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    February 27, 2012

    Live Review, 2/24/12: Bob Mould Blasts Through Copper Blue at Bottom of the Hill

    Iann IvyBob Mould at Bottom of the Hill on Friday​ Bob Mould Fake Your Own Death Distortion Vir Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Bottom of the Hill Better than: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the best-selling album of 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All. On a night that was all about reliving me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    A Cold-Stricken J Mascis Talks About Dinosaur Jr. Playing Loud, SF Hippies, and the Relative Inferiority of Bug

    Dinosaur Jr. plays the Fillmore this Thursday.​ The person whose job it is to get musicians to say interesting things over the phone already faces something of a challenge when interviewing J Mascis, singer-guitarist of Dinosaur Jr., and O.G. slacker of legendary proportions. Since the '80s, M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Live Review: They Might Be Giants Improve Flood By Playing It Backwards

    Matt SmithThey Might Be Giants at the Fillmore​They Might Be GiantsJonathan CoultonNov. 13, 2011The Fillmore"We know you had your choice of ossified alternative rock bands, so thank you for flying with us!" hollered John Flansburgh, the gregarious, guitar-playing half of Brooklyn's They Might ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Mick Jagger Forms Supergroup "Super Heavy," We're Super Embarrassed

    ​ Mick Jagger threw his name into the running for what may become the biggest supergroup of 2011, joining Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, and A.R. Rahman, composer of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for what promises to be an eclectic (and hopefully not too terr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Can't Get Any Satisfaction: A Tour of the Most Grammatically Misguided Songs in Pop

    ​Today is National Grammar Day, which means until midnight you're legally obligated to put up with the prescriptivist fulminations of that one buy or girl in your office whose knickers get all bunched when you say "15 items or less" or "the reason is because." (Lucky for everyone in the world I wo ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Surfer Blood quits school, gets educated in hype

    ​Today is National Grammar Day, which means until midnight you're legally obligated to put up with the prescriptivist fulminations of that one buy or girl in your office whose knickers get all bunched when you say "15 items or less" or "the reason is because." (Lucky for everyone in the world I wo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Juan Son makes quirky Mexican pop

    ​Today is National Grammar Day, which means until midnight you're legally obligated to put up with the prescriptivist fulminations of that one buy or girl in your office whose knickers get all bunched when you say "15 items or less" or "the reason is because." (Lucky for everyone in the world I wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Eagles of Death Metal at the Fillmore in Feb.

    If you like your beer cheap, your mustache handlebarred, and your guitar rock snarling, then better secure your tickets for Eagles of Death Metal in '09. EoDM filters out all the stoner-metal vibes from guitarist Josh "Babyduck" Homme's other band, Queens of the Stone Age, and replaces it with 70's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Girl Talk

    If you like your beer cheap, your mustache handlebarred, and your guitar rock snarling, then better secure your tickets for Eagles of Death Metal in '09. EoDM filters out all the stoner-metal vibes from guitarist Josh "Babyduck" Homme's other band, Queens of the Stone Age, and replaces it with 70's ... More >>

  • Music

    January 16, 2008

    Sketchfest stokes the musician-comedian love affair

    If you like your beer cheap, your mustache handlebarred, and your guitar rock snarling, then better secure your tickets for Eagles of Death Metal in '09. EoDM filters out all the stoner-metal vibes from guitarist Josh "Babyduck" Homme's other band, Queens of the Stone Age, and replaces it with 70's ... More >>

  • Music

    October 3, 2007

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Pools Together Roots Music Enthusiasts

    If you like your beer cheap, your mustache handlebarred, and your guitar rock snarling, then better secure your tickets for Eagles of Death Metal in '09. EoDM filters out all the stoner-metal vibes from guitarist Josh "Babyduck" Homme's other band, Queens of the Stone Age, and replaces it with 70's ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Spaz of All Trades

    Weasel Walter sneezes and a new song comes to life

  • Home Entertainment

    November 22, 2006

    Encore Performance

    Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, September 27, 2006

  • Music

    September 13, 2006

    The Nice Boys

    The Nice Boys

  • Music

    April 19, 2006
  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Ill-Cuomo

    Weezer's frontman is certifiably nuts. So why doesn't he write better songs?

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    Meet the New Boss

    The Hold Steady's version of classic rock is full of sex, drugs, and Jesus

  • Pride

    June 22, 2005

    Too Jaded for Gay Pride? Get Over It!

    A queer guide to Pride events

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    Lizard Kings

    Is Louis XIV just another hot-to-trot retro rock band, or something far more sinister?

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Bouncer

    The Beauty Bar thinks it's cool, which is exactly why it isn't

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Hot Dark Metal Revival

    Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

  • Listen Up

    March 17, 2004

    Club Directory

    Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

  • Music

    July 16, 2003

    Cheap Trick

    Special One

  • Summer Guide

    June 25, 2003

    Eyes on the Pride, Asses in the Clubs

    There's another reason everyone comes to S.F. for the Pride Parade. Can you spell p-a-r-t-y?

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Friday Party for Fags

    "Cheap Trick" at the Stud

  • Music

    December 24, 2002

    Oh, Inverted World

    A handful of sleepers to wake up the neighbors

  • Music

    August 29, 2001

    Hear This

    Swag travels through time for perfect power-pop

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Silke Tudor celebrates "Indie-Pendence Day," Germanic shock rock, and Cheap Trick covers

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    The New Pornographers

    Mass Romantic (Mint)

  • Music

    March 7, 2001

    Mars Attacks

    There's no reason to fear Red Planet -- especially if you like high energy, old-fashioned rock

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    Review

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Year in Lists

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    November 4, 1998

    House of Tudor

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    October 21, 1998

    Reviews

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    September 9, 1998

    House of Tudor

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    July 8, 1998

    House of Tudor

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Riff Raff

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Calendar

    December 31, 1997

    Night + Day

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Calendar

    November 26, 1997

    Night+Day

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Calendar

    September 17, 1997

    Night+Day

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    September 3, 1997

    Night Crawler

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    June 11, 1997

    Recordings

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    May 28, 1997

    Recordings

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    April 2, 1997

    Recordings

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    March 19, 1997

    Recordings

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    January 22, 1997

    Night Crawler

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    November 6, 1996

    The House of Tudor

    The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

  • Music

    June 28, 1995

    Fandemonium

    Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

  • Music

    March 22, 1995

    Barbarian at the Gate

    Heavy-metal titan Glenn Danzig inaugurates his own comic book line with Verotik Publishing

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