Best New Bands » Outside Lands http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 5 New Bands on Day 3 of Outside Lands 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/outside-lands-day-3/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/outside-lands-day-3/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:06:46 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32374 San Francisco – Sunshine. Muppets. Girls with flowers in their hair. The third day of Outside Lands 2016 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park saw all three of these things, as the sun was finally strong enough to burn off the stubborn Pacific fog banks that had plagued the area since the first morning. As everyone scrambled to make

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/outside-lands-day-3/feed/ 0 More New Bands at Outside Lands 2016 – Day 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-outside-lands-2016-day-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-outside-lands-2016-day-2/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32330 San Francisco – Back at Golden Gate Park this Saturday, for Outside Lands Music Festival, we saw an emergence of faux fur and festivalgoers shawled with knit blankets, as temperatures rose only to the high-50s and the clouds stubbornly refused to be chased out of the neighborhood. Among the many legacy bands being presented at Outside Lands on

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-outside-lands-day-1/feed/ 0 10 New Bands to See at Outside Lands 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-outside-lands-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-outside-lands-2016/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:28:47 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32298 San Francisco – This weekend marks the ninth Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, held annually in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first edition was held back in 2008, boasting acts like Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson. This year marks the triumphant return of Radiohead to OSL—as well as headlining sets from LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie,

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-outside-lands-2016/feed/ 0 The 2015 Outside Lands Lineup Ought to Get You Excited! http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/2015-outside-lands-festival-lineup-get-excited/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/2015-outside-lands-festival-lineup-get-excited/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:49:34 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22803 Another Planet Entertainment, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Superfly and Starr Hill have announced the packed lineup for the 8th annual Outside Lands Festival. The “gourmet music festival” will be held again in San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park, from August 7-9, 2015. While the festival’s “Eager Beaver” pass sale already had the fastest

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