I'm usually not a fan of bands that have to get all cuddly wuddly on the name thing. All those acts named after feathered unicorns and rainbow dreamcatchers? You need caffeine just to read their names anymore, let alone listen to the music. But something about Softboiled Eggies caught first my eye, and then my ear. Sure the name's pretty silly. But the humor in the title is slightly more offbeat than the Trapper-Keeper visuals that've been used up and out in the past decade. Plus, this band is o
Blonde Redhead and Thee Oh SeesTuesday, July 14, 2009The IndependentBetter than: Slowdive and the Cheater Slicks.It was a strange bill, that was for sure. On one hand, you had a moody, meticulous, international trio who build lush pop songs on fragments of human and electronic languages. On the other, you had a jittery, jangly, broken-angled punk band from San Francisco cranking out twisted pop songs on fragments of rough riffs and feral yelps. And yet, somehow, last night's show with Blonde Red
The Bicycle Film Festival in San Francisco
Multiple locations: See here.
Joyride Art Show: Market Street Gallery - 1554 Market Street
Ever gold Gallery - 441 O'Farrell
Better than: Critical Mass
Also see: The Film Festival Trailer
It's the stuff of nightmares: A clear fall afternoon in Manhattan. Van driver opens his door. Door hits bicycle. Bike and rider get shoved into passing bus. (The story takes a hairpin...) Bike rider, former SF denizen Brendt Barbur, eventually dusts off injur
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