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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Stern Grove 2012 Lineup: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ozomatli, OK GO, and More to Play Free This Summer

Festival season is now in full swing. And San Francisco's own Stern Grove Festival -- which brings free performances to that serene grove on the western side of the city -- just announced its 2012 lineup, which includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ozomatli, and OK Go. Along with the unique artists ... More >>

A Guide to NorCal Music Festivals

Festival season is now in full swing. And San Francisco's own Stern Grove Festival -- which brings free performances to that serene grove on the western side of the city -- just announced its 2012 lineup, which includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ozomatli, and OK Go. Along with the unique artists ... More >>

Q&A w/ Joyo Velarde of Quannum Projects

​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

Poleng Lounge to Close in Jan., Anna's Jazz Island Closed

Poleng Lounge, soon to be R.I.P.​January is a bad month for pink slips. Not only have I been getting multiple goodbye emails from publicists laid off from their jobs at the labels in the past week, but now I'm getting word about local venues that are shuttering in 2010. The biggest among them is P ... More >>

The High and Low Life

New Year's Eve options abound for both champagne and beer budgets.

Last Night: Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif at the Independent

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

Ozomatli Plays Four Nights at the Fillmore in Dec.

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

Saturday and Sunday: Slow Food Rocks

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

Phil Lesh Added to Slow Food Rocks Fest

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

Survival of the fittest for the summer’s big music events

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

Jesus Diaz y Su QBA, Ozomatli, Horn of Dagoth -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, August 7

​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Music Live, Worth the Drive

Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

Music Highlights

Bands reunited, sock-stuffing legends, and chanteuses from Charo to Chaka? It could only mean summer sounds in the Bay Area!

Ozomatli

Street Signs

One Nation, Under Funk

DJ Motion Potion's populist approach to spreading the funk has got dance-floor denizens hot, bothered, and coming back for more

House of Tudor

Nuclear subs, gothic hip hop, and a world-traveled septet's motley musical influences

Fruits of Hard Labor

MC Kiwi brings a Filipino treat to the hip hop dinner table

House Of Tudor

Damned; Money Mark Nishita; Cousteau; Nigel Peppercock

Various Artists

The Funky Precedent Vol 2 (Matador/No Mayo)

Letters to the Editor

Published April 26, 2000

The House of Tudor

Published April 26, 2000

Night +Day

Published April 26, 2000

Night + Day

Published April 26, 2000

Night + Day

Published April 26, 2000

Riff Raff

Published April 26, 2000

House of Tudor

Published April 26, 2000

The House of Tudor

Published April 26, 2000