Miguel Migs

Local DJs among 100 nominees in America's Best DJ contest

Saturday Night: Afrotek Festival at the Dark Room

Afrotek Festival The Dark Room December 20, 2008 Review by Eric K. Arnold; Photos by EKAphotography Better Than: A typically clichéd hip-hop club. Arriving at Club Six's "Dark Room" at around 11 p.m., I overhear a group of about seven people with Eastern European accents. Where are they from, I ... More >>

Lisa Shaw, Miguel Migs, Julius Papp Get 'Free'

Divalicious: Lisa Shaw You've gotta love electronic music divas. They've got an edgy fierceness you won't often find in mainstream soul and R&B, and they can belt it out with the best of them. Though they're often overshadowed by the producers they work with, they put the "deep" in deep house. ... More >>

Def Mix dynamo Hector Romero brings down the house

Divalicious: Lisa Shaw You've gotta love electronic music divas. They've got an edgy fierceness you won't often find in mainstream soul and R&B, and they can belt it out with the best of them. Though they're often overshadowed by the producers they work with, they put the "deep" in deep house. ... More >>

LoveFest Promises 65,000 Ravers Listening to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude at City Hall

Divalicious: Lisa Shaw You've gotta love electronic music divas. They've got an edgy fierceness you won't often find in mainstream soul and R&B, and they can belt it out with the best of them. Though they're often overshadowed by the producers they work with, they put the "deep" in deep house. ... More >>

Miguel Migs

Those Things (Salted Music/Om Records)

Holy beat-bevy Batman: Cut Chemist, Z-Trip, Radar, Faust, Romanowski, dead prez, Marques Wyatt, Lisa Shaw, and "The Rootdown SF."

Those Things (Salted Music/Om Records)

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Cheb i Sabbah spins his last set at Nickie's BBQ; ADULT. electrifies Bottom of the Hill; "For the Kids" concentrates dozens of house DJs in one spot

Best New Club

Cheb i Sabbah spins his last set at Nickie's BBQ; ADULT. electrifies Bottom of the Hill; "For the Kids" concentrates dozens of house DJs in one spot

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The multitalented MC/turntablist J-Live pays a rare visit from NYC; S.F. house fixtures Miguel Migs and Julius Papp get you "Salted."

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Go out. Get wasted. Grab 2004 by its throat. Here are three more options for your Dionysian pursuits.

Holiday Guide

Go out. Get wasted. Grab 2004 by its throat. Here are three more options for your Dionysian pursuits.

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Where to scare

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Holiday Guide

Arts, crafts, events, performances, and New Year's Eve

Balancing Act

Naked Music wants to be one of the premier dance labels in the country -- without losing its indie cred

Hey DJ! (Monday) Q&A: DJ RasCue

DJ RasCue has been hitting the decks longer than most of the kids in the clubs these days have been alive. For the past 26 years, he's spun a mix of everything from Latin to hip-hop to house and rock for little kids and big stars (William H. Macy). Now the local music community is giving something b ... More >>

SF DJs Dominate "America's Best DJ" Nominees

Joshua BrottBassnectar You know it. I know it. And apparently the rest of the world knows it too: SF DJs rule. A plethora of local DJs are among the nominees for America's Best DJ, a DJ Times- sponsored competition whose closing party takes place September 12 at Rain nightclub (in the Palms casino) ... More >>

Power to the Peaceful Announces Lineup, Afterparty

EKAphotographyMichael Franti at 2008's PTTP​ Watch out, Outside Lands and TIMF! Power to the Peaceful--Michael Franti's annual free party in Golden Gate Park--has announced the lineup for this year's throwdown, which is expected to bring between 50 and 75 thousand people. The featured artists thi ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

EKAphotographyMichael Franti at 2008's PTTP​ Watch out, Outside Lands and TIMF! Power to the Peaceful--Michael Franti's annual free party in Golden Gate Park--has announced the lineup for this year's throwdown, which is expected to bring between 50 and 75 thousand people. The featured artists thi ... More >>

Miguel Migs

EKAphotographyMichael Franti at 2008's PTTP​ Watch out, Outside Lands and TIMF! Power to the Peaceful--Michael Franti's annual free party in Golden Gate Park--has announced the lineup for this year's throwdown, which is expected to bring between 50 and 75 thousand people. The featured artists thi ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Miguel Migs

​Over Halloween weekend there's no shortage of options for the costumed club-goer. But if you're into supporting a local celeb behind the decks, it's hard to beat a gig where Miguel Migs is the main attraction. The founder of Salted Music has spent most of this decade making a name for house music ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Hometown Hip-Hop, Classic House

Lemonade​For our party picks this weekend, we've kept it pretty close to home. The choices are boiled down to a bit of hometown hip-hop, some classic SF house music, a long-awaited homecoming performance, and some solid disco music for good measure. No matter which party suits your liking, we guar ... More >>

Catch Jane's Addiction Streaming Live from San Francisco Tonight

Jane's Addiction​Google's I/O developer conference is in town, which means all sorts of magical things are happening -- like brand-new cloud-locker music services appearing right out of thin air! Er, well -- a possibly more magical occurrence: A live performance from Jane's Addiction perfor ... More >>

Grab Miguel Migs' New Single 'Everybody' Early, Courtesy of a Certain Vodka Company

Miguel Migs in his Polk Street studio.​ For some reason, a certain Swedish vodka maker recently introducd a special San Francisco-branded edition of its product. To pique the interest of locals (read: to market to them), it's holding some sort of get-involved thing on Facebook, where you can a ... More >>

Is This the Coachella 2012 Lineup?

​ Coachella 2012 is still more than four months away -- so naturally, it's time to start hyperventilating over rumored lineups for the first year the festival will stretch over two weekends. One "leaked" lineup appeared last week on StarzUncut, a celebrity gossip website with more than 58,000 ... More >>