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Laurie Anderson

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Madonna's MDNA: A First Listen

    ​Sure, I heard bad things about MDNA, but when's the last time critics actually jumped for Madonna? In the pre-"poptimist" era of 1999, with Ray of Light, I'm pretty sure. Music was a billion times better, and the oft-cited failure American Life is actually pretty strange and fun (vocoder and rapp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Vex Your Mind with Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EP

    ​ Listen to this while high: Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EPBehind the buzz: Vex Ruffin is the next whiz kid out of L.A.'s celebrated Stones Throw Records, signed after an unsolicited demo and now being touted as a split of the considerable difference between Ruff Ryders and The Cure. Such flacker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Lou Reed and Metallica's Lulu: A First Listen

    ​ What pisses me off is not that Lou Reed is collaborating with one of the more overrated bands of my lifetime, or doing his batshit Lou Reed thing (I rather enjoy his batshit Lou Reed thing) -- it's that he hasn't made a normal record since Ecstasy, one of my favorites of that year. Animal Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    An Interview with EMA: 'Any Time You Say Something That Shocks Even You ... That's a Good Sign'

    Erika M. Anderson​ You could call the sound recordings that Erika M. Anderson makes "music" -- they bear a fair resemblance to some of the more creative strains of indie rock -- but even she's not sure that's what her sound art is. And that disregard for the rules of pop music may be the best ... More >>

  • Film

    August 17, 2011

    "The Future": Latest Flick from Miranda July, the Annoying High Priestess of Quirk

    Erika M. Anderson​ You could call the sound recordings that Erika M. Anderson makes "music" -- they bear a fair resemblance to some of the more creative strains of indie rock -- but even she's not sure that's what her sound art is. And that disregard for the rules of pop music may be the best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011

    Adam Turner/WikimediaGil Scott-Heron at SF's Regency Ballroom in 2009​ Poet, author, proto-rapper and political soul/jazz singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron died Friday, May 27 at the age of 62. The cause of death has not been confirmed as of press time, but the BBC has reported that he had fal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Jon Cohen (of The Jon Cohen Experimental) Answers The Call Tonight at Elbo Room

    Their flower power is no match for my glower power​ After a decade or so ensconced in Montreal's honor-festooned indie rock scene, including stints with The Dears and The Social Register, Jonathan Cohen started his own eponymous collective. Not that "The Jon Cohen Experimental" should conjure ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2011

    Conversing on Choreography

    Their flower power is no match for my glower power​ After a decade or so ensconced in Montreal's honor-festooned indie rock scene, including stints with The Dears and The Social Register, Jonathan Cohen started his own eponymous collective. Not that "The Jon Cohen Experimental" should conjure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2008

    The Gift of Admission

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Talking Music series emphasizes the brains behind the songs

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Classical & Opera

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    The Contemporary Jewish Museum: What’s Inside Libeskind’s Box

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Glass, Jazz, and Black Francis

    Music takes the stage at the Film Fest.

  • Music

    January 23, 2008
  • News

    September 5, 2007

    The Lowdown

    Stuck for ideas? These events should keep you busy till Christmas.

  • Music

    June 6, 2007

    Summer Lovin'

    Datarock's cheeky dance-floor heatwave

  • Culture

    November 29, 2006

    (Un)Settling Scores

    Dropping names for the sake of art

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Laurie Anderson goes for the jugular

    Dropping names for the sake of art

  • Culture

    September 13, 2006

    Waiting for Bordeaux

    Dropping names for the sake of art

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2005

    I Am Cuba

    A monthlong celebration of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora

  • Music

    March 2, 2005

    Keeping Up With the Johnsons

    What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    House of Tudor

    What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

  • Culture

    April 9, 2003

    in3

    A choreographed weaving of music and words with slow-motion gesture

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Pressed fairies, effete torch singers, and highly techy pop acts

  • Music

    October 9, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Gogol Bordello's debauched Gypsy ferocities, and the Transcinema Festival's mind-altering new media

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2002

    Divine Divas

    An Exit Theatre festival pays tribute to the classic prima donnas of song

  • Music

    May 1, 2002

    Back to the Future

    With synth pop and agitprop, Memory Systems imagines a post-futuristic world

  • Culture

    March 13, 2002

    Ghost Writer

    Room evokes Virginia Woolf -- and any author struggling to create

  • Music

    March 6, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Insomniac authors, poignant performance artists, and Viennese lounge lizards.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Teutonic new wave, Dutch sample-pop, junkyard blues, and snarling post-punk

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    The Clean; Slumber Party

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Culture

    June 7, 2000

    Now Showing!

    Funnyhouse of a Negro & Virtual Motion

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    Making Up Their Minds

    S.F.'s Other Minds Festival continues to blur the boundaries of modern composition

  • Music

    January 19, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Jim Ryan's experimental jazz and the Boom Boom Room mural controversy part II

  • Music

    October 20, 1999

    Thar She Bows

    Performance artist Laurie Anderson puts a modern musical spin on a classic American novel

  • Calendar

    September 22, 1999

    If It Ain't Stiff

    Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

  • Music

    December 23, 1998

    Weill-ed Blue Yonder

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Music

    December 2, 1998

    Hear This

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Music

    October 7, 1998

    House of Tudor

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Music

    June 24, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Film

    January 28, 1998

    Zoom Lens

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Calendar

    September 10, 1997

    Night+Day

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Culture

    March 19, 1997

    Stage

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Calendar

    June 5, 1996

    Night+Day

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Music

    March 13, 1996

    Recordings

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Calendar

    February 28, 1996

    Night+Day

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Calendar

    November 15, 1995

    Night+Day

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

  • Calendar

    April 19, 1995

    Night+Day

    Amy X Neuburg & Men commandeer the technology of the future to leap headlong into ... the past

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