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Dan Deacon Takes the Party Outside Great American Music Hall, 10/23/12

Dan Deacon Height With Friends Chester Endersby Gwazda Alan Resnick Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Great American Music Hall Better than: Girl Talk; every party I attended between the ages of 7 and 15. There are only a handful of live shows today that get singled out as truly unique experiences, nights yo ... More >>

Saint Vitus: Show Preview

Arthouse Movie Listings Sept 5-11, 2012

Pragmatists and Idealists Clash Over the Future of 924 Gilman

Slideshow: Step inside 924 Gilman

Live Review, 7/27/12: Dirty Projectors Churn Out Focused Chaos at the Fox Theater

Dirty Projectors Wye Oak Friday, July 27 2012 The Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Pretty much all other paradox-driven art-indie experimental post-rock you could come up with. Go ahead, try. If a live performance by Dirty Projectors sounds frenzied and disorganized -- if the cooing harmonies an ... More >>

Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman on the Band's Search for Simplicity

See also: * Dirty Projectors' 'Swing Lo Magellan': A First Listen Try as a journalist might, the Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman cannot be talked into overthrowing her bandleader, Dave Longstreth. This isn't the worst thing, seeing as Brooklyn's reigning art-rockers -- the band Coffman sums up as ... More >>

French Ennui

The Melvins' Dale Crover on Lazy Musicians, Knucklehead Slayer Fans, and the Band's Record-Breaking Tour

Over the course of closing on 30 years, Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have co-piloted their seminal underground outfit through a wildly varied exploration of heavy sounds. Inspired by the lumbering tempos and downtuned guitar of Black Sabbath and the dissonance of punk maver ... More >>

Live Review, 7/16/12: Five Things We Learned at Last Night's Mayhemic Trash Talk and SpaceGhostPurrp Show

Trash Talk SpaceGhostPurrp Monday, July 16, 2012 Slim's 333 Club Better than: Shows where they don't find random shoes, watches, and other detachable items strewn about afterward. Last night, the rising Sacramento hardcore band Trash Talk and freaky Florida rapper SpaceGhostPurrp shared an unusual ... More >>

Live Review, 5/11/12: OFF! Displays Its Credentials at Slim's

OFF! Fidlar Friday, March 11, 2012 Slim's Better than: Posing for a Raymond Pettibon drawing. At Slim's on Friday, OFF! demonstrated the potency of throwback hardcore delivered with surgical precision by seasoned players. But singer Keith Morris should stop trying to qualify his band by expounding ... More >>

OFF!: Show Preview

A Handy Guide to the Best and Worst Bands With "Black" in Their Name

Tonight, the Black Keys are playing the Oracle Arena in Oakland. Did you know they were that big now? We kind of thought they'd be a Fox Theater band forever. Especially since there are so many damn bands with "Black" in their names. Speaking of which, we want to honor Black Keys' arena-playing prow ... More >>

King Kong Brigade

"The Other F Word": Doc Gives Confusing, Amusing Lessons on Fatherhood

Live Review: The Spits Live Up to Their Name and More at the New Parish

Alan SchneiderThe Spits at the New Parish last night.​ The Spits The Mouthbreathers Dirty Cupcakes Nov. 10, 2011 New Parish Better than: An onstage band fight between Sting and Stewart Copeland. When the Spits climbed on stage at the New Parish last night, every member of the audience abando ... More >>

Vex Your Mind with Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EP

​ Listen to this while high: Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EPBehind the buzz: Vex Ruffin is the next whiz kid out of L.A.'s celebrated Stones Throw Records, signed after an unsolicited demo and now being touted as a split of the considerable difference between Ruff Ryders and The Cure. Such flacker ... More >>

Tune-Yards, Citay, Among DIY Artists Who Celebrate Our Band Could Be Your Life Anniversary: Listen

​ Local DIY acts tUnE-yArDs and Citay joined up with other indie acts at the Bowery Ballroom on Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of indie/punk bible Our Band Could Be Your Life. In order to give a proper homage to the revered tome, and the bands that inspired it, each artist covered so ... More >>

Friday Night: Mudhoney, Hank IV, and Little Queenie Deafen the New Parish

Romana MachadoMudhoney​ Mudhoney Hank IV Little Queenie April 29, 2011 @ The New Parish, Oakland Better than: Shrooming through a Steven Seagal double feature. I was a little dubious at the outset. It was our first time at the New Parish, a downtown Oakland venue that looked scarcely big enough ... More >>

Groupies, Piss, and Penises: Five Shocking Music Memoirs

Those of you who enjoy a feel-good read and a hearty chuckle will be pleased to hear that Steven "Barrel Of Laughs" Morrissey is in the process of finishing up his memoir. So, while we sit and genuinely hope for a chapter about the punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate, that inspired "This Cha ... More >>

