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  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Live Review, 3/10/12: Ceremony Presides Over Hardcore Chaos at 924 Gilman

    Cold World at 924 Gilman on Saturday. Ceremony Cold World, Old Firm Casuals, The Nubs, No Sir Saturday, March 11, 2012 924 Gilman St. [Editor's note: Writer Sam Lefebvre's camera was destroyed while covering this show. So instead of pictures, this post includes some video from Saturday's performance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Ceremony's "World Blue" Video Is One Minute and 39 Seconds of Furious Moshing

    Ceremony, an fearsomely powerful Rohnert Park hardcore band, is the newest signing to vaunted indie label Matador Records; its new album, the blistering Zoo, hit the streets today. To celebrate the release, the band is playing a free in-store at Amoeba tonight at 6 p.m. It's also headlining 924 Gil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Girls' Father, Son, Holy Ghost -- A First Listen

    ​ I've been everywhere with the San Francisco band Girls: Love 'em, hate 'em, find them overhyped, find the detractors overly cynical. I think they like it that way. Girls' hugely-acclaimed 2009 Album blew me away for a week. Then I found myself having trouble rekindling that need to hear it a ... More >>

  • Music

    May 11, 2011

    Meet R. Stevie Moore, the Original Bedroom-Pop Savant

    ​ I've been everywhere with the San Francisco band Girls: Love 'em, hate 'em, find them overhyped, find the detractors overly cynical. I think they like it that way. Girls' hugely-acclaimed 2009 Album blew me away for a week. Then I found myself having trouble rekindling that need to hear it a ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    San Francisco Love Story

    Before founding Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch came here to get healthy. He left with songs, skills, and a promise to return with a band.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Cold Cave

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2009

    Dank Crevasse

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Rejoice! Girls Debut Record Out Sept. 22

    girls sandy small.jpgSeptember is going to be a busy month for highly anticipated San Francisco releases. First the Dodos announced that their third record, Time to Die, will be out on 9/15, and now we have the debut full-length from Girls out one week later, on 9/22. The Girls record, called Rejoic ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2008

    Jay Reatard

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    Legendary memories of Mission of Burma

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    Liz Phair returns from Guyville exile

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Liz Phair taking 'Exile' in S.F.

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Matador Records Skips Important Credit on Cat Power's Jukebox

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Music

    April 11, 2007

    The blissful strings 'n' things of Amiina

    Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)

  • Music

    December 27, 2006

    Riding the Fader

    The cult of Chavez gets another round

  • Music

    July 5, 2006

    Flowing bodily fluids and a surreal sort of evil

    The cult of Chavez gets another round

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Reinventing the Steel

    Could Early Man, a quartet from hip NYC signed to Matador Records, be the savior of real-deal metal?

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    Meet the New Boss

    The Hold Steady's version of classic rock is full of sex, drugs, and Jesus

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    The Double delivers its much-hyped electronic rock; the return of folk master Richard Thompson

    The Hold Steady's version of classic rock is full of sex, drugs, and Jesus

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    Going Postal

    Like it or not, the Zip Code Rapists are back

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    SSRI-ay Cap'n

    Depression is all around us, but here's some upcoming shows that won't bring you down

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Quannum Mechanics

    The amazingly true tale of the Bay Area's greatest hip hop success story

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Prick

    Don't hate me because I'm corporate

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Dead Meadow

    Shivering King and Others

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Feline Fatale

    Enchanting songstress Cat Power flashes her Cheshire grin -- and her newfound strength

  • Music

    December 11, 2002

    The New Payola

    Bold and innovative ways to fund a magazine

  • Music

    October 9, 2002

    Revenge of the Nerds, Parts One and Two

    Hella Rad takes on the trouser mafia; Anagrams spell relief

  • Music

    November 7, 2001

    Moving in Stereo

    Can Europop act Stereo Total evolve without losing its joie de vivre?

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    MUD Slinging; Dirty Money; Don't Mention It; Rural Myths; A Musical Interlude; Praising Puni

  • Music

    April 11, 2001

    Screw You

    Fuck takes the high road -- to the end of the line

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    The Lesser of Two Evils

    Somewhere between twisted electronica and cacophonic noise lies the challenging work of J Lesser

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Riff Raff

    In the Ballpark

  • Music

    March 22, 2000

    Dig the New Breed

    Live Human proves that turntablism can learn a thing or two from jazz -- or is it the other way around?

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    Their Noise

    After 10 years, Superchunk and Merge Records are still working, albeit quietly

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Two States

    Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

  • Music

    September 16, 1998

    Love Letters

    Belle & Sebastian's long-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

  • Music

    March 12, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Belle & Sebastian's long-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

  • News

    February 26, 1997

    Letters

    Belle & Sebastian's long-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

  • News

    August 2, 1995

    Shut Up, Little Man

    The squalor and acrimony of the lives of a couple of hard-drinking retirees are dwarfed by the avarice that their celebrity has inspired in others

  • Music

    July 12, 1995

    Samples

    The squalor and acrimony of the lives of a couple of hard-drinking retirees are dwarfed by the avarice that their celebrity has inspired in others

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