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Music Festivals

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Oakland Garage-Pop Outfit Bare Wires Breaks Up After Disastrous SXSW, Tour Cancellation

    Bare Wires, the Oakland trio whose lean, gritty power-pop made it one of the best of a recent class of Bay Area garage bands, broke up recently after melting down onstage at South By Southwest and cancelling the remainder of its national tour, according to frontman Matthew Melton. The band still ha ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2012

    Finding the Yay Area: Local Artists Pull a Few Surprises at South by Southwest

    Bare Wires, the Oakland trio whose lean, gritty power-pop made it one of the best of a recent class of Bay Area garage bands, broke up recently after melting down onstage at South By Southwest and cancelling the remainder of its national tour, according to frontman Matthew Melton. The band still ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Ten Things Your SXSW Outfit Says About You

    ​By REED FISCHER Some folks attend South by Southwest to look at bands, but a good many passing through the 2012 edition seem to enjoy the added benefits of being looked at, as well. Even without haute couture, music fans and opportunists on the streets of Austin send a wealth of subliminal messag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    How to Get Through SXSW Without Dying

    ​Yes, music lovers, it's that time of year once more where we pack our party shoes into our well-worn cases and fly off to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest music "conference." (Really, people? Conference? If everyone was being honest, this thing would be called South by So Wasted.) As any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Warren Hellman, Founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Dies

    RIP Warren Hellman ​The indelible Warren Hellman, founder of the popular Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and the Bay Citizen, has died. His family told reporters that the 77-year-old San Francisco icon died Sunday from complications of leukemia. Public services are planned for Wednesday at Cong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    R.I.P. Warren Hellman, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Founder and Eccentric Banjo Player

    Jay BlakesbergWarren Hellman at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass​ Warren Hellman, the billionaire banjo-picker and eccentric who founded the free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival, lost his battle with leukemia on Sunday. He was 77. Hellman was a successful investment banker a beloved philant ... More >>

  • Music

    August 3, 2011

    All Shook Down Isn't Your Average Music Fest

    Jay BlakesbergWarren Hellman at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass​ Warren Hellman, the billionaire banjo-picker and eccentric who founded the free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival, lost his battle with leukemia on Sunday. He was 77. Hellman was a successful investment banker a beloved philant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    All Shook Down Music Fest: Download Our Free Pre-Party Mini-Mix

    ​ Our All Shook Down Music Fest is coming up quickly -- it's this Saturday at the Regency Ballroom, in case you haven't gotten tickets yet. We're sure you're as excited as we are to see Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., Maus Haus, and more. But just to send your anticipation to even greater hei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Meet Your New Favorite Band (to Intensely Dislike): Black Veil Brides

    Calibree PhotographyBlack Veil Brides at the Warped Tour​ At first we thought that was KISS strutting up at us from our slideshow of this weekend's Warped Tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre. But no -- monstrous black-and-white makeup aside, those guys are way too skinny to be in KISS. Turns out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2011

    The South-By Diet: How to Get Hipster-Skinny in Four Days on Barbecue and Beer

    Flickr/ghewgillPizza: Still not a diet food, not even at SXSW.​Sure, you ostensibly came to SXSW to see live music. But pick your shows and your meals right, and the week of South-By can also make an amazing body-slimming opportunity. You might even graduate to a new leg-hugging level of skinny je ... More >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2011

    S.F. at SXSW: Six Bay Area Artists to See in Austin

    Flickr/ghewgillPizza: Still not a diet food, not even at SXSW.​Sure, you ostensibly came to SXSW to see live music. But pick your shows and your meals right, and the week of South-By can also make an amazing body-slimming opportunity. You might even graduate to a new leg-hugging level of skinny je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    DJ Woolfy: Even Coconut Bra Surprises Can't Stop Him

    The hairy beast himself.​Back in 1994, then 19-year-old Woolfy already knew DJing was his destiny. Sneaking into infamous parties like Flammable Liquid and Does Your Mama Know in downtown Los Angeles, he discovered his affinity for house music. Seeing through his young eyes that DJs were the deiti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Chicago Critic's Pitchfork Dis Gets the Blogosphere Steaming

