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If you are talking about musicians coming out of SF, then I agree. If you are talking about tours coming to SF/Oakland, I don't see this at all. I can't think o
by psanford 5y ago
If you are talking about musicians coming out of SF, then I agree. If you are talking about tours coming to SF/Oakland, I don't see this at all. I can't think of an artist I care about that hasn't been through.
- legerdemain 5y agoI mean, I can see Beyonce at Levis Stadium and the Foo Fighters at Shoreline. I don't think this even remotely counts as a local music scene. Compare this to the era that gave us that little-known Palo Alto band, the Grateful Dead.
- psanford 5y agoI don't know what you want. I find bands I like, I add them to Song Kick. I get emails when they come to SF. Music venues have been expanding in the last 10 years, not contracting. I've never seen a show a Levi's or Shoreline. I guess your complaint is there aren't more artists coming out of Palo Alto? Yeah, sure, I'll concede that if I lived in Palo Alto I'd probably be unhappy with its music scene.
- legerdemain 5y agoName two mid-sized music venues on the Peninsula or in South Bay. Not stadiums or sports arenas that host Top 40s mega-acts like Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, but also not the local coffee shop that has a guy play some guitar covers on Friday nights.
- psanford 5y agoI live in SF. I go to shows in SF and Oakland. I agree that the music scene of the burbs is bad. That's the way it is everywhere though. Venues that I'm happy to go to: Bottom of the Hill, The Chapel, Hotel Utah, The Rickshaw Stop, The Independent, August Hall, Swedish American Hall, Great American Music Hall, The Fillmore, Bimbo's 365, Warfield, The Fox, The Masonic.
- legerdemain 5y agoNote that South Bay includes San Jose, which is a substantially larger city than San Francisco.
- psanford 5y agoI'm sorry that San Jose is lame.
- bartwr 5y agoOP here. I loved most of those, I'd add DNA Lounge (though it seems based on the selection you're not into electronic music :) ). All of those are fond memories of some nice shows. Still was hard to justify a 1h (one way!) drive. :( An to me, the essential part is the local scene/culture. I didn't see too much of it in SF, maybe I didn't stick for long enough (my brutal commute to MTV took away my will to live and I had to move).
- psanford 5y ago> I'd add DNA Lounge (though it seems based on the selection you're not into electronic music :) You got me. DNA Lounge does have a special place in my heart though. JWZ was such a slashdot folk hero, its sad that so many people in SF don't know who he is anymore. I also can't think of anywhere else in SF that is keeping the dream of the 90s alive the way DNA lounge does.
- psanford 5y agoI do think that the bay area has pushed local artists out to more affordable cities. John Vanderslice/Tiny Telephone has done more than anyone else I can think of to keep the local music scene alive. He seems to be connected with just about every other local musician I know of.
- _Robbie 5y agoMountain Winery, Bing Concert Hall, Frost Amphitheater, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, Spieker Center for the Performing Arts
- legerdemain 5y agoAnd I hear there's an opera house in San Jose as well! A perfect spot to pop in for some tunes when I'm winding down for the night.
- 0max 5y agoDo you even know what "Thizz or Die" means?