Outpourings of grief and gratitude flooded the Internet yesterday after news broke that No Use For A Name frontman and underground Bay Area hero, Tony Sly, had passed away suddenly at the age of 41. As a key member of the pop-punk scene since the heyday of the 1990s, Sly had been a long-respected an ... More >>
Frank Ocean July 16, 2012 Regency Ballroom Better than: Streaming Channel Orange Last night, it felt like the most natural move in the world to hear Frank Ocean sing, "You run my mind, boy . . . Running on my mind, boy." It was in a new song called "Forrest Gump," part of a sonic concept that cou ... More >>
Frank Ocean. Even his name sounds like it was dreamed up, because it was. Ocean is 2012's Clash, its Radiohead, its -- if you insist -- Animal Collective. From his no-name-on-the-cover mystique to the 10-minute opus, pre-career record company troubles and a grassroots indie following, he's an altern ... More >>
NOFX No Use for A Name Old Man Markley The Bombpops Jan. 20, 2012 The Fillmore Better than: Hanging out with loud, drunk 45-year-olds who aren't members of NOFX. When lifelong NOFX enthusiasts are in the mood to jump around, shove each other, drink beer, jump around more, spill beer on each other, ... More >>
Linkin Park, coming soon to a Shoreline near you.​If you're one of those for whom it just ain't summer before a big-time rock radio bash, listen up: Live 105 yesterday announced the lineup for its annual BFD concert, which goes down Sunday, June 5, at Shoreline. Your headliners: Multiplatinum rock ... More >>
Bad Religion's Gregg Graffin reads at Booksmith this Friday​There's less than a week left to master your perfect Turkey Day dish, or mentally prepare yourself for a shared meal with the family. Instead of worrying about the impending chaos, celebrate the calm before the storm with a weekend full o ... More >>
Matt Freeman has been a force in East Bay punk for more than two decades.​Just when it seemed like almost everyone in the big-time East Bay punk band Rancid has had a side project of their own except for bassist Matt Freeman, the 44-year-old bassist is today releasing Devil's Brigade, a long-in-th ... More >>
New Maps of Hell (Epitaph Records)
Nexterday
We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk
From Mahler to Morrissey, the Bay Area has it all this summer.
The heavenly Mediæval Bæbes, the earthy Manic Hispanics, and the Sabians, who are somewhere in between
Aussie expat Brody Armstrong channels her miserable past into the glorious punk of the Distillers
Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood
Stinky's Peep Show Four-Year Anniversary; The Gossip; "Live From the 215"
Sin and salvation with Rancid
