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21. Hear This

    Stringing You Along

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: February 18, 2009

    It's rare that a modern instrumental guitarist possesses a sound all his own, but James Blackshaw is a true innovator. The London native launched a series of home recordings...

22. Hear This

    Sticking Their Necks Out

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: February 18, 2009

    While Australian trio the Necks is often categorized as jazz, the group actually takes its influence from Krautrockers such as Neu! and minimalists like Philip Glass and Terry...

23. Hear This

    Getting a Brazilian

    By Ezra Gale

    Published: February 18, 2009

    Since most of the Bay Area's Brazilian music is of the samba or bossa nova variety, it's easy to miss out on the staggering breadth of styles exported by that musical hot spot....

24. BeatBox

    Unicrons at Work

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: February 18, 2009

    On the same night Unicrons marks its expansion from club promotion ("Work," which melds house, electro, and rock at Underground SF) to record label, resident DJ Futuristic...

25. Bouncer

    Best friends and coke fiends at Noe's Bar

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 18, 2009

    My friend and I once had a hot debate about Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street." I'd made some offhand remark about how it must be about Sherlock Holmes, since the sleuth...