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The Strokes Go Donkey Kong With "One Way Trigger"

Before we play you the new Strokes single, "One Way Trigger," we feel like we should warm you up a little bit. We don't want to rush this. We want to get you in just the right mood. So, before we get to the main event, we're going to play you a little something that's in the same vein. This was the ... More >>

Animal Collective's Centipede Hz: A First Listen

I'm not an Animal Collective fan. I like Strawberry Jam a lot, and I cherish a few individual songs elsewhere, particularly "Summertime Clothes" (not least because it sounds just like the theme from Snoopy Come Home, which I loved as a kid). But their rhythms are so clumpy, melodies so soupy, and "i ... More >>

Justin Bieber's Believe: A First Listen

Like my colleague Andrew Stout, I have mostly managed to avoid Justin Bieber for what I'm pretty sure are good reasons. He's a typical "innocent" white male singer trying to represent universality to nonwhites and nonmales. Then there's his musical blandness: bits that crept through my defenses of " ... More >>

Laughs and Drudgery: An Afternoon at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studio

Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth: A First Listen

​Van Halen is about one thing: revenge. Eddie brought in Sammy to get rid of Dave, flirted with Dave again to get rid of Sammy, brought in Gary Cherone to clear out the building, trained his own son to replace his most loyal member, and brought Dave back in for now. Don't be surprised if he cans h ... More >>

Meet the New Morrissey: Twin Shadow (Capably) Summons Reagan-Era Pop

Is It Real, or Is It Internet?

S.F. Asks Kids to Bike to School: Is This a Good Idea?

Look out for bad drivers!​Later this week watch for those youngsters -- some 3,000 little ones -- to saddle banana seats and pedal their Huffys to the schoolyard as part of the third annual Bike To School Day.Think: Critical Mass with handle streamers and less aggro hipsters.Wait a minute -- is th ... More >>

Lazer Sword Will Finally Release its First Album Nov. 2

Lazer Sword's self-titled album's cover art​Even though Low Limit and Lando Kal aren't San Francisco residents any longer, the two producers' collaborative project, Lazer Sword, has long been the darling of our city's electronic beat scene. In fact, the duo have been working hard at their next-lev ... More >>

High-Fivin' anthems from Fang Island

Videogame Companies Go to the Mattresses In Battle Over 'Mafia Wars'

'Made it, Ma! Top of the world!' Going out in a ball of flames exchanging gunfire with the cops: Very gangster. A federal lawsuit regarding a Web ad: Not so much. In a case that features two of the silliest-named litigants to ever spar in San Francisco's federal district court, Zynga is suing Playdo ... More >>

Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Guantánamo's Last Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

Year of the Ram

Mickey Rourke climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler.

Lord of the Ring

Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky make visceral comebacks in The Wrestler.

Guitar Hero and Rock Band give new meaning to "rock and roll excess"

Last Night: M.I.A. at the SF Design Center

Undead on Arrival

House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever.

Zelda, Halo, BioShock get Symphony Orchestra Treatment at Video Games Live in SF

The Media Is a Mess Age in George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

The Best Art Prints on the Web: Creep Machine's Josh Curates His Top 5 of the Week

iPhones and Doggy Sex Toys: BetterKnowanSFBlog - Gizmodo

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Bored Games

All the beer in the world can't save Mario Party 8

Rolling Paper

Super Paper Mario is flat-out fun

Future Games

She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems

MIDI Me

Eats Tapes gets the party started

Brotherly Love

New Super Mario Bros. scores by plumbing old ideas

What We Talk About When We Talk About Spin

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers

Dream Child

Robert Rodriguez and his kids conjure up a charming 3-D fantasy

Hella

Church Gone Wild/Chirpin' Hard

Grumpy Old Punks

In the age of Blink-182 and Yellowcard, being punk ain't what it used to be. Just ask the seniors in Pirx the Pilot.

Geek Chic

Stanford Junior MC Lars Horris may not unseat Eminem, but, with luck, he might be the next "Weird Al"

Auto Erotic

When cars are this sensuous, you have to call them hot rods

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Magic Carpet Ride

Aladdin lacks focus, but then, so do kids' lives

Annual Resolution

Focus in on digital filmmaking at this year's ResFest

Too Young to Die

They are the "AIDS babies." Born before doctors learned how to prevent HIV transmission to newborns, hundreds of California kids are growing up under the burden of a deadly disease.

The Full Treatment

Is TV ready for the Web?

CyberTowne U.S.A.

Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

Chip Shot

Psychic Detective supplants narrative with computerized gimmickry