Con Brio

09 Jul 2021

The Independent is Has Finally Reopened!

What’s the best show you’ve seen at The Independent? I’m honestly having a hard time picking just one favorite. Was it Charles Bradley? Maybe The Devil Makes Three? Or was it Richie Cunning? Hell, I even had my my mayoral campaign kickoff party there. I LOVE the Independent! So I’m very excited

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31 May 2019

Best Places to NAP’a During BottleRock Music Festival 2019

This last weekend at BottleRock brought together hundreds of musicians, chefs, vintners, brewers, and distillers for a three-day blend of music, wine, food, craft brews, and spirits. With so many wines to choose from BottleRock Music Festival is hands-down the best festival for getting wine drunk and taking a nap. Viewers can enjoy a live performance from any of their four stages with their eyes shut.

Stefan Aronsen 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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13 Mar 2019

We wanna send you to see Con Brio and Lyrics Born @ August Hall!

Con Brio is an American soul and rock and roll band formed in San Francisco, California. The band currently consists of lead singer Ziek McCarter, guitarist Benjamin Andrews, bassist Jonathan Kirchner, keyboardist Patrick Monaco Glynn, drummer Andrew Laubacher, and horn players Marcus Stephens and Brendan Liu. Saturday, April 6, 2019

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25 Jan 2019

Top 20 Bay Area Bands of 2018 vs 2009

Have your listening habits changed from 2009 to 2019? Following in the trend of 2009 vs 2019, I’ve created a playlist that documents the San Francisco bands I was listening to when I started writing about the Bay Area music scene compared to the bands I just eat breakfast with now.

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03 Jan 2018

Top 20 Bay Area Bands of 2017

My top 20 list only features bands that created new music in 2017 and booked a local show to perform said new tracks. The following artists accomplished that and more.

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04 Jan 2017

Top 20 Bay Area Bands of 2016

If you weren’t listening to these hot Bay Area bands in 2016 you can fix that in 2017.

The year has come to an end … some might say finally, while other is may be wishing for a couple more days. Everybody is focused on what will happen in 2017 but for just a second longer I would like to celebrate 20 bands that released epic songs in 2016.

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