Subject:

Chuck Berry

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    R.I.P. Dick Clark: America's Oldest Teenager Goes to Rock 'n' Roll Heaven

    If you were a teenager in the 1950s, you hated TV. Your parents watched TV. Anything your parents liked, you despised. Springsteen's song "57 Channels (And Nothing On)" talked about the video wasteland in 1992, but in 1956, even in a big city like New York, there were fewer than 10 channels on the a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Live Review, 4/15/12: Elvis Costello and the Imposters Spin Their Wheel at the Warfield

    Elvis Costello and the Imposters Sunday, April 15, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Sunday night cartoons. You should know that your reviewer was not, at first, a fan: "So he sings with that voice on purpose?" Pretty rich coming from an apologist for both Donald Fagen and Geddy Lee. But this was lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Springsteen Says Rockers Are Thieves: Five Songs You May Not Know Were Stolen

    ​Last Thursday, Bruce Springsteen made the keynote speech at South By Southwest. He was funny, he was heartfelt, he was informative and -- dang, Boss! -- he was ridiculously honest. So honest in fact, that he picked up a guitar, played the opening riff from The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of this P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Lyle Lovett, How Come You Don't Write Songs Anymore?

    If there's a fault to be found with Release Me, Lyle Lovett's latest album, it's that most of the songs weren't written by Lyle Lovett. Of the album's fourteen tracks only two were penned by the idiosyncratic Texas singer-songwriter who startled listeners with original, genre-bending records when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Cheat Sheet for Cassettes to Care About in 2010

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    What To Do? Thursday's Pick: The Sandwitches

    ​The Sandwitches @ Rickshaw Stop If the Replacements were ghoulish teenage girls raised on a strict diet of Chuck Berry outtakes, the Sandwitches would be their biggest fans. Moaning and howling out harmonized orders to go "Back to the Sea" or "Mary Me," lead vocalists and guitar players Heidi Al ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2010

    'Witches

    ​The Sandwitches @ Rickshaw Stop If the Replacements were ghoulish teenage girls raised on a strict diet of Chuck Berry outtakes, the Sandwitches would be their biggest fans. Moaning and howling out harmonized orders to go "Back to the Sea" or "Mary Me," lead vocalists and guitar players Heidi Al ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Thee Oh Sees: A little Help goes a long way

    ​The Sandwitches @ Rickshaw Stop If the Replacements were ghoulish teenage girls raised on a strict diet of Chuck Berry outtakes, the Sandwitches would be their biggest fans. Moaning and howling out harmonized orders to go "Back to the Sea" or "Mary Me," lead vocalists and guitar players Heidi Al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Last Night: M. Ward at Palace of Fine Arts

    Annie Musselman M. WardThursday, March 5, 2009Palace of Fine ArtsBetter than: Having to stand the whole time. I was tired. I liked the seats.I think people like M. Ward because he seems like an ordinary guy doing semi-extraordinary things. Personally, I'm not fan enough to tag his work with descri ... More >>

  • Film

    December 3, 2008

    Spinning Blues Into Lies

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Dreamy Patti Smith Visits SF, Enjoys Fans, Party, Shrimp

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    Last Night: Hopping along with Kepi: The Band at the Bottom of the Hill

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Bo Diddley Dies

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

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

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Hear This

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Home Entertainment

    December 5, 2007

    Cellar Beware

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Last Night: Redd Kross at Slim's

    Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    The Band

    Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Pop operas

    Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

  • Home Entertainment

    June 21, 2006

    Vampires of Moscow

    Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    The Hellacopters

    Rock & Roll Is Dead.

  • Film

    February 2, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Rock & Roll Is Dead.

  • 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.

  • Film

    August 25, 2004

    Gabba Gabba Henh

    The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Electra-fied

    John Kerry's high school garage band tells all!

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Songs of Freedom

    Perhaps the candidates running in the 2004 election could use some help selecting their campaign music

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Jerry Garcia

    All Good Things (Rhino)

  • Culture

    July 30, 2003

    You, Spy

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

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Mickey Baker

    The Wildest Guitar

  • Music

    November 27, 2002

    Hear This

    Legendary DJ Afrika Bambaataa brings his b-boy esoterica to town

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Collision Course

    The garage rock career of Russell Quan has been one long train wreck

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Hear This

    Fred Frith expands the boundaries of what guitar can be

  • Music

    February 28, 2001

    Pulp Friction

    How the Orange Peels turned sour grapes into freshly squeezed pop

  • Music

    October 25, 2000

    Big Boys Don't Cry

    Pete Miller is a rock 'n' roll legend -- or at least he should be

  • Music

    August 9, 2000

    Hear This

    The Brian Setzer Orchestra

  • Music

    May 12, 1999

    One-Hit Wanderer

    Since moving to the Bay Area a decade ago, Alec Palao has diligently tracked the history of local bands before the Grateful Dead (yes, such bands existed)

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    Hip Pocket

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Calendar

    March 24, 1999

    Striking Chords

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Music

    October 21, 1998

    Into the Groovy

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Music

    October 1, 1997

    Through the Past (Lightly)

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Music

    July 16, 1997

    Swamped

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Music

    July 9, 1997

    Quiet, Please -- We're Rocking

    The American Analog Set, and how quiet may be the last place for rock to go

  • Music

    April 30, 1997

    Stalemate

    The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

  • Calendar

    August 7, 1996

    Slap Shots

    The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

  • Music

    April 10, 1996

    The Time Bandits

    Oasis reminds us that our past is present

  • Music

    April 3, 1996

    Under the Covers

    Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

  • Calendar

    November 29, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

  • Calendar

    October 11, 1995

    Night+Day

    Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

  • Culture

    May 24, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    Heroes,Villains,Obsessions

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

  • More >>
VOICE Daily Deals
for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for SF Weekly | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | SF Weekly Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 SF Weekly, LP, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy