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Blogs
March 12, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Graphic: How Does Outside Lands Compare to the World's Biggest Music Festivals?
Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>
Music
May 25, 2011
A Guide to NorCal Music Festivals
Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>
Music
August 11, 2010
Sound and Vision: The year Outside Lands stumbled
Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>
Music
July 21, 2010
All Shook Down: SF Weekly's music fest is unlike any other this summer
Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>
Calendar
July 7, 2010
Hebrew for "Happiness"
Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Free Tastes of New Bonnaroo Ice Cream at Ben & Jerry's
Mmmm... Kings of LeonBonnaroo, the giant Manchester, Tennessee music festival in mid-June, just got a little tastier. You can now count down the days until Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Conan O'Brien, The Flaming Lips, and a billion other marquee names take multiple stages down south by licking your way ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2010
Seven Questions with @ScrewYouSXSW
There's a new tweeter in town and she's mad as hell. In the last week, @ScrewYouSXSW, the self-proclaimed pissed off wife of a SXSW attendee, has been tweeting about happenings she's been learning about from her husband via text. A number of people at SXSW think this enigmatic person is of the ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2010
Local Acts on the Big Festival Circuit: Who's Playing Where
www.joshuabrott.comBassnectarOne measure of musical success is being invited to one of the premiere music fests in the U.S. Among the most established and prestigious, of course, are Bonnaroo, Coachella, and All Tomorrow's Parties, the latter having the added cred of being curated by a different ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2010
Thee Oh Sees to Play Todd P's Mexico Music Fest
There's been a bit of a buzz about the music festival tastemaking New York promoter Todd P. has planned down in Monterrey, Mexico, right around SXSW. This week Pitchfork announced that south of the border showcase, called MtyMx All Ages Festival of Art and Music, is gonna happen, with local garage ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Early Noise Pop Acts Announced: Magnetic Fields, Wallpaper., Rogue Wave, More
San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
The Great American Food and Music Fest: The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry
Marisol Segal If you actually got food, there was reason to celebrate.(View our full slideshow of the event)We won't sugarcoat it: Saturday's Great American Food and Music Fest was riddled with major problems, from the almost immediate failure of a cashless wristband debit system for purchase ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2009
SF @ SXSW: Talking House Records' Texas Takeover
EKAphotographySee You in Austin: Bart Davenport If you're going to Austin, Texas' annual music festival SXSW, remember the date March 20. On that day, SF-based indie Talking House records is throwing what it calls a "14-hour rager" featuring "a ton of the Bay Area's most interesting bands" at the W ... More >>
Music
February 25, 2009
Noise Pop fosters industry while playing it safe
EKAphotographySee You in Austin: Bart Davenport If you're going to Austin, Texas' annual music festival SXSW, remember the date March 20. On that day, SF-based indie Talking House records is throwing what it calls a "14-hour rager" featuring "a ton of the Bay Area's most interesting bands" at the W ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
Bonnaroo Lineup Announced
BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>
Music
July 16, 2008
Survival of the fittest for the summer’s big music events
BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2008
Saturday: Vans Warped Tour
BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>
Culture
June 25, 2008
Park It for the Summer
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Music
June 11, 2008
Bands fume over bounced checks from Bay Area Indie Music Festival
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
April 8, 2008
Madlib Releases Winter Music Conference Mix
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
March 24, 2008
Paul Oakenfold Premieres Bourne Conspiracy Soundtrack
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Music
March 19, 2008
SXSW highlights: David Banner, Bon Iva, MGMT, Clockcleaner, and Dark Meat
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
February 26, 2008
Treasure Island Music Fest returns in September
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
February 25, 2008
SF Weekly's Ultra DJ Spinoff Announces Finalists
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
January 8, 2008
San Francisco Blog Hosting a Show at SXSW: BetterKnowanSFBlog
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
Blogs
September 14, 2007
TIMF: Stats
A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.
News
September 12, 2007
Gimme Indie Rock!
Local promoters take a big risk to give S.F. a music fest that will restore the city's cool cred
Music
August 29, 2007
It Happened in Monterey
New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics
Blogs
July 25, 2007
Hammond B3 master Reuben Wilson Jams the Beastie Boys
New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics
Blogs
July 19, 2007
Ozzfest Blackens SF, Gwar: “Let them Have Lordi”
New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics
Music
September 13, 2006
Share the Love
Two massive electronic music events, one small spotlight
Home Entertainment
November 23, 2005
Your Government at Work
Two massive electronic music events, one small spotlight
Summer Guide
June 29, 2005
Bang Thy Head Carefully
A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals
Music
August 4, 2004
BeatBox
What Perry Farrell's up to now that Lollapalooza's kaput, and two very different daytime dance options
Calendar
July 28, 2004
Metal as Anything
Ozzfest's success is a testament to the enduring popularity of the music
Summer Guide
June 23, 2004
Music Highlights
From Mahler to Morrissey, the Bay Area has it all this summer.
Music
March 31, 2004
A Star Is Torn
Lamenting Joanna Newsom and crying over Kris Kristofferson at SXSW
Music
May 21, 2003
Accidental Tourists
Is the Music the next big thing or just a bunch of very lucky guys?
Summer Guide
June 19, 2002
Music
Is the Music the next big thing or just a bunch of very lucky guys?
Calendar
May 8, 2002
New Music Alternatives
A San Francisco festival that ventures a long, long way from the jazz mainstream
Music
March 20, 2002
Hear This
Jazz players Marilyn Crispell and Kali Z. Fasteau prove women artists shouldn't be ghettoized
Music
March 31, 1999
Hip Pocket
In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest
Music
April 1, 1998
Year of the Elephant
Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998
Music
July 23, 1997
Riff Raff
Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998
Music
April 9, 1997
Lose and Draw
Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998
Music
August 14, 1996
... So Why Don't You Kill Me?
Metal roolz at Lolla VI
Music
March 20, 1996
Samples
Metal roolz at Lolla VI
Music
July 19, 1995
Samples
Metal roolz at Lolla VI
Music
June 14, 1995
Green's Day
The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green
Music
March 22, 1995
Samples
The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green
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