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Goldenvoice Announces First City Festival in Monterey With Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, More

Every year seems to bring more entrants to the Northern California music festival scene. The latest is First City, a two-day festival this Aug. 24-25 at the Monterey fairgrounds that will bring out big, indie-leaning names like Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, Toro y Moi, and Neko Case ... More >>

Last Night: Roky Erickson and Okkervil River at the Fillmore

​Roky Erickson and Okkervil River Thursday, March 20, 2010 The Fillmore Better than: Scraping the carpet for that tab you might've dropped several years ago. Roky Erickson spent last night on stage at the Fillmore, backed by a rocking Okkervil River and an enthusiastic crowd, who cheered and sang ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Day Laborers As Video Stars

Roky Erickson and Okkervil River​Psych garage legend Roky Erickson makes his first album in 14 years with Okkervil River, plays The Fillmore with the band tonight. [SF Gate] SF's Monarchs hire Mission day-laborers to star in a music video. [Mission Mission] Hyphy's dead, but what are its stars d ... More >>

Concert preview: Roky Erickson & Okkervil River

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass '09: Steve Martin, Neko Case, and more

Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

Last Night: John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall

John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

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