Jeff Buckley

Live Review, 1/29/12: Wilco Airs a Gorgeous Melancholy at the Warfield

Wilco White Denim Jan. 29, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Being sad in less beautiful ways. Nine songs into Wilco's performance last night at the Warfield, Jeff Tweedy stopped to check on his audience: "This has been kind of a morbid show so far. Are you guys okay?" he asked, seemingly more serio ... More >>

How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

Do You Love Nick Drake? Then Thank His Parents

Nick Drake​ Over a six-year stretch beginning in 1994, Jason Creed published 19 issues of Pink Moon, a fanzine dedicated to the life and music of deceased English folk singer-songwriter Nick Drake. Pink Moon featured interviews with primary characters in the Drake narrative, as well as dispatc ... More >>

Bedbugs: What San Francisco Can Learn From New York City

What to do, what to do? ​San Francisco has spent a great deal of time trying to figure how best to resolve the growing bedbug problem -- particularly in SROs. But here is an idea. How about the Public Health Department take a look at how New York City is dealing with bedbugs. NYC's Health and Ment ... More >>

S.F. Bedbugs: So Many Cases, So Few Inspectors

cohabitation ​Like Supervisor Jane Kim, we want to know why there are only two health inspectors dedicated to dealing with the city's 560 SROs, home to most of the bedbug cases. To put that into context: that's one inspector for every 10,000 SRO units.But more than that, we want to know why the De ... More >>

Holcombe Waller Eloquently Overshares at Swedish American Hall

​ Holcombe Waller @ Swedish American Hall Thursday, March 3, 2011 Better than: Waller's inevitable 2015 VH1 Storytellers episode Portland-via-Frisco troubadour Holcombe Waller's voice is his strongest asset -- it's a lithe, soaring, faraway thing that breathes equally convincing life into somber ... More >>

Hisashi Sugaya's Tenderloin Walk of Shame

Put on your walking shoes​As promised, the shame-faced planning commissioner Hisashi Sugaya traversed the streets of the Tenderloin Friday afternoon to atone for an earlier remark suggesting a neighborhood grocery store peddle drugs.After making his comment publicly, Sugaya, who was reappointed to ... More >>

Hisashi Sugaya Apologizes for Suggestion Grocery Store Sell Crack

No joke in the Tenderloin​Last week, we reported about another instance in which Planning Commissioner Hisashi "Bill" Sugaya shoved his foot in his mouth in a desperate attempt to be funny. Instead of drawing chuckles, Sugaya was hissed after he made a remark, suggesting a Tenderloin market "shoul ... More >>

Tenderloin Community Demands Apology from Hisashi Sugaya for Drug Remark

Sorry sense of humor ​Tenderloin residents are going after Planning Commissioner Hisashi Sugaya, demanding that the famously offensive planner apologize publicly for his recent "insensitive" comments about the neighborhood. Last week, Sugaya, with his trademark racy humor, suggested that a Tenderl ... More >>

Hisashi Sugaya, SF Planning Commissioner, Offends Tenderloin Residents With Drug Joke

Chris Daly wannabe​Planning Commissioner Hisashi "Bill" Sugaya is well on his way to becoming as notoriously offensive as former Supervisor Chris Daly. While he isn't dropping F-bombs and accusing the mayor of having a cocaine habit, Sugaya's offenses are ticking people off just the same. Last mo ... More >>

Hometown Shredder Joe Satriani Rocks the Fox with Sammy Hagar and an Army of Fanboys

Richard HaickSatriani showing off at the Fox last night​Joe SatrianiNed Evett & Triple DoubleJanuary 13, 2010@ The Fox Theater, OaklandBetter than: Hearing Machine Head in high-school detention hall. There's just something about the title of Joe Satriani's new album, Black Swans and Wormhole ... More >>

Terry Helbing, Accused Tenderloin Art Thief, Back in Court

Terry Helbing didn't have a lute. But his room was still the bomb. ​The bizarre saga of Terry Helbing once again winds its way into a San Francisco courtroom today. Helbing was in April accused of filching art from the botanical garden library, which led to police searching his Single Room Occupan ... More >>

Sister Crayon: Show Preview

Tuesday's Pick: Grand Lake Vinyl Release Show

Grand LakeIt's For Free GraceSean Smith & the Present MomentJames & EvanderCafe Du Nord9 p.m., $10Caleb Nichols is often asked why he left Port O'Brien two years ago, right around the time the neo-folk outfit was getting quite a bit of attention. His answer is simple: He was tired and needed ... More >>

Odessa Chen Talks to the Animals For New Album

Shoka ShafieeOdessa Chen​Odessa Chen decided four years ago that she was done with romance -- at least until her next CD. For her current project, Archives of the Natural World, the singer-songwriter cast aside songs for an ex named Jeff (not to be confused with Mr. Jeff Buckley, to whom she's oft ... More >>

All Shook Down Festival: Everything You Need to Know Is Right Here

​This is it. We promise. It. The last "we're having a festival and it's going to be awesome and you should come" post. The last one. For this year, anyway.We couldn't resist one final opportunity to guide you, like a friendly Friday afternoon phone tree, through the preliminaries of this Sunday's ... More >>

Tales From the 'Mind-Blowing' Room of Accused Tenderloin Art Thief Terry Helbing

​Last week we wrote about how accused art thief Terry Helbing's amazing single-room occupancy hotel room was the stuff of legend in the Tenderloin -- even before the 53-year-old was arrested and accused of pilfering more than $100,000 worth of art. Today we got a hold of Jeff Buckley, the Tenderlo ... More >>

Odessa Chen

What To Do? Wednesday's Pick: Odessa Chen

​Odessa Chen @ First Unitarian Universalist Society Local singer-songwriter Odessa Chen is self-taught on guitar and classically trained in cello and voice; she belonged to choirs specializing in medieval styles. Her singing is mellifluous as the late Jeff Buckley's, while her distinctive songs ... More >>

Antony and the Johnsons' mysteries require few definite answers

French electro-rock luminary Richard Pinhas graces the States

Postmodern Henley

Dirty Projectors' split-screen sonic scenarios

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Death Trip

Chuck Klosterman's latest book tracks his tour of rock star death sites

Cult Hero

Coco Peru's fantastic voyage

Hear This

M. Ward brings his dusky folk to Du Nord; buzz-band Louis XIV hits the "popscene."

Home Run

Queers in the dugout

Damn It All

Opera from the fiery depths

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Equine entertainment

Paradise Found

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

Quirky as Folk

Devendra Banhart's mystical trip

You Kill Me

Kentucky noir onstage

Elliott Smith R.I.P.

A downward spiral hits its nadir

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Jeff Buckley

Live at Sin-é -- Legacy Edition

The Velvet Teen

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Summer at Shatter Creek

Summer at Shatter Creek

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Eyes Half Open

Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland

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Chris Lee torches soul and classic pop.

Star Gazing

For Stars ditch the lo-fi ghetto for a big rock opus. But will their fans follow?

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Hearing Voices

The vocal wizardry of Bjsrk and Jeff Buckley