Chuck Berry

Last Night: Redd Kross at Slim's

Bo Diddley Dies

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

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

Aisle Seat

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 >>

Night+Day

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 >>

Under the Covers

Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

The Time Bandits

Oasis reminds us that our past is present

Spinning Blues Into Lies

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

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

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

Hear This

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

Cellar Beware

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.

The Band

Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

Pop operas

Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

Vampires of Moscow

Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

The Hellacopters

Rock & Roll Is Dead.

Reps Etc.

Rock & Roll Is Dead.

Hot Dark Metal Revival

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

Gabba Gabba Henh

The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

Electra-fied

John Kerry's high school garage band tells all!

Songs of Freedom

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

Jerry Garcia

All Good Things (Rhino)

You, Spy

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

Mickey Baker

The Wildest Guitar

Hear This

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

Collision Course

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

Hear This

Fred Frith expands the boundaries of what guitar can be

Pulp Friction

How the Orange Peels turned sour grapes into freshly squeezed pop

Big Boys Don't Cry

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

Hear This

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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)

Hip Pocket

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

Striking Chords

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

Into the Groovy

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

SF Weekly's Wammies '98

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

Through the Past (Lightly)

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

Swamped

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

Quiet, Please -- We're Rocking

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

Stalemate

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

Slap Shots

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

Slap Shots

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

Heroes,Villains,Obsessions

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

Thee Oh Sees: A little Help goes a long way

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

'Witches

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

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 >>

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 >>