Geddy Lee

Live Review, 4/15/12: Elvis Costello and the Imposters Spin Their Wheel at the Warfield

Elvis Costello and the Imposters Sunday, April 15, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Sunday night cartoons. You should know that your reviewer was not, at first, a fan: "So he sings with that voice on purpose?" Pretty rich coming from an apologist for both Donald Fagen and Geddy Lee. But this was lon ... More >>

This Week, the Everlasting Les Claypool Rings in 20 Years of Weird New Year's Eve Shows

Les Claypool and the Frog Brigade​Think back, grasshopper, project yourself back to the late '80s and the early '90s -- yes, a lifetime ago. Major labels and would-be majors signed tons of bands that could more or less bear the handle of "alternative rock." The discs by many of these bands can now ... More >>

San Francisco Minimum Wage To Hit Nearly $10 an Hour

Bob will now earn at least $10 an hour in San Francisco -- which may not be enough to buy a Bob the Builder toy!​Ten bucks ain't what it used to be -- but, in the immortal words of Geddy Lee, "10 bucks is 10 bucks." And those were Canadian dollars. Come Jan. 1, San Francisco's minimum wage will be ... More >>

Triclops! isn't your parents' prog

Costco Shrimp Lawsuit Involved Eight Month 'Investigation ... From New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to California'

Pepe's lawyered up...When Marc Verzani noticed that the $9.99 pound of cocktail shrimp he bought at Costco was a couple of ounces light, he didn't go back to the store and try to get some money back. "Why spend all that time going back to the store?" queries lawyer William Weinstein. Instead, Verzan ... More >>

SXSW highlights: David Banner, Bon Iva, MGMT, Clockcleaner, and Dark Meat

Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Lou Reed no show: Day 1 at SXSW

Rush Reclaims the Limelight at Sleep Train Pavilion May 4

Hella

ThereÕs No 666 in Outer Space (Ipecac Records)

Blood, Guts, and Rush

Picking Zombi's brain

Department of What the Fuck?

Jingle bells, the White Stripes smell, Ben Gibbard laid an egg

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Fixin' to Die

My Life Without Me strums lively chords in the face of death

No Title Yet

Listening to Caesura is like swimming in the frigid Pacific, and we can prove it

Pop Philosophy

Riffage.com riffs its last, so the Great American Music Hall’s for sale. Again.

Riff Raff

Have you heard? The Bay Area music scene is dead. Somebody killed it.

The House of Tudor

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