Subject:

Elliott Smith

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Live Review, 3/21/12: Perfume Genius Sheds a Tear at Cafe Du Nord

    Perfume Genius Parenthetical Girls March 21, 2012 Cafe du Nord Better than: Drinking your own tears to survive. It's usually the performer who makes the audience emotional at concerts, but Mike Hadreas, better known by the stage name Perfume Genius, suffered from a little leaky eye last night at C ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2012

    Perfume Genius: Show Preview

    Perfume Genius Parenthetical Girls March 21, 2012 Cafe du Nord Better than: Drinking your own tears to survive. It's usually the performer who makes the audience emotional at concerts, but Mike Hadreas, better known by the stage name Perfume Genius, suffered from a little leaky eye last night at C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Architecture In Helsinki Moves Deep into Electro-Pop at the Fillmore

    Architecture in Helsinki played the Fillmore last night. ​ Architecture In Helsinki Dom The Sandwitches Nov. 3, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: George Michael's stylist in the '80s. When the members of Architecture in Helsinki situated themselves behind three keyboards and only one acoustic d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Holcombe Waller Eloquently Overshares at Swedish American Hall

    ​ Holcombe Waller @ Swedish American Hall Thursday, March 3, 2011 Better than: Waller's inevitable 2015 VH1 Storytellers episode Portland-via-Frisco troubadour Holcombe Waller's voice is his strongest asset -- it's a lithe, soaring, faraway thing that breathes equally convincing life into somber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Admiral Radley and Social Studies at Bottom of the Hill: A Tale of Two Indie Bands

    Admiral Radley​Admiral Radley Typhoon Social Studies Fake Your Own Death February 23, 2011
 @Bottom of the Hill Better than: Starting an indie rock supergroup with your co-workers called the Water Coolers. Every night at the Noise Pop Festival is a dilemma. The schedule holds a musical em ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Friday's Pick: Cannons & Clouds, Winfred E. Eye, and By Sunlight

    ​Cannons & CloudsWinfred E. EyeBy SunlightBottom of the Hill10 p.m., $10Sometimes it's good to hit the ground running, and sometimes that just means you're about to bite off more than you can chew. Cannons & Clouds founders Zachary Blizzard and Joshua Kane realized the latter after doing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Quitzow, Battlehooch, and Setting Sun at the Rickshaw Stop

    Setting Sun​Quitzow Battlehooch Setting Sun August 3, 2010@ Rickshaw Stop  Better than: A musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream set in outer space. Let it not be said that Crispin McCabe of SFitall books a show unimaginatively. It can't be easy to place loca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    SXSW Roundup: Thursday AM, RIP Alex Chilton

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Music Awards Program Guide

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    February 25, 2009

    Our picks from Noise Pop’s local launch pad

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2009

    Eight Steps to a Better 2009

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Everest

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Last Night: David Karsten Daniels at the Hemlock

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    February 20, 2008

    Noise Pop Preview: Quick Picks

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Best Albums of 2007 — SF Weekly's David Downs

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2007

    SF Weekly Best Albums of 2007 : John Graham Edition

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Best CDs of 2007

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    November 28, 2007

    Rademacher Alchemizes Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse for Pure Indie-Pop Gold

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2007

    Brain-Teasing

    Caribou twists your melon with intelligent psych-pop

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    Treasure Island Booty

    A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    Earlimart

    Mentor Tormentor (Majordomo)

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Elliott Smith and Arcade Fire: RIAA Safe

    Mentor Tormentor (Majordomo)

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Sean Lennon

    Friendly Fire (Capitol)

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    The Minus 5

    The Minus 5

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Various Artists

    To: Elliott From: Portland

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Back to School

    Kanye West's Late Registration cements him as hip hop's most conflicted -- and fascinating -- superstar

  • Music

    May 25, 2005

    Ben Folds

    Songs for Silverman

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Folktronica Artist

    Songs for Silverman

  • Music

    October 20, 2004

    Elliott Smith

    From a Basement on the Hill

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    Earlimart

    Treble & Tremble

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    Pop-Punk Confessional

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • Music

    March 24, 2004

    Dark Horse

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

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of November 12, 2003

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Plane old new wave/speed metal, the visualization of sound, an African update of Carmen, and the über-proto-feminist lifestyle-radical

  • Music

    June 6, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    Two clubs and a little Norwegian

  • Music

    January 31, 2001

    Hear This

    Death Cab for Cutie

  • Music

    July 26, 2000

    The Catherine Wheel

    Wishville
    (Columbia)

  • Music

    April 12, 2000

    The Last Party

    The members of San Francisco's Donner Party have moved on to other projects, but they couldn't resist the pull of one last hurrah

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2000

    Heartbreak Hotel

    Quasi

  • Music

    October 6, 1999

    Review

    Velvet Crush's Free Expression

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Official Truth

    Velvet Crush's Free Expression

  • Music

    October 14, 1998

    Reviews

    Velvet Crush's Free Expression

  • Music

    August 12, 1998

    Reviews

    Velvet Crush's Free Expression

  • Music

    May 13, 1998

    Detachment

    Velvet Crush's Free Expression

  • Music

    April 1, 1998

    Year of the Elephant

    Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

  • Music

    November 12, 1997

    'Sticks and Stones

    Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

  • Calendar

    May 7, 1997

    Night+Day

    Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

  • Music

    March 26, 1997

    Get Your Bearings

    Crabby asides from the South by Southwest Music Festival

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