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Australia's Gotye on Taking His Offbeat Pop to the Top of the U.S. Charts

Top 10 Signs You're Totally Bored With Rock Music

You are not actually totally bored of rock music. But occasionally, for brief periods, you kinda are. (It's okay.) And how do you know when you've reached your limit of longhairs and Les Pauls? Because you notice some or all of the following signs: 10. Knowing that Dave Grohl is a nice guy no long ... More >>

Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

You are not actually totally bored of rock music. But occasionally, for brief periods, you kinda are. (It's okay.) And how do you know when you've reached your limit of longhairs and Les Pauls? Because you notice some or all of the following signs: 10. Knowing that Dave Grohl is a nice guy no long ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

You are not actually totally bored of rock music. But occasionally, for brief periods, you kinda are. (It's okay.) And how do you know when you've reached your limit of longhairs and Les Pauls? Because you notice some or all of the following signs: 10. Knowing that Dave Grohl is a nice guy no long ... More >>

Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Is Officially Less of an Asshole Than He Used to Be

​Chances are you hate Nickelback -- or at least profess to. Have you ever met anyone who told you they liked Nickelback? I haven't. But somebody, somewhere is buying their records. If they weren't, the band would've quit already (unless its members are still going just to spite the world -- which ... More >>

Saturday Night: Pinback Sorts Through the Chaos at Bottom of the Hill

Beardo!: Pinback at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday night.​Pinback JP Incorporated January 1, 2011 @ Bottom of the HillBetter than: Not distracting one's self from a seething hangover. Sometimes it sounds like Pinback's Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV are singing completely different songs ... More >>

Top 10 Signs the Album You Are About to Hear Is Going to Suck

Uh, did the cover say "Nickelback" on it?​All cliches aside about not judging art/entertainment objects by their covers, sometimes you can predict with perfect confidence that some new record is going to drag you down into a pool of shit. Other times, one or two aspects of some new release -- what ... More >>

Tuesday's Pick: Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, The Henry Clay People

Can you spot the real Tom Gabel?​Silversun PickupsAgainst Me!The Henry Clay PeopleThe Fox Theater, Oakland8 p.m., $35Calling all ufologists and conspiracy buffs! Tonight we can witness evidence of aliens among us -- proof that Pod People do indeed exist. You may notice these Pods' exoskeletons tak ... More >>

Totally True Song: "We All Just Want to be Big Tech Stars"

Continuing the tech-exec-as-rock-star meme we have this silly video, which not only is likely the best thing that could ever come from a Nickelback song, but also features would-be Larrys and Zucks hilariously lip-synching in tech hotspots about venture capital and Luddite bosses. My favorite chorus ... More >>

Last Night: Tim and Eric, Neil Hamburger at Sketchfest

Danielle Hall​Tim and Eric: Pussy Whip Gang Bang, Neil Hamburger January 14, 2010 Mezzanine Better than: Watching This is Spinal Tap for the millionth time. "Q: What do you get when you put a penny in the asshole of each of the members of Smash Mouth? A: Nickelback." This was just one of many ... More >>

Early-Bird Special: Yu-Zen

cygnoir/FlickrYu-Zen's futo maki.​An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review. We all know the taste of mid-grade sushi-joint food like we know the taste of a McDonald's burger: starchy tempura, elaborately gooshy fantasy rolls, watery miso soup. Get something better, and it seem ... More >>

Patterson Hood's flannel anthems

cygnoir/FlickrYu-Zen's futo maki.​An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review. We all know the taste of mid-grade sushi-joint food like we know the taste of a McDonald's burger: starchy tempura, elaborately gooshy fantasy rolls, watery miso soup. Get something better, and it seem ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

Flo Rida, Soulja Boy, Britney Spears Among Top Ten Downloads of the Week

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

DethKlok Brutality at UC Berkeley Limited To Guitar Hero III

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

Black Hole Son

Chris Cornell gets a little help from his friends

Downtuned Apocalypse

The Melvins prove getting Senile ain't so bad

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

Fallen Angels

Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome