Claude VonStroke

The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Weekend

There's a certain euphoria that comes with Thursday morning. It's all about anticipation: with the bulk of the week lalready handled, the mind begins to wander towards the leisure potential of Friday and Saturday. Trust us when we say, we know that feeling. So to assist you in your workday daydreami ... More >>

Holy Ship!! Day One: A Surprise Guest Whose Name Rhymes With Drillex

On Friday afternoon, nearly 3,000 raver chicks, dude guys, scenesters, club kids and DJs assembled at a port in Fort Lauderdale and boarded the MSC Poesia, a.k.a. Holy Ship!! (There are two exclamation points because this is the second edition of the EDM party cruise put on by L.A.'s Hard Events.) T ... More >>

The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Week: Pre-Halloween Edition

The week around Halloween is a special time in San Francisco. It's the beginning of the rainy season, and people are out to party in the streets one last time before winter takes over the city. Sure, it's not the big day yet, but it's a tradition to make it last all week. We put together this list o ... More >>

Local Duo Bells and Whistles on Partying in the Starlight Room and Why They Don't Take Requests

Working as bar-backs at the Starlight Room in the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, DJs Zack Yakovlev and and Yanick Rieffel, together known as Bells and Whistles, saw an opportunity to bring their underground sensibility to the hotel's discriminating opulence. The resulting party, aptly named Dresscode, bro ... More >>

S.F.'s Justin Martin on Remixing Goldie, His 'Tough and Tender' Sound, and Dirtybird in the Park

With the release of his first full-length album, Ghettos and Gardens, and the accompanying world tour (his first -- with stops in Ibiza and London), Dirtybird's Justin Martin is having quite the year. Warmly received by critics, Ghettos and Gardens has garnered accolades from high-profile outlets s ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Jus-Ed and Marcellus Pittman at Beatbox, Dirtybird at Mighty, and More

Another week, another crop of parties. As you might imagine, the sunny weather forecast for this weekend portends nights of heavy partying. We advise you get into the spirit of things by enjoying yourself at one of the following events. Read on -- your weekend awaits. Friday, May 12 What: As You L ... More >>

I Love This City Festival Gets Even Bigger, Adds David Guetta, Datsik, Apparat, AraabMusik, and More to Lineup

See also: * I Love This City Festival: Tiësto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, James Murphy, Holy Ghost! and More to Play Over Two Days in S.F. We warned you: The I Love This City festival, which is scheduled to bring two days of throbbing bass and pulsing tempos to the parking lots around AT&T Park late ... More >>

House Music and Awkward San Francisco Jokes: AM/TM's "Who's Afraid of Monty Luke?"

Recording together as AM/TM, S.F. house producers Anthony Mansfield and Tal M. Klein reference a funky bunch that includes Bob Villa, Ecstasy, Maury Povich, Lower Haight staples like Rosamunde Sausage Grill's Tuesday burgers, and the man specifically named in their new falsetto-peppered track "Who's ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Dirtybird, Tiger & Woods, The Rapture, and More

It seems as though the weekend party gods may yet smile on San Francisco. Early forecasts show that the weather this weekend will be brisk but thankfully dry. And that's good news, because this weekend's got a grip of fantastic parties that will appeal to a diverse crowd, nu-disco fanatics and hip-h ... More >>

Dirtybird Summer: Show Preview

Hear Justin Martin's Ghetto Buffet Mini-Mix for BBC Radio

Justin Martin likes food. A lot.​Along with the likes of Claude Von Stroke, Christian Martin, and j.phlip, Justin Martin has been destroying dancefloors as part of S.F.'s Dirtybird collective. Recently he made a "ghetto buffet" mini-mix for BBC DJ Annie Mac's show, we're serving it up to you ... More >>

Jesse Rose Runs into Technical Difficulties at Public Works

Jesse Rose at Public Works last night.​Jessie Rose
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Public Works The night before Thanksgiving is consistently rated one of the best nights for going out, with minimal consequences the following day due to the fact that eating is the main task at hand. If you were one of ... More >>

