BAM Remembers Robin Williams

It was 1978 and the alien Mork had just landed in American living rooms. There ...

15
Sep
New Video Releases: James Brown
December 19, 2014

James Brown Live at Boston Garden April 5, 1968 Extended Edition Shout! Factory Mr Dynamite: ...

Make-U-Sad-To-B-Here Boys
December 19, 2014

Unknown Memory Tour Yung Lean & Sad Boys, Gravity Boys Dec. 16, 2014 The Regency ...

Teaching San Francisco how to dance with Jamie T. & The Interrupters at The Independent

Jamie T. / The Interrupters Dec. 2, 2014 The Independent San Francisco is not good ...

04
Dec
More Than Local Boys: The Matches 10-Year Reunion Tour

Over a decade ago, the Bay Area was home to a new local pop-punk band ...

26
Nov
Memphis’s Lucero Plays Three Nights at Slim’s

Lucero Nov. 18, 2014 Slim’s, San Francisco “If I live through this,” said Ben Nichols, ...

25
Nov
Spooky Black Really “Fucks With” Oakland

The Stand4rd Nov. 14, 2014 The New Parish, Oakland Throngs of Oakland-dwelling, finger-on-the-pulse jailbait stood ...

19
Nov
Shakey Graves, Who Plays for Keeps

Shakey Graves w/ Esme Patterson and Rayland Baxter November 12, 2014 The Independent, San Francisco ...

19
Nov
Southern Stars Fell on The Independent

Hiss Golden Messenger w/ Phil Cook Nov. 11, 2014 The Independent, San Francisco Tuesday night’s ...

17
Nov
GABI WILSON SHINES AT 17

Gabi Wilson was 10 when she nailed the national anthem at a Los Angeles Lakers-Golden ...

15
Nov
Listening to Giraffage is Like Being Seduced by a Foley Artist
November 13, 2014

Giraffage w/ Avidd, Chad Salty Nov. 7, 2014 Brick & Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco ...

Scary Little Friends: The Most Mature Sounding Young Band In the Bay

“We’re not expecting to get famous,” Chris Jones says with a shrug, outside a coffee shop ...

13
Nov
Ziggy Marley At The Fillmore
November 9, 2014

Ziggy Marley, Jethro Jeremiah Nov. 7, 2014 The Fillmore, San Francisco It must have been ...

Photos: SBTRKT at The Fox Theater

SBTRKT Oct. 17, 2014 Fox Theater, Oakland Last Friday night, Oakland’s Fox Theater was the ...

21
Oct
Denise Perrier Teaches Us Tonight

 Above Denise Perrier : Photo © Walt Atkins Denise Perrier Unforgettable, A Tribute to Dinah ...

21
Oct
of Montreal’s Two-Night “Honeymoon in San Francisco”

of Montreal w/ Pillar Point, Battlehooch Oct. 15, 2014 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco ...

18
Oct
Lily Allen Lightens Fox Theater’s Load

Lily Allen w/ Lolawolf Oct. 8, 2014 Fox Theater, Oakland It’s not all that common ...

14
Oct
Imelda May’s Merry Hellraising

Imelda May w/ The Rhythm Shakers Oct.  9, 2014 The Fillmore, San Francisco You can’t ...

13
Oct
Thurston Moore Alights Upon Great American Music Hall

[Above photo: Phil Sharp) Thurston Moore w/ Sebadoh October. 7, 2014 Great American Music Hall, ...

12
Oct
Spirit Family Reunion Wakes Up The Chapel

Photo by Lauren Slusher   Spirit Family Reunion w/ The Felice Brothers Oct. 3, 2014 ...

08
Oct
Train Takes a Step Up
October 8, 2014

BAM Magazine recently caught up with Train co-founder/lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford to discuss the band’s ...

Warren’s Gift Keeps Giving at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014

(Above: Ryan Adams   Photo: Pedro Paredes-Haz) It would be both ungrateful and unthinkable not ...

08
Oct
Redwood City’s Salsa Festival 2014 Heats Up The Bay

Redwood City’s 7th annual Salsa Festival took place on Saturday, Sept. 27, under warm sunny ...

02
Oct
George Thorogood’s “Tuesday Night Rock Party”
September 25, 2014

George Thorogood & The Destroyers w/ Trampled Under Foot Sept. 23, 2014 The Fillmore, San ...

The Carnivores Tour with Linkin Park

Carnivores Tour with Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, AFI Sept. 19, 2014 Concord Pavilion ...

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Sep