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Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists

Baseball Beer Prices -- Cheers to the Giants!

Smiles at $6 a pop...​Nouveau Giants fans unaccustomed to adversity may have been left weeping into their beers by the team's disappointing opening series. But, in addition to the reassuring notion that a World Series pennant is fluttering over AT&T Park, San Francisco aficionados can cry prou ... More >>

"Inside Job": Charles Ferguson's meltdown doc will make you seethe

Smiles at $6 a pop...​Nouveau Giants fans unaccustomed to adversity may have been left weeping into their beers by the team's disappointing opening series. But, in addition to the reassuring notion that a World Series pennant is fluttering over AT&T Park, San Francisco aficionados can cry prou ... More >>

Oakland Faders' DJ Platurn on Why Song Requests Suck and the Rise of Bottle Service Hip-Hop

www.sfstation.com​Have you ever wondered just how much it pisses off a DJ when you request your favorite guilty pleasures all night? What actually happened to the hyphy movement? What sets Drake out from all the rest? DJ Platurn of the Oakland Faders gave us his candid thoughts on these topics and ... More >>

Week in Gay: Carrie Prejean to Wed 'Jesus in Cleats'

Her prince has come!​On Thursday, members of the LGBT media were invited to participate in some kind of weird press conference at the White House. Was it a show of good faith (this is a first for queer journalists) or just another attempt to appear attentive? An administration official named Melod ... More >>

What to Do? Friday's Pick: Isis

The Greek classical elements -- air, earth, fire, water -- have always made appearances in the music of Isis. The quintet's epic, time-stretching explorations often start with droney ambience and shift into dirty, sludge-packed guitar dirges, then erupt with the incandescent fury of a certain unpr ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Flight of the Conchords

​Flight of the Conchords @ The Greek Theater May 28 2010 Better than: any kind of complimentary muffin. There were several people dressed up in giant tin foil covered boxes parading around as robots Friday night waiting for the Flight of the Conchords to take off. The sold out crowd at the Ber ... More >>

Jóhann Jóhannsson’s sublime songs

​Flight of the Conchords @ The Greek Theater May 28 2010 Better than: any kind of complimentary muffin. There were several people dressed up in giant tin foil covered boxes parading around as robots Friday night waiting for the Flight of the Conchords to take off. The sold out crowd at the Ber ... More >>

Another Volcanic Ash Travel Casualty: No Gary Numan Shows

 With 17,000 flights canceled because of the volcanic ash clouds that traveled from Iceland over much of Europe, UK acts are having a very difficult time making their shows here in the States. It's still unclear when air travel will be able to resume, and in the meantime, more shows have b ... More >>

Volcanic Ash Stops Bands From Playing SF and Possibly Coachella

 That damn volcanic ash. Iceland's big volcanic eruption has had a domino effect of canceled flights, closed airports, and, worst of all for music fans, of course, canceled concerts.Tomorrow night's gig with Bad Lieutenant, the ex-New Order members' US debut at the Regency Ballroom, ain't gonna ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ DJ Platurn (Oakland Faders)

​Plenty of turntable junkies claim DJing is in their blood. But DJ Platurn's love for the dancefloor actually was passed down through family lines. The Icelandic music head grew up the son of a DJ, so by the time he moved to Oakland he was ready to spin on his own. He's been a regular at Luka's Ta ... More >>

Don’t Just Watch

​Plenty of turntable junkies claim DJing is in their blood. But DJ Platurn's love for the dancefloor actually was passed down through family lines. The Icelandic music head grew up the son of a DJ, so by the time he moved to Oakland he was ready to spin on his own. He's been a regular at Luka's Ta ... More >>

Owen Pallett’s ambitious pop compositions

​Plenty of turntable junkies claim DJing is in their blood. But DJ Platurn's love for the dancefloor actually was passed down through family lines. The Icelandic music head grew up the son of a DJ, so by the time he moved to Oakland he was ready to spin on his own. He's been a regular at Luka's Ta ... More >>

Mew

​Plenty of turntable junkies claim DJing is in their blood. But DJ Platurn's love for the dancefloor actually was passed down through family lines. The Icelandic music head grew up the son of a DJ, so by the time he moved to Oakland he was ready to spin on his own. He's been a regular at Luka's Ta ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Translating Gobbledigook

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

By The Light of the Moon

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Celluloid Postcards

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Depressed SFers Rejoice: Sigur Rós Film Heima Screens at Embarcadero Center Tomorrow

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

My Tunes: Kronos Quartet

David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

CD Review: Sigur Rós -- Hvarf/Heim, Heima

David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

Sigur Ros Premieres New Film at Mezzanine 11/19

David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

Iceland Airwaves Festival: Notes from Bjork Island

David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

Almost Gold

The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs

Weather or Not

The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs

Platinum Ambition

Art-rockers Blonde Redhead take up new cinematic space

Old Soul in Stereo

Will Oldham opens up on new film, CD

Nabe Faves

When you're in the mood for eating — rather than fine dining — we've got three new neighborhood ethnic spots for you

Fun With Flesh Wounds

The epic poem Beowulf gets the Monty Python treatment

Repertory Film Listings

The epic poem Beowulf gets the Monty Python treatment

Rise of the Machines

Robots settle the score

Too Jaded for Gay Pride? Get Over It!

A queer guide to Pride events

The Icelander Cometh

For a few years, Emiliana Torrini wasn't sure she'd ever make music again. Then the phone started ringing.

Swing Shift

A tennis shoo-in with the game's major hotshots

Fiery Furnaces

EP

Reps Etc.

EP

Reps Etc.

EP

Múm

Summer Make Good

Your Right to Party

A queer road map to Pride events.

To the Lighthouse

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Title Any Day Now

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Running Around San Francisco for an Education

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Films and Shooting

Two of the most powerful documentaries in this year's Jewish Film Festival are about ... Palestinians

When Parents Attack

How do you handle a father who won't shut up about his conservative political views?

Oedipus Vexed

A mama's boy deals with misguided love and boredom in 101 Reykjavik

Sigur Rós

Áegetis Byrjun (Pias-America)

Youth and Beauty

Innovation is alive and well in Helgi Tomasson's S.F. Ballet

Night Crawler

The Art of Surfing

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The Art of Surfing