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  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    The Voice Recap: Relax Everybody -- Finalists Have Been Chosen

    Last night, the finalists for NBC's The Voice were finally decided upon, and it was an odd show from the beginning. This thing started on a... really, really low note actually, with finalist from last year, Dia Frampton (should've won -- *cough* -- should've won) performing a song titled "Don't Kick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Lost in the Night: ESG Goes Out With a Bang at Mezzanine

    No Way back Presents ESG Mezzanine Saturday, March 3 "It's perfect, they play it all perfect. Now everyone'll get to go and say they saw them and you can file it away and tell people 'I was there, maaaan.'" This was the warning given to me by a friend when I told him I was headed to ESG's farewell ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 29, 2012

    Eastern Stars

    No Way back Presents ESG Mezzanine Saturday, March 3 "It's perfect, they play it all perfect. Now everyone'll get to go and say they saw them and you can file it away and tell people 'I was there, maaaan.'" This was the warning given to me by a friend when I told him I was headed to ESG's farewell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Live Review, 2/22/12: Grimes and oOoOO Rearrange Electronic Pop at Rickshaw Stop

    Grimes oOoOO Born Gold Yalls Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 Rickshaw Stop Better than: A cyborg prom. Noise Pop festival organizers probably envisioned a thematically cohesive night when they booked Grimes and oOoOO as co-headliners for Wednesday night's show at the Rickshaw Stop. After all, the two art ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Learning to Deal With the Great Music Deluge

    Are we suffocating from too much music?​ Two years ago, Broken Social Scene's Charles Spearin released The Happiness Project, an experimental album that brought together concepts associated with field recordings, sociology, jazz, and phonetics. If you think that sounds pretentious, you're righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Architecture In Helsinki Moves Deep into Electro-Pop at the Fillmore

    Architecture in Helsinki played the Fillmore last night. ​ Architecture In Helsinki Dom The Sandwitches Nov. 3, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: George Michael's stylist in the '80s. When the members of Architecture in Helsinki situated themselves behind three keyboards and only one acoustic d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    How to Navigate S.F.'s Record Stores (Without Crying)

    You're new to San Francisco. Or maybe you're not. Either way, we have a ton of awesome record stores that are quintessentially San Franciscan (read: weird) and navigating them isn't always the easiest thing in the world. You're just buying music, right? Wrong! Here's a guide to the finest purveyors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Yelle Struts with Adorable French Enthusiasm at the Regency Ballroom

    Yelle at the Regency Ballroom last night.​ Yelle French Horn Rebellion May 19, 2011 @ The Regency Ballroom Better Than: DIY Jazzercise in your living room. If there's one lesson show-goers can take away from a live Yelle performance, it's that enthusiasm will get you everywhere. And someti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Starfucker Channels Disco-Pop Forerunners at Rickshaw Stop

    Starfucker at Rickshaw Stop last night.​Starfucker Unkown Mortal Orchestra March 9, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Naming a child with an obscenity. Ladies, I'd like to introduce your Passion Pit/MGMT stand-ins. Scream softly, please. But listen up: don't tell Mom and Dad what you're snea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    The 2011 Grammys, A Timeline: Lady Gaga's Boob Armor, Who Is Lady Antebellum, and What the Hell is Cee-Lo Wearing?

    In which we sit through three and a half hours of Grammys twaddle, so you don't have to: 8:01 p.m.: Show opens with an Aretha Franklin montage. Okay... 8:03 p.m.: Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch, Yolanda Adams, and Martina McBride perform "Natural Woman" together, then take i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Five Songs That Haven't Offended You Yet

    Take the sex and drugs out of rock 'n' roll, and much of what remains is tour stories and censorship. Instances of the latter date from rock's Brylcreem beginnings in the 1950s, forming part of a long bellow of outrage over America's popular culture by the more backward and fearful elements of our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Blondie at the Fillmore

    ​Blondie August 4, 2010 @ The FillmoreBetter than: forever wondering what it would be like.  Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Blondie singer Debbie Harry was every boy's masturbation fantasy. Whenever her pouty lips, high cheekbones, and perfect hair to match her perfe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2010

    Won't You Take Me to …

    ​Blondie August 4, 2010 @ The FillmoreBetter than: forever wondering what it would be like.  Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Blondie singer Debbie Harry was every boy's masturbation fantasy. Whenever her pouty lips, high cheekbones, and perfect hair to match her perfe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    You Need

    ​Blondie August 4, 2010 @ The FillmoreBetter than: forever wondering what it would be like.  Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Blondie singer Debbie Harry was every boy's masturbation fantasy. Whenever her pouty lips, high cheekbones, and perfect hair to match her perfe ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 19, 2009

    The Regulars

    Bouncer visits bars in three very different S.F. neighborhoods and discovers people everywhere all want the same thing: companionship. Oh, and booze.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    We're Real Proud of You, Honey

    Bouncer visits bars in three very different S.F. neighborhoods and discovers people everywhere all want the same thing: companionship. Oh, and booze.

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Last Night: Justice at the Concourse at SF Design Center

    Bouncer visits bars in three very different S.F. neighborhoods and discovers people everywhere all want the same thing: companionship. Oh, and booze.

  • Music

    February 13, 2008

    All in the Family: Drinking After Hours at Laiola

    Bouncer visits bars in three very different S.F. neighborhoods and discovers people everywhere all want the same thing: companionship. Oh, and booze.

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    Margaret Cho Tells SF Weekly the Beautiful Albums of 2007

    Bouncer visits bars in three very different S.F. neighborhoods and discovers people everywhere all want the same thing: companionship. Oh, and booze.

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    To Be Real

    Lee Bob Watson wrestles for musical truth

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    Weekend Guide: What to do tonight!

    Lee Bob Watson wrestles for musical truth

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    It Was a Year Of ...

    Well, lots of things, actually

  • Music

    November 1, 2006

    Cuts Like a Knife

    Patience rewards fans of these mysterious Swedes

  • Music Awards

    October 19, 2005

    Award Show Guide

    Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2005

    Cuchi-Cuchi Mama

    Charo is a brilliant flamenco guitar player -- yes, that Charo

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Imposter Impersonator

    Things get ugly when Infiltrator is unmasked at a celebrity impersonator convention, but all ends well when fake Arnold Schwarzenegger marries faux Shania Twain

  • Music

    March 5, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Japanese ukulele ladies, a Canadian electro androgyne, and Iraq's most popular singer

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of February 5, 2003

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    And a Reagan New Year!

    Learning to live with -- and even love -- a retro-'80s fad that just ... won't ... die

  • Summer Guide

    June 19, 2002

    Music

    Learning to live with -- and even love -- a retro-'80s fad that just ... won't ... die

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002
  • Dining

    March 20, 2002

    Shufflebored

    High-powered comings and goings in the food biz

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    DJ Z-Trip & DJ P

    Uneasy Listening, Volume 1 (Self-released)

  • Culture

    June 6, 2001

    The Great Escape

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

  • Music

    October 8, 1997

    Apocrypha

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

  • Music

    July 2, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

  • Music

    February 12, 1997

    Recordings

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

  • Music

    December 13, 1995

    Books

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

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