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November 21, 2011
tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus on Her Creative Philosophy, Finding Inspiration in the Bay, and the Wisdom of Steve Jobs
By CHLOE ROTH In 2009, tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus was lured from Montreal to Oakland by "Love and fear of illegal immigrant status in Canada." Lucky for us. "I started sadly playing a ukulele that my mom had given me," Garbus says. "Though it crossed my mind that being a doctor was probab ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Saturday: Two Gallants Make a Poignant Homecoming at the Independent
Two Gallants at the Independent Saturday night. Two Gallants Sept. 24, 2011 The Independent Better than: Holing up in a cheap motel with a fifth of Old Crow and a shotgun. San Francisco hometown heroes Two Gallants wrapped up a massive summer tour that took the duo all the way to Madrid by ... More >>
Film
June 15, 2011
"The Last Mountain": Documentary Confirms That Coal Mining Is Pretty Crappy
Two Gallants at the Independent Saturday night. Two Gallants Sept. 24, 2011 The Independent Better than: Holing up in a cheap motel with a fifth of Old Crow and a shotgun. San Francisco hometown heroes Two Gallants wrapped up a massive summer tour that took the duo all the way to Madrid by ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Big Coal's Black Heart
Two Gallants at the Independent Saturday night. Two Gallants Sept. 24, 2011 The Independent Better than: Holing up in a cheap motel with a fifth of Old Crow and a shotgun. San Francisco hometown heroes Two Gallants wrapped up a massive summer tour that took the duo all the way to Madrid by ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
A Stoned Moan with J Mascis and Several Shades of Why
This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>
Culture
September 1, 2010
Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall
This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
Tap Tap Tap
This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>
Music
June 17, 2009
Toshio Hirano, the Tokyo yodeler
This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>
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October 8, 2008
Jolie Holland's storytelling grows in scope
This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>
Music
August 22, 2007
D. Charles Speer
Some Forgotten Country (Sound@One)
Music
February 7, 2007
Salsa goes electro with Los Amigos Invisibles
Some Forgotten Country (Sound@One)
Music
October 18, 2006
Old Soul in Stereo
Will Oldham opens up on new film, CD
Music
June 7, 2006
Folk Fantasies
Oakley Hall's very American jams
Music
January 4, 2006
A Pack of Mutts
Oakley Hall's very American jams
Calendar
April 6, 2005
The Tranny Pack
An all-transgender troupe revives the vaudevillian art form
Film
October 27, 2004
Green Achers
Undertow relishes in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family
Calendar
May 14, 2003
Stars and Stripes
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings elevate the concept of roots music
Culture
December 18, 2002
The Fisherman's Three Sons
When an Appalachian fisherman dies, his three grown boys wander in separate directions to seek their fortunes
Music
April 24, 2002
Walk a Crooked Mile
The Crooked Jades tread the thin line between bluegrass and old-time string bands
Culture
August 29, 2001
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Heartbreaking, autobiographical short stories from J.T. LeRoy
Music
February 2, 2000
Riff Raff
San Francisco Bluegrass Festival, Poptopia, and Requiem for Kevin Gilbert
Music
December 30, 1998
1998: The Year in Lists
San Francisco Bluegrass Festival, Poptopia, and Requiem for Kevin Gilbert
News
May 7, 1997
A Tale of Two Neighborhoods
With his motorcycles and his tattoos, Jon Bryce LaPierre is almost prototypically blue-collar. He's also an almost archetypal bully, and he's got the yuppie neighbors scared witless.
Music
November 13, 1996
Wammies 1996
With his motorcycles and his tattoos, Jon Bryce LaPierre is almost prototypically blue-collar. He's also an almost archetypal bully, and he's got the yuppie neighbors scared witless.
Music
May 31, 1995
Recordings
With his motorcycles and his tattoos, Jon Bryce LaPierre is almost prototypically blue-collar. He's also an almost archetypal bully, and he's got the yuppie neighbors scared witless.

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