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

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

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Jimmy Eat World on the Success of "Bleed American"

Billie Joe Armstrong, Movie Star: Green Day Singer to Act in American Idiot Film

Billie Joe Armstrong​First it was an album. Then it was a musical at Berkeley Rep. Then it was a Broadway musical. Soon, Green Day's American Idiot will be a film. And no one other than Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong -- Rodeo native, ex-snotty Berkeley punk, and ridiculously talented ... More >>

Music Links: Magik*Magik Orchestra on Playing with Rock Bands, Will.i.am Can't Remember Lyrics, and More

John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​ Magik*Magik Orchestra Artistic Director Minna Choi explains why she likes working with rock bands. [The Bay Bridged] Haha: Will.i.am can't remember his own crappy lyrics. [SF Gate]

U2's Giant Spider Show Pops a Noisy, Well-Attended Squat in Oakland

Christopher VictorioU2 in Oakland last night.​ U2 Lenny Kravitz Moonalice June 7, 2011 @ O.co Coliseum [The venue formerly known as the Oakland Coliseum] Better than: Watching a U2 concert DVD with the volume really high while standing outside with 70,000 other people. (But actually, that's e ... More >>

Rudy's Probably Can't Fail in Uptown, Criolla Kitchen Looks to the South

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Inside Scoop reports Emeryville's popular Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, co-owned by Green Day's Mike Dirnt, is expanding to Uptown in Oakland. The diner is set to open adjacent to (where else?) the Fox. With a ... More >>

Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and His Dog Perform 'Last Night on Earth'

​Welp, we just couldn't not show you this one, folks: Video proof that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong isn't the only talented musician in his East Bay household. Meet Rocky, Billie Joe's Cockapoo (yes, that's a real -- and hilariously named -- kind of dog), and an amazing singing talent in his o ... More >>

Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know About Green Day Before Billie Joe Armstrong Got Twitter

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Mark Growden's New Traditionalism, and What Green Day's Mike Dirnt Does On His Days Off

​Local jazzman-turned-folkie Mark Growden: There are many ways to interpret and preserve the traditions of musical Americana. One is treat it like a museum piece, with pious reverence -- thereby sucking the fun clean out of it. Another is to revamp it, keep its mannerisms, but supercharge it, muck ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from this week in S.F. music

​Local jazzman-turned-folkie Mark Growden: There are many ways to interpret and preserve the traditions of musical Americana. One is treat it like a museum piece, with pious reverence -- thereby sucking the fun clean out of it. Another is to revamp it, keep its mannerisms, but supercharge it, muck ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from this week in S.F. music

​Local jazzman-turned-folkie Mark Growden: There are many ways to interpret and preserve the traditions of musical Americana. One is treat it like a museum piece, with pious reverence -- thereby sucking the fun clean out of it. Another is to revamp it, keep its mannerisms, but supercharge it, muck ... More >>

Aloe Blacc Summons Al Green, Michael Jackson, Sly Stone, and Green Day at Rickshaw Stop

Aloe Blacc at Rickshaw Stop last night.​Aloe Blacc and the Grand SchemeDJ Matthew AfricaNovember 3, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Watching replays of replays of replays of Wednesday's S.F. Giants parade.Classic soul is like sex, pizza, and sunsets: While there are major differences in style ... More >>

Top 5 Bands That, Unlike Weezer, Should Never Break Up -- No Matter How Bad They Get

By now you've probably heard of Seattle resident James Burns' bid to raise $10 million to make Weezer break up. You may have also heard that, disturbingly, Burns has been the target of death threats for his brilliant idea prank. Frankly, we can see both sides here:  Weezer (apart from its new t ... More >>

Stupid Fight Determines Who Has the Dumbest Twitter Fans

​The Internet allows people with too much time on their hands to do something they enjoy above all other pleasures: to make fun of other people with too much time on their hands. Such is the deal with Tom Scott's Stupid Fight, which "scientifically" determines who's dumber (another favorite human ... More >>

Green Day, Rogue Wave, The Dodos, Morning Benders to Play Lollapalooza

The Morning Benders​While it isn't exactly a Bay Area takeover of the Chicago festival, local indie acts are making a strong showing in the 2010 Lollapalooza lineup, which was just announced last night. Rogue Wave, The Dodos, and the Morning Benders all made the cut to play the Grant Park sta ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Tom Hanks Making Green Day Movie?

