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May 12, 2009
Last Night: The Vaselines at Bimbo's
Wade GrubbsThe Vaselines and the Dutchess & the Duke at Bimbo's 365 Club Monday, May 11, 2009 By Wade Grubbs Better than: Nirvana playing the Vaselines' songs. Really. The Vaselines played their first-ever San Francisco gig Monday night at a packed Bimbo's. Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee form ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Light in the Attic's West Coast Retail Tour
In the old days of the music industry, label staff loaded up their station wagons with vinyl albums and promotional goodies, and set off on Odyssey -like road trips across America, stopping at every mom'n'pop retail shop along the way. The goal was to establish direct, personal relationships with re ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
Steve Albini is built for the long haul
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Patterson Hood's flannel anthems
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart stock up for indie stardom
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September 8, 2009
Last Night: Wavves at Rickshaw Stop
Wavves Rickshaw Stop Sunday, Sept. 7th, 2009 By Noah Sanders So Much Better than: an 80-foot tall burning man. After last night's Wavves show at Rickshaw Stop, a new trifecta of criteria has arisen for the near-perfect show. One, the performance must fall on a holiday/on the final days of ... More >>
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September 30, 2009
Kinda Like Hair Club for Men
Wavves Rickshaw Stop Sunday, Sept. 7th, 2009 By Noah Sanders So Much Better than: an 80-foot tall burning man. After last night's Wavves show at Rickshaw Stop, a new trifecta of criteria has arisen for the near-perfect show. One, the performance must fall on a holiday/on the final days of ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10
This week is all about local artist holiday bazaars, local rock 'n' roll, and free (non-locally made) Chevy Chase classics. Cheap bastards, your weekend recommendations below...feel free to add to this list in the comments section. Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk & Hayes Valley Holi ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Ten years of music videos: A treadmill, a stanky romance, and a YouTube dream
This week is all about local artist holiday bazaars, local rock 'n' roll, and free (non-locally made) Chevy Chase classics. Cheap bastards, your weekend recommendations below...feel free to add to this list in the comments section. Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk & Hayes Valley Holi ... More >>
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March 20, 2010
SXSW Friday PM Pt. 2: Hole's Botoxed '90s Flashback
Jeff MillerIf you wanted the '90s delivered to your festival this week, you had two obvious choices: Stone Temple Pilots and Hole. And I'll give you one guess as to which toxic, tempermental frontperson had the nostalgia addicts lining up really early to see if she'd shine or offer a shit show.&n ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
An Intro to Elliott Smith: Why We're Not Comfortable with a Greatest Hits Collection
Mmm... Garamond Pro. On Wednesday Kill Rock Stars and Domino announced the early November release of An Introduction to... Elliott Smith. It's been almost seven years since Smith stabbed himself in the chest, since which time his grave has hardly been quiet, what with a posthumous album, and a co ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Hot Hot Heat and 22-20s at Rickshaw Stop
Hot Hot Heat 22-20s Hey Rosetta! August 19, 2010 @ the Rickshaw StopBetter than: The cold cold cold everywhere else in the city.Say what you will: time has rounded off none of Hot Hot Heat's angularities. They were innocuous angles in the early aughts, "post-punk" in a period ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Panda Bear: Show Preview
Hot Hot Heat 22-20s Hey Rosetta! August 19, 2010 @ the Rickshaw StopBetter than: The cold cold cold everywhere else in the city.Say what you will: time has rounded off none of Hot Hot Heat's angularities. They were innocuous angles in the early aughts, "post-punk" in a period ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
The New Up: Sultry Psych-Pop Jams for the End of the World and Beyond
Hey, remember Garbage? No no, hear me out. If you go back and revisit their first album, the one with the pink feathers, I think you'll find time has proven them right about a few things: a balance between heavy-alternative jangle and fetching lead melodies, the virtue of buzzing guitars and a rh ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Teenage Fanclub chases lost songcraft on its ninth album
Hey, remember Garbage? No no, hear me out. If you go back and revisit their first album, the one with the pink feathers, I think you'll find time has proven them right about a few things: a balance between heavy-alternative jangle and fetching lead melodies, the virtue of buzzing guitars and a rh ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
The Vaselines sex up the ex factor with their new record
