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Fri Nov 6, 8:00 AM
?Shake off the workday without shedding too many bills. Check out this week's picks for living cheaply without giving up your weekend dose of pop culture and pedal steel. Street Art San Francisco... More >>
Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ SF ex-pat Andy Caldwell
Fri Nov 6, 7:20 AM
?Andy Caldwell is a skilled pianist and trumpeter, but his classical training takes a back seat to his rep in the clubs. The Om Records staple and Uno Recordings owner has spent the past decade an... More >>
Photo of the Week: Obama or JFK?
Thu Nov 5, 11:56 AM
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Track of the Day: Wallpaper. Gives Mariah Fool's Gold
Thu Nov 5, 9:02 AM
?Local producer/remixer/dancefloor commander Wallpaper. posted a new upbeat number this week. Main man Eric Frederic mashed a little Mariah Carey ("Emotions") into Fools Gold's "Surprise Hotel." F... More >>
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Gift of Gab’s talent sidetracks his solo missionsBy Doug WallenWednesday, November 04It's been five years since Oakland rapper Gift of Gab made his solo debut with 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up, but the wait for a follow-up... More >> -
Blues Control’s sonic hypnosisBy Andy BetaWednesday, November 04In terms of cringeworthy musical clichés, stating that "the blues" is a state of mind ranks near the top of the list. Thankfully,... More >> -
What Devo can teach us about the death of the albumBy Andrew StoutWednesday, November 04Vinyl is an unusually stunted medium. It hasn't grown much beyond Brian Wilson's quaint ambition nearly 45 years ago to record an entire LP... More >> -
The Dutchess and the Duke break hearts on acoustic stringsBy Jennifer MaerzWednesday, November 04Breakups can be brutal, but the worst part is the dread before the expected split. Once you're single, your slate is nearly clean. It's when you... More >> -
Alternative Tentacles' 30th anniversaryBy Sam PrestianniWednesday, November 04For three decades, Alternative Tentacles has been middle-fingering the thieves, hypocrites, warmongers, and lapdogs in government, religion, the... More >> -
"Fog Rising"By Dave PehlingWednesday, November 04Oakland metal juggernaut Saviours put in so much dogged road work since the release of 2008's Into Abbadon — logging time on both sides of... More >> -
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Donuts' three-year anniversaryBy Ron NachmannWednesday, November 04It's a testament to San Francisco's good taste that DJs Pickpocket and AC's Donuts club night has thrived against the mindless wave of Lady... More >> -
Don’t try the pineapple trufflesBy Katy St. ClairWednesday, November 04I do social work for a developmentally disabled client who loves to play pool. I'll call her Sylvia. She also likes bars, although she only... More >> -
Rupa and the April Fishes’ global style mashesBy Sam PrestianniWednesday, October 28Rupa Marya believes that the boundaries separating us from one another are largely driven by politics. As a professor of medicine at UCSF and a... More >> -
Built to Spill’s struggles to capture its signature soundBy Michael Alan GoldbergWednesday, October 28For any musician, trying to come up with a foolproof formula for success is folly. Pick up your guitar one day, and everything flows... More >> -
Lucero’s full of sass and StaxBy Michael Alan GoldbergWednesday, October 28Lucero's co-founder, Brian Venable, wants to help journalists write their articles on his band. Over the phone from Indianapolis, the affable... More >> -
The best of the Bay Area's "costume rock"By Jennifer MaerzWednesday, October 28While the rest of the country raids thrift store and drugstore bargain bins for sexy, dead, and dead-sexy looks every October, San Francisco is... More >> -
Melt BananaBy Mike RowellWednesday, October 28Since launching in 1992, Tokyo's Melt-Banana has become Japan's quintessential No Wave spazz-punk outfit. While effects-whiz guitarist Agata and... More >> -
Marco BeneventoBy Sam PrestianniWednesday, October 28Keyboardist Marco Benevento comes on like a postmodern Vince Guaraldi on Me Not Me, a concept CD of 70 percent covers (Led Zeppelin, Deerhoof)... More >> -
Basement JaxxBy Lily MoayeriWednesday, October 28Ten years down the line, dance-pop duo Basement Jaxx writes its own ticket in choosing collaborators. Its fifth album, Scars, features such... More >> -
Miguel MigsBy Tamara PalmerWednesday, October 28Get Salted Volume 2, DJ and producer Miguel Migs' new mix compilation for his Salted label, showcases such staple East and West Coast house... More >> -
Taking flight, back to the nestBy Katy St. ClairWednesday, October 28I dumped my bags down with a thud and sat in the exact same seat I'd taken a week before at the Mission Bar and Grill at SFO. A week ago I was... More >> -
The Curse of the MummiesBy John O'NeillWednesday, October 21Of all the gags perpetrated on the music-going public, none has had the staying power of the Mummies and their so-called "legacy." It's been... More >> -
More Budget Rock picksBy John O'NeillWednesday, October 21This year's Budget Rock festival (Thu., Oct. 22–Sun., Oct. 25) once again ups the ante, offering its best lineup of trash-rock (formerly... More >>
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"Chicharrones" El Rio
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"Word Up" Azul
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Norm MacDonald, Geechy Guy The Warfield
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Boys Noize, Sleazemore Mighty
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A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein Stanford University, Dinkelspiel Auditorium
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Alan Tam, Hacken Lee Oracle Arena
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Devo, Reggie Watts The Regency Ballroom
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Will Hoge, Paul Freeman Cafe Du Nord
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Still Flyin’, Yellow Fever, Nodzzz Cafe Du Nord
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"Fog Rising" Broadway Studios
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Fito Reinoso Cigar Bar & Grill
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"Red Vic Sessions" Red Victorian Hotel
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Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary Incest-A-Thon Great American Music Hall
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"I Love VH1" 1015 Folsom
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Orquesta Borinquen, DJ Ivette Fuentes Cafe Cocomo
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Milton Nascimento Nob Hill Masonic Center
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Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, Mr. Lif, Lyrics Born The Independent
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R. Kelly Paramount Theatre
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"Sacred Dust: A Post-Playa Fun-Raiser" Mezzanine
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Black Widows Gothic Strip Revue Uptown Nightclub
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Almost 20 Years On, Massachusetts Hardcore Grads Converge Still Shock and Awe
By Arielle Castillo
To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's... More >>
Dallas
With Local Radio Sucking, What Does KXT's Launch Mean?
By Pete Freedman
Chances are, right now, Gini Mascorro is listening to music.
Not necessarily by choice, mind... More >>
Denver
Chevelle strives to keep it live on the new record
By Jon Solomon
Brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler, who formed Chevelle while still in high school, have... More >>
Houston
Dust in the Wind
Son Volt's latest album is steeped in Midwestern musical history.
By Annie Zaleski
[Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Houston Press's St. Louis sister paper... More >>
Kansas City
KC's Sons of Great Dane represents a new breed of alt-country rock
By Richard Gintowt
The story of Sons of Great Dane began about four years ago, when guitarist Brent Windler got... More >>
Miami
Massachusetts hardcore band Converge plays Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
By Arielle Castillo
To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's... More >>
Seattle
Shaving Face With Roy Kay
A rockabilly trio lets a drummer into the band and a beard into the house.
By Chris Kornelis
I show up at Roy Kay's Madrona home with a beard, a ponytail, and a Bic razor. Inside, three... More >>
St. Louis
Road Warrior: St. Louis native Joseph Carenza graduates from punk-club denizen to road manager for Leonard Cohen
By Annie Zaleski
When Leonard Cohen skips onto the stage at the Fox Theatre this weekend, wearing his trademark... More >>
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