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SFFS Gets "Cuckoo for Curtis," er, sorry, "Mad for Manchester" Tonight at the Mezzanine

The Faint to Party at Rickshaw Stop after Fillmore Set

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Aaron Axelsen

Last Night: Live 105's Battle of the Opening Bands

(Dizzy Balloon gets crafty with the merch setup)Live 105's Not So Silent Night Local Band Competition Finals with: Picture Atlantic, Please Do Not Fight, Go Kart Mozart, Music For Animals, and Dizzy BalloonMonday, Dec. 7, 2008Cafe du NordWords and images by Jennifer MaerzLast night, Live 105-suppor ... More >>

Hear It in SF First: Mapei

While I was busy judging the Live 105 battle of the bands last night, music director Aaron Axelsen put a bug in my hear about a new favorite act of his, Mapei. She's a rapper from Stockholm of all places, and her grimy beats and tough chick delivery make the tracks on her MySpace page instantly stic ... More >>

More Lady Sov in SF News: Trainwreck Show, Trashed Green Room

Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total. She stopped her set two songs in to go ... More >>

DJs dig into '90s nostalgia

Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total. She stopped her set two songs in to go ... More >>

Band Width

Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total. She stopped her set two songs in to go ... More >>

Scissors for Lefty bring back the fun

Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total. She stopped her set two songs in to go ... More >>

Bittersweet Symphonies:Popscene's decade of Anglophile adoration

Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total. She stopped her set two songs in to go ... More >>

It's a Big Prog Party

Portland's Danava gives hard rock an art bent

Quannum Mechanics

The amazingly true tale of the Bay Area's greatest hip hop success story

Hot Dark Metal Revival

Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

SFO3 1996

Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

Just Tweet It

Wallpaper.’s Eric Frederic is an unstoppable viral music producer. But can the incessant songwriting, video blogging, and booty tweeting make him a star?

Here Comes Christmas: Your Seasonal Nightlife Picks

The Golden Girls, S.F.-style​It's a shame to start the holidays with so much news about shopping when there are plenty of other ways to milk December for all its worth.Personally, I'm a big fan of The Golden Girls - The Christmas Episodes. In the hands of comedic drag queens Cookie Dough, Matthew ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Hercules and Love Affair, Mike Huckaby

Hercules and Love Affair​It's Friday the Thirteenth! AH! We highly suggest you stay indoors, wrap yourself in your finest Snuggie, and catch up on whatever guilty-pleasure programming you've picked as your poison -- because god knows that going out on such a weekend with such ominous beginnings wo ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

Hercules and Love Affair​It's Friday the Thirteenth! AH! We highly suggest you stay indoors, wrap yourself in your finest Snuggie, and catch up on whatever guilty-pleasure programming you've picked as your poison -- because god knows that going out on such a weekend with such ominous beginnings wo ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

Hercules and Love Affair​It's Friday the Thirteenth! AH! We highly suggest you stay indoors, wrap yourself in your finest Snuggie, and catch up on whatever guilty-pleasure programming you've picked as your poison -- because god knows that going out on such a weekend with such ominous beginnings wo ... More >>

Disco Shawn is Dead -- Long Live Shawn Reynaldo

​Disco Shawn, that scion of the S.F. beat scene, founder of such popular local parties as Icee Hot and Tormenta Tropical, is dead.Dead. As in, R.I.P. Disco Shawn.No, no, not the dude himself. Shawn Reynaldo, the human behind Disco Shawn, the DJ, is very much alive. But after 11-12 years of rockin' ... More >>

All Shook Down Music Fest: A Guide to the Artists

​Disco Shawn, that scion of the S.F. beat scene, founder of such popular local parties as Icee Hot and Tormenta Tropical, is dead.Dead. As in, R.I.P. Disco Shawn.No, no, not the dude himself. Shawn Reynaldo, the human behind Disco Shawn, the DJ, is very much alive. But after 11-12 years of rockin' ... More >>

Bag Raiders: Show Preview

​Disco Shawn, that scion of the S.F. beat scene, founder of such popular local parties as Icee Hot and Tormenta Tropical, is dead.Dead. As in, R.I.P. Disco Shawn.No, no, not the dude himself. Shawn Reynaldo, the human behind Disco Shawn, the DJ, is very much alive. But after 11-12 years of rockin' ... More >>

Music Links: Talking to Noel Gallagher About the Bay Area, Evaluating the City's Entertainment Commission, and More

Hear Churches' "Save Me," below.​ Is SF nightlife safer after the Entertainment Commission? [SF Gate] Live 105 Music Director Aaron Axelsen interviews Noel Gallagher, gets him telling good old Bay Area rock stories. [Live 105]