Nine Inch Nails

Robyn Hitchcock Birthday Show at the Fillmore Will Feature Colin Meloy, Rhett Miller, Amanda Palmer, and More

Robyn Hitchcock, the great former Soft Boys member, solo singer-guitarist, and lover of San Francisco, turned 60 this March 3. And guys like him just don't turn 60 without a big party. So in May, the Fillmore will host ¡Viva Hitchcock!: A 60th Birthday Celebration for Robyn Hitchcock, which will br ... More >>

Why I'm Fine With Playing For Amanda Palmer For Free, By S.F. Cellist Unwoman

Editor's note: There's a flurry of arguments floating around online about independent artist Amanda Palmer asking skilled musicians to play a couple of songs at each stop on her upcoming tour for just beer, merchandise, and affection. Many argue that it isn't fair that Palmer -- who raised more than ... More >>

Live Review, 4/11/12: Radiohead Moves to the Beat in San Jose

Radiohead Wednesday, April 11, 2012 HP Pavilion, San Jose Better than: The way you will dance to weird rhythms when you are 43 and have two kids. Maybe "dancing" isn't quite the right word for it, but whatever you want to call that moving thing Thom Yorke does to the music Radiohead makes these da ... More >>

Saturday: Devo Invokes Sid Vicious and Incites a Mosh Pit at the Fillmore

Devo Jan. 14, 2012 The Fillmore Better than: Bands that try to cash in on '80s nostalgia without keeping up their chops. Watching concerts from bands that were popular in the '80s can be really depressing -- or, in the case of Devo, incredibly energizing. Since its formation in 1973, the band has ... More >>

Beavis and Butt-Head Return Tonight. Here Are Six of Their Greatest Musical Insights

They're back! The horror!​The world-at-large is bound to associate a few things with Beavis and Butt-Head: the '90s, a ballsier MTV, low-grade animation, juvenile delinquency, crude sex talk, and two idiots who loved fire, cappuccinos, and causing mayhem. Another major B&B element that should ... More >>

Producer Adrian Sherwood Helps Celebrate Dub Mission's 15th Anniversary

The Coup's Boots Riley on His Next Record, Hip-Hop for White Kids, and Loving Battlestar Galactia

The Coup's Boots Riley​ It's been almost a decade since 9/11 -- which means (among other things) that it's been 10 years since Boots Riley was seemingly everywhere, coolly responding to outrage over some extremely ill-timed album art depicting explosions at World Trade Center. It's also been f ... More >>

MTV at 30: The Top 10 Most Controversial Music Videos (NSFW)

via Flickr​As MTV celebrates its 30th birthday, it seems poised for a calm middle-aged life in a nice neighborhood, where it can safely raise Jersey Shore and Teen Mom into even more reliable moneymakers. But it wasn't always that way: Before it gave up on music, MTV swept through American hou ... More >>

How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

Last Night: Saul Williams, Earl Greyhound, and American Fangs at the Independent

Saul Williams's facepaint resembled a dolphin crossed with the Star Trek logo​Saul Williams, Earl Greyhound, American Fangs November 10, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Gym Class Heroes, or 2009 David Bowie With a head full of feathers and his face painted like a glittering Star Trek dolphin, ... More >>

Throbbing Gristle's local homecoming

Tom Morello and Boots Riley rage as one in Street Sweeper

Dolly Parton, Free Agent

Camper Van Beethoven at 25: from warm beer to funny ideas

George Michael refuses to play the polite pop star

Danzig Breaks Shoulder, Still to Rock SF

Almost Humon

Pioneering local music curator opens a new world-class venue in SOMA

Highly Evolved

Psychic TV's long-awaited reunion pales in comparison to singer Genesis P-Orridge's odd transformation

Award Show Performers

Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Ruby Skye

Girls Gone Mild

If only the SuicideGirls' wildly popular soft-porn Web site translated into a decent stage show

SHOPS

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor celebrates "Indie-Pendence Day," Germanic shock rock, and Cheap Trick covers

Trouble in Mind

The Cell dives into the brain of a killer, but it's a shallow pool

Dead Head

Mr. Death

The Golden Spike

Actor and rock video director Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich is an odd masterpiece. So why is Jonze scared of his own shadow?

Oh, the Horror!

Riff Raff

Night+Day

Kiddie Primer

He Came From Memphis

The original Panther Burn

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The Bloody Pulpit

Al Jourgensen on Filth Pig, Buck Owens, and cabin fever, Texas-style

Groin Pains

Mallrats and The Doom Generation join the parade of movies about horny, disaffected kids

Night+Day

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