    Jason StoffRobyn at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago​Just when it seemed cool to hate the taste-making music site Pitchfork, one critic went and ripped the site (and its music festival in Chicago this past weekend) a good one. So how did indie-loving blogs and blog readers respond -- that i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Mission Creek Festival Trots Out Fresh & Onlys, Grass Widow, More for Day in the Park

    Brian PritchardThe Fresh & Onlys​San Francisco suffers no lack of indie-focused music festivals. But the summertime Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival has a particular homegrown charm to it, lining up a good slab of local talent each year. This year's lineup looks especially solid. The fest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Mini SXSW in Downtown San Jose

    Yo La Tenga plays this summer's Left Coast Fest​Last year, San Jose held its first annual Left Coast Live Music Festival, and no one really heard about it. It was headlined by Bay Area's soul man Booker T. and East Bay rapper Lyrics Born. Dubbed "a mini-SXSW", the Left Coast Live Music Festival wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    AT&T Fail: Coachella Has an iPhone App But No Actual iPhone Service

    Image via Sean Osteen/Flickr​ There's a reason we prefer to be chained to our computers. While complaints about AT&T service are a dime a dozen, we hear the situation is particularly dire at this year's Coachella music festival, where attendees are reporting text message delays up to six hour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Who Were the Big SXSW Hits? Next Big Sound Has the Stats

    One of the fun games to play while you're in Austin for SXSW is trying to figure out who's going to be the breakout act of the festival. Some years it's obvious--I remember seeing Peaches and At the Drive In in tiny rooms where word spread so fast it was almost like those acts got famous by the time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    SXSW Interactive Is Dead

    Image of a VIP fence via Flickr/Adrants​No annual festival, conference, or party will ever be as good as the first year you went. That's not what I'm talking about when I say that South by Southwest Interactive died this year. Earlier this week, Jolie O'Dell wrote the usual "Why SXSW Sucks" post. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Ladies Get Love in Tech: Meet the Fempire of SXSW Interactive

    Taylor DavidsonSarah Evans, Shauna Causey and Sloane Berrent​The old adage that ladies get no love in tech is a thing of the past, at least here in Austin, TX. On Saturday March 13, a group of 90 wave-making women gathered at the top of Frost Bank Tower (the building that looks like a giant nose h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Plancast at SXSWi: Nothing Says Body Shots Like a Bar Full of Tech Reporters

    Photo by Laughing Squid/ Scott Beale​ It's T minus 19 hours until the annual liquid re-union that is SXSW. While the more massive crowds show up for the music festival on the 17th, SXSW is also home to the world's biggest tech-fest, SXSWi, which runs from the 12th to the 16th.  That means a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Q&A with Blind Pilot's, Israel Nebeker

    Joseph SchellIsrael Nebeker of Blind Pilot.​Israel Nebeker is the lead singer and guitarist for Portland's own, Blind Pilot, whose debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound, has quickly launched the band into indie folk pop stardom. SF Weekly sat down with Nebeker yesterday to chat about the benefits and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Frank Chu: Hardest Working Proselytizer in Show Business Recruits Bluegrass Fans

    ​Warren Hellman may have fancied himself opening up America's hearts to music with his bigger-than-ever, three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. He also helped famed San Francisco eccentric Frank Chu open city visitors' minds to opaque theories about an alleged intergalactic political co ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2009

    Woodsuck: Crummy festivals I attended in the late '60s and early '70s

    ​Warren Hellman may have fancied himself opening up America's hearts to music with his bigger-than-ever, three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. He also helped famed San Francisco eccentric Frank Chu open city visitors' minds to opaque theories about an alleged intergalactic political co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Festival News: Budget Rock in S.F., More Mission Creek

