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Arty Party This Weekend: Mexican Institute of Sound @ YBC
Napoleon HabeicaYerba Buena snagged a great musical act for this Friday's opening of its new Wallworks exhibit: Mexican Institute of Sound. The band is the brainchild of DJ /producer/president of EMI Mexico Camilo Lara, who uses the moniker as an excuse to mix together traditional Latin music with modern electronica. On his records you hear bits of everything from cumbia to cha cha cha, spiked by left field sound effects. Lara says Latin music comes out of him naturually--or, as he told SF We
July 29, 2009Last Night: Seisiún at the Plough and the Stars
Seisiún Sunday, August 2, 2009The Plough and the StarsBetter than: Drunk frat guys making all the noise at Irish bars.With so much live entertainment happening in San Francisco every night of the week, it's easy to forget about the musical events that go on with zero fanfare. For every band in town or act touring through, there are handfuls of performances by musicians who don't need their names on the marquee. Often times, they don't even need a stage, or much feedback from the crowd.
August 3, 2009High on Fire Prepping New Album
Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica, Slayer, Johnny Cash). There's no specific news on song or album titles, but the band wants fans to know the new stuff will be "heavier, louder and more intricate." Really, is there any other way to
August 4, 2009Rock the Bells
August 5, 2009Sunn O))) slowly inverts expectations
August 5, 2009J-Culture
August 5, 2009Method Man vs. Redman: tale of the tape
August 12, 2009Rafael Casal and Mistah F.A.B. give props to modern Yay Area communication
August 12, 2009Tap Tap Tap
August 12, 2009Quantic and His Combo Barbaro Play Tonight
He makes musical statements, too: Quantic Hey there Latin lovers! Er, make that Latin music lovers. If you like rhumba, meringue, salsa, son, cumbia, and other variants on the South-of-the-border theme, you might not want to miss the debut San Francisco appearance of Quantic and his Combo Barbaro. Quantic --aka Will Holland--is a musical explorer and a bit of an ethnomusicologist who's made forays into soul, Latin, reggae and indie dance music under various monikers, including Flowering Infe
August 14, 2009Last Night: Method Man/Redman, Ghostface Killah at Mezzanine
Method Man/Red ManAugust 16th, 2009 Mezzanine By Noah Sanders Better than: Watching How High sober. Last night's Method Man/Redman show could've been swiped directly from the two veteran rapper's significant mid to late-nineties heyday. Everything was there: the clouds of weed smoke funneling upwards from the crowd, the bass-heavy party raps about chronic smoke and gettin' down, and, of course, the two massively blunted emcees commanding the stage. With one of the shoddiest light show
August 17, 2009Last Night: Pissed Jeans at Bottom of the Hill
Pissed Jeans, Mi Ami, Hissing WoundTuesday, Aug. 18, 2009Bottom of the HillBetter than: Yer typical '90s nostalgia.On record, Allentown, PA's Pissed Jeans are feral. Frontman Matt Korvette could be singing about getting a massage ("Request for Masseuse") and the tension in his voice could hammer the knots into your neck, no matter how slow and tar-thick the music. So you'd expect that live, the group would ramp up the rabid factor, really showing the crowd the fangs barely contained in the sn
August 19, 2009Ricardo Lemvo brings the Mambo to GAMH Tomorrow
Ricardo Lemvo Along with Habib Koite, Ricardo Lemvo is one of those guys who always seems to be on every Putumayo world music compilation, playing funky Congolese-inflected Latin music. Though he's currently based in Los Angeles, Lemvo hasn't appeared much on local stages, so world music fans in general and Afro-Cuban aficionados in particular might want to check for his show Saturday at the Great American Music Hall. If you're unfamiliar with Lemvo's sound, here's a video clip of him
August 21, 2009So what if August: Osage county won a Tony? It's still boring and bloated
August 26, 2009Outside Lands Day 1, Pearl Jam, Tom Jones, Black Joe Lewis
Chritopher VictorioTom JonesPearl Jam, Tom Jones, Incubus, Black Joe Lewis & the HoneybearsOutside LandsFriday, Aug. 28, 2009Better than: Anything else you could be doing in Golden Gate Park on a Friday night.The opening day of the second annual Outside Lands was, overall, what I'd call a pleasant experience. There were no big hassles, and no outstanding peaks either. It was a meat 'n' potatoes evening of music on a night when everything from the concertgoers to the weather seemed in coop
August 29, 2009Fall Dance Picks
September 2, 2009Found in Translation
September 2, 2009Five Classical Music and Opera Events to See This Fall
September 2, 2009The Maestro
September 2, 2009Slavic Soul Party
September 9, 2009Kingdom
September 9, 2009F.N.M At We All We Got Tonight
www.OneShotMediaProductions.comHe'll Slapp You: Traxxamillion South Bay producer Traxamillion was arguably as big a force in the hyphy movement as any artist. His hot-shit beats backed everyone from Keak Da Sneak to Mistah F.A.B. to Dem Hoodstarz to Too $hort to 41Fever. He even produced MC Lars' "White Kids Aren't Hyphy." And he has the distinction of having a PSP app, the Traxxpad Portable Studio, named after him. Traxx's newest project is F.N.M. (Fly N*gga Movement), a group with fel
September 11, 2009Soul Slam IV: Prince vs. Michael Jackson
September 16, 2009Just Tweet It
September 23, 2009Hammer, from the waist down
September 23, 2009Kid Koala reimagines heavy rock with the Slew
September 23, 2009Tim Exile
September 23, 2009Tripping Over It
September 30, 2009New Bay Area punk oral history unearths dead babies, stinky roadies, and strong community networks
October 7, 2009Weekend Pick #2: Buju Banton
