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The Rock Subculture Journal 2013 Year In Review (Top 10 Live Music Concerts, Top 10 Albums, Top 100 Songs, and more…)

January 2, 2014 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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As with last year’s 2012 Year In Review, reflecting on the many shows attended in 2013 and trying to make some sense of it all was a challenge.  Having attended nearly 100 events, which usually includes at least one supporting act and a headliner, as well as one 10-day festival and many multi-artist shows, I saw literally hundreds of sets.  Miraculously, I can probably count on one hand the number that were “bad”, and the majority were awesome in one or more ways.   Still, I feel it is important to highlight the best of the best of the best, in an attempt to celebrate an amazing year of music.  You can also check out my Top 100 Concert Photos of 2013 in that separate article.

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Original Music/Rock/Pop Stage & Studio Used Entertainment & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

November 13, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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Below is the latest updated list of memorabilia for entertainment memorabilia, including rock and pop music stage and studio used equipment and costumes, as well as other entertainment memorabilia. Please contact me if you are aware of any coming events of interest to collectors. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

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Live 105 KITS Announces Not So Silent Night 2013 Line Up (#NSSN2013): Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Alt-J, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and more

November 4, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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Live 105 FM KITS San Francisco is holding their annual, two-night concert event at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California again this year, slated for December 6th and 7th.  While Night #1 was announced last week, Night #2 was just announced today.  Here is the full line-up for both nights…  Friday night, December 6th will feature Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Arctic Monkeys, and Capital Cities.  The just announced Saturday night line-up on December 7th will be Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Alt-J, Lorde, Bastille, and The Neighbourhood. [Read more…]

Filed Under: "On Tour" Dates & Announcements, AFI, Alt-J (∆), Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Capital Cities, Kings of Leon, Live 105, Lorde, Not So Silent Night (NSSN), Phoenix, Queens of the Stone Age, The Neighbourhood, Vampire Weekend Tagged With: #nssn, #NSSN2013, 2013, AFI, alt-j, announcement, annual, Arcade Fire, arctic monkeys, artist, bastille, Capital Cities, christmas, city, Concert, december 6, december 7, holiday, Kings of Leon, line-up, live, live 105, live 105 kits, Lorde, Neighbourhood (The Neighbourhood), news, not to silent night, Oracle Arena, Phoenix, pre-sale, Queens of the Stone Age, radio, radio station, sale, tickets, tour, Vampire Weekend

Blondie with X “No Principals Tour” at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium | San Francisco, California | 9/19/2013 (Concert Review)

September 20, 2013 by Jason DeBord 2 Comments

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Blondie’s spectacular show at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco Thursday night was a reminder of how seemingly effortlessly Debbie Harry and the band crossed into and innovated within so many different styles and genres of music in the late 70s and early 80s.  Punk, post-punk, disco, pop, New Wave, even some rap, reggae, and infusions of some world music, they were quite the innovators, really serving as a pioneering force in music, and they continue to record new and relevant music today.  The Debbie Harry-fronted East Coast post punk/pop/disco group Blondie share the bill on the “No Principals Tour” with Exene Cervenka and John Doe fronting on vocals for the West Coast, L.A. punk pioneers X, which features its original line-up.  Both artists brought amazing energy to the stage, which created a frenzy within the crowd at the Masonic unlike anything I’d seen at the usually mellow venue, with fans of both bands flooding the area between the all-seated venue and the low stage.  It was definitely a different sort of concert (in a great way) and celebration of music that really served as a pivotal transition from the 70s to the 80s, paving a pathway into what turned out to be fresh and new world.

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Filed Under: Blondie / Debbie Harry, Concert Reviews, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, San Francisco California, The Masonic (formerly Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium), X Tagged With: 2013, 70s, 80s, artist, band, Beastie Boys, Blondie, california, Call Me, chris stein, clem burke, Concert, concert dates, concert photography, Concert Review, cover, Debbie Harry, deborah harry, details, disco, Exene Cervenka, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, gig, Heart of Glass, high resolution, highresolution, john doe, live, live nation, movement, Music, new wave, no principals tour, no sleep till brooklyn, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, Pop, Post Punk, Punk, Relax, review, rock, september 19, set, set list, setlist, show, tickets, tour, tour dates, x

GROUPLOVE “Seesaw Tour” (Night 1 “Heavy”) at The Independent & (Night 2 “Light”) at The Chapel | San Francisco, California | 9/14/2013 & 9/15/2013 (Concert Review)

