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Neil Young to Release Sugar Mountain Live From the Vaults

Track of the Day: Neil Young (from the Archives)

The much discussed Neil Young Archives box set collects nine years of his work into one volume, which hits stores today. (A second volume will follow). To hear a younger Young, fans can time travel through this span of recordings made between 1963-1972, when he was performing with The Squires, Buffa ... More >>

Ten Known (and Little-Known) Facts about Neil Young

I'm Neil Young, biatch! 10. His middle name is Percival. (This actually explains his often anguished, tortured voice). 9. Before joining Buffalo Springfield, Young was in the Mynah Birds, a band fronted by future funkster Rick James. It's unclear whether he ever told James, "I'm Neil Young, biatc ... More >>

Ramsey's Roots

I'm Neil Young, biatch! 10. His middle name is Percival. (This actually explains his often anguished, tortured voice). 9. Before joining Buffalo Springfield, Young was in the Mynah Birds, a band fronted by future funkster Rick James. It's unclear whether he ever told James, "I'm Neil Young, biatc ... More >>

Bluegrass Philanthropy

Warren Hellman takes S.F.'s free roots music festival into its sixth year

Misc. Reviews

Johnny Z and the Camaros at the Gold Dust Lounge

California Sunshine

The golden state of Skygreen Leopards' cosmic roots-pop

Lucifer, Arisen

A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*

*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo

Street Shuffle

Gavin Newsom's push to move the "chronic" homeless into supportive housing has made him the darling of the Bush administration's homelessness czar. But is there enough money to make it work?

Notes From the Underground

The Cave-ins' indie rock debut sounds mighty familiar -- but in a good way

Beachwood Sparks

Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop)

Grievous Angels

The Court and Spark might be the Bay Area's best new country band, if only it played country music

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Silver and Gold

Night + Day

Silver and Gold

Heroes,Villains,Obsessions

The upcoming release of the Beach Boys' legendary "Smile"session ends super-fan Domenic Priore's Journey to the past

It Happened in Monterey

New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

The Harvard Psychedelic Club: Altered states of America.

New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

Bridge School Benefit 2010: Buffalo Springfield, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse, More

Buffalo Springfield​LiveNation today announced the lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit -- Neil Young's annual show for the school he helped found for his son -- and, well, wow: In addition to the regulars, the classic '60s outfit Buffalo Springfield is reuniting for the show, minus t ... More >>

Bridge School 2010: Last Grizzly Bear Show for 'Quite Some Time'

Grizzly Bear has a sense of humor. Witness it soon or wait a while.​Yesterday, we posted the facial-expression-inducing lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit concert, where Neil Young and Stephen Stills will likely draw thousands of former Bay Area hippies with a Buffalo Springfield reunion ... More >>

Teenage Fanclub chases lost songcraft on its ninth album

Grizzly Bear has a sense of humor. Witness it soon or wait a while.​Yesterday, we posted the facial-expression-inducing lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit concert, where Neil Young and Stephen Stills will likely draw thousands of former Bay Area hippies with a Buffalo Springfield reunion ... More >>

What Else Started in Neil Young's Car?

​Yesterday, Neil Young claimed the fire that immolated his massive warehouse started in a 1959 Lincoln Continental he's had converted into the world's coolest hybrid vehicle. What else started in Neil Young's car? Neil Young's kids; The inspiration for the movie Smokey and the Bandit; The slow foo ... More >>

Outside Lands Will Be Three Days Again This Year -- But Who Will Headline?

Outside Lands in the sunshine (pleasant sigh).​Outside Lands avatar Ranger Dave took to Twitter this morning to announce the dates for this year's festival: August 12-14. The numbers savvy among you will have already figured this out, but we'll spell it out for the rest: For Year Four, Outside Lan ... More >>

Buffalo Springfield Announces Tour, Fox Theater Oakland Dates

So does this kill our Outside Lands prediction? Buffalo Springfield, the seminal California folk-rock band that helped launched the careers of Neil Young and Steven Stills, plans to tour this summer, after a one-off reunion show last fall at Young's Bridge School Benefit here in the Bay Area. For th ... More >>

Burn a Bongload with Buffalo Springfield

​ This week: Burn a bongload with Buffalo Springfield.​ Behind the buzz: Though perhaps not one of those Ice Capades-in-Hell moments, the Buffalo Springfield reunion is welcome news for weed rockers, retro-cultists, and hippies of every age. This accidental and short-lived folk-rock supergroup ... More >>

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

​ This week: Burn a bongload with Buffalo Springfield.​ Behind the buzz: Though perhaps not one of those Ice Capades-in-Hell moments, the Buffalo Springfield reunion is welcome news for weed rockers, retro-cultists, and hippies of every age. This accidental and short-lived folk-rock supergroup ... More >>

Friday: Vetiver and tUnE-yArDs Sway Late into the Night at the Rickshaw Stop

tUnE-yArDs at the Rickshaw Stop Friday night.​ Vetiver Tune-Yards Extra Classic DJ Britt Govea of ((folk yeah)) August 12, 2011 Rickshaw Stop / Outside Lands night show Better than: Freezing your ass off while listening to Phish for three hours in the Outer Sunset. No, seriously. "This squar ... More >>

Bridge School Benefit 2011 Lineup: Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, and More

Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit. Photo by Christopher Victorio.​ The lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit is out, and it's as solid as ever. No big reunions -- we got Buffalo Springfield last year, sigh -- but the acoustic shows Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, put on to benefit ... More >>

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

Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit. Photo by Christopher Victorio.​ The lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit is out, and it's as solid as ever. No big reunions -- we got Buffalo Springfield last year, sigh -- but the acoustic shows Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, put on to benefit ... More >>