Pete Townshend

The S.F. International Film Festival Stirs Up Ethical Dilemmas

SF Weekly Letters

Five Things Pete Townshend Got Wrong About iTunes and the Online Music Industry

Phyllis KeatingPete Townshend​Last night, Who guitarist Pete Townshend made a rousing speech at a British radio festival, blasting Apple's iTunes store for its treatment of musicians "whose work it bleeds like a digital vampire." His speech even included a list of things Townshend believes App ... More >>

This IS It: A Letter to the Perfume-Shilling Julian Casablancas

Something stinks, and it's you.​Dear Julian Casablancas, Remember how the Strokes were good that one time in 2001? Yeah, we're ready to forget that ever happened -- but then again, we're pretty sure you already have. Once upon a time, you brought us the bouncy, gritty swagger of "Last Nite" ... More >>

The Eels' Mr. E on Becoming Jimmy Page's Hero, Playing in China, and Making Difficult Albums

Eels​ Before Girls' Christopher Owens, there was another rock star whose curiously tragic backstory prefaced any mention of his name. Mark E Everett, or Mr. E, of The Eels is undoubtedly one of the most interesting rock stars around. Despite his reclusive demeanor, often hiding like the Unabo ... More >>

Smashed $27,500 Bass Leads to Lawsuit

A double bass -- in a single piece​When musician Dave Carroll's $3,500 guitar was broken on a United Airlines flight, he did what musicians can be expected to do: He wrote a song about it. Kenneth Laxer has, to date, penned no ditties -- though he's lost a far more valuable instrument to the custo ... More >>

Swimmin in Baked Beans

A double bass -- in a single piece​When musician Dave Carroll's $3,500 guitar was broken on a United Airlines flight, he did what musicians can be expected to do: He wrote a song about it. Kenneth Laxer has, to date, penned no ditties -- though he's lost a far more valuable instrument to the custo ... More >>

Who Fans to Make-Out on Saturday

Well, that headline is technically true, but lemme explain. Local genre-hoppers Mushroom will settle into some old school Who material this Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Make-Out Room. The band, which features members of Citay and Brightblack Morning Light, will be performing Pete Townshend's sci fi rock ... More >>

The Trail of Dead Winds Thru S.F. in Mid-March (Be Afraid ... Be Very Afraid)

Arty Texas post-hardcore band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has a new album, The Century of Self *, due out in February. The group'll also be hitting the asphalt for a national tour, which finds its way into Slim's on Monday, March 16; tickets cost $18 and go on sale this Sunday, Jan ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Mushroom

Arty Texas post-hardcore band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has a new album, The Century of Self *, due out in February. The group'll also be hitting the asphalt for a national tour, which finds its way into Slim's on Monday, March 16; tickets cost $18 and go on sale this Sunday, Jan ... More >>

Brightblack Morning Light's slow-rock movement

Arty Texas post-hardcore band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has a new album, The Century of Self *, due out in February. The group'll also be hitting the asphalt for a national tour, which finds its way into Slim's on Monday, March 16; tickets cost $18 and go on sale this Sunday, Jan ... More >>

Cheese puffs and sexual pokes

Arty Texas post-hardcore band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has a new album, The Century of Self *, due out in February. The group'll also be hitting the asphalt for a national tour, which finds its way into Slim's on Monday, March 16; tickets cost $18 and go on sale this Sunday, Jan ... More >>

Dan in Reel Life

Cobbled together from better movies, Steve Carell's latest is strike two

Gimme Indie Rock!

Local promoters take a big risk to give S.F. a music fest that will restore the city's cool cred

Feed Your Hed

Local promoters take a big risk to give S.F. a music fest that will restore the city's cool cred

Last Night: The Fratellis at the Fillmore

Local promoters take a big risk to give S.F. a music fest that will restore the city's cool cred

Who's Next

The Makes Nice thrusts mod-rock into the 21st century

Causing tension with the Buzzcocks; The Cops bring on the fuzz

The Makes Nice thrusts mod-rock into the 21st century

Quiet Is the New Loud

Have a blast dialing down entertainment options this year

Swindled Art

Have a blast dialing down entertainment options this year

Divide and Convolute

The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the brother-sister pair hacks, geniuses, or somehow both?

Politics Unusual

A Brit takes on the American system

Guided by Voices

Earthquake Glue

House of Tudor

Comic Neil Hamburger tells lame, awkward anti-jokes. What's so funny about that?

Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians

Rock 'n' roll may make you famous, but it doesn't make you a good writer

Terence Trent D'Arby

Wild Card

Shop Till You Drop

Forget Kurt Cobain's Journals, and try Eminem's To-Do Lists instead

Eyes Half Open

Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland

House Of Tudor

Gothic blues, creature features, and a respite for the H.E.A.R.-ing impaired

Mars Attacks

There's no reason to fear Red Planet -- especially if you like high energy, old-fashioned rock

Cleared for Takeoff

With a brilliant sophomore album, Jets to Brazil both embraces and escapes the past

Reel World

Flaming Creatures; Chungking Express; D.O.A.

House Of Tudor

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Uncharted Territories

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Night+Day

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Samples

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

SFO3 1996

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Chatterbox

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation