Cocteau Twins

Christopher O'Riley and Matt Haimovitz: Show Preview

Seventeen Evergreen Tells the Story Behind That Dazzling Video for "Polarity Song"

Seventeen Evergreen's Nephi Evans and Caleb Pate in the video for "Polarity Song"​ You've heard of yarn-bombing, yes? Well, in Seventeen Evergreen's video for the single "Polarity Song," an entire store full of people get yarn-bombed into one fantastical psychedelic universe. It's a capitvatin ... More >>

Siren Sings Again

Seventeen Evergreen's Nephi Evans and Caleb Pate in the video for "Polarity Song"​ You've heard of yarn-bombing, yes? Well, in Seventeen Evergreen's video for the single "Polarity Song," an entire store full of people get yarn-bombed into one fantastical psychedelic universe. It's a capitvatin ... More >>

Watch Tamaryn's Trippy Video for "Love Fade"

Many on the Internet -- including us -- have been making positive noises about San Francisco-via-Brooklyn band Tamaryn for a while now (at least, a while in web time). Today, the duo releases its debut album, The Waves, on the Mexican Summer label. The album is loaded with enough ethereal syn ... More >>

Rasputina: Show Preview

Many on the Internet -- including us -- have been making positive noises about San Francisco-via-Brooklyn band Tamaryn for a while now (at least, a while in web time). Today, the duo releases its debut album, The Waves, on the Mexican Summer label. The album is loaded with enough ethereal syn ... More >>

Zum Anniversary Show with KIT, High Castle, Core of the Coalman, Dunes, and More

KIT​Zum - Some Kind of Anniversarywith KITHigh CastleCore of the CoalmanDunesMincemeat or TenspeedDalton Bros.HutsAugust 7th, 2010 @ 21 Grand Better than: Massive summer musical festivals teeming with inebriated suburbanites. In the increasingly volatile world of independent record ... More >>

Club preview: Mux Mool

KIT​Zum - Some Kind of Anniversarywith KITHigh CastleCore of the CoalmanDunesMincemeat or TenspeedDalton Bros.HutsAugust 7th, 2010 @ 21 Grand Better than: Massive summer musical festivals teeming with inebriated suburbanites. In the increasingly volatile world of independent record ... More >>

Beach House's pop euphoria

KIT​Zum - Some Kind of Anniversarywith KITHigh CastleCore of the CoalmanDunesMincemeat or TenspeedDalton Bros.HutsAugust 7th, 2010 @ 21 Grand Better than: Massive summer musical festivals teeming with inebriated suburbanites. In the increasingly volatile world of independent record ... More >>

mr. Gnome brings surreal sounds from Josh Homme's studio

KIT​Zum - Some Kind of Anniversarywith KITHigh CastleCore of the CoalmanDunesMincemeat or TenspeedDalton Bros.HutsAugust 7th, 2010 @ 21 Grand Better than: Massive summer musical festivals teeming with inebriated suburbanites. In the increasingly volatile world of independent record ... More >>

Stripmall Architecture Plays Café Du Nord Thursday

​ Hey shoegazers! Yeah, you. Up here. That's it. Do you have a hankering for trance-inducing, dreamy indietronica? Does the mention of a band somewhere in-between Sigur Ros and the Cocteau Twins make those little hairs on the back of your neck tingle? If so, you owe it to yourself to check for ... More >>

Track/Mission Creek Pick of the Day: Warpaint

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart stock up for indie stardom

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Nite Jewel/Telepathe

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Nite Rider

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Sébastien Tellier

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

A Walk in the Dark

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Torche: metal with a big pop buzz

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Read It and Weep: Former Radiohead S.F. Crashpad for Sale

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Halou Releases Digital EP Feb. 12

Lauren DukoffI was at a BBQ over the weekend where one woman was singing the praises of Warpaint. Of all the bands playing Mission Creek, she advised, this was the one not to miss. So I went home and fired up the old MySpace page, and sure enough, there's something special about this four-piece. The ... More >>

Blaze of Glory

High on Fire reignites interest in Bay Area metal

Beirut's Zach Condon: Young Success 'Fucked With a Lot of Things' -- Interview

High on Fire reignites interest in Bay Area metal

Mew

Mew and the Glass Handed Kites

Nu Shooz

Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

Worldly beats abound in S.F. this week: Halou, Gilles Peterson, One Block Radius, and the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie

Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

Skin Crawls

Gregg Araki's latest is more icky than mysterious

Best (Affordable) Way to Impress a First Date

Gregg Araki's latest is more icky than mysterious

Keeping Up With the Johnsons

What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

Knife & Fork

Misery Cord

Moving Units

The story of Dealership's third album is as action-packed as the band's music

The Delays

Faded Seaside Glamour

A Woman's Work

Barbara Ehrenreich's misadventures take to the stage

Cynthia Dall

Sound Restores Young Men (Drag City)

Sophisticated Boom Boom

S.F.'s Famous Burlesque Orchestra provides a safe haven for punks, gorillas, and other odd characters

Back to the Future

With synth pop and agitprop, Memory Systems imagines a post-futuristic world

The New Boys in Town

Fixing up the welcome wagon

Revved-Up Rock

The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rides roughshod over today's guitar gods

Looming Large

On her first solo album, Paula Frazer weaves together an enchanting musical quilt

A Matter of Degrees

Local label Six Degrees weathers the storm of success

Beat Scientist

Experimental rapper Doseone is too weird for the hip hop faithful -- but indie rockers love him

Best Record Store

Open Mind Music

House Of Tudor

Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

Unextended Play

Putting the compact back in compact disc

Riff Raff

Putting the compact back in compact disc

Night+Day

Putting the compact back in compact disc

Night+Day

Putting the compact back in compact disc