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In Which Three Young Boys Weigh in on the Best Songs of 2011

Not an actual photo of any of the children subjected to WU LYF for this article.​The year is drawing to a close, which means it's time for us music writers to puff out our chests -- those chests emblazoned with big red "C's" for "critic" -- and be extra insular, bombastic, and pissy. In our ye ... More >>

Forget Pedigree: Wild Flag Is a Great New Rock Band

Not an actual photo of any of the children subjected to WU LYF for this article.​The year is drawing to a close, which means it's time for us music writers to puff out our chests -- those chests emblazoned with big red "C's" for "critic" -- and be extra insular, bombastic, and pissy. In our ye ... More >>

Friday Night: Buzzcocks Beat it -- Eventually -- at Slims

Romana MachadoBuzzcocks​Buzzcocks Images June 10, 2011 Slim'sBetter than: Beating your meat to pulp. First off, there were way too many women for what purist old geezers up-and-down swear is orthodox for an old-skool punk show. Many of the early arrivals milling before the stage at S ... 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 >>

Listen To This While High: 'Android,' by Sacto Proto-Punkers Ozzie

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: Joe Sib @ Punch Line

​Joe Sib @ Punch Line Like a Northern California Henry Rollins, Joe Sib has turned his fully loaded treasure chest of punk-rock memories into a spoken-word event. Sib is the cofounder of SideOneDummy Records who has fronted bands for the past 26 years, most notably Wax, which gained attention in ... More >>

Last Night: Phoenix and the Soft Pack at the Fillmore

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

Chances Are? Questioning coincidence at Edinburgh Castle

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

Crime pays: OG San Francisco "punks" offer rare live appearance

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

The Thermals Back in SF at Slim's December 5

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

CD Review: Joy Division -- Expanded Reissues

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

Striking the same old chords: the bane of the punk documentary

Richard Haick​Phoenix, The Soft PackTuesday, Jan. 26, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Getting "bit in the dick" by a German shepherd (more on that later).Few bands will kick off a set by playing their biggest hit first. But France's Phoenix seemed confident last night that they had more than a single ... More >>

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Urban Girlhood on the Rebound

The Slits re-up the ante

Bittersweet Symphonies:Popscene's decade of Anglophile adoration

The Slits re-up the ante

Causing tension with the Buzzcocks; The Cops bring on the fuzz

The Slits re-up the ante

Music Live, Worth the Drive

Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

R. Kelly and the Fall of the rock empire

Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

Bebe, Baby!

Here Lies Jenny Weills away the hours

Short, Sharp, Shocked

Living the punk lifestyle is all the Briefs ever wanted, but it's not an easy existence

Bouncer

How to respond to a highly expensive, utterly dead night at the Levende Lounge? Go back!

Pop-Punk Confessional

We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

Hubba-Hubba!

A "Room" with a great view

Get Your Freak On

If you think rapper Dopestyle's debut album is compellingly weird, try talking to the man himself

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Shops and Gifts

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Fanning the Flames

In-your-face flamenco

Playing With Knives

Punk's past rears its pretty head

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Hot Hot Heat

Make Up the Breakdown

Always Be Drunk

Mellow Drunk's Leigh Gregory gets wasted on poetry and the apocalypse

Hear This

A pack of Orphans you don't want to mess with

House of Tudor

FM Knives' razor-sharp punk, a John Waters Xmas, and black market holiday gifts

House of Tudor

A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

24 Hour Party Poopers; A Good Haul

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

Evolutionary Times

Oakland's Lunchbox rises from the primordial soup of its indie rock past

House Of Tudor

A sexy film fest, a Croatian lute fest, and a festering punk band

A Frustrating Mess

Beulah leader Miles Kurosky's dark nights lead to pure pop sunshine

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

Whatever Doesn't Fit

Brian Fraser and Chris Palmatier have an avant-rock band called Brian and Chris. Everything else is more complex.

Growing Pains

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

House of Tudor

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

The House of Tudor

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Suspicious Minds

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Sunday in the Park With the Sex Pistols

An eyewitness account

SF Weekly Picks

An eyewitness account

The Creature Double Feature

The local garage rock revival with the Groovie Ghoulies, Hi-Fives, Trash Women, and more

Night+Day

The local garage rock revival with the Groovie Ghoulies, Hi-Fives, Trash Women, and more