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Treasure Island Music Fest delivered varied music, great weather

Perfect weather greeted revelers Saturday for the opening day of the two-day Treasure Island Music Festival, which features electronic-based music Saturday and more traditional rock Sunday. But nobody told openers Dirty Ghosts. Read More

‘Runaways’ doesn't quite rock

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The story of The Runaways — that band of young, born-to-be-wild girls packaged and sold to a world hungry for sexpot rockers — would be compelling even if one of them, leather-clad guitarist Joan Jett, didn’t prove herself a star with real staying power. Yet, Floria Sigismondi’s feature-length debut feels like a rough sketch of the band’s meteoric rise and humbling fall, teasing us with the promise of insight but rarely providing it. Read More
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