Deerhoof

Laughs and Drudgery: An Afternoon at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studio

Marnie Stern's finger-tapping guitar wins hearts and minds

Saturday is Record Store Day: Limited-Edition Releases, Rare In-Stores

  Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

Friday Night: The Fiery Furnaces at Slim's

​The Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May Slim's Nov 21, 2009 Better Than: The dance party in your living room. Perhaps it was the youth factor of an all-ages show, but I can't think of the last time I've seen so many genuinely happy people all in one place, and actually dancing no less, than a ... More >>

Busdriver drives against the flow

​The Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May Slim's Nov 21, 2009 Better Than: The dance party in your living room. Perhaps it was the youth factor of an all-ages show, but I can't think of the last time I've seen so many genuinely happy people all in one place, and actually dancing no less, than a ... More >>

Dirty Projectors continue to rise above

​The Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May Slim's Nov 21, 2009 Better Than: The dance party in your living room. Perhaps it was the youth factor of an all-ages show, but I can't think of the last time I've seen so many genuinely happy people all in one place, and actually dancing no less, than a ... More >>

Swine Flu Cancels Cornelius Tour

Maybe Next Time: CorneliusIf you were planning on attending Japanese avant-funksters Cornelius' May 12 show at the Fillmore, we've got bad news for you: Cornelius' 2009 North American tour with Deerhoof, which included dates in Mexico City and Guadalajara as well as San Francisco and Santa Cruz, has ... More >>

Marco Benevento experiments on the ivories

Maybe Next Time: CorneliusIf you were planning on attending Japanese avant-funksters Cornelius' May 12 show at the Fillmore, we've got bad news for you: Cornelius' 2009 North American tour with Deerhoof, which included dates in Mexico City and Guadalajara as well as San Francisco and Santa Cruz, has ... More >>

Last Night: John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall

John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

Local Music Blog Calls for Writers: BetterKnowanSFBlog

John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

LastNight: Justice Served At Mezzanine in San Francisco

John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

The Return of Arthur Magazine

Arthur magazine: back from the ashes but still looking for a lifeline

Weekend Guide: Ultra Gypsy, Scott Wells & Dancers, Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow, so much more

Arthur magazine: back from the ashes but still looking for a lifeline

Repertory Film Listings

Arthur magazine: back from the ashes but still looking for a lifeline

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

Split Myself in Two

The dual personalities of Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart

Pit Er Pat

Shakey

That Girl is Poison

Katy St. Clair illuminates another dubious connection: Socrates and the Hemlock Tavern

Sound Works?

Tony Espinoza poured his dot-com millions into the fanciest music studio in town. With balls like that, who needs street cred?

Dark Horse

The Unicorns strike it rich with their unique brand of sullied indie-pop

House of Tudor

Bobby Conn serves up Serge Gainsbourg by way of Motörhead, all while chastising Dubya

Various Activists

On the local compilation Azadi!, the music matters almost as much as the cause itself

Cutting Edge

With Knife Play, San Jose's Xiu Xiu carves cathartic music from traumatic experience

LiLiPUT/Kleenex

LiLiPUT (Kill Rock Stars)

Psychotic Reaction

With a mind-boggling debut album, the Lowdown proves how to love pop music -- to death

Pop Philosophy

Rock Out S.F.; Bart Davenport; Santa Cruz Lo-Fi Indie Music Festival