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    April 17, 2012

    Outside Lands 2012 Lineup: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Skrillex, Jack White, Foo Fighters, and More

    Outside Lands just released the lineup for 2012, its fifth year -- and it's a big one. Headliners include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Skrillex, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Justice, Beck, Sigur Ros, and more. The festival takes place in Golden Gate Park Friday through Sunday, ... More >>

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    February 16, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Lights Down Low Celebrates Six Years, Tim Sweeney and Rebolledo at Monarch, Carl Craig Returns, and More

    Well, San Francisco, this time around you're in it for the long haul. From megaparties to videotheques, this weekend's festivities have something for just about everyone. For dance music fans, it's a rare time when choices and sacrifices will need to be made. But that's enough preamble, let's get in ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Laurent Garnier, Octave One, Steve Aoki, and More

    There's so much going on in San Francisco these days that it can sometimes be hard to keep track of it all. This weekend is no exception, with a whole crop of alluring events. We've got a big party tonight (Jan. 19) featuring French techno mastermind Laurent Garnier, a performance on Friday by class ... More >>

  • Music

    June 1, 2011

    Architecture in Helsinki Finds a Lean New Sound

    There's so much going on in San Francisco these days that it can sometimes be hard to keep track of it all. This weekend is no exception, with a whole crop of alluring events. We've got a big party tonight (Jan. 19) featuring French techno mastermind Laurent Garnier, a performance on Friday by class ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    The Dodos Have a Brawl in Ultra-Noir 'Black Night' Video

    ​Good week for sumptuous and slightly sinister black-and-white videos from San Francisco acts. This one, for "Black Night," the first song off of No Color (aha!), finds local duo The Dodos channeling equal parts Johnny Cash and Fleet Foxes over an ever-stranger, ever-tenser assemblage of split-sec ... More >>

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    March 10, 2011

    Starfucker Channels Disco-Pop Forerunners at Rickshaw Stop

    Starfucker at Rickshaw Stop last night.​Starfucker Unkown Mortal Orchestra March 9, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Naming a child with an obscenity. Ladies, I'd like to introduce your Passion Pit/MGMT stand-ins. Scream softly, please. But listen up: don't tell Mom and Dad what you're snea ... More >>

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    February 14, 2011

    The Jealous Guys Talk Love, Sample Clapton on New Mixtape

    Yuri Bond​In honor of this cloudy, rainy Valentines day, S.F. rap duo The Jealous Guys are releasing The Love Mixtape, their first collection of tracks made available to the world. If the mixtape's title wasn't enough of a giveaway, they dedicate seventeen songs to the L-word, with no-nonsense, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Royal Bangs Hold a Half-Full S.F. Coming Out Party at Rickshaw Stop

    Royal Bangs last night at Rickshaw Stop​Royal Bangs Foster the People January 20, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Southern Rock at any point in time. If last night's Royal Bangs show was one of those we-saw-them-way-back-when nights, it was also a we-walked-out-on-them-way-back-when nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Michael Cera Joins Mister Heavenly at Cafe Du Nord for Fractured Rock, Bad S.F. Jokes

    Nick Thorburn and Michael Cera at Cafe Du Nord last night. Pics by Ian, with apologies for backs of heads.​Mister HeavenlyJelHigh WindsDecember 2, 2010@ Cafe Du NordBetter than: [Insert witticism about Michael Cera playing bass in the movies.]And so it came to pass that last night, Michael Cera pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    So, What Exactly Is A "Supergroup"? Some (Not Entirely Serious) Definitions

    Mister Heavenly​The news today out of indieville is that Sub Pop has signed Mister Heavenly, a new group featuring Nick Diamonds from Islands, Honus Honus from Man Man, and Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse. (Can we pause for a second to ponder what a mischievous mindfuck this outfit will be? Have you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    CD Review: Baths' 'Cerulean'

    Baths' 'Cerulean'​You've got to be thankful for the hopeless romantics. Without their uninhibited dedication to all things joyous, uplifting, and love-soaked, music wouldn't be anything like it is today. Somehow, these uncynical musicians and producers can turn some of the most jaded, oversexed, p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Coachella in Photos: Jay-Z, She & Him, Perry Farrell, Boots Riley, More

    We had our own little Coachella last week in SF, with shows by MGMT, Beach House, Faith No More, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the Dead Weather, Passion Pit, Spoon, and Atoms For Peace, among other Bay Area gigs. But photographer Christopher Victoria went to the actual Coachella down south and sent us the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Last Night: Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne, & Bear Hands at the Warfield

    Eric Lawson​Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne, Bear Hands Thursday, April 15, 2010 The Warfield Better Than: Having a solo dance party in your room while blasting Passion Pit. Musically, it doesn't make a lot of sense to put Bear Hands, Mayer Hawthorne, and Passion Pit on the same bill. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Sasquatch! Music Festival Lineup: Pavement, Dam-Funk, Girls, Massive Attack, the XX

    Joseph SchellEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: festival favorites​More music news today for festicationers: Sasquatch! Music Festival laid out its lineup last night at a party at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. This Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) the indie rock caravans will head to Washington's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Track(s) of the Day: Wallpaper. Gives Away Free Mixtape

    ​Wallpaper.'s remix of Das Racist's hilarious fast food anthem "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" was one of my top singles of 2009. But grabbing the local producer's revision involved far too much Google hunting. Now Wallpaper.'s offering that gem, along with his other party-starting remixes ( ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Listomania 2009: College Records of the Year

    ​Wallpaper.'s remix of Das Racist's hilarious fast food anthem "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" was one of my top singles of 2009. But grabbing the local producer's revision involved far too much Google hunting. Now Wallpaper.'s offering that gem, along with his other party-starting remixes ( ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    December's best holiday music events

    ​Wallpaper.'s remix of Das Racist's hilarious fast food anthem "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" was one of my top singles of 2009. But grabbing the local producer's revision involved far too much Google hunting. Now Wallpaper.'s offering that gem, along with his other party-starting remixes ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Here Comes Christmas: Your Seasonal Nightlife Picks

    The Golden Girls, S.F.-style​It's a shame to start the holidays with so much news about shopping when there are plenty of other ways to milk December for all its worth.Personally, I'm a big fan of The Golden Girls - The Christmas Episodes. In the hands of comedic drag queens Cookie Dough, Matthew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Treasure Island Music Festival, Day One

    It takes an iron will and a penchant for risk to submit to the risky calculus of the day-long music festival. In the weeks leading up to the Treasure Island Music Festival, there was no doubt that the lineup would yield something for just about any modern music fan from dreaded dubstep nodders to ho ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Treasure Island: The Limousines crack dancefloor codes

    It takes an iron will and a penchant for risk to submit to the risky calculus of the day-long music festival. In the weeks leading up to the Treasure Island Music Festival, there was no doubt that the lineup would yield something for just about any modern music fan from dreaded dubstep nodders to ho ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    Just Tweet It

    Wallpaper.’s Eric Frederic is an unstoppable viral music producer. But can the incessant songwriting, video blogging, and booty tweeting make him a star?

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