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Bouncer Finds No Rhapsody at Frankie's Bohemian Cafe

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

Toro y Moi Thaws Out: Chaz Bundick puts a New Fire Under His Cool Electronic Funk

10 Great Songs About Cheating on Your Lover

Depending on your perspective, cheating's a little bit naughty, a whole bunch of fun, or one of the worst things you could possibly do to another human being. Here are our 10 favorite songs about not being able to keep it in your pants when you're supposed to. "Cry Me A River," Justin TimberlakeThe ... More >>

Paul Banks Shows a New Side at Slim's, 12/1/12

Paul Banks The Neighbourhood Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 Slim's Better than: Seeing Chris Gaines. Paul Banks is probably the least known of the three musicians a reasonable fan might have expected to hear at Slim's this weekend. The man himself looks familiar on stage, but only the loyalest of fans kno ... More >>

Taylor Swift's Red: A First Listen

Imma let you finish Kanye, but Taylor Swift made one of the best albums of 2010. While indeed beautiful, dark, and twisted, Kanye's forbidding masterpiece didn't get stick it to abusers like "Mean" or "Dear John," get laid like "Sparks Fly," bare its teeth like "Better Than Revenge," marry in style ... More >>

Photos: Justin Biebermania Overruns Oracle Arena

Justin Bieber, aka the Biebs, Senior Biebalicious, the Biebster, Your Little Sister's Favorite Band, etc. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 Oracle Arena There ain't no devotion like the devotion young females have for Justin Bieber. This was demonstrated right here in the Bay Area on Saturday night, as armies ... More >>

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong To Enter Rehab After Onstage Meltdown

Days before Green Day releases the first of an ambitious trio of new albums, singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong announced plans to enter rehab for substance abuse after he went on a profane tirade and stormed offstage at a Las Vegas concert on Friday. In the wake of Armstrong's troubles, Gre ... More >>

Lil B Releases Rock Song "California Boy," Proves He Still Has the Ability to Surprise

After declaring that he's God, he's gay, he's Justin Bieber, he's Jesus, and he's an NYU lecturer, Berkeley rap provocateur Lil B is now out to try and be something else: a rock 'n' roller. Based God's latest leg-puller is "California Boy," a parodic but somewhat credible acoustic-electric rock son ... More >>

Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss: A First Listen

Normally I do these things on Radiohead or Bruce or Madonna, but my editor cleared one for Carly Rae Jepsen, who was a complete unknown a year ago. That's how big the biggest hit of the year is. Problem is, it's that mass-mass appeal that I think keeps me from all the way enjoying it. It's a cute so ... More >>

Aesop Rock on Making Skelethon Alone, Working with Kimya Dawson, and His Love-Hate Feelings For Live Shows

The last time Aesop Rock released an album, Hillary Clinton was running for president, tech nerds were lining up for a first-generation iPhone, and no one ever had to read or write headlines about Justin Bieber's hair. A lot's changed since 2007, and it's been a big half-decade for the MC as well. W ... More >>

Radio Rewrite: How Radiohead Caught Steve Reich's Ear and Vice Versa

Maybe you've heard about Radio Rewrite? It's the next orchestral piece by Steve Reich and is due to premiere in London next March. With Radio Rewrite, Reich hopes to remake two Radiohead songs. Which begs the perfectly fair question: what makes Reich any different from your housemate's shitty band? ... More >>

Drifting Away from Twitter, Toward Reality

I've been known to strongly defend Twitter, which some people have found surprising because of my default digital skepticism. But of course, I was skeptical of it at first (if nothing else, because of the name, which is stupid), until I started using it. It really can be used for quite practical pur ... More >>

The Voice Finale Recap: Jermaine Paul Wins; Juliet Simms Was Robbed!

