Joanna Newsom

Them Hills, Dreamdate, and the Moore Brothers at the Knockout - Today's Calendar Pick

MP3 of the Day: Tiny Vipers

Nevada City Film Fest Features Mike Mills

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Tussle

Countdown to Noise Pop: 22 Days

Courtesy of Noise Pop The Closer: Les Savy Fav Get ready, San Francisco. That annual extravaganza of musical zanyness, alt./indie hiptitude, and overall sub-mainstream coolness known as Noise Pop is only three short weeks away! As always, attending a festival with so many performances in ... More >>

Joanna Newsom Sings for Fancy Panties

Word on the street (and from my good friend who was watching TV) is that Joanna Newsom has licensed one of her songs to a Victoria's Secret commercial. Judging from the YouTube comments to the above video to "Sprout and Bean," one can surmise that this is the track being used to sell the ladies l ... More >>

Nice Folks

Word on the street (and from my good friend who was watching TV) is that Joanna Newsom has licensed one of her songs to a Victoria's Secret commercial. Judging from the YouTube comments to the above video to "Sprout and Bean," one can surmise that this is the track being used to sell the ladies l ... More >>

White Magic

Dark Stars (Drag City)

Todd's Texture

Dark Stars (Drag City)

Going Batty

Dark Stars (Drag City)

End of an Era

As The Apologist takes a bow and asks its final questions, it's time to turn the spotlight on ourselves

All in the Family: Grass Roots love for Nevada City

As The Apologist takes a bow and asks its final questions, it's time to turn the spotlight on ourselves

The Past Imperfect

Joanna Newsom redefines lost languages

Presenting Group Hug 2006, a free mix-CD offered as consolation for everything wrong in the world

Joanna Newsom redefines lost languages

Hear This

Giant Drag is anything but; Michael Penn introduces us to Mr. Hollywood, Jr.

Best Classic Music Venues

Giant Drag is anything but; Michael Penn introduces us to Mr. Hollywood, Jr.

Hear This

Freak-folk Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear roars into town; G. Love takes to the Warfield sans Special Sauce

Noise Pop Tarts

Joanna Newsom, Okay, Ted Leo (sort of), Comets on Fire, Still Flyin', Mates of State ... and the list goes on and on ...

Love Stinks

A warm, fuzzy roundup of depressing anti-Valentine's Day anthems

Bohemian Rhapsody

If Brightblack weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies, it'd probably be huge by now

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

Weekly Obsessions

Our new column goes from H. Brown's drinking to Halo 2. And beyond.

Music Awards Nominees

Our new column goes from H. Brown's drinking to Halo 2. And beyond.

Quirky as Folk

Devendra Banhart's mystical trip

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 21, 2004

A Star Is Torn

Lamenting Joanna Newsom and crying over Kris Kristofferson at SXSW

A Jury of Their Peers

We asked two local musicians to sound off on the latest and greatest from their fellow practitioners.

Beat Box

Dig the '60s and '70s? How 'bout dancin' DJs? Perhaps Sundays at the Hush Hush will make you "Smile."

Kill yourself if you listen to classic rock

Dig the '60s and '70s? How 'bout dancin' DJs? Perhaps Sundays at the Hush Hush will make you "Smile."

Delicate Cutting

Dig the '60s and '70s? How 'bout dancin' DJs? Perhaps Sundays at the Hush Hush will make you "Smile."

Bill Callahan

Dig the '60s and '70s? How 'bout dancin' DJs? Perhaps Sundays at the Hush Hush will make you "Smile."

Track/Mission Creek Pick of the Day: Casual Fog

AlisonWhat is in the water in Nevada City? That old gold rush town is a hotbed for Bay Area expats (Tim Green) and general musical creativity (Joanna Newsom, Alela Diane) that goes well with what's popular back here (freaky folk, pastoral pop). Tonight Casual Fog comes down from the hills with a hea ... More >>

New Doc Captures Devendra, Vetiver, Joanna Newsom Tour

The Family Jams - Trailer from kevin barker on Vimeo. When San Francisco soft rockers Vetiver hit the road in 2004 with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, Vetiver guitarist Kevin Barker decided to capture the trip on film. The result is a new documentary called The Family Jams, out later this spri ... More >>

Devendra Banhart

The Family Jams - Trailer from kevin barker on Vimeo. When San Francisco soft rockers Vetiver hit the road in 2004 with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, Vetiver guitarist Kevin Barker decided to capture the trip on film. The result is a new documentary called The Family Jams, out later this spri ... More >>

Songs We Think Could Inspire Local Restaurant Dishes

We scooped this off Flavorpill early this week: Eat to the Beat, an occasionally amusing rundown of theoretical restaurants and dishes with concepts drawn from songs by prominent bands and artists both current and vintage, along with the ad campaigns they've soundtracked. From Hank Williams' "Hey, ... More >>

What To Do? Devendra Banhart at the Regency Ballroom

​Devendra Banhart @ the Regency Ballroom Venezuelan-raised folkie Devendra Banhart already had a few critically acclaimed albums under his loincloth before the age of 25, cued to the proudly juvenile "I Feel Just Like a Child." But as the oddball novelty of "freak-folk" wears off and Joanna Newso ... More >>

Straight Outta Fresno: Fashawn Hits Slim's

​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

Links: Joanna Newsom's Flannel Maxi-Pad, What's With All The Two-Piece Bands?

