Jimi Hendrix

How Feedback Became the Coolest Sound in Rock

Kerrraaang! came the sound from behind my wall, in my older brother's bedroom. It was his first weekend home from college and he'd returned to our small Indiana town with new toys: a CD player and a copy of Nirvana's Nevermind. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The noise, which started when Kurt Cobain st ... More >>

Live Review, 2/22/12: Cursive Is Flawless But Not Thrilling at Great American Music Hall

CursiveUmeWednesday, Feb. 22, 2012Great American Music HallBetter than: Staying in with a record player and a glass of wine (but only just). Going to see Cursive at the Great American Music Hall tonight is a little bit like going to an amusement park and finding that only one rollercoaster is open. ... More >>

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

Today Is Jimi Hendrix Day in S.F.: Here Are Six Great Hendrix Songs

​By decree of your San Francisco City Supervisors and the executors of the Jimi Hendrix Estate, today, Sept. 13, is officially Jimi Hendrix-Winterland Day in San Francisco. The resolution, approved late last month by the Supes, cites the late guitar genius for the post-Summer of Love shows h ... More >>

Sept. 13 Is Officially Jimi Hendrix-Winterland Day in San Francisco

​Need another reason that San Francisco is awesome? The San Francisco Board of Supervisors just proclaimed Sept. 13, 2011, to be Jimi Hendrix Winterland Day in honor of six concerts Hendrix performed at S.F.'s historic (and now long gone) Winterland Ballroom in October 1968. Okay, so Hendrix ... More >>

Group Doueh: Show Preview

Cuban Cowboys flavor Latin beats with punk power

Friday Night: Freelance Whales Bring On Make-Out Time at the Rickshaw Stop

Freelance Whales at the Rickshaw Stop Friday night​Freelance Whales Miniature TigersPepper Rabbit November 19, 2010 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Going to the zoo to see whales, tigers, and rabbits. For those of you who weren't quite satisfied by the output of one-album-and-done bedroom electro p ... More >>

Bitches Brew Revisited brings psychedelic Miles Davis to the stage

Ninja Tune's 20th Birthday, Stop Piracy for $1, and Bitches Brew Hits the Stage

​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:Eskmo, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, and more at Ninja Tune's free 20th birthday party: "Ninja Tune's dreamy beats and sample-sewn collages skirt the edges of electronica, dance, dubstep, ambient, and experimental, but for years, the label has been stylistical ... More >>

Purple Haze Deconstructed

Show Preview: Christian Fennesz

Not Really Only Punk

Producer Eddie Kramer Premieres Unreleased Jimi Hendrix Songs Saturday

Eddie Kramer​Jimi Hendrix died 40 years ago this past Saturday, September 18. To mark the icon's passing, the music-focused San Francisco Art Exchange is holding an exhibition of photos of the legendary guitarist titled, appropriately, "Can You See Me -- A Life Through the Lens." This Saturday, Se ... More >>

Top Six Songs About Muni That We'd Love to Play on Muni

​Okay, so none of these songs -- with the possible exception of one -- are technically about our transit system here in San Francisco. But this post on Muni Diaries got us thinking: What music would we play if we could be a Muni DJ for a day? And even better, what songs capture the essence of our ... More >>

In the Rough

The 10 Worst Answers to 'What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?"

BrokeNCYDE: All your fears about the younger generation, realized.​It's a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible question. And a necessary one. Why necessary? Hell, we need some way to talk about the stuff. And it's terrible, obviously, because there's no successful way to answer it ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Yes, There's a Prize

Lemme tell you what I can get for $72 million...​Everyone is familiar with the concept -- perform well, receive compensation. That's why Keanu Reeves pulls in the big bucks. Now it's your turn. Send your perfect scores on this quiz here and the first one to ace it wins a prize. It's tax free (so t ... More >>

Vieux Plays Deux: Malian Guitarist Hits SF

EKAphotography copyright 2009. all rights reservedVoodoo Child? Vieux Farka Toure​ It would be somewhat of a disservice to Vieux Farka Toure to call him the Jimi Hendrix of Malian music. Though he's definitely an innovator and an amazing player--sometimes given to playing behind his back, as ... More >>

San Francisco High School Relishes Last Spin as Skateboarding Mecca

Adam WeatherfordChris Pfanner attempts to conquer Raoul Wallenberg High's famed "Big Four" At first glance, San Francisco's Raoul Wallenberg High looks to be just another city school with peeling paint, tall fences, and randomly tagged walls. And yet, this is is one of the most hallowed and revered ... More >>

Restless Spirit

Art House

LastNight: The Mountain Goats Record for Daytrotter and a Tour of the Wolfgang Vault

Rock the Bells, The Expendables, New Monsoon -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Saturday, August 18

Sean Lennon Interview

North Beach Jazz Fest Report: Stephane Wrembel – Jazz Hands!

The Klaxons, Mad Caddies, Pistolera -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Wednesday July 11

Various

Monterey International Pop Festival (Razor & Tie)

Plugged in, ASD's music picks for Saturday, June 9 -- Chrome, CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy)

Keeping the beat in New Orleans: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Jimi Eat World Saxophone Quartet

Why it makes perfect sense to find a jazz troupe playing Hendrix

SF Weekly's top DVD picks for the week of Sept. 14

Next Best Thing

If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do

Sandy Land

Castle competition

Various Artists

Black & Proud Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Hear This

The apocalyptic acid-rock attack of Comets on Fire

The New Tweedy Brothers

The New Tweedy Bros! (Ridon/Shadoks)

Hear This

Guitarist Vince Converse rocks the blues with sassy wah-wah and other effects.

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Pop Philosophy

What's up, doc?

Ulan Bator

Ego: Echo (Young God)

Trans Am

Red Line (Thrill Jockey)

Hippie Chic

Foxgluv's emergence on the rave scene has been a series of happy accidents and absurd coincidences

Woodstick

Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Letters

Recordings

Letters

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