September 16, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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“We do it for love, sweet love…” Fittingly, the final words sung on stage both Saturday and Sunday night in San Francisco by GROUPLOVE, from their hit song, “Colours”.  Playing back-to-back shows as part of their special run of their “Seesaw Tour”, performing at two small venues in select cities, doing one traditional show and one acoustic-style show, each night featured a different kind of show, almost as if seen, heard, and felt through a kaleidoscope that shifted not just night to night, but within each show.  GROUPLOVE is a band with probably the best energy of anyone playing today – such joy and positivity beaming not just from the speakers at the venues, but from the artists themselves – their expressions and jumping around, and interactions with the audience.  The funny thing is that the audiences and shows kind of played counter to expectations, with the “heavy” night at The Independent skewing older and more mellow and the “light” night at The Chapel being much more youthful and boundless, which seemed to fuel the band into rocking their acoustic instruments on the tiny stage, which could barely contain them.  Two incredible shows that delivered well beyond expectations.

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Filed Under: Another Planet Entertainment, Concert Reviews, GROUPLOVE, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, San Francisco California, The Chapel, The Independent, The Rubens Tagged With: 2013, acoustic, announcement, another planet, another planet entertainment, artist, artist arena, atlantic records, band, california, capacity, Concert, Concert Review, gig, grouplove, heavy, high resolution, images, light, live, Music, new album, packages, performance, Photo, photography, photos, pre-sale code, rock, Rubens (The Rubens), San Francisco, san francsico, seesaw tour, september 14, set list, setlist, show, special, spreading rumors, the chapel, the independent, tickets, tour, venue

Brand New 4-Track EP (EP-1) & New Music Video Released by The Pixies Leading Up To New Concert World Tour

September 4, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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As reported recently, there has been a lot of news coming from one of my all-time favorite bands, The Pixies, who will be playing four special concert dates in Los Angeles next week at El Rey Theatre and Mayan Theater, with new bass player Kim Shattuck.  Last month The Pixies released one new song (as a free MP3 download) and two versions of a music video of the same (Ver 1, Ver 2).  This week The Pixies have released EP-1, a new 4-track EP with all new material written by The Pixies and recorded at Rockfield Studios in the UK almost a year ago with producer Gil Norton.  They have special artwork for the EP created by Vaughan Oliver.  Full details can be found here: http://newpix.es/ep1 [Read more…]

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GROUPLOVE Announce Special “Seesaw Tour” Dates & Venues, Pre-Sale On Today, “Spreading Rumors” Due September 17th

July 30, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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American alternative band GROUPLOVE today announced a special “Seesaw Tour” supporting their sophomore album, Spreading Rumors, due September 17th.  The nine city tour will feature the band playing back-to-back gigs in each city, the first an all-rock set and the second at a non-traditional venue doing an all acoustic show (“one night heavy, one night light”).  Special pre-sale packages went on sale this morning for the nine cities that are part of this special tour – Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Chicago. [Read more…]

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Huey Lewis and The News “Sports 30th Anniversary Tour” at Mountain Winery | Saratoga, California | 7/27/2013 (Concert Review)

July 28, 2013 by Jason DeBord 0 Comments

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“30 years is a long time.  Think back 30 years ago… no cell phones… no Internet… no CDs… no reading glasses…  Those were the days.  And in case you guys haven’t figured it out yet, we’re going to play the Sports album.  From the beginning to the very end.  And that… was Side 1.  That was the ‘video’ side, if you will.  And now we’re going to take the record, and we’re going to turn it over…  because that’s what we did, kids.  We took the record, and we turned it over.  Right? ”  Part of a pretty entertaining monologue by Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News at Mountain Winery last night, half way through their #1, septuple platinum 1983 album, which had four Top 10 hits (“Heart and Soul”, “I Want a New Drug”, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”, and “If This Is It”).  Playing the classic album front to back – side to side – in honor of the “Sports 30th Anniversary Tour”, they did not end with that, as the concert continued on beyond with a new song as well as more non-Sports classics and covers.  It was really a phenomenal show, and Huey and the band were in top form playing in their Bay Area home at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, which Huey Lewis characterized as “the scene of so many of our youthful indiscretions“.  The sold out venue was filled with an awesome crowd of fans, and I think this was the first time I checked StubHub before a show at this venue and found that there was only a single ticket for sale, which I illustrates that it was the hottest ticket for the night in Northern California on the beautiful Saturday evening overlooking the lights of Silicon Valley.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Drew Harrison, Huey Lewis and the News, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Mountain Winery, Saratoga California Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 30th anniversary, 30th anniversary edition, aeg, announcement, artist, band, california, canadian solar, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, drew harrison, gig, goldenvoice, high resolution, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, july 27, live, mountain winery, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, pre-sale, review, rock, saratoga, set, set list, setlist, show, sports 30th anniversary tour, tickets, tour, west coast