Jesse Rose: Show Preview

Weekend Party Preview: House, Hip-Hop, and Hometown Heroes

This is a pretty nice lookin' flier, don't you think?​It's not really a big weekend for electronic music concerts and dance parties. Sure, the regular DJs and party promoters are milling about, doing what they usually do, which you're already likely to know about if you want to. And we d ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Dirty Birds and Bassment Booty

Claude VonStroke with some bird.​People need to stop taking themselves so seriously when it comes to partying. Honestly, little is less fun than watching some straight-faced DJ and stoic club patron have a staring contest while your new favorite song blasts over the sound system. Music is great an ... More >>

Snag a Free Mix From Dirtybird's Justin Martin

​ San Francisco native and Dirtybird stalwart Justin Martin is certainly no one that needs to be introduced. Whether mentioned locally or within the disparate satellite scenes of house and techno throughout the world, both Martin and his fellow Dirtybird artists are names synonymous with the music ... More >>

10 Things To Do For Under $10: EpiscoDisco, Bluegrass BBQ & Surf Art

Chuck Foxen Barn Owl at Grace Cathedral? Religious experience. ​Here it is, my final list of cheap trouble for you to get into this weekend (after this week, Emily Savage is going to take over 10 Things for a while). So I expect all of you to follow every one of these recommendations, twice. Espec ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Worthy (Anabatic Records, Dirtybird)

​Don't ask DJ Worthy to spin Tiesto. The dude has too many good records in his bag to make room for that crap. As part of the Dirtybird house/techno crew and owner of Anabatic Records, the DC-born, locally-based DJ keeps an ear on breaking tech house, funk, soul, and, well, the good '80s shit (met ... More >>

The decade in ideas: local artists, DJs, studio heads, and tech geeks discuss the past and present in music

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

Claude VonStroke’s bird-themed empire takes flight

Music Awards Program Guide

Music Awards: Jukebox Roundtable by Dan Strachota

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: DJ Galen

Who doesn't love sunsets, right? Especially in San Francisco, where things take on a pastel hue no matter the season. DJ Galen seems to dig sunsets a little more than most: he's planned huge parties for the past 15 years aimed, in part, at watching the sun go down and the dancefloor temperature rise ... More >>

SF DJs Dominate "America's Best DJ" Nominees

Joshua BrottBassnectar You know it. I know it. And apparently the rest of the world knows it too: SF DJs rule. A plethora of local DJs are among the nominees for America's Best DJ, a DJ Times- sponsored competition whose closing party takes place September 12 at Rain nightclub (in the Palms casino) ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Voodeux

The spells cast by Voodeux don't involve messy chicken blood or puncturing little dolls with big pins. In fact, the duo's minimal techno and house tracks trick your ears with how clean they can sound. The tiny crunches within the beats on "Just a Spoonful (edit)" are subtle as the sound of, say, cho ... More >>

Live 8 Sessions Tour Hits SF

Angel of Bass: dub Gabriel Here's some cool news for DJ and producers: music production software maker Ableton has teamed with electronic music institute Dubspot to present a series of interactive workshops utilizing Ableton's newest app, Live 8, and its dedicated controller, the Akai APC40. The ... More >>

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Bird-Brained Beats

Saturday Night: Afrotek Festival at the Dark Room

Afrotek Festival The Dark Room December 20, 2008 Review by Eric K. Arnold; Photos by EKAphotography Better Than: A typically clichéd hip-hop club. Arriving at Club Six's "Dark Room" at around 11 p.m., I overhear a group of about seven people with Eastern European accents. Where are they from, I ... More >>

2008 Music Awards Nominees

222 Club to Close Oct. 1

Local DJs among 100 nominees in America's Best DJ contest

Techno Tease

The dirtybird crew gives kinky dance jams playful tweaks.

LoveFest Promises 65,000 Ravers Listening to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude at City Hall

Hiphop gets back to its Roots