Subject:

Fred Frith

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    No Genre Bias: Experimentalists Cosa Brava, Jack O' The Clock, and Grex Bend the Rules This Sunday

    Cosa Brava​"There is an interesting kind of movement emerging in the Bay Area music scene right now, and it revolves around...telling stories, both with and without words," says composer and musician Fred Frith, leader of the band Cosa Brava. "There's something going on..." What that "someth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Last Night: Andrew W.K. and Calder Quartet at Swedish American Hall

    ​Andrew W.K. and Calder QuartetWednesday, Oct. 7, 2009Swedish American HallBetter than: Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony.Hours before he took the stage, Andrew W.K. was amping up his fans. His Twitter feed was bursting with typical AWK excitement: "PARTY MINDSET OF THE DAY: Remember that e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    The Beat of His Own Drum

    ​Andrew W.K. and Calder QuartetWednesday, Oct. 7, 2009Swedish American HallBetter than: Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony.Hours before he took the stage, Andrew W.K. was amping up his fans. His Twitter feed was bursting with typical AWK excitement: "PARTY MINDSET OF THE DAY: Remember that e ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Spaz of All Trades

    Weasel Walter sneezes and a new song comes to life

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Weasel Walter sneezes and a new song comes to life

  • Listen Up

    March 15, 2006

    Some of My Best Friends Are Records

    SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

  • Music

    January 11, 2006

    Robert Wyatt & Friends

    Theatre Royal Drury Lane

  • Music Awards

    October 19, 2005

    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

  • Film

    June 8, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  • Film

    April 20, 2005

    Film Capsule Reviews

    Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2005

    Close the Window

    Performance art for homebodies

  • Music

    March 23, 2005

    Hear This

    You may have graduated, but Ida's still playing its pristine college rock. Plus, Coltrane gets taken "out" by an "Orkestrova."

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Reeling the Out Sound In

    What the Bay Area's world-class improvisational music scene is doing to put more butts in the seats

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    What the Bay Area's world-class improvisational music scene is doing to put more butts in the seats

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    What the Bay Area's world-class improvisational music scene is doing to put more butts in the seats

  • Music

    February 18, 2004

    Hear This

    What looks like a mangled guitar sounds, in Paolo Angeli's hands, oddly beautiful

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2003

    Elf Me!

    Walking in a hellish Santaland

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Squeezing the Best From Summer

    The Cotati Accordion Festival isn't your grandmother's accordion festival. Well, yes it is. But it's more. Lots more.

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    House of Tudor

    A Clarinet Thing, mammalian minxes, and a Valentine's Day Fabulous Disaster

  • Film

    December 18, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    A Clarinet Thing, mammalian minxes, and a Valentine's Day Fabulous Disaster

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

    A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

  • Music

    September 11, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Powerful patriots, newer wave glories, Gypsy wedding partyers, and train-hopping hobos

  • Music

    June 12, 2002

    Preaching to the Disconcerted

    Local artist, label honcho, and festival organizer Ernesto Diaz-Infante sings the gospel of the experimental scene

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Hear This

    Fred Frith expands the boundaries of what guitar can be

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2001

    Out of This World

    An S.F. Jazz Festival showcase takes music where it's never gone before

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    SF Music Awards 2001

    An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

  • Film

    April 11, 2001

    Highlights of film events for the week of April 11, 2001

    An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2000

    Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

    Taking the Idiot Flesh model to even more illogical extremes

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    Genie in a Bottle

    Wet Gate conjures up magic sounds with its all-projector orchestra

  • Music

    April 26, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Tribute to Billy Wilder; No Categories; John Cage Memorial Barbecue; Bellyachers; Persephone's Bees

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Hear This

    Gianni Gebbia

  • Music

    February 23, 2000

    Perfectly Weird

    Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Hear This

    Glenn Spearman Music Festival

  • Music

    January 19, 2000

    Hear This

    Maybe Monday

  • Music

    December 29, 1999

    Sculptures of Sound

    Oliver DiCicco founded Mobius Operandi as a showcase for his experimental instruments. They're beautiful to look at. But is it music?

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    Hear This

    Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Calendar

    March 24, 1999

    Night + Day

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    October 14, 1998

    House of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    July 2, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    March 19, 1997

    Hear This

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    January 15, 1997

    Hear This

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Calendar

    July 3, 1996

    Night+Day

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    May 31, 1995

    Recordings

    Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

  • Music

    May 3, 1995

    Jazz Assassins

    John Zorn's Painkiller and the Denison/Kimball Trio rewrite the rules of jazz

  • Music

    April 12, 1995

    Recordings

    John Zorn's Painkiller and the Denison/Kimball Trio rewrite the rules of jazz

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