Neil Diamond

Plugged in -- ASD's music picks for Thursday, May 31

Last Night: The Fratellis at the Fillmore

Worst Mix Tape Ever: The Torture Playlist

SF Indie Film Fest Kicks Off

SongSungBlue.comMore Surreal than Neil: Lightning & ThunderThe 11th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival kicks off this week with an opening night party tonight at Cellspace featuring the Extra Action Marching Band, Live Evil, and our favorite Croatian wino, DJ Toph One! Admission is $ ... More >>

Night+Day

SongSungBlue.comMore Surreal than Neil: Lightning & ThunderThe 11th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival kicks off this week with an opening night party tonight at Cellspace featuring the Extra Action Marching Band, Live Evil, and our favorite Croatian wino, DJ Toph One! Admission is $ ... More >>

The Usual Suspect

SongSungBlue.comMore Surreal than Neil: Lightning & ThunderThe 11th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival kicks off this week with an opening night party tonight at Cellspace featuring the Extra Action Marching Band, Live Evil, and our favorite Croatian wino, DJ Toph One! Admission is $ ... More >>

Bright Bursts

Conor Oberst succeeds despite the flaws

Deep thoughts on punk rock

Conor Oberst succeeds despite the flaws

Immigrant Song

It's not just the national anthem being sung in Spanish that's got anti-immigration folks riled up. Which side of the fence are you on?

Unfair Use

To what insane lengths will Sony go in its fight against piracy?

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: "Jew-pergroup"

What the Fuck, 2005

The 10 most head-scratching, insulting, crass, craven, and weird musical moments of the year

Journalism 101

Dear Reactionaries: If you think the New Times merger spells trouble for local music, read this column

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Rick Rubin's moxie.

Dear Reactionaries: If you think the New Times merger spells trouble for local music, read this column

Someone's Gonna Pay for This

On first-date dinners, road-trip gas, interpreters, and massage therapists

Song Sung Blue

Making music has allowed Randy Cordeiro to quit his job, travel the world, and buy a nice car. If only it were his music that Randy Cordeiro was making.

It's Kind of Unusual

In lieu of a conversation with the real Tom Jones, we bring you Steffanos Xanthoudakis

Bouncer

Drunks and bagpipes at Lefty O'Doul's are no match for "Tim," the best piano player ever

Best Concept Band

Cookie Mongoloid

Nash Bridges the Gap

Nash Kato and Urge Overkill were aping cock rock way before the Darkness. Now they're back to reclaim the title.

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Letters to the Editor

Week of September 18, 2002

Sci-fidelity

At Worldcon, everyone -- from famous author to humble fan to mothlike alien -- is equal

Real Fourth of July

In Point Arena, where small town and big city mix, and become fond memory

Safe Harbor

Attitude-free bars of the Marina

Sign Language

Cult hero Harvey Sid Fisher, creator of Astrology Songs, plays the Mission

Best Place to Impersonate a Torch Singer

Lush Lounge

Pop Philosophy

What's up, doc?

The Mix

Hidden Dragon

Pop Philosophy

New Disorder Records; Mark Kozelek; Doublelife

Johnny Cash; Merle Haggard

Cash: American III: Solitary Man (American) / Haggard: If I Could Only Fly (Anti/Epitaph)

Nash Kato

Debutante

Reviews

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SF Weekly's Wammies '98

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Night + Day

Debutante

The House of Tudor

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Riff Raff

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Reviews

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Slap Shots

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SF Weekly Picks

Debutante

Kitschy cool

The Coctails decline to join up with the nouveau Lounge Nation

Kill yourself if you listen to classic rock

The Coctails decline to join up with the nouveau Lounge Nation

Neil Diamond Sings "Sweet Caroline" at Some Giant Outdoor Bar

Why is it that "Sweet Caroline" always gets everyone within earshot to sing along? Whether it pops on the radio in your buddy's car, on the jukebox at 15 Romolo, or over the PA at some big outdoor park with fake grass in Boston, you're gonna hear a Greek chorus when Neil Diamond gets to "Good tim ... More >>

Tom Waits No Longer To Be Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Instagram username TomWaitsForNoMan (Wait, is that headline confusing? "No longer" modifies the verb "waits," not the compound adjective "to be inducted." Sorry if that seemed sensationalistic. But while we're on the subject of names that parse as verbs, consider the difficulty of writing a snappy h ... More >>

Saturday Night: Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, and Glitter Wizard Rattle Thee Parkside

Romana MachadoGlitter Wizard​Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, Glitter WizardMarch 19, 2011 @Thee Parkside Marginally better than: Listening to Billy Joel records in a Seattle parking garage. It's SXSW season, and few things are longer than the faces of Facebook non-attendees this year. My ne ... More >>

Heavy Rotation

Romana MachadoGlitter Wizard​Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, Glitter WizardMarch 19, 2011 @Thee Parkside Marginally better than: Listening to Billy Joel records in a Seattle parking garage. It's SXSW season, and few things are longer than the faces of Facebook non-attendees this year. My ne ... More >>

Get Submerged With Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine

​ This week: Get submerged with Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine.​Behind the buzz: In rock lore, Urge Overkill is said to have faltered in a bid to take over the '90s rock scene at its alt-sodden peak. It must be a real three-fisted bitch to be best known for what you didn't accomp ... More >>

Panic! at the Disco, Fun., and Funeral Party Rock a Sea of Tweens (and Their Parents) at the Warfield

Gil Riego, Jr.Panic! at the Disco at the Warfield last night​ Panic! at the Disco Funeral Party fun. June 22, 2011 @ The Warfield Theater [Editors' Note: We sent SF Weekly photographer Gil Riego, Jr., to both shoot and write about last night's Panic! at the Disco show. What follows is his rat ... More >>

Crooked Fingers: Show Preview

Gil Riego, Jr.Panic! at the Disco at the Warfield last night​ Panic! at the Disco Funeral Party fun. June 22, 2011 @ The Warfield Theater [Editors' Note: We sent SF Weekly photographer Gil Riego, Jr., to both shoot and write about last night's Panic! at the Disco show. What follows is his rat ... More >>