Over two shows last night and Monday, The Voice finally concluded and crowned a winner. As already discussed, we're weren't thrilled with the choices for finalists this year, but loved one of them (Juliet Simms) so much, we were willing to watch four hours of this thing to see how things turned out. ... More >>

One Direction: After Ignoring so Many Brit Boy Bands, Why Does America Like These Twerps?

If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Seven Ways The Phantom Menace Could Be Fixed

George Lucas finally gets it. Sort of. The flannel-abusing 67-year-old director recently told The New York Times Magazine, "Why would I make any more [Star Wars movies] when everybody yells at you all the time and tells you what a terrible person you are?" But just when you thought he was taking h ... More >>

Alcatraz Recap: Secrets from The Rock Start to Add Up

Kicking down a door is harder than it looks. Trust me, I've tried, but despite my drunken persistence the most I managed to accomplish was busting a jagged hole through one layer of plywood. Another time I tried to boot my way into an ex-boyfriend's apartment while fueled by rage and adrenaline (he ... More >>

A Second-By-Second Breakdown of the Worst Christmas Music Video Ever Made

​In case you missed all the twinkling lights and massive, decorated trees everywhere, the holiday season is well and truly upon us. And, as you already know, that means it's also the season for awful, cringe-worthy music you can only listen to for -- at most -- one week of the year (the only excep ... More >>

What Do You Do If Your Kid Doesn't Like Kiss?

Parents are continually influencing various aspects of their child's character development. You know, important things, like the growth of social competence and self-esteem, as well as how frequently a kid says "please" and "thank you," and doesn't hang up on telemarketers. Then there's the slightly ... More >>

Live Review: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Gets Revenge for the Nerds at the Fox Theater

Jamie Soja"Weird" Al Yankovic at the Fox Theater on Sunday.​ "Weird Al" Yankovic Nov. 6, 2011 Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Being a nerd in high school. First, "Weird Al" Yankovic turned Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" into a pop-skewering polka. Then, he ribbed Taylor Swift with a song called ... More >>

Anderson Cooper Calls Out Chris Brown; Ladies Everywhere Swoon

​So, remember that thing that happened at the 2009 Grammys? That thing where Chris Brown  and Rihanna both no-showed on account of the fact that he'd beaten the crap out of her? Then shortly afterwards, photos emerged online of a decidedly broken-looking Rihanna, sporting a swollen eye, a spl ... More >>

Women's World Cup Final Breaks Tweeting Record

​The FIFA Women's World Cup soccer final yesterday had thousands of people on the edge of their bar stools as Japan tied the U.S. and went into a nerve-wracking penalty shootout, sending Twitter users on a rampage. Twitter reported that the match set the record for tweets per second, surpassing ev ... More >>

Justin Timberlake: Top 5 Ways He Can Save MySpace

New media mogul?​Justin Timberlake's newly announced ownership stake in MySpace is without doubt the coolest thing to happen to the ailing social network in some time. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. just sold MySpace, which it acquired six years ago, at a $545 million loss. But new owner Specific Med ... More >>

Will Somebody Please "Like" the Department of Elections?

Elections officials want to give you a reason to "like" ranked-choice voting​Are you following San Francisco's Department of Elections on Twitter? Yeah, we didn't think so. Granted, the department's foray into social networking just began two days ago, but you would think it could scrounge up more ... More >>

"The Art of Getting By": Teen Movies Don't Get More Boring Than This

Red Wings: Korean Fried Chicken Done Right. Really Right

Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and His Dog Perform 'Last Night on Earth'

​Welp, we just couldn't not show you this one, folks: Video proof that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong isn't the only talented musician in his East Bay household. Meet Rocky, Billie Joe's Cockapoo (yes, that's a real -- and hilariously named -- kind of dog), and an amazing singing talent in his o ... More >>

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

In Which We Attempt to Review Lil B's New 676-Song Mixtape, and Only Partially Succeed

Three download files, a Word doc of tracklisting, and 676 songs: Lil B's insane new mixtape.​He claims to be Justin Bieber's cousin. He only has sex in space (or Japan). He samples Coldplay, Arcade Fire, and Radiohead several times each. He has eight different songs called "Suck My Dick." He's Lil ... More >>

Pomplamoose Calls the Tune

No record deal? No CDs? No problem. How Pomplamoose is modifying the music industry.

