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  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: The Complete List

    See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: Honorable Mentions Here they are -- the 20 greatest San Francisco musicians ever: 20. Cameron Paul Lists of pioneering American DJs often mention the usual suspects in New York and Chicago, but go back to the '70s and '80s and you'll find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 10-6

    See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 20-16 * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 15-11 Throughout this week, we're counting down the greatest San Francisco musicians of all time. Having already honored the likes of Etta James, Mike Patton, and Michael Tilson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    DJ Prince Aries Talks Bay Area Rap, Loving Too $hort, and Why Busta Rhymes Is a Jerk

    Prince Aries​Prince Aries has been a presence in the Bay Area's hip-hop scene for more than a decade now, holding down VJ duties on the Distortion 2 Static show, throwing local rap parties, and now releasing a mixtape that combines exclusive tracks from the Bay's bright new stars like DaVinci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich

    Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Dan the Automator at Yoshi's

    Eric Lawson​Dan the Automator
's "Audio Alchemy"Saturday, March 13, 2010
 Yoshi's
 Better Than: An 8th grade dance. Dan the Automator has a golden hip-hop legacy going back to Kool Keith's Dr. Octagon album. But his latest "Audio Alchemy" effort, showcasing lesser-known artist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    DJ QBert Opens Skratch University

    Hey DJs, and wanna-be DJs! I know you just got (Serato/Traktor/other vinyl-emulation software) last month and your laptop sets are in full freakin' effect for rockin' super-fresh mash-ups at house parties. But what I really wanna know is, how's your skratch technique? You can crab, flare and juggle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Noise Pop Teams With Wente Vineyards

    Rocket Fuel, Straight Up: Kool Keith We've always thought of indie rock as being perfectly matched with cheap beer, rotgut whisky, and hangover-inducing vodka. And certainly, you'll find a lot of two-buck Chuck in the places where musicians live. But now, you can have a nice merlot or cabernet along ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2009

    Unknown facts about Noise Pop performers

    Rocket Fuel, Straight Up: Kool Keith We've always thought of indie rock as being perfectly matched with cheap beer, rotgut whisky, and hangover-inducing vodka. And certainly, you'll find a lot of two-buck Chuck in the places where musicians live. But now, you can have a nice merlot or cabernet along ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Mike Patton, Dan the Automator Set to Turn Hip-Hop on its Head (Again) Next Week at GAMH

    Rocket Fuel, Straight Up: Kool Keith We've always thought of indie rock as being perfectly matched with cheap beer, rotgut whisky, and hangover-inducing vodka. And certainly, you'll find a lot of two-buck Chuck in the places where musicians live. But now, you can have a nice merlot or cabernet along ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2008

    The Devil and Doctor Octagon: Kool Keith returns

    Rocket Fuel, Straight Up: Kool Keith We've always thought of indie rock as being perfectly matched with cheap beer, rotgut whisky, and hangover-inducing vodka. And certainly, you'll find a lot of two-buck Chuck in the places where musicians live. But now, you can have a nice merlot or cabernet along ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Del's 'The 11th Hour' CD - Review and Del Interview

    Rocket Fuel, Straight Up: Kool Keith We've always thought of indie rock as being perfectly matched with cheap beer, rotgut whisky, and hangover-inducing vodka. And certainly, you'll find a lot of two-buck Chuck in the places where musicians live. But now, you can have a nice merlot or cabernet along ... More >>

  • Music

    December 12, 2007

    Saga of the Simian Samurai

    Saga of the Simian Samurai Threshold Recordings

  • Music

    April 18, 2007

    Another Marley makes his mark in the reggae business

    Saga of the Simian Samurai Threshold Recordings

  • Music

    February 14, 2007

    VA

    HEAVYbreathing Vol. 1 Bite It!|HEAVYbreathing Vol. 2 Thrill Me!

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Automatic Weapon

    Dan The Automator Presents 2K7 (Decon)

  • Music

    September 13, 2006

    Motion Man

    Pablito's Way

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    Misanthropes United

    Country Teasers' agent provocateur allure

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    The blue-blooded Blowfly, the multialiased MF Doom, and the lyrically infallible Casual

    Country Teasers' agent provocateur allure

  • Music

    September 14, 2005

    BeatBox

    The Team declares "It's Gettin' Hot"; rappers Guru and Kool Keith get smooth and batshit crazy, respectively

  • Music

    January 26, 2005

    Revolutions

    Once upon a time, DJ Qbert helped define and deify turntablism. That time is over. So what's next?

  • Music

    January 19, 2005

    BeatBox

    Ursula 1000 touches down at "Joypad"; MC Kool Keith brings his 1,000 personalities to the Independent

  • Music

    July 7, 2004

    Get Your Freak On

    If you think rapper Dopestyle's debut album is compellingly weird, try talking to the man himself

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    Come Gurp With Me

    We hit the streets with one of the city's most eccentric rappers to find out if any S.F. natives know what a "Larry Dog" is

  • Music

    December 17, 2003

    Soul Rebel

    Steffen Franz is quite the optimist. First he took the "slack" out of dancehall, now he's crusading to help heal the wounds of a country.

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    Expensive Tastes

    Rap duo Zion I can't stop being innovative, no matter what the costs

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of December 18, 2002

  • Music

    November 27, 2002

    Ice, Ice, Baby:

    Kool Keith puts the freeze on his fans at Slim's

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Schizophonic Illness

    Motion Man wants to be rap's mad clown prince

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Sounds of Silence

    Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

  • Music

    January 16, 2002

    The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

    Princess Superstar rules the hip hop world with satiric rhymes and cartoonish sensuality

  • Music

    May 30, 2001

    Mission:

    One (Insiduous Urban)

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Jim Greer fights the shrinking music scene and an indifferent industry with a smile and a song

  • Music

    December 8, 1999

    Handsome Dan

    Dan "The Automator" Nakamura loves hip hop -- but he loves music more

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    Review

    DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid's Subliminal Minded -- The EP

  • Music

    January 20, 1999

    Bombing Maneuvers

    Bomb Records' David Paul single-handedly created a successful hip-hop magazine, launched artists' careers, and rescued the DJ from obscurity. Now what?

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    Spooky Running Wild

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    June 3, 1998

    Reviews

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    October 8, 1997

    Reviews

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    August 13, 1997

    Riff Raff

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • News

    August 6, 1997

    Letters

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    July 23, 1997

    Riff Raff

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    July 16, 1997

    Recordings

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    November 13, 1996

    Wammies 1996

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    November 1, 1995

    Samples

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

  • Music

    August 2, 1995

    Recordings

    The world's most eclectic spinner on music theory, DJ culture, and the narrative human voice

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