    Budget Rock, the Bay Area's trashy garage rock fest, comes back to this side of the bridge for its eighth year on October 22-25. The rock 'n' roll weekender has called the Stork Club home for the past couple years, but San Francisco folks should be stoked to hear the 2009 party will return to Bottom ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    Yoshi’s steps up its game with free-jazz fest

    Budget Rock, the Bay Area's trashy garage rock fest, comes back to this side of the bridge for its eighth year on October 22-25. The rock 'n' roll weekender has called the Stork Club home for the past couple years, but San Francisco folks should be stoked to hear the 2009 party will return to Bottom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Two Indie Pop Fests Coming Up

    You can't accuse San Francisco of ignoring indie pop when putting together a music festival. From Noise Pop on the grand scale to Mission Creek on the cozier side of things, folks who appreciate local indie acts focus a lot of energy on music fests. In May, the San Francisco Popfest hosts over two-d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Om:Miami WMC Showcase Announced

    Kruder & Dorfmeister If you're a jet-setting electronica-listening baller, or you just happen to be in the Miami area in late March, you won't want to miss SF-based indie Om's annual Winter Music Conference bash, Om:Miami, on March 28. The ridiculously fat lineup is studded with both Om artists ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival shrinks but may still deliver

    Kruder & Dorfmeister If you're a jet-setting electronica-listening baller, or you just happen to be in the Miami area in late March, you won't want to miss SF-based indie Om's annual Winter Music Conference bash, Om:Miami, on March 28. The ridiculously fat lineup is studded with both Om artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2008

    Sunday Photos: Fillmore Jazz Festival

    Kruder & Dorfmeister If you're a jet-setting electronica-listening baller, or you just happen to be in the Miami area in late March, you won't want to miss SF-based indie Om's annual Winter Music Conference bash, Om:Miami, on March 28. The ridiculously fat lineup is studded with both Om artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    R.E.M. and Modest Mouse Perform in Berkeley 5/31

    Kruder & Dorfmeister If you're a jet-setting electronica-listening baller, or you just happen to be in the Miami area in late March, you won't want to miss SF-based indie Om's annual Winter Music Conference bash, Om:Miami, on March 28. The ridiculously fat lineup is studded with both Om artists ... More >>

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Beth Lisick

    When words and music are needed.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    FolkYeah brings fall fun to Big Sur

    When words and music are needed.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    Two Gallants Announce Summer Tour, New Album Release Date

    When words and music are needed.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Interpol "Pioneer to the Falls" just released as single #2

    When words and music are needed.

  • Music

    June 13, 2007

    Various

    Monterey International Pop Festival (Razor & Tie)

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    Bountiful Braintrust

    Japanese New Music Festival members play musical chairs

  • Music

    January 4, 2006

    Freestyle Fellowship

    Japanese New Music Festival members play musical chairs

  • Music

    July 20, 2005

    Time for Sharing

    Hardcore metal and the shows that make it great

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    Dave Holland Big Band

    Overtime

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    In the Year 2005

    Like killer bees and cheap labor, this year's music and fashion trends are charging up from the South (by Southwest)

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Trend-Spotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2004

    River's Edge

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Music

    May 8, 2002

    No Sleep Till Indio

    Road trip to Coachella

  • Calendar

    November 1, 2000

    Cray in the Bay

    The Robert Cray Band at the S.F. Jazz Festival

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Riff Raff

    It's a Big World After All; When Your Band Breaks; Oops

  • Music

    July 21, 1999

    Blowing Their Horn

    The organizers of the North Beach Jazz Festival take pride in revitalizing their musical neighborhood and in not being like that other local jazz fest

  • Music

    November 13, 1996

    Recordings

    The organizers of the North Beach Jazz Festival take pride in revitalizing their musical neighborhood and in not being like that other local jazz fest

  • Music

    May 29, 1996

    The Beastie Connection

    How Adam Yauch and Erin Potts conceived the all-star Tibetan Freedom Concert

  • Music

    May 15, 1996

    Plane Talk

    The spiritual trips of saxophonist Pharoah Sanders

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