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  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Spotify Is Coming to the U.S. Soon -- You Should Be Excited

    What Spotify looks like​Over the past few weeks, streaming music startup Spotify has quietly been signing deals with the major U.S. music distributors as it prepares for a U.S. launch. But now that the Swedish firm has locked up EMI and Sony (with Universal in tow), it's also begun to hire people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    The Grammys Are Coming. Here's a Drinking Game to Get You Through Them

    ​Yes, the Grammys are nothing more than a promo summit for what remains of our broken conglomerate record labels of yore. Columbia, EMI, Warner Bros., Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, et al. like to believe they still hold some influence over the masses, and as long as we can sit here comfortably an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    S.F. Startup Offers All the Free Music You Can Download, Legally -- For Now (But Is It a Scam?)

    ​What's the biggest missing feature from most online MP3 retailers? Duh -- the ability to get unlimited downloads for a flat fee. But Zaptunes, a new San Francisco-based startup, aims to fix that, with a new model based on a flat $25 per month fee for unlimited, DRM-free downloads of the more than ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2010

    The Jay-Z state of mind

    ​What's the biggest missing feature from most online MP3 retailers? Duh -- the ability to get unlimited downloads for a flat fee. But Zaptunes, a new San Francisco-based startup, aims to fix that, with a new model based on a flat $25 per month fee for unlimited, DRM-free downloads of the more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ My First Earthquake

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2009

    Kraftwerk's Anthologie makes up for lost time

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    You Brut!

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • Music

    December 19, 2007

    Greed catches up with the major labels

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    RIAA's purse strings clipped? Pretty please?

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Radio (NAB) To Record Industry (RIAA): You, Sir, Are the Ball-Licker!

    Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    The Day the Music Dies

    Internet radio stations like SomaFM have launched bands and influenced what mainstream DJs play. On July 15, they could be gone forever

  • Music

    June 20, 2007

    Giving the Indies a Spin

    Small outposts rule online MP3 sales

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    The Price Is Variable

    Would you pay as much for a good record as you would for a fine bottle of vino?

  • Home Entertainment

    December 7, 2005

    Our top DVD picks for the week of December 6.

    Would you pay as much for a good record as you would for a fine bottle of vino?

  • Home Entertainment

    November 23, 2005

    Our top DVD picks for the week of December 6.

    Would you pay as much for a good record as you would for a fine bottle of vino?

  • Music

    May 25, 2005

    Accentuate the Negativ

    Fathers hide your intellectual property: The Bay Area's original culture jammers are back

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    Get a Pop Life

    The Grey Album made everyone forget about Danger Mouse and Jemini's Ghetto Pop Life. It's time to remember.

  • Music

    March 17, 2004

    At the Movies

    In which I take "The World's Most Hated Band" to see The Passion of the Christ

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Prick

    Don't hate me because I'm corporate

  • Music

    May 22, 2002

    Same Old Brand-New

    Blame Rock River Communications -- and hipster Jeff Daniel -- for those cheesy store-branded music compilations

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    Torch Singers

    The hard-rocking women of the L.A.-based Betty Blowtorch prove their mettle with Are You Man Enough?

  • Music

    March 28, 2001

    Hear This

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

  • Music

    January 3, 2001

    Los Shakers; Various Artists

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    January 3, 2001

    A Not-So-Quiet Library

    Thanks to the sound library, background music is coming to the forefront

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    Black Rage

    The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

  • Music

    April 26, 2000

    Hear This

    Wire

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Happier Campers

    Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

  • Calendar

    December 2, 1998

    NIGHT & DAY

    Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

  • Music

    July 29, 1998

    Reviews

    Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

  • Music

    March 18, 1998

    Walk on the Mild Side

    One East Bay Christian rock purveyor's battle for integrity

  • Music

    November 26, 1997

    Riff Raff

    One East Bay Christian rock purveyor's battle for integrity

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Reviews

    One East Bay Christian rock purveyor's battle for integrity

  • Music

    March 12, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    One East Bay Christian rock purveyor's battle for integrity

  • Music

    January 8, 1997

    Recordings

    One East Bay Christian rock purveyor's battle for integrity

  • Music

    August 21, 1996

    Sunday in the Park With the Sex Pistols

    An eyewitness account

  • Music

    August 21, 1996

    To: j-rotten@sexpistols.com

    An open letter

  • Music

    July 24, 1996

    SFO3 1996

    An open letter

  • Music

    January 3, 1996

    The Book of Lists

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • Music

    December 27, 1995

    Samples

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • Music

    July 26, 1995

    Samples

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • Music

    June 14, 1995

    Green's Day

    The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green

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