Email Author Tamara Palmer

2004 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• BeatBox

  published December 29, 2004

  The week leading up to New Year's Eve is a tense one. In addition to dealing with Christmas, there's the onset of extreme stress that comes with... More >>

• Hear This

  published December 29, 2004

  You'd be hard-pressed to find two local music acts that have had a better 2004 than Rogue Wave and Kelley Stoltz. It seems like only... More >>

• BeatBox

  published December 22, 2004

  Quirky Britpop, indie, and rocktronica bands always have a friendly home at "popscene," the weekly party that worked overtime this year... More >>

• BeatBox

  published December 15, 2004

  After spinning the dreidel one last time and watching the final candle melt on your menorah, come by the DNA Lounge to fuck random strangers on... More >>

• Grammar School of Rock

  published December 15, 2004

  Punk is on life support, fading fast. Sid Vicious would turn in his grave if he saw and heard what passes for rebellion these days. Yellowcard,... More >>

• Romanowski

  published December 8, 2004

  Despite rolling with Future Primitive Sound (a visible local crew with a Lower Haight music and art boutique that hosts exciting and genre-bending... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 24, 2004

  If you can't go home for Thanksgiving because a) you hate your family, or b) your family hates you, then that almost makes me sad. But instead of... More >>

• Hear This

  published November 24, 2004

  The "Cali Comm" tour is an annual forum for independent artists from our fair state to show there's more to hip hop than is seen on... More >>

• Hear This

  published November 10, 2004

  Ever wonder what happened to Creeper Lagoon? I mean the old Creeper Lagoon, the cool local band that got signed and then fawned over by... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 3, 2004

  Experienced DJs Sake-One, J-Boogie, and Jesse Saunders (who released the first house record in the '80s) will be on hand at Club Six to preside... More >>

• BeatBox

  published October 27, 2004

  Billed as "a dance party for regime change," "Beats vs. Bush" will benefit the advocacy group MoveOn.org.... More >>

• Highly Evolved

  published October 27, 2004

  "The job of the artist is to suggest the incredible in order for the possible to happen," says Genesis P-Orridge, influential musician,... More >>

• Hear This

  published September 29, 2004

  Morrissey fans know that, aside from James Dean and Oscar Wilde, pioneering '70s glam rockers the New York Dolls remain one of the most... More >>

• Hear This

  published September 22, 2004

  It makes sense that Now It's Overhead would choose a Magnetic Fields cover ("The Book of Love") to complement the single for "Wait in... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 8, 2004

  Twenty years in Everything But the Girl, five years with Lazy Dog, a near-fatal encounter with a rare immune disorder, a sinewy body that can wear... More >>

• Fela Kuti

  published September 8, 2004

  This is something of a wet dream for us Bay Area folk, a captivating mix CD of songs by the late Nigerian Afrobeat bandleader Fela Kuti put... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 1, 2004

  U.K. DJ/producer John Digweed has achieved a sort of sensei status in the dance-music world. His efforts behind the turntables, most... More >>

• Beat Box

  published July 28, 2004

  Where many DJs take the holier-than-thou approach behind the decks, Los Angelesbased (and Bay Area-reared) Christopher Lawrence acts more... More >>

• Can You Love a Love Parade?

  published July 21, 2004

  This is about harmony. This represents no discrimination. The people of the world are coming together. -- Yulius Euli, of Bali,... More >>

• Free Summer Attractions

  published June 23, 2004

  Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin (at McAllister), S.F., 581-3500, www.asianart.org Free on the... More >>

• Music Highlights

  published June 23, 2004

  THROUGH AUGUST 15 Stern Grove Midsummer Music Festival Highlights of this season's weekly free concert series include the Long... More >>

• BeatBox

  published April 28, 2004

  !!! is the rare and thoughtful band that leaves the pronunciation of its name up to the individual (with a suggestion of... More >>

• BeatBox

  published April 21, 2004

  U.K. drum 'n' bass pioneer LTJ Bukem (aka Danny Williamson) and faithful microphone sidekick MC Conrad have been hosting their famed... More >>

• Hear This

  published April 21, 2004

  With Howard Stern on his way out, it won't surprise us if Method Man is crowned the next "King of All Media." After a long period of... More >>

• BeatBox

  published April 14, 2004

  Detroit's Carl Craig is known for bringing the "Oh shit!" factor to his DJ sets. More often than not, his surprising (and frequently... More >>