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Joshua Tree

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    S.F. Psych Outfit Sleepy Sun Talks Touring with White Hills, Losing a Singer, and Recording its Latest Album

    One of the more celebrated bands to emerge in the past few years as part of San Francisco's new psychedelic-rock underground, Sleepy Sun made waves globally in 2009 with the release of its acclaimed debut album, Embrace. Shifting easily from epic Zeppelin-esque riff workouts to soulful, gospel-tinge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Kyuss Lives! Singer John Garcia Thinks the Haters Should "Go Suck Three Bags of Dicks"

    Kyuss Lives!: Bringing quintessential desert sludge to a stage near you.​ One of the most unsung heavy rock bands to emerge during the '90s, "desert rock" quartet Kyuss has a legitimate claim as its decade's Velvet Underground. While they didn't receive their due during the band's existence, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Top Five Reasons to Hate Bono (Other Than That Stupid Spider-Man Musical)

    It was impossible to know, back when Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree came out, what Bono would one day turn into. He's been making it incredibly difficult to like him for about 15 years now, but -- woomp, there it is -- he just found a way to put a cherry on top of all that annoying behavior: He a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Zola Jesus Sings About the End of the World, Hates Upbeat Indie Rock

    ​Twenty-two-year-old Nika Roza Danilova is not a goth -- at least that's what she told Q Magazine earlier this year. But you can see how people might be confused given the operatic vocals and dark, reverb-soaked synths in the music this Wisconsin native releases as Zola Jesus. Although her hau ... More >>

  • Music

    March 23, 2011

    Janice Whaley Reimagines the Smiths Catalog A Cappella

    ​Twenty-two-year-old Nika Roza Danilova is not a goth -- at least that's what she told Q Magazine earlier this year. But you can see how people might be confused given the operatic vocals and dark, reverb-soaked synths in the music this Wisconsin native releases as Zola Jesus. Although her hau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    The Top 6 Most Irritating Uses of a Really High Note in a Song

    The moral of this list? Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it. Nobody likes a show-off, and nobody enjoys shattered glass and burst eardrums. Here, then, are some proponents of high notes who really should've kept their vocal cords in check.6. Muse, "Micro Cuts"    ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    It's Hemp Week! And San Francisco Says 'Meh.'

    Courtesy Adam Eidinger/Hemp History WeekLyster H. Dewey, a botanist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, measures a four-meter high hemp plant in 1929. He planted a grove on the current site of the Pentagon. ​ Cannabis users stole hemp farmers' fire It's easy to be overburdened with activis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    The Integratron's Psychedelic Musical Experience in the SoCal Desert

    ​Last week I took a big break from Internets and everything, really, to head down to Joshua Tree. But the one thing I couldn't stay away from was music, especially music that was performed in a dome built by a man who believed in aliens and located his acoustically-perfect creation in some high-en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Video of the Day: McCabe and Mrs. Miller's Desert Drama

    Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2008

    In its search for lasting love, rock lost its libido

    Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Cat Power Under the Covers: A Listening Party with Jukebox Muses

    Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>

  • Music

    June 7, 2006

    Fallen Angel Gram Parsons gains flight in new documentary

    Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    The Hard Sellout

    Bruce Brugmann, Frank Chu, Super Balls, U2, and folk-playing surfers

  • Music

    September 7, 2005
  • Music

    January 5, 2005

    Frausdots

    Couture, Couture, Couture

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Dead Man Running

    "Kucinich is, like, The normal laws of physics don't apply to me.'"

  • News

    January 14, 2004

    Ultra Marathon Man

    Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

  • Music

    April 21, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

  • Music

    April 8, 1998

    Reviews

    Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Letters

    Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

  • Music

    April 3, 1996

    Under the Covers

    Emmylou Harris unearths the language between the lines

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