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

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S.S. Coachella: We Go Wine-Tasting with James Murphy on a Cruise Ship

[Editor's note: As you've probably heard, massive So-Cal music festival Coachella is going on its first cruise this winter, featuring Pulp, James Murphy, and Sleigh Bells, among other acts. Liz Tracy, music editor of our sister paper in Broward County, Fl., is aboard the S.S. Coachella , so we'll be ... More >>

Top 9 Trends in Local Music From 2012

S.S. Coachella, Day Two: Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Most Popular Guy on the Cruise

[Editor's note: As you've probably heard, massive So-Cal music festival Coachella is going on its first cruise this winter, featuring Pulp, James Murphy, and Sleigh Bells, among other acts. Liz Tracy, music editor of our sister paper in Broward County, Fl., is aboard the S.S. Coachella , so we'll be ... More >>

S.S. Coachella Cruise, Day One: Father John Misty, Yeasayer, !!!, Pulp

[Editor's note: As you've probably heard, massive So-Cal music festival Coachella is going on its first cruise this winter, featuring Pulp, James Murphy, and Sleigh Bells, among other acts. Liz Tracy, music editor of our sister paper in Broward County, Fl., is aboard the S.S. Coachella , so we'll be ... More >>

S.S. Coachella: A Nail-Decorating Master Class with Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss

[Editor's note: As you've probably heard, massive So-Cal music festival Coachella is going on its first cruise this winter, featuring Pulp, James Murphy, and Sleigh Bells, among other acts. Liz Tracy, music editor of our sister paper in Broward County, Fl., is aboard the S.S. Coachella , so we'll be ... More >>

The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Week

A small public service announcement to everyone who thought the world would end yesterday: the apocalypse was always scheduled for Dec. 21, not Dec. 12. That said, we've got a little over a week left before the big day, so let's try to have fun, alright? It shouldn't be very hard to do when things a ... More >>

"The Comedy": Look at This Fucking Movie

Rock Music Is Too Serious, Or Why We Still Need the Vaselines

If the U.S. was an emoticon, it would be that frowning, teary-eyed yellow face. If it was a meme, it would be "Sad Keanu." According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which measures overall national contentment, Americans are becoming increasingly miserable. The index scores the well-being ... More >>

Shut Up and Play the Hits: Five Quick Thoughts About the LCD Soundsystem Documentary

Like proper mourners of LCD Soundsystem, we went and checked out the new documentary on the band's final show at Madison Square Garden, Shut Up and Play the Hits, at its single-night-only showing yesterday. In lieu of a full review -- we have one that includes an interview with James Murphy over her ... More >>

Coachella Cruise: Let's Imagine What Other Music Festivals' Cruises Could Be Like

Our sea legs are still a little shaky from the news earlier this week that Coachella, the annual bare midriff convention of Indio, Calif., is going on a cruise. But then we thought the Bruise Cruise was totally weird. And actually, a cruise boat where Pulp plays and you get to go wine-tasting with J ... More >>

This Has Happened: James Murphy on the New LCD Soundsystem Doc

Weekend Parties: Secret Circuit, Large Professor, James Murphy, and More

As Memorial Day approaches, so does the extended pleasure of a three-day weekend. While it might be tempting to turn off your phone and barbecue straight from Friday to Monday, we strongly urge you to look over this short list before checking out completely. Read on -- your weekend awaits. Friday, ... More >>

I Love This City Festival Moved to Shoreline From AT&T Park Parking Lot

Well, it appears that the parking lots surrounding AT&T Park won't be the site of a new mega-rave in San Francisco after all. Citing "production challenges," the organizers of the I Love This City Festival have moved the two-day event to Shoreline Amphitheatre, and opted to offer partygoers free shu ... More >>

I Love This City Festival Gets Even Bigger, Adds David Guetta, Datsik, Apparat, AraabMusik, and More to Lineup

See also: * I Love This City Festival: Tiësto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, James Murphy, Holy Ghost! and More to Play Over Two Days in S.F. We warned you: The I Love This City festival, which is scheduled to bring two days of throbbing bass and pulsing tempos to the parking lots around AT&T Park late ... More >>

I Love This City Festival: Tiësto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, James Murphy, Holy Ghost! and More to Play Over Two Days in S.F.

This May, San Francisco is getting a two-day electronic dance music party of titanic proportions: I Love This City will bring huge names like Tiësto, Steve Aoki, Duck Sauce, James Murphy, the Crystal Method, and many more to the AT&T Park parking lot over Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26. No do ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Tiger & Woods at the W Hotel, DJ Skeet Skeet at Blow Up, and More

Well, it's almost the weekend, and it's time to start figuring out what there is to do. At this point, you've probably heard all about the massive (and controversial) rave scheduled for this Saturday at the Oracle Arena, so we won't mention it. Instead, we've prepared a shortlist of four sure-fire e ... More >>

Nancy Whang and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem on Their Favorite Record Stores Around the World

A deep collective sigh could be heard from the world's indie music fans last year when LCD Soundsystem announced its breakup. The decision left many wondering where members like James Murphy, Nancy Whang, and Pat Mahoney were going to take their careers next. While some joined bands such as !!!, oth ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney and Nancy Whang to DJ at Public Works This Week