Opti-Mystic Soul: Buju Three-time Grammy nominee Buju Banton has been credited with ushering in dancehall reggae's conscious revival with 1994's "Murderer," an anti-violence tune which preceded the ascension of such artists as Sizzla, Capleton, and Fantan Mojah. Beginning his career as a popular toaster with a rapid-fire tongue--which occasionally dipped into slackness, as on the sexual prowess-affirming "Stamina Daddy" and the still-controversial "Boom Bye Bye" (which he no longer perf
October 9, 2009Music Awards Program Guide Intro
October 14, 2009Music Awards Program Guide
October 14, 2009Music Awards: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
October 14, 2009Music Awards: Jukebox Roundtable by Dan Strachota
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October 14, 2009Music Awards: Crown City Rockers
October 14, 2009Music Awards: Lazer Sword
October 14, 2009Treasure Island: Indie-rock elders move forward
October 14, 2009What To Do? Tonight's Pick: Punk Rock Sideshow
Punk Rock Slideshow at the Hemlock "You can blame Al Gore for the dearth of quality punk rock in the jukeboxes of America:he had to go and invent the internet. What a bum! Even dives with great jukes are phasing out their custom mixes in favor of those hateful touch-screen Toxic Boxes. The solution? Ditch the juke and enlist deejays instead. At the Hemlock's Punk Rock Sideshow, DJ Tragic and the Duchess of Hazard pluck gems from their deep collection of punk and hardcore records, guarante
October 26, 2009Track of the Day: Jern Eye
Jern EyeSan Francisco's BOAC has a number of notable remixes and tracks that he's produced on his Web site. He's tackled hip-hop's titans (his version of Eminem's "Crack a Bottle" sounds so much fiercer than the original) and worked with indie faves (Sunspot Jonz and Luckyiam). I'm really digging BOAC's remix of Oakland rapper Jern Eye, though. Jern's new album Vision is out now, and he teamed with the local producer to spin off a fresh version of "Get Down." The single has BOAC playing piano
October 29, 2009Mrs. Whitney, success when a playwright also directs
November 11, 2009Raphael Saadiq
November 11, 2009Being and Being
November 11, 2009Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Masonic aka Mason Bates
Mason Bates is probably the only DJ who gets props from both the downtown dance community and ritzy classical society. The San Franciscan has an impressive resume fit for both worlds. He's performed with the San Francisco Symphony and is the current composer-in-residence for the California Symphony (he'll soon be the composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony next). But he's also hit the decks with San Francisco DJs in SOMA clubs. In the last couple years he's merged classical and beat cu
November 13, 2009Friday Night: Verdi's Otello at War Memorial Opera House
Terrence McCarthyVerdi's Otello War Memorial Opera HouseFriday, Nov. 13, 2009Better than: Most professional athletes' returns from retirementLocal opera fans may not realize it, but they owe a debt of gratitude to Giulio Ricordi and Arrigo Boito. Without the machinations of these two -- a music publisher, and a composer and librettist -- Giuseppe Verdi may well have ended his career as a composer of operas after 1871's Aida, and consequently his Otello never would have premiered 16 years late
November 14, 2009Last Night: Ray LaMontagne at the Nob Hill Masonic Center
Joseph SchellRay LaMontagneNob Hill Masonic Center Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009Better Than: Breaking up then making up.Ray LaMontagne's first few chords were barely audible behind the crowd's hooting and whistling, his figure obscured by shadows under a lone, blue spotlight. By the time he approached the mic after playing three consecutive songs with no introduction, the eager crowd had mellowed under the spell of LaMontagne's signature gravelly vocals and soulful lyrics. And right when everyone had
November 16, 2009SF Weekly Seeks New Theater Critic
After five glorious years as our chief theater critic, Chloe Veltman is moving on to a bigger stage. She's now writing a weekly arts column for the new Bay Area section of the New York Times. (Her column debuted yesterday.) We're sad to see her go, but happy to see such a prestigious publication recognize her for the superstar she is. Chloe's good fortune could also be yours. The Weekly now needs a new theater critic. We're looking for people willing to write critically and honestly about Ba
November 16, 2009What To Do? Wednesday's Pick: Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq @ The FoxOakland native Raphael Saadiq first came to national prominence with his '80s R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! He found subsequent success as a Grammy-winning solo artist and producer of R&B hits, including D'Angelo's flesh-baring "(Untitled) How Does It Feel." Though he has always been considered an old soul in a fresh body with his unique, nimble vocal tone, Saadiq's most recent album, The Way I See It, draws a heavy influence from such Motown greats as the Temp
November 18, 2009Last Night: Wolfmother at the Fox Theater
Wolfmother November 23, 2009 Fox Theater Better Than: Anyone had reason to expect, given the band's acrimonious breakup a little more than a year ago. What a long, strangely self-destructive path Wolfmother has traveled since releasing its eponymous debut album three years ago. Back then, the Australian trio confounded critics who dismissed it as little more than a passable facsimile of its most transparent influences - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Others proved
November 24, 2009Hatebreed’s fan-friendly model for survival
November 25, 2009
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