Can You See Who's Viewing Your Facebook Profile?

The truth about Facebook applications like MyFacebookStalker and ePrivacy.

Arthouse movie listings for December 15-21, 2010

Let It Bleed

The city is awash in red ink, thanks to billion-dollar benefit giveaways and our politicians' lack of will.

The xx Pimps out Its Production at the Fox Theater

Joseph Schell​The xxWarpaintZola Jesus September 23, 2010@ The Fox Theater Better than: Winning a raffle at a fundraiser, knowing full well that you're essentially stealing from those children. It's always couples night when pillow rockers the xx are in town, which only meant o ... More >>

Five Features That Would Make iPod iTunes Better For Music Fans

​Even if we don't know what will actually happen at Apple's big music announcement next week, we know what we want to happen. The iTunes/iPod combination has long been the standard apparatus for music fans, but as much as we love it, there are things we hate about it, too -- and things we wish it ... More >>

J. Tillman at Bottom of the Hill

​J. Tillman July 28, 2010 @ Bottom of the Hill Better than: All the other epically bearded folksters with acoustic guitars. It was a pretty unassuming start to the set -- some bearded guy entered the stage, sat on a chair with an acoustic guitar, and with basically no introduction, launched into ... More >>

Why We Love Justin Bieber, Lil' Kim Spectacle, Willie Brown Drummers

Lucas Jackson/JustinPictures.org"Why do you love me so much?"​Lil' Kim late to wild S.F. show Monday night, ends up wearing a wedding dress after airline loses her luggage. [SF Gate]Pitchfork interviews "rising" S.F. shoegaze duo Tamaryn. [Pitchfork]Teen fans explain why they love Justin Bieber so ... More >>

Kung fu hustle: Karate Kid remake is too cynical

Bay Area Music Links: Outside Lands Lineup Leaked

Love and Happiness: Al Green's on the Outside Lands lineup​Outside Lands lineup accidentally revealed in latest issue of Spin. [SF Appeal] Local faves The Dodos record at Daytrotter with Magik*Magik Orchestra. [Daytrotter] Big tours hitting the Bay Area this summer include Lady Gaga, Justin Bie ... More >>

Bros Icing Bros: Our Food Critic Taste-Tests Smirnoff Ice Flavors

​Bro-on-bro icing is the meme du jour. What started out as a fratboy prank in South Carolina has been picked up by Wall Street traders, A-list bloggers, San Francisco hiptards, and Fortune magazine, all within the space of two weeks. Apparently, the appeal of forcing your friends to down a 24-ounc ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi Pledges Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell by Christmas. Hmmm.

I can't wait for Christmas. The holiday means nothing to me ordinarily, but this year I'm going to put my stockings on the mantle early. Does anyone know where I can get a blue spruce in May? Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the headlining act last Friday night at the Equality California fund raising e ... More >>

What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: B.o.B. with Lupe Fiasco

​Tonight is your chance to see a hip-hop star with a playful self-image shooting his way to the top. As Sean Fennessey wrote in our April 21 issue, B.o.B. is about to get ridiculously huge. Whether the Atlanta rapper is being called Bobby Ray or his abbreviated shortcut of a moniker, the dude is m ... More >>

B.o.B is about to get ridiculously popular

Stupid Fight Determines Who Has the Dumbest Twitter Fans

​The Internet allows people with too much time on their hands to do something they enjoy above all other pleasures: to make fun of other people with too much time on their hands. Such is the deal with Tom Scott's Stupid Fight, which "scientifically" determines who's dumber (another favorite human ... More >>