Britney Spears

10 Great Songs About Cheating on Your Lover

Depending on your perspective, cheating's a little bit naughty, a whole bunch of fun, or one of the worst things you could possibly do to another human being. Here are our 10 favorite songs about not being able to keep it in your pants when you're supposed to. "Cry Me A River," Justin TimberlakeThe ... More >>

Fucked Up vs. Katy Perry: The Top Five Most Offensive Videos That Glamorize War

Fucked Up's gloriously unhinged frontman Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham got all righteous on Katy Perry's ass this week after apparently viewing the video for her "Part of Me" single. First he Tweeted: "Seeing Katy Perry as a soldier in the video for 'Part of Me' really makes me think that we need to st ... More >>

Bela Lugosi's Not Dead: SF's Darkwave Scene Is Still Going Strong (and Weird)

A typical crowd at the Dancing Ghosts darkwave party.​If you like Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, or Kanye West, you probably shouldn't go to the Dancing Ghosts party at the Cat Club tomorrow night. If you normally wear lots of bright colors when you're out on the town, or if you like to spend tim ... More >>

"Make Believe": Doc on Teen Magicians Has Old-School Charm

Rock Mag Creem Will Be Resurrected -- For the Third Time

​In what sounds like a weak "Bed Intruder" rip-off, the once-extinct Creem magazine has announced its return to the world of the living: "Lock the doors, hide your children, we're back!" This isn't the first time -- or even the second. After publishing its last issue in 1989, it was resurrect ... More >>

Tom Waits No Longer To Be Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Instagram username TomWaitsForNoMan (Wait, is that headline confusing? "No longer" modifies the verb "waits," not the compound adjective "to be inducted." Sorry if that seemed sensationalistic. But while we're on the subject of names that parse as verbs, consider the difficulty of writing a snappy h ... More >>

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

Free Opera, Canada's Bonjay, Surf Music Party, Glitter Wizard, and More

Howard KanGlitter Wizard plays Hemlock Tavern this Sunday​These unseasonably warm days mean we must party. The city is begging us to invade it, take over clubs and bars, swarm parks, fill galleries; to enjoy its every offering. To maximize the fun, pick events with cheap entry fees. We've got the ... More >>

Joe Nice: Show Preview

Friends of Friends Taps Shlohmo for a Healthy Dose of 'Pretty Boy Swag'

​L.A. label Friends of Friends has quietly been rising over the last couple of years as a notable player in the experimental electronic scene. Now, just in time for the holidays, it's dropped Pop Massacre, a new label comp featuring interpretations of wonderfully low- and middlebrow pop from a hi ... More >>

Five Songs So Distasteful They Make Us Want To Puke in Our Mouths

Last night a new reality show premiered on E! called "Bridalplasty." That's right, "Bridalplasty" - twelve vaguely psychotic (and clearly morbidly insecure) women competing for their dream wedding, and -- good god, we can't believe this is actually happening -- the plastic surgery of their choice. I ... More >>

Robyn is obsessed with robots

The Top 8 Songs To Listen To While Punching Yourself in the Face

​Dear everyone, it looks like we owe you all a huge apology. There we were last week, thinking that having a sense of humor about the fact that we live on a gigantic fault line was infinitely better than stressing ourselves out to the point of constant anxiety about the next Big One. But then our ... More >>

Top Chef: Just Desserts, Week 3: It Was Glee All Over Again, Minus the Britney Crazy

1weddingsource.comIt's Sylvia, bitch!​Was the Britney Spears Glee episode this week not sweet enough for you? Top Chef: Just Desserts tried to carry out the same overhyped (school) spirit on last night's episode. Unfortunately, both Glee and Top Chef were misses compared to last week's crazine ... More >>

Brand-New Single From M.I.A.

​Following soon after her forthcoming album's first single, "Born Free," and its accompanying controversial video, M.I.A is sharing another track from her as-yet-unreleased third full-length. The new song, "XXXO," was officially announced today via M.I.A's own N.E.E.T. label. On the ... More >>

The Honor Roll Crew's Top Dancers, Players & Pleasures

​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

Track of the Day: Or, The Whale get twangy with Britney's "Toxic"

Or, the Whale (with our waiter giving the thumbs up)​Funny thing: I was eating at the Divisadero outpost of Herbivore recently, and a friendly waiter started chatting with my table about music. The conversation lead eventually to his band, which, he said, had just completed a cover of Britney Spea ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: El Kool Kyle of El Superrritmo

​If you've ever packed it into the Make-Out Room on a Saturday night, you have El Kool Kyle to thank for making you sweat. The El Superrritmo DJ goes crate digging across continents to bring back the best the barrios have to offer (and over Halloween weekend, you can take advantage of his sonic tr ... More >>

Tea from Two

Treat yourself to English tapas at tearooms old and new.

Metallica, Afrotek Festival and New College's Blowout Sale: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Weekend recap by Janine KahnWe're running on a skeleton crew here at All Shook Down this week with most of the usual suspects home for the holidays. Fortunately, our friends at sister blogs The Snitch and SFoodie were out and about this weekend, so our wrap-up won't be too terribly bare bones.On Sat ... More >>

Britney Spears

Circus (Jive/Zomba/Sony)

Sean Penn: 'Embarrassed, Even For The Chronicle'

Two Gallants

Two Gallants (Saddle Creek)

Berkeley's The Pack Mellows Hyphy into "Based"

Is Thomas Keller The Britney Spears Of Fine Dining?

Is Thomas Keller The Britney Spears Of Fine Dining?

Mark Ronson by Michael D. Ayers

Dark Payola Emerges

“Direct licensing” is the new threat to Webcasting´s meritocracy of music

Amy Winehouse

Back to Black (Universal Republic)

German dreams and Gavin nightmares

Beat Down

This DJ simulator is nothing to rave about.

Real to Reel

Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement

Get Started as a Bedroom Musician

Learning to make music can make for a new you in the new year

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

Best Sneering Sports Guy

Gary Radnich

Best Dressed

Couture breezes through downtown S.F.

Spray

This New York-imported solo act spins pop culture and consumerist references in a blender

Hairy Spray

A New Yorker shows us his wits

All That Jazz

All-ages concerts at the Stanford Jazz Festival

Body Image

Think teen boys are fucked up? Check out the gals in the book and photo exhibit Girl Culture

Head Over Heels for Hedwig

Farrah wig? Check. Fake eyelashes? Got 'em. It's opening night at the campy live musical

24 Hour Party Poopers; A Good Haul

Ruby Skye sucks and blows; a Happy Supply of indie pop

Various Artists

Disco Not Disco 2 (Strut)

Salsa Cultura

Best Way to Rediscover the City

The Go Game

House Of Tudor

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

Skip It

Why the best teen movie of the year, based on a beloved novel, won't be in theaters

Screw You

Fuck takes the high road -- to the end of the line

Bad Girls Finish First

The Goddess Perlman and O.

The Black Heart Procession

Three (Touch and Go)