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November 7, 2011
Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto: A First Listen
The No. 1 album in the country this week is by the biggest band on Earth. All is right with the world? Well, hold that thought. Unlike textural forbears U2 and Radiohead, much less the Clash or Nirvana, most people even willing to concede that Coldplay is a relevant force do not think it has ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Dilated Peoples' DJ Babu on the Future of the DJ Battle, and Why He Was Skeptical About Serato
Best known for his roles in hip-hop groupDilated Peoples and the world-champion DJ crew Beat Junkies , DJ Babu has lately been busy crafting his newest album, Duck Season 4. Winning various DJ battles like Vestax World Championships early in his career, and releasing ground-breaking albums l ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Souls of Mischief's A-Plus Reviews His Own Discography
A-PlusAs part of the mighty Souls of Mischief crew, A-Plus ushered in a new style of Bay Area rap with the group's breezy and effortless "'93 'Til Infinity" anthem. Also a mainstay in the Hieroglyphics movement, the rapper and producer has been involved with releases from Del, Pep Love, and C ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson: Show Preview
A-PlusAs part of the mighty Souls of Mischief crew, A-Plus ushered in a new style of Bay Area rap with the group's breezy and effortless "'93 'Til Infinity" anthem. Also a mainstay in the Hieroglyphics movement, the rapper and producer has been involved with releases from Del, Pep Love, and C ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Drake's Take Care: A First Listen
Funny thing about Drake: I'm forced to care. This goes beyond my duties as a music writer; rap now is in a state where someone like Drake or Rick Ross becomes the sun and everyone surrounding becomes an orbiting satellite. I'm a huge fan of co-Money Youngins Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, and I ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
GWAR Cancels Friday, Nov. 11, Show at Regency Ballroom
GWAR Looks like there'll be no onstage dismemberment for you, Bay Area metalheads: Not even a week after GWAR's guitarist, Cory Smoot, died suddenly in his tour bus bunk, the venerable costumed metal band everyone knows canceled the San Francisco show scheduled for this Friday at Regency Ball ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Justin BUA's Top Five Illustrated Hip-Hop Album Covers
"Historically, artists painted the court and the aristocracy. I'm the court painter of hip-hop -- the artists are that important." So says Justin BUA, the hip-hop generation artist who celebrates the release of his new book The Legends Of Hip-Hop with a signing session at Booksmith this Friday start ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Mission Label Porto Franco Plans to Stop New Releases
"Historically, artists painted the court and the aristocracy. I'm the court painter of hip-hop -- the artists are that important." So says Justin BUA, the hip-hop generation artist who celebrates the release of his new book The Legends Of Hip-Hop with a signing session at Booksmith this Friday start ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Five Shocking Claims About Bill Graham From Rock Promoter Barry Fey's New Memoir, Backstage Past
Dan FongMick Jagger and the 320-lb. Barry FeyIn the late '60s, Barry Fey became of one of America's biggest rock music promoters. He says he was the first to book Led Zeppelin in this country, and claims to have sold more concert tickets than any other independent promoter in history. The Den ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
"Distortion 2 Static" Turns off the Mic After 10 Years
Dan FongMick Jagger and the 320-lb. Barry FeyIn the late '60s, Barry Fey became of one of America's biggest rock music promoters. He says he was the first to book Led Zeppelin in this country, and claims to have sold more concert tickets than any other independent promoter in history. The Den ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Steve Fabus on the Liberated Early Days of SF Disco, and the Spirit of the Go Bang! Party
Stacy Lucier Chicago-born DJ Steve Fabus started his musical career in the early '70s, after being inspired by the soulful sounds of Etta James and Stevie Wonder. Moving to San Francisco in 1974, he found himself in the center of one of America's counter culture capitals, where disco, drugs, ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Distortion 2 Static's Top Five Celebrity Guests
During its 10-year run, the Distortion 2 Static hip-hop TV show graduated from profiling local upcoming artists to chatting it up with rap superstars. Started by Prince Aries, Ariel Nuñez and DJ Haylow, the show signed off on its broadcast run back in September; a farewell shindig will be going dow ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
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 >>
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November 29, 2011
Wine Clubs Are the Coffin Nails of Rock 'n' Roll
Remember the good old days, when wine clubs were exclusively the pastime of pretentious assholes/your parents? Those days are over: Rolling Stone magazine just announced its own scheme to sell bottles of fermented grape juice to baby boomers with nothing better to blow their pension checks ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
We're Looking for a Few Metallica Superfans in the Bay Area -- Are You One?
