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Arcade Fire Request Deerhoof Audience Prior to Shoreline Date with LCD Soundsystem

PICS: Arcade Fire Plug In 'Neon Bible' at Shoreline Amphitheatre

SFoodie: Maple and Mustard-Glazed Wild Canadian Leopard Salmon

Iceland Airwaves Festival: Notes from Bjork Island

SFoodie: Maple and Mustard-Glazed Wild Canadian Leopard Salmon

"Greatest Hits" by HVW8: LastNight at Fifty24SF

MP3 of the Day: Plants and Animals

Teamsters Head Uses Toilet, Death Analogies to Express Why New Chronicle Presses Must Be Unionized

"New plant opening up in Fremont -- looks like I'm out of work." In this, the San Francisco Chronicle's 144th birthday week, the paper has giddily promised its readers "144 days of extra surprises, leading up to the biggest of them all -- new presses." You won't read about it in the Chron, but not e ... More >>

Dish

"New plant opening up in Fremont -- looks like I'm out of work." In this, the San Francisco Chronicle's 144th birthday week, the paper has giddily promised its readers "144 days of extra surprises, leading up to the biggest of them all -- new presses." You won't read about it in the Chron, but not e ... More >>

Quebec Mon Amour

"New plant opening up in Fremont -- looks like I'm out of work." In this, the San Francisco Chronicle's 144th birthday week, the paper has giddily promised its readers "144 days of extra surprises, leading up to the biggest of them all -- new presses." You won't read about it in the Chron, but not e ... More >>

Lazer bass emerges for the digitalized dancefloor

"New plant opening up in Fremont -- looks like I'm out of work." In this, the San Francisco Chronicle's 144th birthday week, the paper has giddily promised its readers "144 days of extra surprises, leading up to the biggest of them all -- new presses." You won't read about it in the Chron, but not e ... More >>

Lazer Tagged

New category emerges for the digitalized dancefloor.

The'80s, Remixed

New category emerges for the digitalized dancefloor.

Circus Fingers

New category emerges for the digitalized dancefloor.

Tegan & Sara

The Con (Vapor/Sire)

Scavenged Audio

Amon Tobin turns sound scraps into specialized beats

Straight, No Chaser

Country chanteuse Amy Millan breaks out of the indie-rock world

Opening your eyes and ears

Country chanteuse Amy Millan breaks out of the indie-rock world

The Kingsbury Manx

The Fast Rise and Fall of the South

Nobody Listens to Techno

Why San Franciscans are suffering from a case of technophobia

German Heat!

Dieter is here. Fawn, Hollywood agents. Fawn, Dieter says.

Mambo Italiano

Gay, Italian, and Canadian: What could be more confusing?

Hypocritical Oaths

An island town will do anything to seduce Dr. Lewis

Midlake

Bamnan and Silvercork

Of Montreal

Satanic Panic in the Attic

Battle of the Big Tops

The acrobatic, emotional brilliance of Cirque Éloize

On the Road Again

An unusual bookmobile brings zines and one-of-a-kind artists' books to the masses

Various Artists

The Forcelab Edition: Composure (Forcelab)

The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

Desperately Seeking Anima

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

Reviews

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

Riff Raff

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

Recycling America

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

Tiga

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

San Francisco's Head-Turning Q-Bert, Donkey Kong, Jr. Graffitis Finally Given Their Due

I TOLD you he was real!Anyone of a certain age riding an F-Line trolley or bus on Market toward Van Ness can be forgiven for wondering if they've hallucinated, projecting a vestige of their childhood onto a passing wall. Many riders probably conclude that's the case; blink and it's gone. But those w ... More >>

Ghislain Poirier and Daedelus

I TOLD you he was real!Anyone of a certain age riding an F-Line trolley or bus on Market toward Van Ness can be forgiven for wondering if they've hallucinated, projecting a vestige of their childhood onto a passing wall. Many riders probably conclude that's the case; blink and it's gone. But those w ... More >>

Chronicle Execs Say Their Paper Now Profitable -- At Least What's Left of It

​Last year, Hearst Corp. had no problem bandying about the Chronicle's purported $1 million a week losses when it suited their aims of playing super-duper union hardball, successfully liquidating much of the staff, and switching to non-union printers.   Now, however, more than half a doz ... More >>