Angela George Tom Hanks: Giving Green Day the "Big" Treatment?​Tom Hanks may produce the movie version of American Idiot [Deadline NY] Pitchfork likes what it sees in The Art Museums [Pitchfork] Who had a better mustache than John Oates? Call it right and win a copy of Bird and the Bee's new Ha ... More >>

Local Grammy Winners: Green Day, Metallica, More

​For those who follow the Grammys, we have a couple locals in the running. Nominations were announced today, and the following Bay Area acts are up for little gold statues:Green Day's "21 Guns" got a nod in two categories: "Best Rock Song" and "Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals," ... More >>

Stage Sage

Speculating about this season's theatrical experiments.

'American Idiot' Tickets: Get on Facebook, Get Yours Early

​It's no exaggeration to say that the premiere of Green Day's American Idiot musical next month is a highly anticipated event. To have the work of one of the biggest rock acts of the Bay Area reinterpreted for the theater, specifically for the esteemed Berkeley Rep, fits well within the big deal c ... More >>

Third Eye Blind Announce Fox Theater Show, New Album

Bearish: Third Eye Blind​ If you've been counting down the days--20 as of 7/28/2009--until 3EB's new album Ursa Major drops, now you have something else to look forward to. The dudes responsible for that 1997 megahit "Semi-Charmed Life" have announced their first two tour dates, an August 4 show ... More >>

Outside Lands Asks Public for Headliner Suggestions

Now that the Beastie Boys have pulled out of Outside Lands, announcing the bad news that MCA has to undergo treatment for cancer of the parotid (salivary) gland, the festival has turned to the public to ask what artists should be considered as replacements for Sunday night's big finale. Outside Land ... More >>

Everything Must Go Play Pyrate Punx Party

EKAphotographyAnti-Flag: Everything Must Go I have seen the future and its name is Everything Must Go. The Oakland quartet, fronted by the irascible Jake Hout, is quite possibly the Bay Area punk rock's scene's next breakout act-proud heirs to the legacy of such legendary groups as the Dead Kennedy ... More >>

RIAA Wins Lawsuit, May Be the Big Loser

TorrentFreakBy now, you've probably heard that the RIAA has successfully sued the Minneapolis woman accused of illegally downloading music - to the tune of $1.92M or $80,000 per song. As reported by the Associated Press on Friday, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found found guilty of violating the copyrigh ... More >>

How the crash will reshape the music industry

TorrentFreakBy now, you've probably heard that the RIAA has successfully sued the Minneapolis woman accused of illegally downloading music - to the tune of $1.92M or $80,000 per song. As reported by the Associated Press on Friday, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found found guilty of violating the copyrigh ... More >>

Ten Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

Sordid Details, in Stores Now

GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

SF Punk/Metal Legacy Venue Mabuhay Gardens Dies a Second Death

GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

Striking the same old chords: the bane of the punk documentary

GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

For Those About to Rock

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

Holiday -- Celebrate

Finally, a revival of Ellington's opera

Rancid

Indestructible

Prick

Indestructible

Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks

The Sounds of Silence

Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

House Of Tudor

Tech-Mex, outlaw etiquette, people power and Pandora's Box

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

House Of Tudor

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

SF Weekly Wammies 2000

Your choices of the top local bands

Review

The Promise Ring's Very Emergency!

Growing Pains

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Riff Raff

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Pre-Zines and Yearbooks

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Riff Raff

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Slap Shots

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Night Crawler

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Night+Day

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Samples

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Samples

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered