Ethan Miller

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Q&A: How Howlin' Rain Survived a Four-Year Hiatus, Worked with Rick Rubin, and Finished The Russian Wilds

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

Howlin Rain: Show Preview

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

Dawn Party With Fool's Gold at Cal Academy This Weekend

Marianne WilliamsFool's Gold​San Francisco has a knack for seamlessly blending the sacred with the hip -- just look at Grace Cathedral's monthly EpiscoDisco event -- and that's definitely the case with Saturday's Dawn 2010. Presented by Reboot and Tablet Magazine in celebration of Shavuot -- ... More >>

Bay Area Picks for SXSW

Marianne WilliamsFool's Gold​San Francisco has a knack for seamlessly blending the sacred with the hip -- just look at Grace Cathedral's monthly EpiscoDisco event -- and that's definitely the case with Saturday's Dawn 2010. Presented by Reboot and Tablet Magazine in celebration of Shavuot -- ... More >>

Rick Rubin Digs Howlin Rain's Distorted View of the '70s

Marianne WilliamsFool's Gold​San Francisco has a knack for seamlessly blending the sacred with the hip -- just look at Grace Cathedral's monthly EpiscoDisco event -- and that's definitely the case with Saturday's Dawn 2010. Presented by Reboot and Tablet Magazine in celebration of Shavuot -- ... More >>

Howlin’ Rain’s guitarist seriously injured

Marianne WilliamsFool's Gold​San Francisco has a knack for seamlessly blending the sacred with the hip -- just look at Grace Cathedral's monthly EpiscoDisco event -- and that's definitely the case with Saturday's Dawn 2010. Presented by Reboot and Tablet Magazine in celebration of Shavuot -- ... More >>

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

The Big Bang

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

Catching Fire with Comets Side Projects

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

And You Thought They Sucked

These bands actually rule -- just like the Grateful Dead does

BeatBox

"Mighty Breaks" slathers on the hi-NRG beats; "Shadowplay" hopes to be the Stud's new Friday hot spot

OK Then

A dozen local musicians find a silver lining in the election results. Seriously.

Music Awards Nominees

A dozen local musicians find a silver lining in the election results. Seriously.

Ferociously Stoned

Remember when psych rock thrived in S.F.? Of course you don't. You were high. But Comets on Fire will jar more than your memory.

Hear This

The apocalyptic acid-rock attack of Comets on Fire

Raves in Outer Space

Cerebral dance company mixes participation, performance, and technology

Family Style

Friends and Family uses community to keep the underground rave scene alive