Brian Eno

Matthew Dear: Show Preview

Signal to Noise: Five DJ Mixes Recorded at Local Parties

Tyrel Williams in a pensive moment​ The democratization of DJing by way of digital technology has had at least one unfortunate consequence. The DJ mix, once considered an art form in its own right, has been downgraded to such a degree that we wonder who bothers to listen to them anymore. Take ... More >>

The 10 Best Bay Area Electronic Records of 2011

The year 2011 ought to be remembered fondly by fans of the Bay Area's electronic music scene. It was a year when the stars seemed to align and the city's nightlife seemed to explode around the arrival of new venues that cater specifically to the desires of dancers and partygoers. With these venues c ... More >>

Small Black: Show Preview

The year 2011 ought to be remembered fondly by fans of the Bay Area's electronic music scene. It was a year when the stars seemed to align and the city's nightlife seemed to explode around the arrival of new venues that cater specifically to the desires of dancers and partygoers. With these venues c ... More >>

That's My Jam!: The Sight Below's Blurry Soundscapes

Bob HansenRafael Anton Irisarri​Like Oneohtrix Point Never and many of the artists that recently performed during San Francisco's On Land Festival, Seattle's The Sight Below chooses form over function when composing his dense, panoramic soundscapes. Producer Rafael Anton Irisarri crafts his amorph ... More >>

Oneohtrix Point Never Isn't Interested in the Dancefloor

Oneohtrix Point NeverOften, when one thinks of the phrase "electronic music," images of bombastic raves, fist-pumping DJs, knob-twiddlers behind laptops, and similar clichés are conjured up along with memories of deafening bass timbres, hard-hitting beats, and various warped sound effects from the ... More >>

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 >>

Annoy People on the Go with Drawdio

Techies love generating new ways to make strange noises. The iPhone gave us the ability to annoy friends with ease using a plethora of sound-generating apps like iAno or I Am T-Pain. Now, another kind of portable noise maker has surfaced, the slightly cooler seeming--though actually more obnoxious ... More >>

Last Night: MGMT at the Fillmore

Gretchen Robinette ​MGMTMonday, April 12, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Watching a band that's stuck making formulaic radio (or blogger) hits.MGMT had barely taken the stage at 8:15 last night, and a female party train was already whoo-whooing its way to the front, girls a half-dozen deep cong ... More >>

The Boombox Experiments

Gretchen Robinette ​MGMTMonday, April 12, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Watching a band that's stuck making formulaic radio (or blogger) hits.MGMT had barely taken the stage at 8:15 last night, and a female party train was already whoo-whooing its way to the front, girls a half-dozen deep cong ... More >>

Friday Night: David Byrne at the Greek Theatre

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

The Velvet Aboveground

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

30 Century Man

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

He’s Projecting

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

Afropop in 2008

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Arp

David Byrne, the cerebral, witty art rocker who has explored many areas of music and performance since his beginnings as part of the Talking Heads in the 70s, entranced a capacity crowd at Berkeley's Greek Theatre with a show entitled Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno. Eno and Byrne first collabora ... More >>

Growing

All the Way (Social Registry)

David Byrne and Brian Eno pay homage to higher powers

All the Way (Social Registry)

Coldplay

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

Germany’s Cluster still makes heads spin three decades on

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)

Bay Area Picks for SXSW

Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)

Danish Garage Rockers Storm the Independent

Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)

Willits + Sakamoto

Ocean Fire (12k)

The Teenagers: Scarlett Johansson songs make baby bands famous

Ocean Fire (12k)

SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

Ocean Fire (12k)

Best CDs of 2007

Ocean Fire (12k)

CD Review: David Bowie -- The Buddha of Suburbia

Ocean Fire (12k)

Blank Film

Ocean Fire (12k)

LastNight: Brian Eno’s 77 Million Paintings

Ocean Fire (12k)

Weekend Guide: What to do Sunday Night!

Ocean Fire (12k)

California Psychedelia

Andrew Douglas Rothbard channels classics through his laptop

The Court & Spark

Hearts (Absolutely Kosher Records)

Sid Vicious-taught bassist Jah Wobble drops by; the Violent Femmes mark their 26th year of weirdo rock

Hearts (Absolutely Kosher Records)

Eno Moebius Roedelius|Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank

After the Heat|Begenungen|Begenungen II

V/A

Monika Force

Best Cover Band

Monika Force

Feeling City

New magazine's urban fixation

DNA

DNA on DNA

John Frusciante

The Will to Death

Hear This

Local musicmakers remake Brian Eno's masterpiece; Rachel Yamagata's not-so-sunshiney torch songs

Rechenzentrum

Director's Cut

A Fan's Notes

If you've ever wondered what it means to obsess about music, you must visit Jonathan Lethem's Fortress of Solitude

Hear This

The apocalyptic acid-rock attack of Comets on Fire

Mazarin

A Tall-Tale Storyline (spinART)

Various Artists

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Reviews

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Flights of Fancy

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Unextended Play

Putting the compact back in compact disc

The Sound of Silence

San Francisco's Ambient Music Labels Find Their Groove