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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

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The 10 Best Bay Area Music Videos of 2011

From Seventeen Evergreen's "Polarity Song" video.​ Ah, the music video: In three decades, these modest clips went from insider promo tool, to prime-time TV staple, to Internet meme-generator. And despite all the online noise and bustle of 2011, a good music video is still a fantastic way to gr ... More >>

Exclusive Premiere: Lateef The Truthspeaker and DJ Shadow Team Up for "Say What You Want"

Lateef the Truthspeaker​ Lateef the Truthspeaker is a prince of Bay Area hip-hop -- as a member of the Quannum collective, he's worked with DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and numerous other local greats. Lateef recently dropped a new album, Firewire, and w ... More >>

The Top Five Classics From Quannum, the Bay Area Hip-Hop Collective

Lateef the Truthspeaker performs at Mighty tonight.​ With a line-up that includes cut-and-paste maestro DJ Shadow, innovative rap duo Blackalicious, and the spirited funk styles of Latryx, the Quannum collective is a Bay Area institution. Since its inception in the early '90s, the creative cre ... More >>

In Print: DJ Shadow's Amoeba Shopping Spree, Recommended Shows This Week, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: DJ Shadow​DJ Shadow's Store-Bought Inspiration: Two years ago, Josh Davis realized he had accumulated a whopping $800 of store credit for Amoeba Music. Davis had built up the bounty after managers at the chain of independent record stores insisted ... More >>

Watch DJ Shadow's Blood-Boiling New Video, "Border Crossing"

The Occupy Wall Street Everywhere protests are stealing headlines this week. But for many, immigration and border politics remain one of the most backwards and unjust issues facing the country. Count among that group the Bay Area's DJ Shadow, whose new video for "Border Crossing" qualifies as a bloo ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

The Occupy Wall Street Everywhere protests are stealing headlines this week. But for many, immigration and border politics remain one of the most backwards and unjust issues facing the country. Count among that group the Bay Area's DJ Shadow, whose new video for "Border Crossing" qualifies as a bloo ... More >>

DJ Shadow Reviews His Own Discography

DJ Shadow​This week, DJ Shadow released his fourth solo studio album, The Less You Know, The Better. Featuring cameos from Little Dragon, De La Soul, Talib Kweli and Tom Vek, Shadow insists that the album isn't just a snapshot of where he's at as a musician in 2011, but also something that wil ... More >>

Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography

Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>

Flip It

Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>

Jega's SF Record Release Party this Saturday

Pensive: Jega​ I've always thought IDM--intelligent dance music--to be somewhat of a strange name for a microgenre. Its implications seem rather assumptive, namely that most dance music (and, by extension, dance music audiences) is stupid. Also, since dance music's primary function is to move our ... More >>

Unagi keeps hip-hop reference-rich

Pensive: Jega​ I've always thought IDM--intelligent dance music--to be somewhat of a strange name for a microgenre. Its implications seem rather assumptive, namely that most dance music (and, by extension, dance music audiences) is stupid. Also, since dance music's primary function is to move our ... 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 >>

Feeding Frenzy

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 >>

Feeding Frenzy

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 >>

Lavelle’s Yer UNKLE

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 >>

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Mistah F.A.B.

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 >>

DJ Shadow Would Like to Answer Your Questions

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 >>

DJ Shadow Buys James Brown's Stuff

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 >>

Justice, Hot Chip, Spiritualized, Raconteurs at Treasure Island

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 >>

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

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 >>

Sia, the Kills and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Make the SF Music Stream -- 2.13.08

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 >>

Halou Releases Digital EP Feb. 12

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 >>

Mark Lanegan Adds Grit and Gravitas to Soulsavers

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 >>

Treasure Island Booty

A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

Happy trails, Village Music

A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

Digesting DJ Food's druggy, thuggy, spacey, racy turntablism

A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

M.I.A., DJ Shadow, and Modest Mouse: shipwrecked on Treasure Island!

A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

Lifesavas

Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack (Quannum)

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

DJ Krush

Stepping Stones (Sony Japan)

Out of the Shadow

The DJ who works out of S.F. has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique. Find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by a local hyphy sound.

Hitting the MAN-sion for Playboy

The DJ who works out of S.F. has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique. Find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by a local hyphy sound.

Ghostigital

In Cod We Trust

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Coup de Grace

The Ventura Threeway

Quannum Mechanics

The amazingly true tale of the Bay Area's greatest hip hop success story

Revolutions

Once upon a time, DJ Qbert helped define and deify turntablism. That time is over. So what's next?

Best Hip Hop Label

Quannum Projects

Hear This

San Francisco's venerable Qunnaum Projects rounds up its entire roster for a landmark hip hop show

Soul Position

8 Million Stories

Boogie Nights

For a band that isn't "commercial-sounding," scoring a movie is a boon

War, What Is It Good For?

Absolutely nothing -- unless you're Clear Channel Communications

Mickey and the Soul Generation

Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey and the Soul Generation

DJ Shadow

The Private Press (MCA)

Various Artists

Schoolhouse Funk: Stage Bands, Lab Bands, and a Toast to the Boogie! (Cali-Tex)

Riff Raff

Might We Suggest Hype! II: Electric Boogaloo? and Listing Toward San Francisco

Riff Raff

Might We Suggest Hype! II: Electric Boogaloo? and Listing Toward San Francisco