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  • Google Local Guides Summit 2017. Photo by: Google / Twitter

The Google Local Guides Summit Returns to San Francisco in 2017

By |March 19th, 2017|Categories: California, Entertainment, Featured, Google, National News, Previews, San Francisco, Tech News, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

Google Local Guides is an exciting new program that allows users to contribute photos, reviews and data to Google Maps to help share information. In 2016, Google hosted an international tech conference called the Local Guides Summit in San Francisco. This year they will be returning to the San Francisco area October 10-12. The tech conference allows local guides from over 30 different countries to connect and collaborate together in a shared setting. If you have not already signed up, head over to their main website for more information. Once you have an account, you can start gaining points by

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  • Chicano Batman promo shot. Photo by: Josue Rivas / Photo provided by: The Syndicate

Chicano Batman New Album ‘Freedom Is Free’ Available on March 3

By |March 1st, 2017|Categories: California, Chicago, Coachella, Denver, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, SXSW, United States, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , |

Chicano Batman, a Los Angeles rock outfit, has a new record coming out on March 3 titled Freedom is Free. ATO Records is releasing the record, and listeners can currently tune into the NPR First Listen of the new album. The band has setup a long string of tour dates covering the United States. Chicano Batman will cover hot spots including SXSW, Coachella, Forecastle and several sold out shows. Browse over the upcoming tour dates, and stream their latest music. JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIyOTAlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5ucHIub3JnJTJGcGxheWVyJTJGZW1iZWQlMkY1MTY2MzA5MzglMkY1MTY2NDQ3NTclMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRDAlM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U= [td_block_text_with_title custom_title="Chicano Batman on the Road"] Tour Dates Date | Location | Venue Feb 23 – Seattle, WA –

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An Evening with Dawes Stops in New York, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Nashville

By |February 17th, 2017|Categories: Canada, Chicago, Entertainment, Featured, Music News, Nashville, National News, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New York City, Pop Culture, San Francisco, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Mandy Moore shows off her beauty in the Dawes latest music video for 'Roll with the Punches.' Dawes continues their expansive 'An Evening with Dawes' tour with 50 current North American dates set for 2017. The band recently released a live recording on their streaming platforms: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKuXbj49I63FgZRRu2m4mD8-ro-kp3qQG The band recorded the fifteen-song release during the first four shows on their current, “An Evening With Dawes” tour. The album contains live cuts including: ‘When The Tequila Runs Out,” “Roll With The Punches,' 'One of Us,' 'Things Happen,' and 'All Your Favorite Bands.' “With this tour we've felt like we've begun to turn

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SUSTO Tours North America with The Lumineers this Spring

By |February 17th, 2017|Categories: Canada, Entertainment, Featured, London, Los Angeles, Music News, Nashville, National News, New Orleans, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Seattle, United Kingdom, Vancouver, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

SUSTO, an original five piece rock group from Charleston, South Carolina, will be touring extensively with The Lumineers this year. Their spring tour will also stop in London, Ontario for an evening at the RBC Theatre, Budweiser Gardens. The band released their first self-titled album in 2014, and have been staying busy with a massive touring schedule. & I’m Fine Today was recorded at The Space in Charleston. “Something to take away from it is just understanding and appreciating when you’re not always fine. This album is about coming to terms with yourself and feeling okay with your place in the universe.”

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The Kickback Tours with Rock Heavyweights Bush this Spring

By |February 14th, 2017|Categories: Atlanta, Entertainment, Featured, Las Vegas, Music News, National News, Previews, San Francisco, Seattle, United States, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , |

An Indie rock band known as The Kickback will be joining up with the band Bush this spring for a U.S. tour. Connect with the band's PledgeMusic drive to explore unique forms of merchandise to help support their upcoming album. The band is set to open for Bush this Spring. They will travel to Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Sam Francisco this year. Watch over music featuring The Kickback on YouTube. Browse over their upcoming tour dates. [td_block_text_with_title custom_title="The Kickback on the Road"] Tour Dates Date | Location | Venue May 09 — Orlando, FL — Hard Rock

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Jack Johnson Tours with The Avett Brothers, Donavon Frankenreiter, G. Love, ALO

By |February 10th, 2017|Categories: ALO, California, Canada, Chicago, Economy, Entertainment, Environment, Featured, G. Love, Jack Johnson, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, Previews, San Francisco|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Jack Johnson has released a string of live concerts for this summer in connection with a release of the song 'Fragments' from the film The Smog and the Sea. The tour this summer will feature opening acts including: The Avett Brothers, Lake Street Dive, Bahamas, JAMTOWN featuring Donavon Frankenreiter, G. Love & Cisco Adler, ALO, and John Craigie. Stream the latest song on Soundcloud below. 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 Johnson's management pointed out how this upcoming tour gives back to different communities, as well as the environment: Johnson's All At Once campaign, the summer tour will support over 140 non-profit partners and will engage fans to take action

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Zenimax Wins Intellectual Copyright Case Against Facebook’s virtual reality company Oculus

By |February 3rd, 2017|Categories: California, Economy, Featured, National News, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Facebook recently lost a 500 million court case to Zenimax over the intellectual property rights to the software and hardware used in the Oculus product line. After Facebook bought the virtual reality company in 2014, they moved forward with failed projects. This past holiday season the hardware and software was underdeveloped and overpriced. It did poorly for Facebook, but advertisers kept throwing money away with their advertising system. This 500 million dollar loss is a fraction of the profit they made in the fourth quarter of 2016 alone. With the amount of money the company is making overall, it would make

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  • Love Songs EP by ALO. Photo by: ALO

ALO Releases New Music and Travels Out West for Tour d’Amour 2017

By |January 30th, 2017|Categories: ALO, California, Entertainment, Featured, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, Portland, Previews, San Francisco, Seattle|Tags: , , , , , |

ALO released Love Songs EP last week on Brushfire Records. The four song record showcases some of the best love ballads in music history. The Animal Liberation Orchestra takes listeners on a annual ride through the depths of love with Tour d’Amour. Each year the California rockers take a special tour up the coast to intimate venues across the southwest. This year, the band put together an EP featuring new material that serves as excellent home entertainment, as well as be entertaining to see how the band showcases some of the songs on the road in a live setting. Stream

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  • Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Phil Lesh appear in Long Strange Trip by Amir Bar-Lev, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Kent.

Amazon Acquires a Grateful Dead Documentary titled Long Strange Trip

By |January 18th, 2017|Categories: Amazon, Entertainment, Featured, Film News, Music News, National News, Non-Fiction, Park City, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Sundance Film Festival, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

Amazon announced today that they will acquire Long Strange Trip by Amir Bar-Lev. The documentary is set to debut at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Long Strange Trip will have four screenings at the upcoming film festival in Utah. Business Wire and Amazon spoke with the director of the film Amir Bar-Lev, as well as band members from the Grateful Dead featuring Bob Weir and Micky Hart: "I first reached out to the Grateful Dead about this film back in 2003," said Bar-Lev. "Since then, everyone who has come aboard has treated this project with a renegade spirit of cooperation and ingenuity

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Facebook Connects with Journalists to Curb Fake News

By |January 12th, 2017|Categories: California, Entertainment, Featured, National News, Non-Fiction, Politics, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

Facebook just announced a new initiative called the journalism project. The new platform works as a tool for those that want to publish and share news content online in a proper manner. In addition, Facebook has a series of e-learning courses to review called project Blueprint. This initiative comes at an important time in political news coverage. During the recent press conference held by the President-elect, a series of questionable moments took place. The Verge reported: 'When Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN, attempted to ask Trump a question, the President-elect refused to answer. “Not you. Your

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