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Album of the Year: Handicapping the Race for the Best Record of 2011

It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

Chelsea Wolfe Greets the Freaks at 120 Minutes, and Mi Ami Raves in the Dark at No Way Back

Kahley EmersonChelsea Wolfe at 120 Minutes​ [Too much good stuff last weekend! I couldn't choose just one party to review, so here's a breakdown of the weekend's highlights.] 120 Minutes Presents Chelsea Wolfe Elbo Room Friday, September 2, 2011 Better than: Death Guild, but probably less au ... More >>

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 >>

Das Racist Issues Drunken Antics, Fake Encores, and Love for Kate Bush at The Independent

Joseph SchellDas Racist at the Indy​Das Racist HOTTUBVin SolFebruary 2, 2011@ The Independent Better than: Dancing to Tina Turner alone in your room. The members of Brooklyn hip-hop outfit Das Racist are masters of mixing the ignorant with the intelligent without being too pretentious or ir ... More >>

Top 10 Awful Songs That Are Awesome for Karaoke

Not sure if you've noticed yet, but this fair city of ours is awash with karaoke. All the way from the traditional joints in Japantown to the dive bars of the Mission (Sunday afternoons in The 500 Club are particularly noteworthy), people are volunteering to sing for their fellow patrons like nothi ... More >>

The Top 6 Weirdest Actor Cameos in Music Videos

What did we do on Christmas after we'd eaten a mountain of food and watched a giant stack of movies? Looked for actors in music videos, of course! Here are six of the weirdest cameos big-name actors have made in music videos. 6. Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon Of Choice"
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Watch Tamaryn's Trippy Video for "Love Fade"

Many on the Internet -- including us -- have been making positive noises about San Francisco-via-Brooklyn band Tamaryn for a while now (at least, a while in web time). Today, the duo releases its debut album, The Waves, on the Mexican Summer label. The album is loaded with enough ethereal syn ... More >>

Download a Free DJ Mix From Solar Bears

​Forgive me if this seems redundant, but I'm still deeply enamored with the work of Dublin's Solar Bears. It was only last week that I did my all to get readers of All Shook Down equally stoked on the duo's summery, psych-laden electronic tunes. But listening to bits of their upcoming debut full-l ... More >>

Trashcan Sinatras Q&A: Paging Barry Gibb

One of Scotland's finest musical exports, the Trashcan Sinatras, will play at Slim's on Tuesday, June 1. We asked the band a few pertinent questions. Barry Gibb, if you're reading this: Get in touch. -- Vicky Walker Izumi KamazawaTrashcan Sinatras bring the swing ​ SF Weekly: What are we draggin ... More >>

Bat for Lashes

One of Scotland's finest musical exports, the Trashcan Sinatras, will play at Slim's on Tuesday, June 1. We asked the band a few pertinent questions. Barry Gibb, if you're reading this: Get in touch. -- Vicky Walker Izumi KamazawaTrashcan Sinatras bring the swing ​ SF Weekly: What are we draggin ... More >>

Last Night: Gang Gang Dance at Bimbo's

Gang Gang Dance Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Bimbo's Words and photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: Watching DJs push buttons on laptops. Where to stand during a Gang Gang Dance show? Last night at Bimbo's, the crowd was small -- cozy enough to fit into the hardwood area in front of the tables -- s ... More >>

CD Review: Recoil -- Subhuman

Gang Gang Dance Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Bimbo's Words and photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: Watching DJs push buttons on laptops. Where to stand during a Gang Gang Dance show? Last night at Bimbo's, the crowd was small -- cozy enough to fit into the hardwood area in front of the tables -- s ... More >>

Going Batty

Gang Gang Dance Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Bimbo's Words and photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: Watching DJs push buttons on laptops. Where to stand during a Gang Gang Dance show? Last night at Bimbo's, the crowd was small -- cozy enough to fit into the hardwood area in front of the tables -- s ... More >>

Polyphonic Spree/ Sufjan Stevens Homie, St.Vincent Debuts: New CD Review

Gang Gang Dance Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Bimbo's Words and photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: Watching DJs push buttons on laptops. Where to stand during a Gang Gang Dance show? Last night at Bimbo's, the crowd was small -- cozy enough to fit into the hardwood area in front of the tables -- s ... More >>

Global Beat Junkies

Gang Gang Dance embrace Bollywood and Chinatown

A&R Q&A

Never mind the guys in Wolf Parade, here's an interview with their A&R guy

Kate Bush

Aerial

I Think, Therefore I Drink

Asking the Big Questions at a working-class Latino dive bar with chafing dishes full of beanie weenies

Hear This

The Futureheads do new wave right; IQU shows us why it's outlast peers Cibo Matto, Pizzicato Five, and Cornelius.

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Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground

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Riff Raff

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Dog Bites

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REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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Night+Day

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REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

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