Peter Murphy “Mr. Moonlight Tour: Celebrating 35 Years of Bauhaus” at The Fillmore | San Francisco, California | 7/24/2013 (Concert Review)

July 25, 2013 by Jason DeBord 2 Comments

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“If you’re on the wall, you’re awesome…”  Peter Murphy relaying what he was told pre-show, in a pretty impressive American accent, about the custom poster designed for the sold out show at The Fillmore last night, on the second American leg of his “Mr. Moonlight Tour: Celebrating 35 Years of Bauhaus”, before he critiqued the fact that it portrayed him as bald and with wings.  Peter Murphy has always been a bit of an enigma to me, as you have an idea of what he might be like from listening to his music, but on stage he usually has a few funny things to say in-between songs.  But for this tour in particular, fans turned out for the songs, with an all-Bauhaus setlist, with Peter Murphy and his band bringing the classics to life on stage, with great precision and style.   Bauhaus were one of the most important bands during that era, with a massive influence in music at large and a catalog of music that has stood the test of time.  The show in San Francisco last night definitely lived up to the billing as a celebration of that music.  I would say it is the best Peter Murphy concert I’ve seen (which is saying a lot).  One of the best tours of the year.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Meet & Greet / Meet The Artist, Ours, Peter Murphy, San Francisco California, The Fillmore Tagged With: 2013, 35th anniversary, artist, band, Bauhaus, celebrating 35 years of bauhaus, Cheb i Sabbah, Concert, Concert Review, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, europe, european, gig, goth, july 23, live, mr moonlight tour, Music, Ours, performance, Peter Murphy, photography, photos, Post Punk, rock, San Francisco, set, set list, setlist, show, spring, The Fillmore, tour, u.s., united states

Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse at Balboa Theatre | San Diego, California | 7/17/2013 (Concert Review)

July 18, 2013 by Jason DeBord 8 Comments

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“This is a song for you young lovers out there.  I was in love once.  When I picked my guts up afterwards, I wrote this tiny little song, I hope you enjoy it; it’s called Wonderful.”  A twisted sort of sentiment about his most mainstream song, New Wave icon and post-punk pioneer Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse kicked on their 40-city North American tour in San Diego last night, at the classy Balboa Theatre.  Adam Ant launched his first album in 18 years, Adam Ant is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter, earlier this year.  Somehow last night’s show felt even more spectacular than the one I caught in San Francisco last year.  Adam Ant was like a rock star possessed; perhaps more confident and somehow… joyful?  At one point deep into the set, he tossed his mic stand, which landed on his bass player’s effects pedals, completely shorting them all out.  One of the stage crew came out and messed with it briefly, then unplugged it and plugged him directly into his amp…  the relentless onslaught of music could not be stopped, or even paused due to technical difficulties…  and the near sold out crowd was perhaps treated to a more raw version of what was planned.  A lot of music acts continually reinvent themselves, over and over, sometimes to the point where they become a series of completely different artists.  Adam Ant is different.  He is today what he was more than 30 years ago, in terms of his identity, style, and sound.  He has evolved, of course, but stayed true to what he was and has always been – one of those rare artists who maybe got it perfect the first time.

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Filed Under: Adam Ant, Balboa Theatre, Concert Reviews, Goldenvoice / AEG / Axs, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Prima Donna, San Diego California, San Diego Comic Con Tagged With: 2013, 80s, acting, actor, adam and the ants, adam ant, Adam Ant & the Good, Adam Ant is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, ant music, ant rap, antmania, antmusic, artist, balboa theatre, band, bazooka joe, bow wow wow, British, brothers of brazil, comic con, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, desperate but not serious, drums, english, friend or foe, gig, glam, goldenvoice, goody two shoes, guitar, high resolution, live, london, malcolm mclaren, Music, new wave, north american tour, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, pop music, Post Punk, prima donna, Punk, regency ballroom, review, rock, rockabilly, san diego, san diego comic con, set, set list, setlist, Sex Pistols, show, singer, siouxsie and the banshees, solo, stand and deliver, stuart leslie goddard, the Mad and the Lovely Posse, uk, wonderful

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