Joan Jett

LastNight: Tegan & Sara at Zellerbach Hall — the Man-Fan-Review

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Rebel Girl's DJ China G

Revolting Cocks

The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll by Simon Reynolds and Joy Press

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The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll by Simon Reynolds and Joy Press

Drag Kings

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

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From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Night+Day

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Blakk Power

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

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San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

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San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

They Wanna Touch You

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

I Love Rock ’n’ Roll

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

Hair metal fantasies realized at Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

Manic Mondays: a club for the '80s and the gays who love them

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

Payback's a cinch

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

Peaches

(XL/Beggars)

Alt-Pride

Let's go to a fair on parade day! It seemed like a good idea.

A Star Is Born

Strange things happen when actors sing

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave.

Now Dirtier Than Ever

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave.

Twin Lesbian Duo From Canada!!!!

Tegan and Sara's delectable pop makes lazy headline writers look stupid

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Tegan and Sara's delectable pop makes lazy headline writers look stupid

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Tegan and Sara's delectable pop makes lazy headline writers look stupid

Kind of Blue

Le Tigre has taken its feminist electro-punk to major-label land. What can the Democratic Party learn from that?

Watered Down

From MTV to Rolling Stone, everyone loves the Distillers. Except us.

Shops and Gifts

From MTV to Rolling Stone, everyone loves the Distillers. Except us.

Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians

Rock 'n' roll may make you famous, but it doesn't make you a good writer

House of Tudor

Balls Blue and Black, a small slice of European Motorsport decadence, and '70's-style hard rock with a beer gut

The New Pornographers

Electric Version

Sí, Sí, Sí

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

House Of Tudor

"Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

House Of Tudor

Blue Period, BellRays, Holiday Drag Racing, Marky Ramone & the Intruders, and TikiFest '99

The House of Tudor

Blue Period, BellRays, Holiday Drag Racing, Marky Ramone & the Intruders, and TikiFest '99

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

The House of Tudor

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Genuine Artlessness

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

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NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Night+Day

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Night+Day

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

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NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Night+Day

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Night+Day

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

On the road to ruin or fame: the story of the Runaways

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

The Runaways: Sex, Drugs, and Depth

​The new Runaways biopic (called, simply, The Runaways) manages a feat most films about young girls, budding rock stars or otherwise, get totally wrong. The movie presents these teens as fierce without turning them into Hollywood tough girl caricatures -- in large part because director Floria ... More >>

Homage to the Girl Band

As a kid, I owned nearly all of Joan Jett's and Lita Ford's solo albums; theirs were my first cassette tape and CD respectively, so with the opening of The Runaways today, I'm getting myself amped and setting the mood with some videos of girl bands that have stolen and/or paid homage to the jailbait ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for June 16-22, 2010

As a kid, I owned nearly all of Joan Jett's and Lita Ford's solo albums; theirs were my first cassette tape and CD respectively, so with the opening of The Runaways today, I'm getting myself amped and setting the mood with some videos of girl bands that have stolen and/or paid homage to the jailbait ... More >>

"Welcome to the Rileys": Kristen Stewart is an antistar

As a kid, I owned nearly all of Joan Jett's and Lita Ford's solo albums; theirs were my first cassette tape and CD respectively, so with the opening of The Runaways today, I'm getting myself amped and setting the mood with some videos of girl bands that have stolen and/or paid homage to the jailbait ... More >>

Top 6 Songs To Avoid If You Want To Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

Are you one of those hopelessly optimistic people who decides to transform yourself into a better human every time a New Year rolls around? You may have been brimming with enthusiasm for your resolution as the clock hit midnight last Friday, but we're guessing that, by now, the cracks are probably s ... More >>

Get Your Leather and Chains Ready: It's Motorhead Week in S.F.

​Ladies, gentlemen, and heathens, it is Motorhead week here in San Francisco.It is Motorhead week because the trio itself (consisting, as it long has, of bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister and a rotating set of guitarists and drummers), is playing the Warfield tomorrow night. This is a chance to see o ... More >>

Thao and Mirah Perform at Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Benefit This Friday

Future Thaos and Mirahs?​You may not know Chixx Mixx or Poison Apple Pie by name, but they're bands formed by Bay Area tween and teen girls, and they don't sound like what you might be picturing. As much as we all would like to think gender divides do not exist, it's the sad and simple truth ... More >>