Reminder: Crazy Punks OFF! Rouse the Eagle Tavern Tonight

This -- but in a leather bar.​In under two years, OFF! -- the cantankerous L.A. punk group that features members of the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Rocket From the Crypt -- has gone from newbie status to national phenomenon, reminding a generation of happy-go-lucky sellouts what punk ideals real ... More >>

Saturday Night: Henry Rollins, Now 50, Imparts Punk-Rock Wisdom at the Independent

​ Henry RollinsApril 9, 2011@ The IndependentEvery 25 minutes or so, Henry Rollins hacks into the mic to clear his throat, like he's about to cough something up, right there on the largely empty stage of the Independent. But it's impossible to get mad -- or even grossed out -- by it when ... More >>

Saturday Night: Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, and Glitter Wizard Rattle Thee Parkside

Romana MachadoGlitter Wizard​Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, Glitter WizardMarch 19, 2011 @Thee Parkside Marginally better than: Listening to Billy Joel records in a Seattle parking garage. It's SXSW season, and few things are longer than the faces of Facebook non-attendees this year. My ne ... More >>

No Age, Grass Widow, and Rank/Xerox Bring the Ruckus at the Rickshaw

Joseph SchellNo Age at Rickshaw Stop Saturday. ​No AgeGrass WidowRank/XeroxCrazy Band February 26, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Standing still at Best Coast/Wavves. I have a thing for drummers who sing. There's something about it that triggers endorphins: this is a multitasking musician, bo ... More >>

NYE Roller Disco, Noisy Avon Ladies, Muni Party, Teenage Dance Craze and More

Moncrief SpeaksMuni Party: Ride Muni for free on New Year's Eve​Ticket prices for New Year's Eve events are notoriously jacked up. Save yourself the worry and the cash, and check out our list of cheap, way-cooler options. Here are 10 things to do this weekend in San Francisco for less than the mor ... More >>

Watch Photographer Glen Friedman and Artist Shepard Fairey Discuss Punk and Hip-Hop in San Francisco

Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys in a photo by Glen Friedman​We were pretty stoked about pioneering punk, hip-hop, and skate photographer Glen E. Friedman's current show at San Francisco's 941 Geary -- and we weren't the only ones. Burning Flags Press and director Colin M. Day interviewed Friedma ... More >>

The Five Dumbest Songs By Artists Glen E. Friedman Has Photographed

The Dead Kennedys, photographed by Glen E. Friedman​As you may have seen in the Nov. 3 issue of SF Weekly, legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman brought his long-running "Fuck You All" exhibit to 941 Geary this past weekend, where it will happily live for the rest of 2010. We are so thrilled we ... More >>

"Fuck You All": Glen Friedman's punk and hip-hop photos are meant to inspire

In Print: Fuck You All, and the Persistent Fireball That Is Marnie Stern

Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys in a photo by Glen Friedman​Punk and hip-hop photographer Glen Friedman: Glen Friedman grew up on the front lines of the West Coast punk rock, skateboarding, and rap scenes. Photographs he shot in the 1970s and '80s are considered to be the definitive portrai ... More >>

"Fuck You All": Glen Friedman's punk and hip-hop photos are meant to inspire

Film Showtimes for the week of September 22-28, 2010

Show Preview: Dirty Projectors

Saturday Night: Subhumans Rail Against Prejudice and iPhones

​Subhumans@Bottom of the HillJune 12, 2010Better than: Shoegaze, twee or drone.Skinny, disheveled and bespectacled, Subhumans lead singer Dick Lucas is among an endangered species of classic 1980s punk icons. Darby Crash of The Germs is dead. Sid Vicious is dead. Steve Ignorant of Crass is rarely ... More >>

Q & A w/ Ecoli

Emily Rose Epstein​The Bay Area has a long history of punk rock debauchery. From punk's beginnings in the seventies to the nineties, Northern California boasted some of the loudest, rudest acts in America strutting their stuff at legendary clubs like the Mab. But these days, the punk rock scene i ... More >>

Cheat Sheet for Cassettes to Care About in 2010

​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: Joe Sib @ Punch Line

​Joe Sib @ Punch Line Like a Northern California Henry Rollins, Joe Sib has turned his fully loaded treasure chest of punk-rock memories into a spoken-word event. Sib is the cofounder of SideOneDummy Records who has fronted bands for the past 26 years, most notably Wax, which gained attention in ... More >>

Al Qaeda’s experimental noise attracts members of the Minutemen and Pinback

Hatebreed’s fan-friendly model for survival

Dirty Projectors continue to rise above

Heavenly Choir

The Mitch Marcus Quintet

The Special (JazzCubed)

Jersey Boys

Bruce Springsteen and Danzig battle for Garden State supremacy

French Ticklers

Bumping and grinding with San Francisco's Frenchy