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Ridiculous Websites Claim S.F. Doesn't Lead the Country in Brewing or General Booziness

So we do understand that, statistically speaking, San Francisco can't be the best at everything food- and drink-wise (even though it totally is), and also that complaining about silly Internet lists is like complaining about philandering politicians or high gas prices -- these things will happen no ... More >>

The Faint: Show Preview

The Top Five Shows in San Francisco This Week

5. The Faint @ Regency Ballroom, Saturday, Nov. 17 The first time you heard The Faint's album Danse Macabre, you probably were struck by how distinctive it was. This album was dance music for people who only listened to indie music -- what a brilliant concept! Not to make you aging hipsters feel old ... More >>

Charles J. Dowd, Retired S.F. Firefighter, Disappears After Boarding Amtrak Train

Authorities are looking for Charles J. Dowd, a San Mateo resident and former San Francisco firefighter, who mysteriously vanished after he boarded an Amtrak train in the East Bay earlier this week. Dowd, 69, boarded a train in Emeryville on Wednesday morning with plans to change trains in Chicago on ... More >>

How To Not Piss Off Tyga at His S.F. Show

Los Angeles rapper Tyga's March 19 concert in Omaha, Nebraska didn't end well -- after the show, there was a shootout. The rapper told XXL that a local act was mad because Tyga wouldn't let the group open up for him on the spur of the moment, and that the locals started throwing debris on the stage ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Relax, Relate, Release at 222 Hyde, Mike Simonetti at Monarch, Nina Kraviz at Public Works, and More

Here we are again: Another week is coming to an end and another crop of parties is immanently approaching. In fact, this time around you don't even need to wait for Friday to have a good time. Read on--your weekend awaits. Thursday, March 22 What: Relax, Relate, Release: One-Year Anniversary Where ... More >>

Critic's Notebook: Counting Crows Play the Non-Hits at Slim's

Anyone hoping for a live performance of August and Everything After at Counting Crows' intimate Slim's show on Friday -- or even a tour through some of the band's biggest, best songs -- was in for a pretty big disappointment. Granted, the show wasn't billed as one of those concerts where an older b ... More >>

S.F.'s Eux Autres: '60s Pop-Rock with Love to France

By J POET For most of the past 20 years, indie bands pretended the '60s never happened. Today the sounds of the Summer of Love are back in a big way, albeit with a modern spin that will keep old hippies from getting too wistful. San Francisco trio Eux Autres (say ooz-oh-tra) has been playing retro- ... More >>

Interview: Alexander Payne Discusses "The Descendants," Pessimism, Failure, Filmmaking

Bright Eyes: Show Preview

Daunte Culpepper, Jeff Garcia Players of the Week. Really.

Daunte Culpepper is 'Player of the Week.' Yes, it's 2010.​In the year 2000, life was good. The economy was booming and young quarterbacks Jeff Garcia and Daunte Culpepper were the class of the league. Fast-forwarding 10 years, much has changed. But former 49er Garcia and onetime Raider Culpepper a ... More >>

Slow's 'Margherita'

John BirdsallHeirloom tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil on "puffed flat bread" ($5).​Monday, August 16, 2010 Kyle Anderson isn't the first chef to be gobsmacked by Bay Area farmers' markets. He might, however, be the first to chuck an exec chef gig in Omaha, Neb., to wangle access to produce th ... More >>

Album That Time Time Sort Of Forgot: Desaparecidos' 'Read Music/Speak Spanish'

Bill Sitzmann​Today sees the stateside release of the Arcade Fire's third full-length album, The Suburbs, which supposedly kicks ass. Not having heard it, I will instead ruminate on another album about suburbs: Read Music/Speak Spanish, the first and only record by Omaha's Desaparecidos. The ye ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Blondes Have Fun, Buttons Get Depressed

Jokers of the Scene​This week's offerings focus mostly on contemporary electro. Not straight-up electro, but permutations of the style as buzzing rave music, groovy techno beats, revivalist acid-house, and updated disco beats. No matter what you want to call it, we'll just say it's dance music--an ... More >>

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Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Protest Prop 8, Master/Slave and TV on the Radio: Your Weekend Hitlist:

Pre-Toronto, Post-Telluride Film Festival Musings

MP3 of the Day: Box Elders

Tilly and the Wall tap into a new beat

Brother Ali's 'Truth Is Here' Tour Reaches SF in March

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Salmonella Flavored Tainted Banquet Pot Pies May Have Caused Outbreak

Salmonella Flavored Tainted Banquet Pot Pies May Have Caused Outbreak

LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

LastNight: Social D, Interpol and the Faint Duke It Out at BFD 2007

Rabbit Season

Jenny Lewis emerges as a solo force to be reckoned with, and brings her hardscrabble past with her

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

In the Year 2005

Like killer bees and cheap labor, this year's music and fashion trends are charging up from the South (by Southwest)

Real to Reel

Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement

Hear This

Talking work and sex with Beep Beep's unhappy-hour dance party; Steve Earle reminds us that he's a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll

Turn Around, Bright Eyes

Indie icon Conor Oberst grows up -- and blows up

Whining and Dining

An intriguing wine list and excellent tapas are perfect after Sideways

Son, Ambulance

Key

Love on the Rocks

The story of a doomed relationship makes up Album of the Year, the Good Life's absorbing new record

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, July 7, 2004

A Big Hit

Hairspray charms

Saddle Chic

Sharing a spotlight with Bright Eyes is no easy task. But Cursive is up for it.

The Future's So Bright

Meet "the new Bob Dylan," aka Conor Oberst, who knows pain despite his young age

Best Mobile Landmarks

Desaparecidos

Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)

Sound Advice

Monstrous rock, sourdough shapeliness, post-apocalyptic calligraphy, and "soul travel"

Rubble With a Mortgage

What could be worse than a devasting earthquake in the Bay Area? The day after, when we all realize that no one is covered by insurance.

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

House Of Tudor

Fisherman’s Famous San Francisco Burlesque; Haunted Barn; Jill Tracy and Her Malcontent Orchestra; Mad Scientists Halloween

Deconstructing Hootie

After a lengthy hiatus, the old-timey folkies in the Muskrats want to revive the folk revival

Spite in the Heartland

High School Unhinged

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