Best New Bands » Treasure Island 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 New Bands at Treasure Island 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-treasure-island-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-treasure-island-2016/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:40:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33491 San Francisco – Every October, for ten years, concert fans in the Bay Area have been flocking to the Treasure Island Music Festival, a small oasis located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay promising a weekend filled with music and celebration. Plagued by several last-minute artist cancellations and a very rough period of

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  1. 6 New Bands to See at Treasure Island 2016 San Francisco – Well, it was a good run, but you can’t outrun the cruel hand of overdevelopment forever, it seems. That’s right folks: after ten years the Treasure Island Music Festival—billed as “the Festival in the Bay”—will be celebrating...
  2. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island – Day 1 San Francisco – Ah, Treasure Island Music Festival.  It’s such a glorious event: beautiful weather, no overlapping sets, minimal panic-inducing crowd swarms.  The annual two-day event is a great festival for locals, due to its conveniently close-to-everything location smack dab...
  3. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Day 2 San Francisco – Sunday at Treasure Island 2015 started out much sunnier than the previous day, but the wind was constantly blowing throughout the day.  It was a much stronger breeze than Saturday’s, so much so that I could’ve sworn I...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-treasure-island-2016/feed/ 1 6 New Bands to See at Treasure Island 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/treasure-island-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/treasure-island-2016/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:31:16 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33384 San Francisco – Well, it was a good run, but you can’t outrun the cruel hand of overdevelopment forever, it seems. That’s right folks: after ten years the Treasure Island Music Festival—billed as “the Festival in the Bay”—will be celebrating its last installment on the island that gave this festival its name. For those who

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  1. 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State,...
  2. Recap: 4 New Bands At Treasure Island Festival San Francisco – This year’s Treasure Island Music Festival boasted one of the most interesting lineups of the year, promising sets from a lot of seasoned veterans across a multitude of genres, including OutKast, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio,...
  3. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island – Day 1 San Francisco – Ah, Treasure Island Music Festival.  It’s such a glorious event: beautiful weather, no overlapping sets, minimal panic-inducing crowd swarms.  The annual two-day event is a great festival for locals, due to its conveniently close-to-everything location smack dab...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/treasure-island-2016/feed/ 0 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Day 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-day-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-day-2/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:02:24 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27726 San Francisco – Sunday at Treasure Island 2015 started out much sunnier than the previous day, but the wind was constantly blowing throughout the day.  It was a much stronger breeze than Saturday’s, so much so that I could’ve sworn I felt the mushy foundation of the man-made island buckle a little with each push of

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  2. Recap: 4 New Bands At Treasure Island Festival San Francisco – This year’s Treasure Island Music Festival boasted one of the most interesting lineups of the year, promising sets from a lot of seasoned veterans across a multitude of genres, including OutKast, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio,...
  3. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island – Day 1 San Francisco – Ah, Treasure Island Music Festival.  It’s such a glorious event: beautiful weather, no overlapping sets, minimal panic-inducing crowd swarms.  The annual two-day event is a great festival for locals, due to its conveniently close-to-everything location smack dab...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-day-2/feed/ 0 5 New Bands At Treasure Island – Day 1 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-day-1/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-day-1/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:20:16 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27704 San Francisco – Ah, Treasure Island Music Festival.  It’s such a glorious event: beautiful weather, no overlapping sets, minimal panic-inducing crowd swarms.  The annual two-day event is a great festival for locals, due to its conveniently close-to-everything location smack dab in the middle of the bay between San Francisco and Oakland, and the price is

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  3. Best New Bands At Lollapalooza 2015: Day 3 Chicago – Seeing as a Chicago music festival just wouldn’t be complete without rain, the weather gods nailed it to Lollapalooza on Sunday. Early in the afternoon, the park was evacuated due to a severe approaching storm. Luckily, the rain didn’t...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-day-1/feed/ 2 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-preview/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-preview/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27661 San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State, festival season is drawing to its inevitable close.  Fortunately, for those of us who live

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival-preview/feed/ 0 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:45:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19650 San Francisco – Treasure Island Music Festival has been a staple of the bay area ever since its inaugural event, held in 2007.  Since then the festival has seen headliners such as Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, and LCD Soundsystem.  This year they’ve tapped Outkast and Massive Attack as headliners, and while they both

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