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The Top 10 Worst Music Biopics

A couple of weeks ago, you may recall we did a list of the Top Ten Music Biopics. The biopic debate raged again today, however, after we saw images of Andre 3000 dressed up as Jimi Hendrix, in the midst of making a movie. We're pretty sure Andre is going to do wonders in the role, but that doesn't m ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Music Biopics

The news that Alan Rickman will be portraying Hilly Kristal in a new CBGB biopic half excited us, then half scared us yesterday. He'll be good, but Lordy, who is going to play Debbie Harry? And The Ramones? Those are big shoes to fill... So we comforted ourselves with this -- a list of our top 10 fa ... More >>

The Top 15 Most Cocaine-Influenced Albums of All Time, Nos. 15-11

"Cocaine," as Rick James famously said, "is a helluva drug." Yup: The white powder's effects have left an influence that's both sublime and downright hideous on decades of pop music. So what happens when you give already-famous musicians a quick burst of energy, ego, paranoia, and euphoria? Most of ... More >>

Six Karaoke Songs to Lure in Your Own Don Draper

If you haven't heard enough of "Zou Bisou Bisou" this week, be prepared for an onslaught of especially terrible karaoke this weekend. But before you attempt to reel in your own Don Draper, allow us to provide a little backstory: You know this much -- the fifth season of Mad Men has begun. And the c ... More >>

Sunday: Girls Perform a Muscular, Vulnerable New-Old Rock at Great American Music Hall

Girls Sonny & the Sunsets Carletta Sue Kay Oct. 9, 2011 Great American Music Hall Better than: The worn-out Roy Orbison tapes in your parents' attic. Subtract the voice of singer-songwriter Christopher Owens, and many of the songs on the latest album from San Francisco's Girls sound like they coul ... More >>

S.F.'s Girls Issue a Gorgeous Old-School Epic

S.F.'s Girls Seek the Holy Ghost of Rock 'n' Roll Past on Their Audacious Second Album

Girls: There is something timeless and vital in the two full-length records that San Francisco's Girls have released in the last three years. In an era of indie music dominated by irony (see the nostalgic nonchalance of chillwave) and willful obscurity (see Radiohead's latest album, King of Limbs), ... More >>

The Flatlanders: A Beginner's Guide to Joe Ely

This is the first of a two-part series of explorations of the long, bewildering discographies of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, who will be preforming together as The Flatlanders this Saturday at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The Flatlanders are the only must-see band wh ... More >>

How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

Saturday Night: Los Lobos Rings in Bill Graham's 80th Birthday at the Fillmore

Los Lobos and Jackie Greene, through a birthday ballon. Pics by Romana Machado​Bill Graham's 80th Birthday Party BenefitLos LobosJackie GreenePoor Man's WhiskeyJanuary 8, 2010@ The FillmoreAs much fun as: Two straws in a malted mushroom.Bill Graham was due to turn eighty the same day Elvis would'v ... More >>

Emperor Norton's Jazz Band Looks, Sounds Nothing Like Buddy Holly

Emperor Norton's Jazz Band: Apparently they have a thing for Weezer​Denatured cover of the week--nay, the year so far: when the hepcats of Frisco sextet Emperor Norton's Jazz Band played on Sunday at Amnesia, as they do the first Sunday of each month, they unveiled a sterling NoLa-jazz cover of a ... More >>

Weezer Plays the Blue Album (With A Few Surprises) at Nob Hill Masonic Center

Christopher VictorioWeezer at the Nob Hill Masonic Center last night. Way more pics after the jump.​Weezer November 29, 2010 @ The Nob Hill Masonic Center Better than: Almost everything. Seriously. Weezer is calling it the Memories Tour; some fans have dubbed it Blinkerton. The band has just hit ... More >>

The Black Keys Have to Enjoy Doing This, Right?

Richard Haick​The Black KeysNicole AtkinsSeptember 29, 2010@ The Fox Theater, OaklandBetter than: Listening to old biker dudes noodle blues drivel in Guitar Center.Dan Auerbach couldn't squeeze out a smile on stage last night, but his band stuck one onto the face of every broham and babe in t ... More >>

NY Times in 'Gay Lust' Over Hunx and His Punx

​Regardless of whether you like boys, girls, or kinky mess in between, Hunx and his Punx have a great collection of kiss-off and kiss 'n' make up songs. The NY Times included the droll locals in its Sunday playlist roundup, cleverly describing the group's "spectacularly petulant lyrics delivered ... More >>

It's Time to Stop Hating Hipsters

Photo from Look At This Fucking Hipster​It seems everyone on the Internet is currently either ragging on hipsters or arguing they don't exist. Even Joe Mande, the Williamsburg comedian whose hugely popular (and hilarious) Tumblr blog, Look At This Fucking Hipster was recently made into a book, got ... More >>

Listomania: Top Americana Picks For 2009

We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

Suspected Mission Bay Wallet Thief Apprehended

Gotcha​The debate on whether the Mission Bay thief who allegedly snagged three wallets from the China Basin Building (including one belonging to an SF Weekly employee) is incredibly crafty/ballsy or incredibly desperate/stupid has come to a close. He's apparently a dumbass, and ... More >>

Have You Seen This Alleged Mission Bay Serial Wallet Thief?

Red shoes!​It seems this is the year for folks to plunder weekly newspapers. Over the summer, some unknown miscreant drove off with the San Francisco Bay Guardian's eye-catching van, eventually ditching the vehicle in Sea Cliff where it stuck out like ... vestiges of the Guardian in Sea Cliff. Now ... More >>

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M. Ward: Hold Time (Merge)

Obama Inaugural Whimsy in the Mission

Think Aretha Franklin's big-ass-bow hat is as whimsical as it can get for the inauguration? Why don't they invite groups like this to perform on Capitol Hill? While planned parties speckled the cityscape Tuesday night, an impromptu block party broke out on 22nd Street between Mission and Valencia ou ... More >>

Friday Night: Lightspeed Champion at The Independent

LastNight: Meat Puppets and Built to Spill at the Fillmore

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister tills rock's roots in the Head Cat

756: Thank Christ --The Barry Bonds Lovefest

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The Wayback Machine

Two Broadway blockbusters offer more than just nostalgia

Various Artists

Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack

Rogue Wave

A grown-up indie-pop band emerges with a stunning sophomore album

Bouncer

The best place to ponder the Metallica movie Some Kind of Monster: Zeitgeist, of course

The Jester Speaks the Truth

We know you get your news from comedians. Now here's one of the best.

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

That'll Be the Day

Revisiting the legacy of Buddy Holly

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

River's Edge

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Gazing Upward

With its expansive full-length debut, the Stratford 4 recasts British noise-pop in its own image

Pop Philosophy

Channeling stupidity, and exploding nicely

Night Crawler

On the Buss

House of Tudor

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The House of Tudor

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Bad Girl

Jo Carol Pierce on the gospel, Texas, and 157 boyfriends

It Came From Lubbock

Terry Allen on remains, human and otherwise

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