Pat Mahoney and Nancy Whang -- two of the crucial members of LCD Soundsystem who aren't James Murphy -- are performing a rare joint DJ gig for this Friday's Face Party at Public Works. While likely to be good, it's also certain to be popular, so if you're dead-set on going, it might be worth grabb ... More >>

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

Live Review, 3/17/12: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Murphy, and Zola Jesus Dazzle at The Creators Project

By ELIZABETH PFEFFER Yeah Yeah Yeahs Squarepusher, James Murphy Pat Mahoney Nancy Whang DJ set, The Antlers, Zola Jesus, Shabazz Palaces, Teen Daze, HEALTH, New Pants Feng Mengbo's Bruce Lee VJ Project, The Hundred in the Hands March 17, 2012 Fort Mason Center Better than: Spending St. Patri ... More >>

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Murphy, The Antlers, Squarepusher, More to Play Free at Fort Mason

While the music industry gathers in Austin for SXSW, San Francisco will get a two-day confab of art and music, courtesy of Vice and Intel's Creator's Project. On March 17 and 18, the project is taking over Fort Mason, bringing live performances from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Squarepusher, the Antlers, Ja ... More >>

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The Rapture's Luke Jenner on Living in San Francisco, Being the "Black Sheep" of Sub Pop, and Learning to Be Positive

Touring on In the Grace of Your Love, the first album by his rhythmically aggressive, now gospel-influenced NYC-based band the Rapture in five years, singer/guitarist Luke Jenner took a moment to look at what he has accomplished to date. Turns out he's still a little sad he's never been able to get ... More >>

Tim Sweeney on His Radio Show, Beats in Space, and How He Joined DFA Records

Tim Sweeney​ Tim Sweeney's DJ and production career started out in his Baltimore basement at the young age of 15. Soon after moving to New York to attend NYU, he began broadcasting his radio show Beats in Space, which brought him notoriety across the airwaves. Now in its 12th year, listeners ... More >>

S.F.'s Q Bar Plans LCD Soundsystem R.I.P. Party for Monday

LCD is no more (tear) -- but you can still party to its music in S.F. (Photo by Joseph Schell)​  When LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy announced his band's retirement, it signaled an end to the decade-long run that saw the project turn the worlds of independent and dance music on their ... More >>

Karina Longworth's Top 10 Films of 2010

The Top 10 Best Big Concerts I Saw in 2010, with Gaga, Green Day, Sir Paul, Pavement, and LCD Soundsystem

It just didn't seem right to lump in Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion fare with the cozy goings-on at S.F. dens like Bottom of the Hill and even Great American Music Hall. So, in search of an even comparison, I'm breaking it up: Today, here are the best concerts I saw with more than 5,000 of my fellow h ... More >>

Saturday Night Fever Indie Division

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy Has Literally Never Heard of Train

Think he's heard of Lil Wayne?​Well here's a gem from this week's Pop Quiz interview in the SF Chronicle: When Chronicle music critic Aidin Vaziri makes a witty aside in an interview with James Murphy (who is performing at Treasure Island this weekend, as you may have heard), it comes out that the ... More >>

Mysterious Non-LCD Soundsystem Track Pops up on Pitchfork as Official Remix, Then Disappears

James Murphy's wondering, "Whaa happened?"​Sometimes the Internet is just a big, bubbling mess of "Um... Okay?". For example: Earlier today, the trendsetting indie music site Pitchfork posted a Soundcloud music player under the headline "LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean (Tiga Remix)," writing: ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem and the space-time continuum

CD Review: LCD Soundsystem's "This Is Happening"

​Third albums come with a lot of pressure. They're typically treated as a chance for a rising band to secure its place in the halls of greatness (see Radiohead's OK Computer or The Clash's London Calling). While some acts face the challenge by letting loose with experimentation, others stick to th ... More >>

More New Songs from Upcoming LCD Soundsytem Release

​ Anticipation is running mighty high for the upcoming, third LCD Soundsystem album, This Is Happening. First, there were teaser videos documenting frontman James Murphy and co. recording, followed by an unveiling of the cover art, after which came the first single, "Drunk Girl ... More >>

Losing Your Version-ity

Electronic acts trade laptops for live bands

Athens Art Punk

SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

Best CDs of 2007

LCD Soundsystem: the planet's party-starting pro

Breaking With the Safety Dance

LCD Soundsystem and !!! give new boosts to a languishing genre

Good old Unkle James

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

The Juan Maclean

Less Than Human

BeatBox

!!! blows the lid off of dance-punk; 2Many DJs lives up to their name with pan-genre mash ups

Say Hallelujah!

NorCal expats the Rapture and Out Hud return from NYC with a 20-year legacy in tow. Get ready to dance, punk.

LCD Soundsystem

"Losing My Edge" (DFA)

Death of a Death School

The 72-year-old San Francisco College of Mortuary Science -- perhaps the country's premier institution of funeral service education -- has its last graduation and moves (gulp) into the great beyond