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Think You Know About Music, Huh?
If you’re like me, you woke up on New Years Day and listened to the ultimate soothing hangover cure album, 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle. If you’re not like me, you were probably paying...
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Bonobo Plays Juke Joint at Hopmonk, Sebastopol
It is a talented artist who can transport listeners from sitting poolside under a warm Barcelona sky to wandering a mystical forest in northern England, all in span of one album. Welcome to the...
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Enter To Win A Slightly Stoopid CD Prize Pack!
Enter to win Slightly Stoopid’s newest album, “Top Of the World” along with other great fan prizes! To enter all you gotta do is log in to your Twitter account, follow @NBayBohemian and upload your...
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Ott. + All-Seeing I (live band) perform at Juke Joint for Valentine’s Day
Emerging from the English cultural revolution of the late 1980′s comes Ott., a multifarious DJ artist, whose organic dub creations are equally balanced takes on the celestial and earthbound His sonic...
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I Don’t Know if Punk Rock is Bullshit, But John Roderick’s Argument Certainly Is
BY RACHEL DOVEY I never was punk. (Or “a punk?” Or “a punk rocker?” See, I don’t even know the terminology.) I’m 27, so by the time I started flirting with counter-culture, which admittedly was fairly...
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Roger
I “hated” him. Then I loved him. His post on books is essential. His script for ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls‘ taught me camp. But his reviews—they’re going to be read and re-read for the next week,...
View ArticleBottleRock Countdown: Kings of Leon
Once, I watched Robert Pollard from Guided by Voices go off on every “it” band of the moment in a typically drunk onstage rant. He lambasted the Strokes, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
View ArticleBottleRock Countdown: Sharon Van Etten
If you need a reason to show up early to BottleRock on Saturday, Best Coast should help. If you’re still sleeping off a hangover or whatever, though, at least get there to see Sharon Van Etten. Her...
View ArticleBottleRock Countdown: Café Tacvba
From inside the dark, dingy dives of century-old buildings to the roof-top pool bars of boutique hotels, Mexican rockers Café Tacvba are played at least once every hour, of every day, somewhere in...
View ArticleBottleRock Countdown: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
If you avoid Top-40 on the radio and don’t tune into what’s left of MTV, you probably haven’t seen the music video for “Thrift Shop” by Seattle hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Well here it is,...
View ArticleBottleRock Countdown: Joan Jett
She is known as the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. Rolling Stone Magazine called her one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. She’s hot, she’s vegan and she runs her own NYC-based record label...
View ArticleCalifornia Roots Festival Highlights: Tribal Seeds & Friends
San Diego reggae band Tribal Seeds are rising stars in the landscape of California roots music. They have sharp, inspiring verses, solid stage presence, and vocals that melt. Both lead singers, Steven...
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California Roots Festival Highlights: An Interview with Thrive
After several times trying to connect with Santa Cruz reggae rockers, Thrive, I had all but given up on our scheduled interview. It was Day 2 of Cali Roots and text messages aside, I figured there...
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California Roots Festival Highlights: Slideshow
Festival photos up! Click HERE to see photos from California Roots Music & Art Festival in Monterey, California. Many thanks to photographers Kathryn Gleason and James LeDeau. Read More
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Wish I Was At Coachella!
Did your 2014 Coachella Wristband Ticket Box with stop-action video and radio frequency IDs get lost in the mail? Yea, so did mine. But don’t trip on being broke and stuck at home. The first ever Wish...
View ArticleTommy Ramone: The Last Bruddah
Last week, it happened for the fourth time. The radio alarm went off, and a “Morning Edition” host announced the death of a Ramone. Groggy and dispirited, I brushed my teeth, made coffee, put on a...
View Article‘Weird’ Al Yankovic’s New Album is Insult Comedy Gold
“Weird” Al Yankovic is turning into a fantastic insult comic. He has released two videos so far from his latest album, “Mandatory Fun,” and aside from being spot-on parodies of two of the most popular...
View ArticleMusic Legends Crowd the North Bay This Weekend
Looking at the music listings in this week’s Bohemian, it struck me that there are a host, a horde, a gaggle, a ton, just a whole lot of music legends playing in the North Bay this weekend. From...
View ArticleWake Up with Bucc Nyfe
I just couldn’t get going this morning. Between the cloudy skies and my comfy bed it took all my might to move. So, before I even ground up the coffee, I put on Bucc Nyfe. The Santa Rosa punk rock trio...
View ArticleWatch the Music Video for The Illumnignarly’s “Tall Can”
Santa Rosa surf punks the Illumnignarly take things to the next level with pummeling rhythms and lightning fast guitars. Though they’re an instrumental outfit, these guys know how to tell a story, as...
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