Gary Numan

The Juan Maclean adds a Human touch

Sticky Fingers

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

Samples

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

CHiPs and Shields

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

Manic Mondays: a club for the '80s and the gays who love them

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

Jeremy Jay: spare songs spotlight teen-idol vocals

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

Oakland's rap jokesters Kirb & Chris bring ha ha's to Rickshaw

The Six Finger Satellite swindle

New Wave Thuggin'

Kirby Dominant brings together niggaz and white girlz

Parlez-Vous Faux Français?

Kirby Dominant brings together niggaz and white girlz

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Nu Shooz

Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

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

Sex, Lies, and Audiotape

Jeff Fare and the Paradise Boys may be S.F.'s best hope for electro-rock success

House of Tudor

Proto-punk European street music and neo-cabaret, Hasidic reinterpretations of Ice-T, and a shot at Paradise

Hear This

The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is too prolific to lay low

Soft Pink Sleuth

Matmos' Drew Daniel uncovers the darkness -- and the silliness -- of house music

House of Tudor

A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

Various Artists

Like, Omigod! The '80$ Pop Culture Box (Totally) (Rhino)

Knodel

Dawn of the Butterfly (My Pal God)

Pop Philosophy

What's up, doc?

Pop Philosophy

Uri Geller and I Am Spoonbender

Pop Philosophy

The '80s Are Back; Vacation Music

The 6ths

Hyacinths and Thistles (Merge)

On

Shifting Skin (Epic)

Various Artists

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Reviews

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Reviews

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Night+Day

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

The House of Tudor

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Night Crawler

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Night+Day

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Recordings

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Recordings

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

The Units punked the system, played JC Penney

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Outside Lands Picks Part 2: Dead Weather

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

The buzz, the truth, and the Mannequin Men

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

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Concept Concert

Stars perform their hook-heavy new record from start to finish on their current tour.

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Maus Haus: Show Preview

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Cold Cave and Austra Put a Dark Chill on Summertime at Great American Music Hall

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