Bay City Rollers

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Bare Wires' Matthew Melton Talks Oakland Vs. S.F. and the Band's Upcoming Album

Bare Wires, with Matthew Melton in the center​Bear traps? Painful. Barbed Wire? Equally dangerous. But Oakland garage-rock trio Bare Wires is mostly harmless. No matter how much its members may have been influenced by The Stooges, the no-holds-barred confrontational demeanor of Iggy Pop was left ... More >>

The most egregious holiday money grabs in music history

Bare Wires, with Matthew Melton in the center​Bear traps? Painful. Barbed Wire? Equally dangerous. But Oakland garage-rock trio Bare Wires is mostly harmless. No matter how much its members may have been influenced by The Stooges, the no-holds-barred confrontational demeanor of Iggy Pop was left ... More >>

Mixing an ElixIr with med students

Bare Wires, with Matthew Melton in the center​Bear traps? Painful. Barbed Wire? Equally dangerous. But Oakland garage-rock trio Bare Wires is mostly harmless. No matter how much its members may have been influenced by The Stooges, the no-holds-barred confrontational demeanor of Iggy Pop was left ... More >>

Beam Me Up, Jugdish

Mackin' on nerds at the Edinburgh Castle's tribute to Star Trek's Scotty

Various Artists

Velvet Tinmine

House of Tudor

Free-speech wrestlers, all-girl boy bands, musical ninjitsu, and a restored Metropolis

SF Music Awards 2001

An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

House Of Tudor

Bubblegum pop, robot rock, fretless harping, and destitute redemption

Night + Day

Bubblegum pop, robot rock, fretless harping, and destitute redemption

Baby, It's Him

How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

Shock of the Raw

Hanabi's sushi captures the pastel flavors of the sea

Night+Day

Hanabi's sushi captures the pastel flavors of the sea

Rock Fish

Flying Kamikazes matches fine sushi with an AOR soundtrack

Spirit of '77

Sin and salvation with Rancid