These your boys? Prove it. Does this ever happen to you? In a casual conversation, you nonchalantly mention that, despite Napster, Lulu, and James Hetfield not having long hair anymore, you still like Metallica. Then the person you're talking to goes, "You still like Metallica? Who likes Meta ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
It Was All a Dream
These your boys? Prove it. Does this ever happen to you? In a casual conversation, you nonchalantly mention that, despite Napster, Lulu, and James Hetfield not having long hair anymore, you still like Metallica. Then the person you're talking to goes, "You still like Metallica? Who likes Meta ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture
See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and Lots of Talking Sad But True: How the Black Album Both Made and Ruined Metallica Can't Make It to Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concerts? Celebrate at These Shows In ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene
Brian Lew Cliff Burton playing live with Metallica for the first time at the Stone in San Francisco, 1983 See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and L ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Metallica Brings Out Lou Reed, Kid Rock, Mercyful Fate, and More as the 30th Anniversary Party Continues
Metallica at the Fillmore Wednesday night. Notice that James Hetfield isn't wearing a shirt. See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture Metallica Ki ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
10 Actually Good Songs on Metallica's Despised Load and Reload Albums
It's not that bad. Really. As we celebrate Metallica's 30th Anniversary, it's time to reexamine a popular mindset among critics and fans of the most enduringly popular band in metal history: Many believe that that all four of Metallica's 1980s albums were unimpeachable classics, and that afte ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Metallica Turns 30 with Ozzy, Danzig, Rob Halford, and a Roomful of Fanatics
Metallica performing with Glenn Danzig Friday night at the Fillmore. Metallica (plus guests) Dec. 9 and 10, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: Turning 30 alone, we're assuming. The birthday party for the biggest metal band in the world came to its finale this weekend with classic songs and surp ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
R.I.P. Rapper Special One, of Oakland Duo Conscious Daughters
Special One (left) and CMJSpecial One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Assessing Metallica After 30 Years and Four Nights at the Fillmore
Special One (left) and CMJSpecial One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Freestyle Fellowship: Show Preview
Special One (left) and CMJSpecial One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Lagwagon: Show Preview
Special One (left) and CMJSpecial One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
The Year in Music Booze: Six Artist's Beverages That Made 2011 One Long Hangover
Rock 'n' roll culture died in 2011. It's got nothing to do with your opinion of Bon Iver, but everything to do with Rolling Stone. The former leading voice of modern music upheld its immaculate reputation this year... by starting an official wine club. It's filled with bottles branded with imagery f ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Marissa Nadler on Funding Records with Kickstarter, Sexism in Music, and Being Shy
"The real Marissa is filled with passion," she says. "I'm fiery, not celestial." By CHLOE ROTH Massachusetts-based songwriter Marissa Nadler performs this Sunday, Dec. 18, at Cafe Du Nord with local songstress Emily Jane White. We caught up with Nadler while she was working on a mysterious v ... More >>
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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 >>
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December 21, 2011
SF's Coo-Yah DJs on Misconceptions About Dancehall and Reggae, and Why It's a Great Time to Buy Records
Daneekah and Green B.In the male-dominated world of DJs, local selectors Green B. and Daneekah have managed to tilt the spotlight toward the ladies with their dancehall releases and long-running reggae party Coo-Yah. The two met one day on Haight Street while flyering for separate parties, a ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Selecter DJ Kirk on the Sweater-Funk Parties and What's Missing in Current R&B
Soul and funk guru The Selecter DJ Kirk has been dubbed the unofficial mayor of San Francisco by friends and peers. Born and raised in S.F., he is recognized for his all-embracing knowledge of soul music through the decades, his extensive record collection, and for producing events like Soul ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Trombone Shorty on New Orleans Attitude, Growing Up With Hip-Hop, and Covering Lil Wayne
Trombone Shorty plays Friday and Saturday at the Fillmore. "I've been hearing hip-hop music since I was born." So says Trombone Shorty, the brass-playing band leader who grew up in the Tremé district of New Orleans' 6th Ward and has already amassed a Grammy nomination for his debut jazz albu ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Idle Warship: Show Preview
Trombone Shorty plays Friday and Saturday at the Fillmore. "I've been hearing hip-hop music since I was born." So says Trombone Shorty, the brass-playing band leader who grew up in the Tremé district of New Orleans' 6th Ward and has already amassed a Grammy nomination for his debut jazz albu ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Why Do People Hate Kreayshawn So Much?