Hey, remember Garbage? No no, hear me out. If you go back and revisit their first album, the one with the pink feathers, I think you'll find time has proven them right about a few things: a balance between heavy-alternative jangle and fetching lead melodies, the virtue of buzzing guitars and a rh ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
The Vaselines Mock Each Other's Sexual Performance at Great American Music Hall
Frances McKeeThe VaselinesDum Dum GirlsOctober 20, 2010@ Great American Music HallBetter than: Your significant other making fun of your performance in bed.If the whole music thing doesn't work out, the Vaselines could make a killing at stand-up comedy. Last night at Great American Music Hall, ex ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Radiohead's The King of Limbs: A First Listen
If Radiohead wants to move in real time, we music critics can oblige. I'm putting on the just-dropped The King of Limbs and engaging it as I listen. Here's a first take: "Bloom" Thom Yorke guested on Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma last year, and not wanting to be outdone, swiped a falling-down ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Drink 2011: Party Like It's 1999 -- Or Earlier
If Radiohead wants to move in real time, we music critics can oblige. I'm putting on the just-dropped The King of Limbs and engaging it as I listen. Here's a first take: "Bloom" Thom Yorke guested on Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma last year, and not wanting to be outdone, swiped a falling-down ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Drink 2011: Party Like It's 1999 -- Or Earlier
If Radiohead wants to move in real time, we music critics can oblige. I'm putting on the just-dropped The King of Limbs and engaging it as I listen. Here's a first take: "Bloom" Thom Yorke guested on Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma last year, and not wanting to be outdone, swiped a falling-down ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Taiwanese Company Releases Animation of Teen Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge (Video)
Iconic ... for many reasonsLast week, SF Weekly told readers about an audacious high school teen who jumped nearly 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge "for kicks." The kid survived, and the story went viral -- so much so that a foreign media company released a video animation with its own spin o ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Watch an Amazing Video of Nirvana Playing at the Cow Palace and Destroying Shit from 1991
Breaking shit since 1987This will remind you '90s-swiping teenyboppers of the high-as-fuck standards you have to live up to: A heretofore "rare" video of Nirvana playing the Cow Palace in Daly City (right next to S.F.) from 1991. Shot from the side of the stage, the clip shows the band screa ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
S.F.'s Papercuts Make a Dreamy, Stunning Sub Pop Debut
Breaking shit since 1987This will remind you '90s-swiping teenyboppers of the high-as-fuck standards you have to live up to: A heretofore "rare" video of Nirvana playing the Cow Palace in Daly City (right next to S.F.) from 1991. Shot from the side of the stage, the clip shows the band screa ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Toke Along with Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Then See Them at the Independent Tonight
This week: Toke along with Scala & Kolacny Brothers. Behind the buzz: Anyone claiming mystification at this Coachella-bound rock choir needs a sharp rap across the skull with one of those dildos left over from a Die Antwoord video. You'd think cultural memory of a lopsided pair of So ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Metallica Fans More Likely to 'Do It' on a First Date, Dumb Survey Says
"Nice to meet you. Wanna do it?"Surprise! Metallica and Nirvana fans are more likely to have sex on a first date, while those who like Coldplay and Adele are the least likely to go all the way.Those are the findings of a not-entirely-scientific survey by online dating site Tastebuds, which matche ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Mudhoney: Show Preview
"Nice to meet you. Wanna do it?"Surprise! Metallica and Nirvana fans are more likely to have sex on a first date, while those who like Coldplay and Adele are the least likely to go all the way.Those are the findings of a not-entirely-scientific survey by online dating site Tastebuds, which matche ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
In Defense of Miley Cyrus Covering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
It is with zero regret that we inform you of the existence of this: Miley Cyrus, Hannah of Montana, daughter of the "Achy Breaky Heart" dude, covering the Nirvana anthem/ gauntlet/ masterpiece "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Horrified? Witness:
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May 6, 2011
One '90s Reunion That Won't Happen: The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins in 1990. Sigh. This '90s revival thing is off the hook. Even Soundgarden is getting back together after 14 years to drive around the U.S. and blast old, loud-ass songs like "Spoonman" and "Fell on Black Days" to apparently eager audiences. But there's one big '90s rock ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Six Extremely Weird Cover Songs, Featuring Bill Shatner, Dolly Parton, and ... Pat Boone?