Joanna Newsom​Joanna Newsom: " When I was 12, I went to a fertility empowerment workshop with my mom. We hand-embroidered flannel maxi-pads together." (She plays the Fox on Aug. 2) [7x7]Sit in on a conversation with Huey Lewis. [SFist]What's with all these two-piece bands, anyway? [The Owl Mag]Loc ... More >>

Joanna Newsom: Show Preview

Joanna Newsom​Joanna Newsom: " When I was 12, I went to a fertility empowerment workshop with my mom. We hand-embroidered flannel maxi-pads together." (She plays the Fox on Aug. 2) [7x7]Sit in on a conversation with Huey Lewis. [SFist]What's with all these two-piece bands, anyway? [The Owl Mag]Loc ... More >>

Monday's Pick: Joanna Newsom at the Fox Theater

Joanna Newsom​Joanna NewsomRobin PecknoldThe Fox Theater, Oakland8 p.m., $32If Joanna Newsom had emerged in the 1970s, she'd likely have been on the Virgin or Harvest labels with simpatico songster-mavericks Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and Roy Harper. In 2002, Newsom -- after years studying composit ... More >>

Rasputina: Show Preview

Joanna Newsom​Joanna NewsomRobin PecknoldThe Fox Theater, Oakland8 p.m., $32If Joanna Newsom had emerged in the 1970s, she'd likely have been on the Virgin or Harvest labels with simpatico songster-mavericks Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and Roy Harper. In 2002, Newsom -- after years studying composit ... More >>

Angel-Headed

Joanna Newsom​Joanna NewsomRobin PecknoldThe Fox Theater, Oakland8 p.m., $32If Joanna Newsom had emerged in the 1970s, she'd likely have been on the Virgin or Harvest labels with simpatico songster-mavericks Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and Roy Harper. In 2002, Newsom -- after years studying composit ... More >>

Neil Young, Joanna Newsom, and Colin Powell: All in S.F. for One Cause

Neil Young plays a hospital benefit next month.​My, my, hey hey: The hottest S.F. concert ticket this December might just be a benefit concert for the new UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.The headliner: A Canada-born, now-local folk-rock singer (who's had some car trouble lately) by the name of Ne ... More >>

Photos: Neil Young, Will.I.am, Joanna Newsom, and Stevie Wonder Hung Out in S.F. This Week

Neil Young.​We missed Neil Young's benefit show for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Nob Hill Masonic Center Wednesday night, which was too bad: Among others, Stevie Wonder, Will.I.am, Joe Montana, Colin Powell, and, of course, performers Neil Young and Joanna Newsom showed up. The event ra ... More >>

Pitchfork's Best Albums List: What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong in 10 Sentences, Pt. II

​Yesterday, we offered our own take on Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2010 -- or at least the parts of it that had been revealed so far. Today, with the web site's top 20 albums made public, we offer 10 more sentences of agreement, disagreement, and generally glib mischief. Our own list of ... More >>

Sweet and Hot

​Yesterday, we offered our own take on Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2010 -- or at least the parts of it that had been revealed so far. Today, with the web site's top 20 albums made public, we offer 10 more sentences of agreement, disagreement, and generally glib mischief. Our own list of ... More >>

This Is Post-Rock

​Yesterday, we offered our own take on Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2010 -- or at least the parts of it that had been revealed so far. Today, with the web site's top 20 albums made public, we offer 10 more sentences of agreement, disagreement, and generally glib mischief. Our own list of ... More >>

Björk's Biophilia: A First Listen

​ Who doesn't have a strong opinion on Björk? Love me some Homogenic and Vespertine, hate me some Medulla, and I'm pretty sure the overrated Post and underrated Volta are about equal in quality. And for the stuff I haven't heard -- Telegram, Gling-Glo, various box sets and live crapanalia -- ... More >>

Fleet Foxes' New Video, Plus Robin Peckinold on the Questions of Adulthood and Touring with Joanna Newsom

Fleet Foxes​ By CHLOE ROTH If you saw Fleet Foxes at the Greek Theatre in September, you'll remember the stunning kaleidoscope-galaxy-paper-cutout projections that accompanied their performance. "It's kind of nerve-wracking, the idea of touring with the Walkmen," Fleet Foxes front man Robin P ... More >>