Email Author Daniel Levin Becker

2011 Stories by Daniel Levin Becker

• New Spell: Show Preview

  published July 27, 2011

  There's a reason you haven't heard of New Spell — the local trio didn't even have a name until a few months ago — but no... More >>

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  TV on the Radio Recasts Songs, Energizes Crowd at the Independent

  published May 11, 2011

  TV on the Radio IO ECHOTuesday, May 10, 2011@ The IndependentBetter than: Must See TV What's great about a TV on the Radio showr Well, there's the fact, for better and occasionally for worse (mostly ... More >>

• S.F. DJ Andy Schneider Aims to Resurrect Progressive House

  published May 11, 2011

  Boundaries between genres in dance music are as hard to pin down as boundaries between neighborhoods in San Francisco, but Andy Schneider has... More >>

• Today in Internet Cat Worship: Adopt a #BASED Cat Like Lil B's

  published May 06, 2011

  It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCart... More >>

• Errors: Show Preview

  published May 4, 2011

  Since you should already be planning to see postrock titans Mogwai, consider this a plea to get there early enough to catch their... More >>

• Atmosphere: Show Preview

  published May 4, 2011

  Minneapolis's Atmosphere — once just a DJ and a beleaguered rapper, now a quartet with guitarist and keyboardist — has been... More >>

• Win Tickets to See Dominant Legs This Wednesday at the Rickshaw Stop

  published Apr 25, 2011

  San Francisco blogstraordinaire Ears of the Beholder is putting on a show this Wednesday night at the Rickshaw Stop, featuring the post-Tracy Chapman pop jangle of Dominant Legs, the brand new neo-fun... More >>

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  Lil B at Mezzanine: What If Based God Was One of Usr

  published Apr 22, 2011

  Lil BNinjasonikDJ Slowpoke@ MezzanineApril 21, 2011Better than: Trying to parse the insanity of that Charlie Sheen one-man show.For an extremely casual listener, I read and write about Lil B an awful ... More >>

• Garage A Trois Play Saturday, Offer 12 Last-Minute Entries in the SF Indie Film Festival

  published Apr 21, 2011

  rPan-American postskronkjazzcore supergroup Garage A Trois's new album is a stone-cold killer: It'll lure you in with sultry saxophone wails and vibraphone licks, root you to the spot with ... More >>

• Greet E-40 and Get Schwag at a Barbecue in Walnut Creek This Saturday

  published Apr 20, 2011

  We don't really see the point in trying to be clever about this: Here's your chance to go to a barbecue with E-40. This Saturday, April 23, at True East in Walnut Creek, Earl Fortywater... More >>

• New Fist Family Video: From North Carolina to North Beach, Via the Median Strip

  published Apr 19, 2011

  rYou may remember Asheville, NC transplants Fist Family from their dope car-chase video tribute to their adoptive hometown. Well, they're back, lamping around the slanty thoroughfares and dimly lit a... More >>

• Cop Atmosphere & Aesop Rock's Record Store Day Single

  published Apr 18, 2011

  rHow was your Record Store Dayr Did you relive the simple bygone joys of exchanging physical money for a cold hard physical artifact that you could display proudly in your home and, if need be, use a... More >>

• Lil B: Show Preview

  published April 20, 2011

  If you're just joining sentient life, allow us to bring you up to speed: Lil B is the 21-year-old Berkeley rapper-cum-"Based God" whose... More >>

• Download a Free EP (Recorded in Journey's Old Studio!) from S.F. Trio Pance Party

  published Apr 15, 2011

  rI can't pretend some prescriptivist tendency in me doesn't disapprove of the misspelling (because I don't think they're talking about this), but I'm finding it hard to claim that the three cardboard... More >>

• See Thee Oh Sees' Frontman John Dwyer's Photo Show at the Rite Spot Starting Tomorrow

  published Apr 15, 2011

  What's it like to see the world through the eyes of a touring musicianr Probably largely the same as seeing the world through the eyes of a touring non-musician, unless we're talking about Stevie Wond... More >>

• Learn Local Music Survival Tactics from Battlehooch and Others at S.F. Intercom

  published Apr 14, 2011

  No matter how you feel about "shapeshifting orchestral rock-and-roll" sextet Battlehooch and their adoring legions of nubile Battlehoochies, you have to admit that the rough-and-tumble rude mechanics ... More >>

• Lil B Takes On Charlie Sheen, Rap Genius Explains the Complex Meanings

  published Apr 14, 2011

  This week in Lil B: A song extolling the virtues of winning, Charlie Sheen-style. Not the first to come from the rap world by any means (see: Chamillionaire, Soulja Boy, Rico Love, Traphik...), but th... More >>

• Mixtape of the Day: Ghostly International's TED Compilation, "Music For Ideas"

  published Apr 13, 2011

  What's the craziest idea you've had latelyr Covering your cat in Yves Klein-blue paint and letting it frolic on your boss's couchr Deep-frying a beetr Going to see Battle Los Angeles completely soberr... More >>

• Don't Be Fooled By Oakland's Alan Young -- Here's a Guide to the Motown Stars He Impersonates

  published Apr 12, 2011

  rAs you may have heard, there's been a rash of misdemeanorly winings and dinings going on about town lately -- well, for the last couple of decades -- at the hands of one Alan Young, an Oakland sanit... More >>

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  Akron/Family Talks Performance Art, Live Vs. Recorded Music, and Giving All Your Money Away

  published Apr 08, 2011

  r Between its 2005 self-titled debut and its latest album, s/t II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT ("We have no idea what that means," says the band's label), Brooklyn-and-Portland trio Ak... More >>

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  Buxter Hoot'n Pre-Release Third Frisco-Americana Album Tomorrow at Cafe du Nord

  published Apr 07, 2011

  rWe know what you're thinking: there's no way a band could be solemn or dignified with a name like Buxter Hoot'n. Well, if you're not yet acquainted with the San Francisco quintet, prepare to be... w... More >>

• Oakland's Foreign Legion, Still Not Famous, Drops "Red Eye Flight" Mixtape to Preview New Album

  published Apr 06, 2011

  On the off chance you're not yet overwhelmed by the clip at which free Bay Area rap is coming at you, here's another one: The Red Eye Flight mixtape from indefatigable Oakland duo Foreign Legion, rele... More >>

• Death Cab For Cutie Premieres Single-Take Music Video on Ustream Today

  published Apr 05, 2011

  Ben Gibbard knows you better than you know yourself. Your heart is an empty room, but someday you will be loved, maybe on the day he follows you into the dark and possesses your heart. Okay, I just cr... More >>

• Check Out a March Flashback Mixtape From Local Blog See The Leaves

  published Apr 05, 2011

  March is over! Sure went out like a lion holding a hands with a lamb, didn't itr Or whatever they say. Now that we're five days ensconced in the cruelest month (R.I.P. K.C.), we may look back at March... More >>

• E-40 Continues Revenue Retrievin, Revisits His Past Hits

  published Apr 04, 2011

  The long wait is over; the next two installments in the Revenue Retrievin series from Vallejo's own E-40 -- the sequels to last year's Day Shift and Night Shift -- are finally out. Just in time for yo... More >>