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Snoop and Dre's Protégé

Blahna Del Rey or Lana Del Rage? Local Ladies Weigh In on Lana Del Rey

The women of the Bay Area music scene are breaking rules and defying expectations. Lass Out Loud is a new column exploring their lives and work. For an artist who often seems like she's taken one too many valiums, Internet sensation Lana Del Rey elicits a weird range of emotions. First came the emb ... More >>

Watch: S.F.'s LoveRance and 50 Cent Smack Invisible Booties in 'Up!'

The most played local song on KMEL in the past year is "Up," an ode to licking and sticking girls by San Francisco's LoveRance that is consistent with a growing national trend of rappers declaring that they actually engage in oral sex as givers. Chris Brown did a remix for the song earlier this yea ... More >>

The 12 Worst Rock Album Covers of 2011

It's common to round up the worst album art at the end of every year, but the ridicule is usually directed at easy targets. Album covers from old, out-of-touch musicians, second-rate rock acts, and popular bands that are already despised by music critics absorb most of the venom, while indie-leaning ... More >>

Where the Blog Love Ends: Lessons for Lil B and Odd Future

It's common to round up the worst album art at the end of every year, but the ridicule is usually directed at easy targets. Album covers from old, out-of-touch musicians, second-rate rock acts, and popular bands that are already despised by music critics absorb most of the venom, while indie-leaning ... More >>

The Grammys Are Coming. Here's a Drinking Game to Get You Through Them

​Yes, the Grammys are nothing more than a promo summit for what remains of our broken conglomerate record labels of yore. Columbia, EMI, Warner Bros., Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, et al. like to believe they still hold some influence over the masses, and as long as we can sit here comfortably an ... More >>

There Are Only Three SF Bands on the 2011 SXSW List So Far -- And You've Probably Heard All of Them

​Put this in your still-illicit pipe and smoke it: The early list of bands invited to perform at SXSW 2011 came out this week, and San Francisco's music scene isn't well represented.There are only three S.F. artists invited so far -- John Vanderslice, Dredg, and Mark Eitzel.All of them are already ... More >>

Is Die Antwoord the Next Lady Gaga?

It'll be interesting to see whether the South African "zef" act/performance artists/publicity stunt (how to classify these guys?) work as a recording act on a major label. Internet sensations Die Antwoord earned themselves a deal from the dying music industry: as Pitchfork reported, Interscope si ... More >>

Justin Timberlake('s Company) in South Park? OMG!

Perhaps you've heard of Justin Timberlake? The singer/dancer/actor added record industry mogul to his brand when he launched a joint venture with Interscope Records called Tennman Records. But that whole label thing's kinda gone to pot nationwide in the past couple years, and Timberlake's company ha ... More >>

The Knux: From street warfare to soirées with socialites

Perhaps you've heard of Justin Timberlake? The singer/dancer/actor added record industry mogul to his brand when he launched a joint venture with Interscope Records called Tennman Records. But that whole label thing's kinda gone to pot nationwide in the past couple years, and Timberlake's company ha ... More >>

Provocative Music Company Launches Online Publication: BetterKnowanSFBlog

Perhaps you've heard of Justin Timberlake? The singer/dancer/actor added record industry mogul to his brand when he launched a joint venture with Interscope Records called Tennman Records. But that whole label thing's kinda gone to pot nationwide in the past couple years, and Timberlake's company ha ... More >>

Twelve Ways the Hives Could've Made a Better Record for Interscope

Perhaps you've heard of Justin Timberlake? The singer/dancer/actor added record industry mogul to his brand when he launched a joint venture with Interscope Records called Tennman Records. But that whole label thing's kinda gone to pot nationwide in the past couple years, and Timberlake's company ha ... More >>

Queens of the Stone Age Interview — Josh Homme on Jimmy Iovine, Interscope, the Grammys and Hollywood

Perhaps you've heard of Justin Timberlake? The singer/dancer/actor added record industry mogul to his brand when he launched a joint venture with Interscope Records called Tennman Records. But that whole label thing's kinda gone to pot nationwide in the past couple years, and Timberlake's company ha ... More >>

The Lovemakers

Misery Loves Company (Fuzz Artists)

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 12:

Misery Loves Company (Fuzz Artists)

So Rich, So Pretty

Mickey Avalon scores with hipsters, hustlers, and MySpace suits

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

Public Enemy Featuring Paris

Rebirth of a Nation

Stop and Smell the Marketing

Modern marketing at a party for the Wallflowers, where Jakob Dylan proves he's a nice guy

Blame Canada

Thus arrives another musically savvy Canuck, Leslie Feist, with a sultry voice and a bottomless bag of tricks

The United Colors of M.I.A.

This Sri Lanka-born, London-based MC knocks down more walls than our global village can even think to put up

Short, Sharp, Shocked

Living the punk lifestyle is all the Briefs ever wanted, but it's not an easy existence

Hyooj in '05

Behold! A handful of bands to keep an eye on in the coming year

Hear This

Four of the city's best ring in 2005: Rogue Wave, Kelley Stoltz, the Lovemakers, and the Paradise Boys

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

Music Awards Nominees

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

Girls Gone Mild

If only the SuicideGirls' wildly popular soft-porn Web site translated into a decent stage show

Paradise Found

Two years ago, the Velvet Teen took the road less traveled, and -- as Elysium proves -- that has made all the difference

Raw Sue-age

Let us not squander the gift of mass lawsuits against average Joes: Fuck the RIAA!

The Last Emperor

Music, Magic, Myth

Sí, Sí, Sí

It's their time, sweet baby, to break on through: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs come to town

GIFTS

DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

For Love and Money

Cali Agents' Rasco and Planet Asia are underground rappers who want to go platinum. You got a problem with that?

Emergency Plan

The Dismemberment Plan takes its cabaret-punk back underground

Reviews

The Dismemberment Plan takes its cabaret-punk back underground

Reviews

The Dismemberment Plan takes its cabaret-punk back underground

Riff Raff

The Dismemberment Plan takes its cabaret-punk back underground

Tragic Bus

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Recordings

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Night Crawler

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Samples

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Samples

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Samples

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Lawyer?

Meet Green Day's Legal Team of Cahn, Saltzman and Hearn

Signed, Sealed and Misdelivered

The Rise and Fall of Bay Area Bands