Lou Barlow

The Melvins' Dale Crover on Lazy Musicians, Knucklehead Slayer Fans, and the Band's Record-Breaking Tour

Over the course of closing on 30 years, Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have co-piloted their seminal underground outfit through a wildly varied exploration of heavy sounds. Inspired by the lumbering tempos and downtuned guitar of Black Sabbath and the dissonance of punk maver ... More >>

Five Music Muses: The Women Who Inspired Jason Pierce, Lou Barlow, Eric Clapton, and More

According to Greek mythology, the muses were the genius-sparking goddesses of song, poetry, and the sciences. Recently, the muse has more earthly origins; male recording artists often indicate that a particular woman was essential in stimulating the creative process. The Guardian's Germaine Greer de ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Dinosaur Jr.: Show Preview

Quitzow, Battlehooch, and Setting Sun at the Rickshaw Stop

Setting Sun​Quitzow Battlehooch Setting Sun August 3, 2010@ Rickshaw Stop  Better than: A musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream set in outer space. Let it not be said that Crispin McCabe of SFitall books a show unimaginatively. It can't be easy to place loca ... More >>

Noise Pop fosters industry while playing it safe

Noise Pop Tip Sheet

Dump the Dandy Warhols for Dead Meadow

Stephen Malkmus hits the pavement

Hoppin' Up and Down

Catching up with Eric Gaffney and vintage Sebadoh

Let's get Sic; Riding the Gravy Train!!!

The 40-Year-Old Solo Artists

Bob Mould and Paul Weller each have new records that prove they're as vital as ever -- without their old bands

Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. |You're Living All Over Me |Bug

Lou Barlow

Emoh

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

The Eleventh Time's the Charm

Our critic handicaps the latest installment of Noise Pop

No Sleep Till Indio

Road trip to Coachella

Gram Parsons

Another Side of This Life (Sundazed)

Pulp Friction

How the Orange Peels turned sour grapes into freshly squeezed pop

Meet the Foibles

How a one-man home-recording project turned into the oddest stage show in town

The New Amsterdams

Never You Mind
(Heroes & Villains/Vagrant Records)

House Of Tudor

"Man's Ruin Showcase," Beachwood Sparks, Vue, Cave Catt Sammy, Out of the Gate: Heyday Records Bay Area Sampler

Night & Day

Reviews

Farewell to the Pathetic Aesthetic

On Knock Knock, Smog's Bill Callahan rejects lo-fi recording and finds a higher purpose

Night + Day

Evolution Revolution

The Apples pop in all the right places

Racket

Luv Story

The Mr. T Experience play their one song well

Live It Down

It's a Bi-Fi World

Notes on the American Mountain Goat

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The Book of Lists

SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

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Dead Sea Scrolls

Deciphering the psychedelic dream-rock of Angel'in Heavy Syrup and the cryptic noise-pop of Dead C

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