Between Miley Cyrus covering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and now Ben Folds covering "Sleazy" by (our guilty pleasure du jour) Ke$ha, we felt it was only appropriate this week, that we compile some other unexpected covers. Here are six of the weirdest we can think of. 6. Sonic Youth do ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
The Foo Fighters and Their Hilarious Ice Preferences Are Coming to Oakland This Fall
The world's foremost connoisseurs of beverage ice. We can honestly say that, until a few moments ago, we never gave any thought to the shape of the ice cubes in our drinks, much less the company that made the machine that created them. The peak of our lifetime's worth of ice-related contempla ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Why Oh Why: Souls of Mischief's A-Plus Drops Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute EP
The music makes about as much sense as the cover art. Maybe there was something in his blunt. Otherwise, what the hell was A-Plus thinking? The Oakland rapper -- a member of the celebrated alternative hip-hop crews Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics -- just went and dropped a tribute EP cal ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Battlehooch on Visiting Abandoned Amusement Parks, Signing Names in Blood, and Getting Covered in Goo
Lydia WhiteDon't be fooled by its goofy demeanor and goofier name -- Battlehooch means business. Since signing a pact to form officially in 2007, the group has released an EP and two full-length LPs, toured the country, and even created a video series around its adventures. Band members have ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Two Pig Places, Cafe des Amis' Latest Change, and More
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Oddly enough S.F. is welcoming two pig-named restaurants to the scene. Grub Street reports Castro's Nirvana is set to close, and will be replaced by The Dancing Pigs (544 Castro at 18th St.), no word yet o ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Rascal Flatts Is the Worst Hugely Popular Music Act in America
Executive Visions, Inc.Rascal Flatts or a heartland radio station's morning zoo?Rascal Flatts will be performing tonight at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in San Jose. We won't be there. Rascal Flatts is produced by the guy who played guitar on "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. That's not reason en ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
The Top 10 Hottest Men in Grunge
Sure, it was the era of long, dirty hair and long johns worn to the bar -- but '90s grunge sure did throw up some eye candy. Here, to honor the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, as well as Cameron Crowe's new Pearl Jam documentary Twenty, are the top 10 hottest men of grunge. (Tomorrow, we'll ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Five Amazing Grunge Artifacts That Time (and You) Forgot
You stopped scrawling "World Domination" on the backs of school notebooks. You swapped your Pearl Jam Christmas singles for some Warp Records vinyl when you were graciously informed that this was the next big thing. You didn't recognize Kim Thayil in that recent photograph, what with his nav ... More >>
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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 18, 2011
Is Courtney Love Mentally Ill?
In case you missed it, last Saturday, while performing at Brazil's SWU festival, Courtney Love had a minor meltdown after an audience member repeatedly held up a photo of Kurt Cobain. "I don't need to see a picture of Kurt, asshole!" she yelled. "And I'm going to have you fucking removed if you ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Mozzeria Marks a First, Tacolicious II and Mosto Open, and Amphawa Thai Noodle House
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A wife's dream to open a restaurant and a husband's love for pizza will meld together in Mozzeria, the Neapolitan-style pizzeria slated to open in the Mission. And as the new restauranteurs prepare to ope ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Sad But True: How the Black Album Both Made and Ruined Metallica
See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and Lots of Talking Can't Make It to Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concerts? Celebrate at These Shows Instead Popular music is fixated with jumping-off points, springbo ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Better, Later, and on the Air: A Wish list for S.F. Music in 2012
See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and Lots of Talking Can't Make It to Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concerts? Celebrate at These Shows Instead Popular music is fixated with jumping-off points, springbo ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The Dancing Pig is on the Way, 20 Spot Details, and Yet Wah Remains Closed -- For Now
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Dancing Pig is readying to jig its way into the Castro this Winter. Grub Street notes that Nirvana closed last week, and the pending BBQ joint is readying to open in February; expect a full bar with a ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
The Top Five Most Bizarre Superbowl Halftime Shows
Oh, the hallowed and hyped Superbowl halftime show. This Sunday, we will bear witness to the unholy alliance of Madonna, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj performing together, which will be -- well, beyond interesting, we're not quite sure. Sometimes, though, the stars align and something truly magical hap ... More >>
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