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David Byrne

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Matthew Dear at Public Works, Frankie Knuckles at Mighty, Glass Candy at Mezzanine, and More

    You've seen the headlines: Noise Pop is finally here. As you can imagine, that means your options for entertainment for this weekend are dramatically expanded. We've got big parties on the horizon with performances by heavy hitting artists like Matthew Dear, Glass Candy, and Frankie Knuckles. That s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Theophilus London: Prophet of His Own Greatness, Demigod of Nothing in Particular

    Theophilus London is destined for greatness -- at least if you ask him. The 24-year-old Brooklyn dandy sees in himself all things -- pop prophet, fashion demigod, brand icon -- with some evidence to support those claims. There's something compelling about the rapper/singer's deliberately constructed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Live Review: Phantogram Makes a Beautiful Nightmare at the Fillmore

    Phantogram at the Fillmore last night.​ Phantogram Reptar November 2, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: Being stuck in a Phantogram music video. Having made the festival rounds this summer, Phantogram settled into the Fillmore last night just two years after it released its first album. The so ... More >>

  • Music

    June 15, 2011

    Fresh Times for Mission Recording Studio Different Fur

    Phantogram at the Fillmore last night.​ Phantogram Reptar November 2, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: Being stuck in a Phantogram music video. Having made the festival rounds this summer, Phantogram settled into the Fillmore last night just two years after it released its first album. The so ... More >>

  • Film

    March 9, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for March 9-15, 2011

    Phantogram at the Fillmore last night.​ Phantogram Reptar November 2, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: Being stuck in a Phantogram music video. Having made the festival rounds this summer, Phantogram settled into the Fillmore last night just two years after it released its first album. The so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Friday Night: Ra Ra Riot & Givers Unleash Sound and Fury at Great American Music Hall

    Ra Ra Riot at Great American Music Hall on Friday​Ra Ra RiotGiversJanuary 21, 2011@ Great American Music HallBetter than: The Sound and the Fury, which haunts my forgotten-homework dreams.In the one-for-all, all-for-one spirit that defines the Ra Ra Riot working philosophy, we interrupt this regul ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2010

    Karina Longworth's Top 10 Films of 2010

    Ra Ra Riot at Great American Music Hall on Friday​Ra Ra RiotGiversJanuary 21, 2011@ Great American Music HallBetter than: The Sound and the Fury, which haunts my forgotten-homework dreams.In the one-for-all, all-for-one spirit that defines the Ra Ra Riot working philosophy, we interrupt this regul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Menomena, Suckers, and Tu Fawning Play Lots of Things at Once at Great American Music Hall

    Menomena​Menomena Suckers Tu Fawning September 14, 2010 @ Great American Music Hall Better than: Combing through Pat Metheny's man-fro to get a glimpse of his instrumental clusterfuck.Whatever happened to musicians playing just one instrument? These new music school grads- ... More >>

  • Film

    July 28, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for July 28-August 3, 2010

    Menomena​Menomena Suckers Tu Fawning September 14, 2010 @ Great American Music Hall Better than: Combing through Pat Metheny's man-fro to get a glimpse of his instrumental clusterfuck.Whatever happened to musicians playing just one instrument? These new music school grads- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Local Frequency: Q & A w/ Birds & Batteries

    ​Birds & Batteries is a band that can't be pigeonholed. The electro-country-pop-indie-you-name-it group finds inspiration from every genre, every sound; they're reluctant to single out a sound they won't play--except maybe heavy metal. If it's appropriate to bring in polka, polka there shall b ... More >>

  • Film

    March 3, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for March 3-9, 2010

    ​Birds & Batteries is a band that can't be pigeonholed. The electro-country-pop-indie-you-name-it group finds inspiration from every genre, every sound; they're reluctant to single out a sound they won't play--except maybe heavy metal. If it's appropriate to bring in polka, polka there shall b ... More >>

  • Film

    February 24, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for February 24-March 2, 2010

