Category: Show Previews

OUTSIDE LANDS ANNOUNCES THE DOLORES STAGE LINEUP

Five weeks until Outside Lands!!! FIVE WEEKS!!! Time to start picking out your outfits and figuring out which shoes are most comfortable!!! And today, they are gifting us with ANOTHER stage’s worth of acts! The Dolores Stage is a tribute to the queer events of San Francisco, with each day curated by a different local promoter. Friday is presented by the great Hot Goth GF. Saturday is brought to you by the legendary Oasis team. Sunday has been brought to you by Polyglamorous! 

They’ve also added “Dolores’ Courtyard,” featuring a glam bar, a barber, and cocktails! 

Full Line-Up below. Tickets are SOLD OUT! Get on the waitlist here! Continue reading “OUTSIDE LANDS ANNOUNCES THE DOLORES STAGE LINEUP”

HEAVENS TO BETSY ARE BACK!!!!

OH SHIT! OH SHIT! OH SHIT!!!! Heavens to Betsy, the legendary Riot Grrl band that put out one genius record and three 7″s in the early 90s and then closed up shop just after both members became old enough to buy beer, is back together! They played their first show in 32 years last night in Portland, and are prepping for a fall tour! My 14-year-old self is overjoyed that I’ll FINALLY get to see them! Tour dates and a clip from that first show below: Continue reading “HEAVENS TO BETSY ARE BACK!!!!”

OUTSIDE LANDS NIGHT SHOWS ANNOUNCED!!!!

We are roughly six weeks out from Outside Lands 2026. Which means it’s time for news to start coming out again from the event organizers! I was literally just thinking about the night shows, and, sure enough, they’ve started rolling them out. Including the legendary Clipse playing the tiny Independent?!?! Also, Modest Mouse gracing the stage of the recently revitalized Castro Theater?!?! And so much more! OSL Ticket Holders can buy tickets starting tomorrow at 10 am. Tickets to the general public are on sale on Friday at 10 am from this link. Full lineup below! Outside Lands 2026 is mostly sold out, but you can get on the waitlist here if you slept on tickets.

Continue reading “OUTSIDE LANDS NIGHT SHOWS ANNOUNCED!!!!”

Outside Lands announces SOMA Line Up

April lands tomorrow, but Outside Lands decided to avoid fooling up by gifting us the SOMA line-up, which looks like it’s most varied yet. They also have added a special, ultra-exclusive SOMA Social Club package, available here. Full line-up for OSL’s epic dance music grove below: Continue reading “Outside Lands announces SOMA Line Up”

Outside Lands 2026 Daily Lineups

You’ve got a last chance at getting into Outside Lands 2026! They have already blessed us with the daily line-ups AND gifted us Pink Pantheress for Saturday night. I can’t wait for August!!!!! And I really hope we get a bonkers Charli XCX b2b Turnstile set. 

Single Day GA starts at $249, Single Day GA+ starts at $375, and Single Day VIP starts at $599. Single Day Golden Gate Club tickets start at $2,369. Purchase starting 3/12 at noon here and act before you are sold out! Continue reading “Outside Lands 2026 Daily Lineups”

Album Review: The Mountain by Gorillaz

My now 23 year old son Oz got me interested in the Gorillaz when he was in 7th grade. I had been familiar with The Gorillaz before but at that time they were the “Clint Eastwood” and “Feel Good Inc” band, I knew they kept releasing albums and would tour from time to time but I would never have called myself a fan. When Oz was in middle school the Gorillaz comeback album Humanz was released and his fandom was enough to get me a little bit more into them. We saw them live in concert together in the nose bleeds of our local indoor sports stadium style venue known as The Key Arena at the time and after the show he said that he felt jealous of the people in the front who were all able to dance like crazy and I said I’d make sure he was down there the next time they came to town. Continue reading “Album Review: The Mountain by Gorillaz”

JESUS H CHRIST, LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE LANDS LINEUP!

Seriously. Look at it. 

Charli XCX is finally making good on her 2020 scheduled appearance, and she’s headlining. Fuck Yes. The Strokes are playing. Wet Leg is playing. Ethel Cain. Lucy Dacus. Fucking Turnstile is going to kick us all in the heads. But only if you survive Die Spitz.  What a genuinely great lineup!There is still time to sign up for the 12pm presale TODAY. Additional ticket info here!

 

Just Announced: Bruce Springsten & The E Street Band Spring 2026 Tour

Man. I love Bruce Springsteen. I know, I know, everyone does. Even your hardcore right-wing cousin secretly listens to the man. But, boy, do I love Bruce “IDGAF, I’m going all in on exposing this fucking broken system” Springsteen. And doing a last-minute, arena tour called “The Land Of Hopes and Dreams” tour, but subtitled “No Kings” really drives it home. 

This tour preview post feels really nice. Tickets on sale either Friday or Saturday, depending on the venue. No fanclub presales. I don’t see any sort of corporate credit card nonsense. Just kicking off March 31st at Target Center in Minneapolis (of course) and ending in Washington, DC on May 27th, blowing through the country to thaw its ICE with a hot rock ‘n’ roll show. Full tour dates and purchase links below: Continue reading “Just Announced: Bruce Springsten & The E Street Band Spring 2026 Tour”

Noise Pop 2026: Spinning Platters Tells You What To Do

Noise Pop is celebrating its 33rd iteration, and it’s 34th year (DAMMIT COVID!), which means it’s the 33 1/3 Noise Pop. Not really, but I prefer to label it as such. Because of records. But it could also take 33 1/3 years to dig through the lineup. Feeling like some Noise Pop (or, as Swami John Reis referred to it at Bimbo’s in 1999, “popping noise music”) but don’t want to do the work? Here’s what I like. The full schedule is here. Badges and limited individual tickets are still available for many shows.

Continue reading “Noise Pop 2026: Spinning Platters Tells You What To Do”