Sketchfest Q&A: Comedian Matt Braunger

​The only cure for the crappy, rainy weather is comedy... well, comedy and beer. Luckily, the Punch Line not only sells booze, but the club will also host but the very funny Matt Braunger this week as part of SF Sketchfest. He'll be at the venue along with Kyle Kinane and Brendan Lynch this Thursd ... More >>

Clubs preview: Poirier

​The only cure for the crappy, rainy weather is comedy... well, comedy and beer. Luckily, the Punch Line not only sells booze, but the club will also host but the very funny Matt Braunger this week as part of SF Sketchfest. He'll be at the venue along with Kyle Kinane and Brendan Lynch this Thursd ... More >>

Seven Spoken Word Recordings We'd Like To Hear In Godspeed You! Black Emperor's New Live Set

2010: Where's Google in all this?​We've recently learned, to paroxysms of geekish glee, that Montreal post-rock godfathers Godspeed You! Black Emperor are dusting off their delay pedals and violin bows for one last big score in 2011. After a brisk European tour, kicked off with a handful of All To ... More >>

Suuns: Show Preview

2010: Where's Google in all this?​We've recently learned, to paroxysms of geekish glee, that Montreal post-rock godfathers Godspeed You! Black Emperor are dusting off their delay pedals and violin bows for one last big score in 2011. After a brisk European tour, kicked off with a handful of All To ... More >>

San Francycle: How SF's Impending Bikeshare Will Work

​Bikesharing: crazy, right? The expense, the hills, the repairs, the theft -- it seems like it would never, in a million years, work. Except it does, in plenty of cities from Montreal to Budapest to Washington, D.C. And it's getting a little embarrassing that San Francisco isn't one of them. ... More >>

SF's Frite Nite Label Is Dropping Free 'Trax' From Ango, Salva, and More

Montreal's Ango​The local Frite Nite label has been on the rise in the electronic world over the last few years thanks to solid releases from the likes of B. Bravo, Epcot, and NastyNasty. Last month, the label has launched its Frite Night Trax series, offering free downloads from up-and-coming pro ... More >>

Sugar&Gold Turns Temporary Orphanhood Into Dance Band Gold

There are like all these flies in here​At one point, self-styled bi-coastal dance-party duo Sugar&Gold lived and worked -- and dance, oh how they danced -- in San Francisco. Before that Philipp Alberto Minnig grew up in Germany and Nicolas Dobbratz in Washington D.C., and now they live in Lo ... More >>

Dirty Beaches: Show Preview

There are like all these flies in here​At one point, self-styled bi-coastal dance-party duo Sugar&Gold lived and worked -- and dance, oh how they danced -- in San Francisco. Before that Philipp Alberto Minnig grew up in Germany and Nicolas Dobbratz in Washington D.C., and now they live in Lo ... More >>

Cults Play a Short, Sweet Set at the Independent

Cults at the Independent last night.​ Cults Magic Kids April 14, 2011 @ The Independent Better than: Joining the punchline. It was short but sweet. Like most, I went in to the Cults show at the Independent last night knowing a mere three songs by the headlining band: "Most Wanted "(aka that ... More >>

Beauty's Bagel Shop Begins Baking Montreal-Style Bagels

Frank MilwardBlake Joffe of Beauty's Bagles​Blake Joffe's memories of childhood vacations aren't of beaches or landmarks. Instead, he reminisces about the Montreal bagels he scarfed during many visits to his dad's hometown. This fall, Joffe, who currently cooks at Pizzeria Delfina, and partne ... More >>

Poirier: Show Preview

Frank MilwardBlake Joffe of Beauty's Bagles​Blake Joffe's memories of childhood vacations aren't of beaches or landmarks. Instead, he reminisces about the Montreal bagels he scarfed during many visits to his dad's hometown. This fall, Joffe, who currently cooks at Pizzeria Delfina, and partne ... More >>

A-Trak on Getting "Barbra Streisand" on Glee, and How to Perform in a Leather Jacket

Terry Richardson​Visiting San Francisco Mezzanine this Monday is one of the world's most versatile DJs, Montreal's Alain Macklovitch, better known as A-Trak. He's recognized for running the Fool's Gold label, working as Kanye West's touring DJ, and dominating the DMC World Championship 11 yea ... More >>

Through the Roof

Terry Richardson​Visiting San Francisco Mezzanine this Monday is one of the world's most versatile DJs, Montreal's Alain Macklovitch, better known as A-Trak. He's recognized for running the Fool's Gold label, working as Kanye West's touring DJ, and dominating the DMC World Championship 11 yea ... More >>