more than 100,000 people to Golden Gate Park: Local reaction: The Chron ... More >>
Soren Solkaer StarbirdSan Francisco's giant music marathon, Outside Lands, announced its lineup this morning, capping its press release with headliners like Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Modest Mouse, and, yes, Dave Matthews Band hitting Golden Gate Park between August 28-30. Also in the ... More >>
Ted Leibowitz: the John Peel of Internet radio.
The Bay is looking up in 2008
Internet radio stations like SomaFM have launched bands and influenced what mainstream DJs play. On July 15, they could be gone forever