This week, NYC rapper Azealia Banks called Kreayshawn a "dumb bitch." The outburst was prompted by Kreayshawn putting a link to Banks' "212" video on Twitter, via a porn website. We understand why a serious lady rapper would be offended by forcibly being associated with pornography, but obviousl ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Van Halen, Including David Lee Roth, Will Play Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion in June
You have a few months before the local concerts to try and perfect Van Halen's jump.The incomparable frontman David Lee Roth is on board both for Van Halen's 2012 North American tour -- which stops in the Bay Area in June -- as well as the band's forthcoming album A Different Kind of Truth, t ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
The Nuns' Jennifer Miro: An Appreciation By Jack Boulware
Jennifer 'Miro' Anderson, 1957-2011. By JACK BOULWARE [Editor's note: Jack Boulware is the co-author, with Silke Tudor, of Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day.] If we're talking the birth of B ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Prince Paul's "Negroes on Ice" Wants the Rap World to Take a Joke
Jennifer 'Miro' Anderson, 1957-2011. By JACK BOULWARE [Editor's note: Jack Boulware is the co-author, with Silke Tudor, of Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day.] If we're talking the birth of B ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Noise Pop 2012 Lineup: The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Bob Mould, and More Added
The Flaming Lips: Ringing in Noise Pop's 20th year. The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also played Noise Pop in '98, just before finding a ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Wu-Tang Clan: Show Preview
The Flaming Lips: Ringing in Noise Pop's 20th year. The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also played Noise Pop in '98, just before finding a ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Craig Finn's Clear Heart Full Eyes: A First Listen
If I may make two predictions about Clear Heart Full Eyes, the solo debut from combustible, fan-friendly Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, they are that: 1. It's not going to save rock 'n' roll. 2. It's not going to be a meta-narrative about how it doesn't save rock and roll. If the last Ho ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Goodbye, Lookout! Records: A Tribute in 10 Songs
You may have heard over the last few days that Berkeley's Lookout! Records -- one of the world's most treasured punk rock labels, and the place that Green Day got its start -- is closing for good, back catalog and all. If you were a punk rocker in the '90s, this news feels a little bit like losing a ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
NOFX's Fat Mike on Taking Drugs, Being a Father, and Joining the Mile High Club
NOFX, with Fat Mike second from left. You may not have been alive in 1983, when punk rock icon NOFX was started in Berkeley. That was nearly 30 years ago, after all, and the world was a very different place: Ronald Reagan was president, "big" East Bay punk bands like Rancid or Green Day didn' ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
The Eight Most Memorable Pop Culture References on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The rap game -- well, any game -- could use more people with the ambition of the RZA and the ability to make good on it. The man born Robert Diggs is more than an MC, a producer, and an actor. His resume also includes "DICTATOR" in big, bold letters: When the Wu-Tang Clan was just a bunch of ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Stretch Armstrong on the Demise of FM Radio and the Inanity of Celebrity DJs
One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launc ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Instrumental Hip-Hop Sucks. Ban It Forever.
RJD2 Instrumental hip-hop should be banned. It's the banal, meandering stepchild of hip-hop. It's a front-runner for the dubious honor of being the world's most snooze-inducing form of music. And, shockingly, there are still producers and fans who insist on validating it like it's anything bu ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
V-Nasty Wants to Flip Her Rough Background into a Rap Career
RJD2 Instrumental hip-hop should be banned. It's the banal, meandering stepchild of hip-hop. It's a front-runner for the dubious honor of being the world's most snooze-inducing form of music. And, shockingly, there are still producers and fans who insist on validating it like it's anything bu ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Veteran Rappers: Do You Really Need to Continue Making New Records?
KRS-One: Great live, but the records aren't what they used to be.There was a time, back in the late '80s, when the legendary Bronx rapper KRS-One was a candidate for the title of Greatest Rapper of All Time. Twenty-five years later, though, the self-anointed Blastmaster's latest long-player, ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Eight Taylor Swift Lyrics as Good as Any in Country Music
Professionally styled but still totally like you.Smart people I know have argued that Taylor Swift is not a country singer. That argument demonstrates little understanding of country music or of Taylor Swift. It's rooted, I suspect, in a belief commonly held by smart people who don't care f ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Tonight: Psych-Soul Outfit Harry and the Hit Men Perform the 1967 Stax Revue Concert Live
Otis Redding onstage at the Stax Revue concert in Norway, 1967.In 1967, iconic Memphis soul label Stax took some of its best artists -- Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, and more -- on a tour of Europe. The trip put a racially integrated band and some of the era's most feve ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Meet Linda Chorney, the Unknown Singer-Songwriter Who Got a Grammy Nomination
Linda Chorney, whose Grammy nomination has outraged some in the Americana community. By J. POET The Grammy Awards usually generate an tidal wave of press releases aimed at congratulating the usual superstars for their achievements. This year, there was a refreshing bit of controversy when si ... More >>
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