Email Author Tamara Palmer

2007 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• LoveFest Promises 65,000 Ravers Listening to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude at City Hall

  published September 26, 2007

  San Francisco LoveFest is our annual parade of DJ-laden floats bumping beats and attitude down Market Street, conga-lining their way to a giant... More >>

• And That's Big

  published September 26, 2007

  If born in another time not all that long ago, Dead Prez might have been Eldridge Cleaver's in-house band. Instead, the New York rap group... More >>

• Motor and Guns 'n' Bombs: greasy hump-tech for your body-pumping pleasure

  published September 19, 2007

  Audiofly is a relatively new, transnational duo (U.K.'s Anthony Middleton and Italy's Luca Saporito) offering original singles and... More >>

• MC Lyte brings the club bangers

  published September 12, 2007

  Brooklyn's MC Lyte (Lana Moorer) is probably the only major female rap star to never be embroiled in a scandal. Even without the... More >>

• From Oakland Blues to Big Singles

  published September 5, 2007

  Keyshia Cole's brand of R&B isn't the manufactured, saccharine pap that's choking the marketplace. The Oakland-born singer (who currently... More >>

• Reggae, raw funk, and Afro-Latin grooves are "Hella Tight"

  published September 5, 2007

  Underworld's last effort, the 2002 album A Hundred Days Off, showed the group sounding disjointed as it pinged aimlessly between... More >>

• We Want Candy

  published August 29, 2007

  Bay Area R&B fans have some tasty decision-making on the calendar come Aug. 31. That evening, Beyoncé will perform at Oakland's... More >>

• Beat Box

  published August 29, 2007

  You can either use or abuse what you're given, and since San Francisco's thing is foggy maritime moodiness, it's no surprise that an industry... More >>

• Beat Box

  published August 22, 2007

  Since the early days of her career, Chicago-reared and Los Angeles-based DJ Colette has stood out from the pack by singing live... More >>

• Beat Box

  published August 15, 2007

  In hip hop, having a variety of aliases is as common as talking about problems with shady record labels. MF Doom has plenty of the former... More >>

• Subtle: hip-hop collagists of the artiest caliber

  published August 8, 2007

  Reminiscent of Zero 7 and Portishead, Bitter:Sweet sounds like it comes from England rather than Los Angeles. And that's a compliment,... More >>

• Grown and Chrisette

  published August 1, 2007

  Giving actual credence to the over-verbalized urban cliché known as "grown and sexy," Musiq Soulchild and Chrisette Michele... More >>

• Going Batty

  published July 25, 2007

  Britain sure has been giving us some kooky young singers lately, such as tabloid favorites Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, who teeter on the verge... More >>

• It's a Big House

  published July 18, 2007

  San Francisco and Berlin seem to be feeling the same funk right now when it comes to the healthy flow of electro-influenced house music that's... More >>

• In Their Element

  published July 25, 2007

  Dutch progressive house DJ/producer Tiësto (born Tijs Verwest) is bringing his "Elements of Life Tour" to San Francisco. No disrespect... More >>

• French robots rule! Daft Punk takes the lead at the summer's biggest dance party

  published July 25, 2007

  Daft Punk, the French faux-bot duo that's been tweaking knobs and lifting late-night spirits for more than a decade, has recently ventured... More >>

• M.I.A. crams global jams into an intimate local venue

  published July 25, 2007

  I wouldn't swear to it in court, but Sacramento's Jackpot may subscribe to the "Three B's" school of rock — namely, Beatles, Byrds,... More >>

• All '80s all week: Chromeo and "Prince vs. Michael Jackson"

  published July 18, 2007

  S.F. DJs Dave Paul and Jeff Harris recently received the sincerest form of flattery when their popular monthly "Prince vs. Michael... More >>

• Bayonics moves Latin funk to free jazz and frenetic hiphop

  published July 11, 2007

  Truly a band of these genre-blending times, S.F.'s Bayonics combines the chops and energy of a freestyling jazz ensemble with the beats... More >>

• Scribble Jam, Zeph & Azeem, Steve Lawler

  published July 4, 2007

  "Scribble Jam" fosters healthy competition in underground hip hop. Its best-known participant, Eminem (in 1997), reportedly got his ass... More >>

• Chuck Love in the house: one smooth operator

  published June 27, 2007

  As if it weren't apparent from his moniker, Chuck Love reveals himself as something of a smooth dude when he sings. The Minneapolis-based... More >>

• French electro-rock luminary Richard Pinhas graces the States

  published June 27, 2007

  A friend once described the National as the ideal band to spin when you're alone and wallowing in misery. It's a fair assessment: Matt... More >>

• Digesting DJ Food's druggy, thuggy, spacey, racy turntablism

  published June 20, 2007

  DJ Food & DK are kings of the breakbeat and the freak beat, using a quick mix style to bustle along hip hop's backbone and graft it to... More >>

• Modern R&B balladeer Ne-Yo slides into S.F.

  published June 13, 2007

  Decatur, Georgia's Whild Peach delivers nasty funk just the way George Clinton intended. Its groove is so irresistible that OutKast has... More >>

• Life After Dark

  published June 13, 2007

  The Godfather of Disco promises to be a musical highlight of Frameline 31, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The 2007... More >>