    ​Birds & Batteries is a band that can't be pigeonholed. The electro-country-pop-indie-you-name-it group finds inspiration from every genre, every sound; they're reluctant to single out a sound they won't play--except maybe heavy metal. If it's appropriate to bring in polka, polka there shall b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Waters' KCRW Playlist Reveals Shameless Acts of Bribery

    KCRWAlice DeeJay heats up the tables at KCRW.​Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson Airplane, Youssou N'Dour, Nina Simone, and David Byrne. Nothing too shocking there. But her true cur ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Music Awards Program Guide

    KCRWAlice DeeJay heats up the tables at KCRW.​Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson Airplane, Youssou N'Dour, Nina Simone, and David Byrne. Nothing too shocking there. But her true cur ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2009

    Lonesome pedal-steel hero Joe Goldmark carries a twang torch

    KCRWAlice DeeJay heats up the tables at KCRW.​Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson Airplane, Youssou N'Dour, Nina Simone, and David Byrne. Nothing too shocking there. But her true cur ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2009

    Los Amigos Invisibles attempt ‘Commercial’ success

    KCRWAlice DeeJay heats up the tables at KCRW.​Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson Airplane, Youssou N'Dour, Nina Simone, and David Byrne. Nothing too shocking there. But her true cur ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2009

    Dirty Projectors continue to rise above

    KCRWAlice DeeJay heats up the tables at KCRW.​Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson Airplane, Youssou N'Dour, Nina Simone, and David Byrne. Nothing too shocking there. But her true cur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Bad Seeds bloom

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2008

    Last Night: Dirty Projectors at the Independent

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    Jim White

    Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop)

  • Music

    February 7, 2007

    Salsa goes electro with Los Amigos Invisibles

    Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop)

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Here Come the Mutant Men

    Brazilian legends Os Mutantes invade the States

  • Music

    May 10, 2006

    R. Kelly and the Fall of the rock empire

    Brazilian legends Os Mutantes invade the States

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    More Than Words

    Esteemed rock critic Michael Azerrad walks a fine line in his other job: drummer for pop rockers the King of France

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Hear This

    Nomeansno means hardcore fury; OCS's ADD is B-A-D

  • Music

    December 22, 2004

    Group Hug 2004

    It's been a shitty year on a number of levels. Here's a mix CD to cheer you up.

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    Bouncer

    Our new music columnist looks askance at a woodsy ambient mystical gathering

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    Power of Bebel

    Does anyone know what the Portuguese word for "diva" is?

  • Film

    April 28, 2004

    After the Fall

    Temptation flourishes in the garden of Young Adam

  • Film

    August 6, 2003

    Kiss Me, Sons of God

    Gigantic nearly deifies They Might Be Giants -- and why not?

  • Film

    July 23, 2003

    London Underground

    Stephen Frears delivers accidental tourists caught up in Dirty Pretty Things

  • Music

    May 21, 2003

    House of Tudor

    A polka hall of fame, a reality show about fantasy creatures, and a play that's sure to bomb

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    A Band of Bees

    Sunshine Hit Me

  • Music

    March 19, 2003

    Virgil Shaw

    Still Falling

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Adult.'s dispassionate synth-pop, and Si*Se's diaphanous trip-hop

  • Film

    October 24, 2001

    Wide Awake in America

    Richard Linklater seeks meaning in Waking Life

  • Film

    October 17, 2001

    Pure and Simple

    A virginal oaf seeks love Under the Sun

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2000

    Bebel Gilberto

    DJ-friendly bossa nova

  • Film

    March 22, 2000

    Desperately Seeking Anima

    DJ-friendly bossa nova

  • Music

    October 27, 1999

    Meet Virginia

    From the slums of Brazil, Virginia Rodrigues has emerged as one of the world's most enchanting voices

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    May 12, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    February 25, 1998

    The House of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    May 15, 1996

    Recordings

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    January 17, 1996

    Freedom Rock

    San Francisco's Mensclub leads the sexual devolution

  • Music

    December 6, 1995

    Recordings

    San Francisco's Mensclub leads the sexual devolution

  • Music

    March 22, 1995

    Recordings

    San Francisco's Mensclub leads the sexual devolution

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