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Scratch Acid Inflicts a Profanity-Howling, Fist-Throwing Mayhem Session on the Fillmore

Scratch Acid's David Yow at the Fillmore last night.​ Scratch Acid Thee Oh Sees Dec. 14th, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: The "Rowdy" Rodd Piper fight scene in John Carpenter's They Live. Last night, Scratch Acid's frontman, David Yow, took the stage at the Fillmore and immediately informed ... More >>

M83: Show Preview

Scratch Acid's David Yow at the Fillmore last night.​ Scratch Acid Thee Oh Sees Dec. 14th, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: The "Rowdy" Rodd Piper fight scene in John Carpenter's They Live. Last night, Scratch Acid's frontman, David Yow, took the stage at the Fillmore and immediately informed ... More >>

"The Thing": Effective if Witless Remake of Horror Classic

Scratch Acid's David Yow at the Fillmore last night.​ Scratch Acid Thee Oh Sees Dec. 14th, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: The "Rowdy" Rodd Piper fight scene in John Carpenter's They Live. Last night, Scratch Acid's frontman, David Yow, took the stage at the Fillmore and immediately informed ... More >>

"Attack the Block": Pitch-Perfect Sci-Fi Indie Is a Summer Delight

Scratch Acid's David Yow at the Fillmore last night.​ Scratch Acid Thee Oh Sees Dec. 14th, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: The "Rowdy" Rodd Piper fight scene in John Carpenter's They Live. Last night, Scratch Acid's frontman, David Yow, took the stage at the Fillmore and immediately informed ... More >>

Garage A Trois Play Saturday, Offer 12 Last-Minute Entries in the SF Indie Film Festival

Michael Weintrob​Pan-American postskronkjazzcore supergroup Garage A Trois's new album is a stone-cold killer: It'll lure you in with sultry saxophone wails and vibraphone licks, root you to the spot with a lurching organ drone here and a cop-drama suspense motif there, and finally ... More >>

Free Tickets to Birds & Batteries at the Rickshaw Stop

​After touring for the past month and making a name for themselves at SXSW, Birds & Batteries have returned home. Hard to categorize, their music has been called alt-country garage, fuzzy synth psych, or electronic pop, and with their latest EP, Up To No Good, they continue to defy genre. Self ... More >>

Behind the Beat with Altair Nouveau

​Altair Nouveau is a bit of a nomad and a vagabond. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, producer Brandon Mitchell only came down to stay in San Francisco for a small time before recently deciding to pick up and move on to New York. He's made his mark, however, playing tasteful, classic DJ sets thr ... More >>

Zombieland

​Altair Nouveau is a bit of a nomad and a vagabond. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, producer Brandon Mitchell only came down to stay in San Francisco for a small time before recently deciding to pick up and move on to New York. He's made his mark, however, playing tasteful, classic DJ sets thr ... More >>

Just in time for Halloween, small-screen thrills

​Altair Nouveau is a bit of a nomad and a vagabond. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, producer Brandon Mitchell only came down to stay in San Francisco for a small time before recently deciding to pick up and move on to New York. He's made his mark, however, playing tasteful, classic DJ sets thr ... More >>

Rude Reels

​Altair Nouveau is a bit of a nomad and a vagabond. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, producer Brandon Mitchell only came down to stay in San Francisco for a small time before recently deciding to pick up and move on to New York. He's made his mark, however, playing tasteful, classic DJ sets thr ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Tristes Tropiques

Here at SF Weekly, we place a high value on San Francisco's humble DJ tastemakers. But we also place high honors on music geeks whose sense of humor (and Jay McInerney appreciation) is as evident as their vinyl instinct. All this makes post-punk/disco/no wave/krautrock/etc/etc/etc DJ Tristes Tropiqu ... More >>

Coraline in Wonderland

Things are not as they seem in Henry Selick's stunning stop-motion fairy tale.

Big Time

Things are not as they seem in Henry Selick's stunning stop-motion fairy tale.

Repertory Film Listing

Things are not as they seem in Henry Selick's stunning stop-motion fairy tale.

Double Take!

Rodriguez and Tarantino's two-headed Grindhouse is a bloody, B-movie blast

Repertory Film Listings

Rodriguez and Tarantino's two-headed Grindhouse is a bloody, B-movie blast

Repertory Film Listings

Rodriguez and Tarantino's two-headed Grindhouse is a bloody, B-movie blast

Den Fathers

Lo-fi rules the Li Po

Eating for Two

Lo-fi rules the Li Po

Kicking French Ass

District B13 puts American action movies to shame

Heavenly Hag

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.

Repertory Theaters

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.

Caught in the Riptide

Katy St. Clair on the Sunset's David Lynch aura and a cool new bar full of ghosts

Unlucky 13

This Assault attacks the original and does no damage

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Reps Etc.

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Reps Etc.

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Reps Etc.

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Reps Etc.

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Halloween

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Reps Etc.

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Scare Tactics

Where and when to have a hopping Halloween

The Gore Gore Girls

Underground filmmakers find horror in everyday San Francisco

Witch Is Which?

Blair Witch 2 effectively blurs reality, but isn't all that scary

Stake Tartare

Blair Witch 2 effectively blurs reality, but isn't all that scary

Reel World

Blair Witch 2 effectively blurs reality, but isn't all that scary

Second Time Around

Blair Witch 2 effectively blurs reality, but isn't all that scary

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Letters

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Letters

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

One-Shot Wonder

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Slap Shots

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.