David Hidalgo

Atoms for Peace's Amok: A First Listen

Who's the audience for Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, and Flea's stutter-skip project Atoms for Peace? Well, me, probably. Preferring the contained chaos of Yorke's 2006 solo bow The Eraser (and his incredible cover of Miracle Legion's "All for the Best") to anything his Noted Rock Band has done over th ... More >>

We Review One of Jolie Holland's Secret S.F. Shows

[Editor's note: Folk singer Jolie Holland is playing a series of shows this week at a semi-secret venue in San Francisco. This is an account of one of them.] The only silent room in San Francisco is a secret venue. Silent, meaning the audience regularly makes no noise. People come here to hear the ... More >>

Bob Dylan's Tempest: A First Listen

Bob Dylan is 71. Always-strong critical showings from such septuagenarian contemporaries as Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, and Tom Zé still don't even come close to his towering impact. After all, they weren't presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He's probably the only musician in America ... More >>

Wednesday's Pick: Los Cenzontles

​Jaguares Los Cenzontles The Fillmore 9 p.m., $49.50 Fans of Los Lobos probably already know all about Los Cenzontles. The local roots-Latino group recently recorded an album, American Horizon, with a couple of really, really special guests: blues mage Taj Mahal and Los Lobos' David Hidalgo. And ... More >>

Los Animals

Music Awards: Jukebox Roundtable by Dan Strachota

Mitch Mitchell Dies

(Mitch Mitchell photo by Michael Ochs from A Tribute to Mitch Mitchell) Drummer Mitch Mitchell, the last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead Wednesday morning in his Portland, Oregon, hotel room, Billboard reported today. Mitchell, 62, most likely died of natural causes ... More >>

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Atom Bomb

Elvis Costello

King of America

Review

Eliades Ochoa's Sublime Illusion

Sound Ideas

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records