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Catching Up With The Limousines

2011 was a big year for Campbell’s Limousines. The electropop duo’s debut record, Get Sharp, was released by Dangerbird Records (home to Fitz and the Tantrums, Silversun Pickups, Ben Lee and others),...

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Summer Guide: The South Bay’s Biggest Music Festivals

Summer means big music festivals, and this year the South Bay has more than ever. Here are six covering genres from rock to hip-hop, metal, blues and more (go here for a rundown of this summer’s jazz...

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Rapper K.Flay Smashes Barriers at BFD

K.Flay, also known as former Stanford student Kristine Flaherty, returned to her Bay Area roots Saturday at Live105’s BFD 2012, pirate-themed extravaganza headlined by Jane’s Addiction, Silversun...

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Review: 5 Highlights From BFD 2012

This year’s BFD had the best vibe the venerable summer festival has had in years. Was it the absence of white-t-shirted bro-bot Sublime fans? Maybe the recent proliferation of fun pop bands on...

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Live 105′s BFD 2013 Lineup Revealed

Live 105′s BFD Music Festival returns this summer with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Passion Pit, Silversun Pickups and Awolnation headlining. The lineup for the concert on May 19 at Shoreline Amphitheater...

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South Bay Bands Compete to Play at BFD

Another South Bay band could be joining locals, Picture Atlantic, Anya and the Getdown and the Trims on the Soundcheck Local Band Stage at BFD this May. Live 105 has opened up one additional slot, and...

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Curious Quail Wins Last Spot on BFD’s Local Band Stage

It’s official. South Bay locals Curious Quail have won the last remaining spot on Live 105’s Soundcheck local band stage at BFD 2013. They will share the stage with nine other bay area bands, three of...

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BFD Returns to Shoreline Sunday With Headliners, Local Bands

Since 1994, LIVE 105′s BFD festival has been a staple for exposing new artists to the Bay Area. The Killers, Imagine Dragons, MGMT and Foster the People all played the festival before they were well...

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Electronic Music, San Jose Bands Rule at BFD This Year

LIVE 105 has been on the forefront of the EDM movement for years, promoting it even back when it was still a niche genre. In recent years at the BDF festival, the Subsonic Tent—an extension of Aaron...

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The Limousines Return with ‘Hush,’ a Serious New Album About Love

Earlier this month, the Limousines walked onto the Subsonic Tent stage at Live 105’s BFD at Shoreline for the fifth consecutive year. This time, however, they were a far cry from the duo that first...

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Foster the People, MIA to Headline BFD at Shoreline

With a little more than a month before the June 1 festival at Shoreline Amphiteatre, Live 105 announced today the lineup for its annual BFD Festival with Foster the People and MIA topping the bill. The...

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PHOTOS: Live 105’s BFD 2015

Modest Mouse, Twenty One Pilots, Panic At The Disco, Atlas Genius and many more of today’s hottest alternative and indie rock acts played BFD—Live 105’s annual summer festival at Shoreline...

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