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Father John Misty and the Walkmen Try (and Fail) to Co-Headline the Fillmore, 1/24/13

The Walkmen Father John Misty The Fillmore Thurdsay, Jan. 24, 2013 Better than: Seeing the Walkmen alone. The concept of co-headliners is a false one. Yes, it's great to get two noteworthy acts for the price of one. And bands of a similar stature can tour together, share the same line on a marquee ... More >>

Live Review, 5/8/12: Death Cab Grows Up with Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Fox

Death Cab for Cutie with Magik*Magik Orchestra Youth Lagoon Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Your prom and your fifteen-year high school reunion, if they happened at the same time Last night's Death Cab for Cutie concert, the first of a three-night stand at the Fox in Oakland ... More >>

Blahna Del Rey or Lana Del Rage? Local Ladies Weigh In on Lana Del Rey

The women of the Bay Area music scene are breaking rules and defying expectations. Lass Out Loud is a new column exploring their lives and work. For an artist who often seems like she's taken one too many valiums, Internet sensation Lana Del Rey elicits a weird range of emotions. First came the emb ... More >>

Saturday: Phono del Sol Festival Pairs Eclectic Music with Angry Skaters

Dean SchafferAesop Rock (right) raps faster than you can even understand at Phono del Sol.​ The Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival, featuring Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, and more July 16, 2011 @ Potrero del Sol Park Better than: Registering to vote. It's hard to turn down anything fre ... More >>

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

John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik Orchestra Spellbind at Herbst Theatre

John VandersliceJohn Vanderslice​John Vanderslice with the Magik*Magik Orchestra June 17, 2011 @ Herbst Theatre Better than: David Axlerod conducts David Hasselhoff. It was my first time inside the historic Herbst Theatre, and the place is a mid-century hoot. Indie rock horns ... More >>

John Vanderslice on Seeking Discomfort, Tripping on Acid, and Making Pure Art

John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​It's a rare artist who, upon realizing all great art is danger, seeks first to test the idea upon their own nerves. This Friday night at the Herbst Theater, S.F. indie rock powerhouse John Vanderslice will play his acclaimed new album White Wilde ... More >>

This Is Post-Rock

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last several weeks in S.F. music.

Download: SF's John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik Orchestra Collaborate on 'Sea Salt'

In a demonstration of just how intertwined the various facets of San Francisco's music scene are, indie troubadour and Tiny Telephone studio owner John Vanderslice recorded his upcoming album, White Wilderness, with his friends in the classical-inclined Magik*Magik Orchestra. Wha ... More >>

Supervisor Candidates Spill Love for Music Scene at Forum

District 8 Candidate Rafael Mandelman speaks on nightlife issues at Yoshi's​Last night, ten would-be S.F. supervisors gathered at Yoshi's on Fillmore to discuss how to keep this city's music scene thriving.Step back and think about that for a second. While the road to becoming a San Francisco City ... More >>

Smashing Classical Boundaries at Switchboard Music Festival

Zoe Keating​The Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>

Noise Pop matches orchestras with pop acts and art with sound

The Album Leaf's Magik Local Connections

Bil Zelman​After cutting his teeth in San Diego's hardcore scene, Jimmy LaValle went post-rock with Tristeza, and he's never looked back. The Album Leaf started out as a side project, but it's turned into LaValle's main gig, attracting the attention of such notables Sub Pop Records and Sigur Rós. ... More >>

5 Things To Do This Weekend for Under $10

AJ FarkasMatmos, at SFMOMA on Saturday​Our apologies for the shorter list this week. We came down with the N-Flu (you know how it goes, sick folks ride the N to work and infect the whole Muni line). So there's only 5 Things on our list for cheap weekend entertainment. But they're good things. To m ... More >>

Noise Pop Raises the Stakes w/ Yoko Ono Band, Dodos Magik Orchestra

​I've bitched in the past about Noise Pop not pushing the boundaries enough in its spring festival booking. I'd also like to give credit where credit's due. San Francisco's biggest indie bender just announced a couple shows you won't get elsewhere, a smart move forward for the local music institut ... More >>

Last Night: John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall

John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Gets Orchestral in SF Before Outside Lands