Blondie (Band)

Silent Frisco Turns Ocean Beach Into a Sandy, Sunny Dance Party

Silent Frisco

Paul Collins on 1970s San Francisco and the Redemption of 'Power-Pop'

Paul Collins founded the Nerves in 1975 with Jack Lee and Peter Case in San Francisco. The group struggled to gain momentum, but the track "Hangin' on the Telephone," from their sole 1976 EP, was propelled into fame by Blondie's faithful cover on the 1978 breakthrough LP Parallel Lines. Following th ... More >>

Sylvie Simmons: S.F. Music Journalist, Rock 'n' Roll Detective

Live Review, 9/10/11: Blondie and Devo Prove Their Vitality at the Warfield

Blondie and Devo Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Dreaming the show. Artists are often packaged together by era to hit the road, but on paper Blondie and Devo's Whip It to Shreds Tour is an unusually strong supernova of bands who ruled the early '80s. Last night at the Warfield, th ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Blondie's Debbie Harry Is Still Not Used to Seeing Her Face on T-Shirts

Blondie and Devo stop at the Warfield on Sept. 10, a night for two legendary bands to show how much they still enjoy playing live music and how decades of working hard and being creative have built enduring and influential legacies. The bands also help to prove that audiences over 40 (or even 50) ca ... More >>

The Best of Outside Lands: Saturday, Aug. 11

Norah Jones They may not all admit it, but everyone likes Norah Jones. And more universally than that, everyone gets down to Norah Jones. As we walk through Lindley Meadow on our way closer to the stage, we see couples of all kinds dancing, pecking, staring dreamily, or full-on making-out to the smo ... More >>

Q&A: Philip Glass on Collaboration, Minimalism, and His Henry Miller Library Benefit Show with Joanna Newsom

Popular, influential, and cult musicians come through San Francisco every day. But it isn't every day when an event comes along that you know will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and serve a good cause. On Monday, Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival and local promoter (((folkYEAH!))) presen ... More >>

The Music of Bay to Breakers: Blown-Out Beats, The Hot Mariachis, and Some Dude Passed Out in a Deadmau5 Mask

Bay to Breakers Sunday, May 20th 2012 The streets of San Francisco The Bay to Breakers race is one of San Francisco's most definitive events, but not necessarily for the show of physical prowess as runners trudge the seven-mile course from the Embarcadero to Great Highway. Rather, hordes of eclecti ... More >>

Get Lit(erary) with Tunabunny's Minima Moralia

​Listen to this while high: Tunabunny's Minima Moralia.​Behind the buzz: Behold the prose accompanying the second album from this Athens, Ga., riot squad: "On last year's debut album, Tunabunny was out to destroy rock music. With Minima Moralia, they intend to redeem it." Oh, as they say, ... More >>

Meet the Bloggers: Alex Hochman

Jesse HirschAlex Hochman.​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Alex Hochman Blogs About: Restaurants, kids' food, Jewish stuff, Danny Bowien San Francisco native A ... More >>

On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Castro

The jukebox at the Last Call.​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So ... More >>

Fringe DJs Blondie K and subOctave Dig the Limousines, Hate Getting Requests for Songs They Just Played

Blondie K and subOctave​Ever wish you were on the set of your favorite indie music video dancing in a meadow with flowers and half-naked hipsters surrounding you? Well good, we don't either. It's much more preferable to live out this indie dancing fantasy in a small club, where shots are pouring a ... More >>

The Five Weirdest Movie Performances By Rock Musicians

Putting rock musicians in movies has been a catchpenny ploy since about fifteen minutes after rock music began to hit nationwide in the mid-1950s. The crusty-nosed brats buying all the records were, after all, the very same unruly vermin clogging American drive-ins every weekend. At first, acts were ... More >>

The New Up: Sultry Psych-Pop Jams for the End of the World and Beyond

​Hey, remember Garbage? No no, hear me out. If you go back and revisit their first album, the one with the pink feathers, I think you'll find time has proven them right about a few things: a balance between heavy-alternative jangle and fetching lead melodies, the virtue of buzzing guitars and a rh ... More >>

Blondie at the Fillmore

​Blondie August 4, 2010 @ The FillmoreBetter than: forever wondering what it would be like.  Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Blondie singer Debbie Harry was every boy's masturbation fantasy. Whenever her pouty lips, high cheekbones, and perfect hair to match her perfe ... More >>

Blondie: Show Preview

Wednesday's Pick: Blondie at the Fillmore

Blondie​The Fillmore8 p.m., $55Decades after Blondie's '70s breakthrough, the band's New Wave music is still vital: frontwoman Debbie Harry's 2007 single "Two Times Blue" delighted more than just a Today Show audience, and 2004's The Curse of Blondie was a credible impression of electroclash. Sinc ... More >>

Seu Jorge and Almaz' Samba-Pop, the Trainwreck of Lil B, and EL-P's Independent Mind

Seu Jorge and Almaz in São Paulo​What happens when a bunch of skilled musicians get together in a room and just start playing -- with no regard for whether what comes out will be marketable? Check out the gorgeous new collaboration between Seu Jorge and Almaz for an example. For our print edition ... More >>

Concept Concert

Stars perform their hook-heavy new record from start to finish on their current tour.

Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

Last Night: Tussle, Javelin, & Bronze at Rickshaw Stop

​Tussle, Javelin, and Bronze Thursday, May 6, 2010 The Rickshaw Stop Better than: Dancing alone in front of your mirror at home. Last night at Rickshaw Stop, cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk brought a large array of electronic toys, trinkets, and noise makers on stage to perform ... More >>

Will Lil Wayne's Stardom Survive Lockup? Look To 10 Other Jailed Rappers

RJ Shaughnessy​Lil Wayne, perhaps the most commercially successful and critically-lauded rapper of the past few years, was recently granted a reprieve from his date with destiny. Due to be sentenced on February 9th after pleading guilty to gun possession, the proceedings have been delayed until Ma ... More >>

That's My Jam! Ocelot Remixes Shy Child

Shy Child gets the Ocelot treatment​Like all electro-house producers worth their weight in blog posts, Ocelot is no stranger to the remix. The UK-based duo takes your average DJ/producer's penchant for tweaking favorite tracks to the limit. Nine out of ten songs on Ocelot's Myspace page are crafte ... More >>

Math Jazz

White Smoke for Pope of Punk -- Dirk Dirksen Place Is a Reality

James StarkDirk Dirksen, seen here stomping the shit out of Frankie Fix of the band CRIME, is now the official namesake of 'Dirk Dirksen Place' in North Beach​After years of procedural wrangling more difficult than Dirk Dirksen's personality when faced with a particularly moronic concert audience, ... More >>

Web Extra — Bonus Best Of

Chances Are? Questioning coincidence at Edinburgh Castle

Arthouse movie listings for February 4-10, 2009

Rise and Shine

La Luna

Fandemonium

Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

Letters

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