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1. Let's Get Killed

   DJ Beto digs past Latin insects for the real funk

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: July 1, 2009

   It's not exactly the same thing, being a crate-digger in this country as it is being one in Latin America. Here, record collectors fear the early birds at estate sales. In...

2. Let's Get Killed

   Wallpaper. and Das Racist get the dancefloor munchies

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: June 24, 2009

   Last week, "Weird Al" Yankovic released his zillionth parody, "Craigslist," mashing up a sleazy Doors shtick with geeky references to the site's Missed Connections ads. The...

3. Let's Get Killed

   Toshio Hirano, the Tokyo yodeler

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: June 17, 2009

   There are two types of trouble country singers tend to get into in song: either they lose their heart, or they lose their job. That's how 58-year-old Japanese singer and...

4. Let's Get Killed

   The Units punked the system, played JC Penney

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: June 10, 2009

   "I don't think you can underestimate the influence Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters had on the antiestablishment, prank-driven, California punk and performance art scene in...

5. Let's Get Killed

   Animal Collective: live from Big Sur

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: June 3, 2009

   There wasn't a couple getting hitched, but Animal Collective's show in Big Sur last week felt more like a hippie wedding than a concert. There was just something celebratory,...

6. Let's Get Killed

   Outdated rules threaten the life of local all-ages clubs

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: May 27, 2009

   The livelihood of San Franciso's best-known all-ages venues is under siege based on issues that have nothing to do with public safety, but rather on archaic views of how a...

7. Let's Get Killed

   Thee Oh Sees: A little Help goes a long way

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: May 20, 2009

   When historians look back at the last 10 years of San Francisco underground music, they'll likely note John Dwyer's sizeable impact on the Bay Area. More than most modern punk...

8. Let's Get Killed

   Green Day's 21st-century political opera

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: May 13, 2009

   Washington politics, schmolitics. When this country votes incompetent presidents into office, Bay Area punk bands get sworn into leadership positions. It's impossible to...

9. Night&Day

   Rifle Through Garbage

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: April 22, 2009

   Think of this weekend’s Total Trash Fest as the kid sibling of Budget Rock, the Bay Area’s longstanding, annual garage-punk marathon. This cluster of shows hosts many...

10. Let's Get Killed

    In the Red plays favorites — and survives indie labeldom

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: April 22, 2009

    People are seriously questioning whether record labels are necessary anymore. At a time when artists can market themselves directly to fans through the Internet, discussions...

11. Let's Get Killed

    Anvil: Heavy metal's obscure teddy bears

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: April 15, 2009

    An old-school metal band's dramatic epic is about to hit movie theaters. This is a group that started in the early '80s and influenced rock legends like Slash, Lemmy from...

12. Let's Get Killed

    Jamie Stewart's infinite sadness is exhausting

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: April 8, 2009

    Jamie Stewart is a morgue-serious songwriter. And yet it's impossible for me to take the Xiu Xiu frontman seriously. The ache in his indie rock takes introspective moping to...

13. Let's Get Killed

    Tom Morello and Boots Riley rage as one in Street Sweeper

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: April 1, 2009

    Politician greed. Wall Street greed. Insurance exec greed. The media offers daily reasons to rail against the corrupt systems forcing the struggling economic classes into ruin....

14. Let's Get Killed

    Snapshots in time from the Nodzzz' phono album

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Nodzzz' excellent self-titled 2008 debut is on the turntable, and the tunes by this basement pop trio are impatient. They expire at a minute and change. Blink to their beat,...

15. Night&Day

    Their High Royalnesses

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 18, 2009

    All that time spent in the Seattle punk scene greatly affected Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, otherwise known as the Dutchess and the Duke. Their voices betray the acoustic...

16. Let's Get Killed

    Arts groups create new music opportunities in the Tenderloin

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Enough. After months of grim reports about how this country is sloping toward a massive economic apocalypse, it's time for a bit of good news. So here it is: One of the most...

17. Music

    A San Franciscan’s guide to SXSW

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 11, 2009

    Every year, they descend on Austin like locusts with bedhead — the musicians, booking agents, writers, labels, dotcommers, and corporate sponsors looking for their Next...

18. Let's Get Killed

    Live Nation battles neighbors over big concerts at Nob Hill Masonic Center

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 11, 2009

    With its swank hotels and Hitchcock movie memories, Nob Hill ain't exactly a San Francisco den of rock 'n' roll. The giant vans lumbering over those scenic hills are loaded up...

19. Let's Get Killed

    Pop residencies gain traction in S.F.

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 4, 2009

    The long history of musician residencies reaches into nearly every genre. From jazz giants setting up shop for multiple nights with various players to showbiz legends hunkering...

20. Let's Get Killed

    Noise Pop fosters industry while playing it safe

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: February 25, 2009

    San Francisco's music scene carries with it a proud independent spirit. We run our bands, labels, and studios without much concern for mainstream acceptance. While this...