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We've had some things to celebrate of late: Barack Obama in the White House come January; a dose of summer heat hit in the middle of November. Literally and metaphorically,...
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Dave Aju has always made strange sounds. Ever since he was a kid, growing up as the youngest of five music lovers in the South Bay, Aju has been mimicking instruments and...
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It's been too long since a San Francisco band broke the indie music industry ceiling to garner national acclaim — but the Dodos are doing their best to poke holes...
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It's no secret that Wayne Coyne enjoys acting like an alien.
The Flaming Lips frontman exists in a universe far, far away from the orbits traveled by conventional pop singers...
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Once all the other music festivals have their way with the locals, Budget Rock (www.myspace.com/budgetrock) comes in at the end of October to sweep up the trash – trashy...
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Wildildlife's Six is one of the best records to come out last year. I love its textured mash of beastly howls, sci-fi swells, and ingenious experiments (like the creepy...
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Okay, we get it. The economy is in rapid decline. The major labels are in rapid decline. And, thanks to San Francisco's insane summer festival schedule, our hearing is in...
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Every fall, SF Weekly tackles a new election season. While this November offers significant political issues for voters to decide upon, in October we host our own essential...
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California's psych-rock acts are getting heads buzzed around the globe. The music roughs up '60s San Francisco/Dead influences in filters ranging from heavy metal to punk and...
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With its satin headbands, lacy-collared dresses, and affinity for bluesy ballads, Sacramento duo Agent Ribbons is a modern band yearning for an old-fashioned era....
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It was one of those balmy September weekends when San Franciscans can actually go sleeveless after 10 p.m. And yet in the line snaking outside Mission bar the Knockout for the...
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Davila 666 is Puerto Rico's answer to the Black Lips and my answer to the question: When will a new band seriously brainwash me on its music? Since picking up Davila's debut...
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Living in Los Angeles has helped artsy-fartsy folkster Devendra Banhart befriend all sorts of famous collaborators. Actor Gael García Bernal guested on Banhart's last...
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For all the insanity of Augusten Burroughs’ parents, they produced a pair of excellent memoirists. Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors, which wryly...
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The entertainment at live shows is usually formulated into the same split: 90 percent music, 10 percent banter. Generally, that's a fine balance. Hearing some conversationally...
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It's been a while since I've lived by the semester schedule, but looking at all the college kids hunting for places to live around town, I'd say it's back to school time in...
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It was barely 10 a.m., and '80s rock stud Kip Winger was winking at me for the second time as he played bass. He was making me blush profusely. I could barely look at Kip, or...
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Despite all the peaking and plummeting of trends in recorded music, compact discs have to stick around for one main reason: mix CDs. Making compilations for friends, crushes,...
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Melbourne's the Drones are much more turbulent than their moniker suggests. The band steers clear of warmly humming songs, embarking instead on a noisy, energetic amalgam of...
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I can't scientifically prove it, but I swear the reason I hear so much Hall & Oates in neighborhood bars these days is Yacht Rock. The now cult-classic Web video series...
