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Cochella on 420: Meet the Most Stoned Festivalgoers

See also: *The Best of Coachella: Friday, April 20 *Our Complete Coachella Coverage Friday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of LA Weekly music editor Ben West ... More >>

C'mon, Everypony -- Let's Explore My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Together

As I've hinted at once or twice on the Exhibitionist, I'm a huge My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan. Though it doesn't unseat the oft-mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 as my all-time favorite, it's my top currently running scripted show and is likely to remain so until Breaking Bad returns ... More >>

S.F.'s Girls Issue a Gorgeous Old-School Epic

As I've hinted at once or twice on the Exhibitionist, I'm a huge My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan. Though it doesn't unseat the oft-mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 as my all-time favorite, it's my top currently running scripted show and is likely to remain so until Breaking Bad returns ... More >>

S.F.'s Girls Seek the Holy Ghost of Rock 'n' Roll Past on Their Audacious Second Album

Girls: There is something timeless and vital in the two full-length records that San Francisco's Girls have released in the last three years. In an era of indie music dominated by irony (see the nostalgic nonchalance of chillwave) and willful obscurity (see Radiohead's latest album, King of Limbs), ... More >>

Reach for the Sky

Girls: There is something timeless and vital in the two full-length records that San Francisco's Girls have released in the last three years. In an era of indie music dominated by irony (see the nostalgic nonchalance of chillwave) and willful obscurity (see Radiohead's latest album, King of Limbs), ... More >>

Chris Cornell Plays Soundgarden, Led Zep, and Michael Jackson at the Fillmore (Photos Setlist)

Calibree PhotographyChris Cornell at the Fillmore last night.​ Chris Cornell Pine & Battery William Elliot Whitmore May 3, 2011 @ The Fillmore Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell's solo Songbook Tour rolled through the Fillmore last night for an acoustic foray through the singer ... More >>

Happy 4/20! Here's a Guide to Music-Related Activities on Doper Day

Photo by Jenne WarrenGet high with Cypress Hill at the Warfield tonight.​Any crunker still mired to the concept of time recognizes and observes the entirely spurious significance of April 20. Sadly, organized recognition of the day is just as ad-hoc, leaving teaheads to the dictates of their colle ... More >>

Jon Cohen (of The Jon Cohen Experimental) Answers The Call Tonight at Elbo Room

Their flower power is no match for my glower power​ After a decade or so ensconced in Montreal's honor-festooned indie rock scene, including stints with The Dears and The Social Register, Jonathan Cohen started his own eponymous collective. Not that "The Jon Cohen Experimental" should conjure ... More >>

Watch the Bathrooms: Bay Area Rapper Durt Reynolds Puts the Durt in Durty

​ Ask and you shall receive. Or, rather, leave your four-track promo CD by the sink in the men's room at Mezzanine during a Wu-Tang show and I shall bring it home and listen to it. This one's for you, Bay Area rapper Durt Reynolds.

Friday Night: Roger Waters Turns The Wall Into A Rallying Cry at Oracle Arena

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

In the Rough

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

Bettye Reign O’er Me

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

Club preview: James Holden

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: New Scissor Sisters Track "Invisible Light"

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Heart doesn't play by the usual restaurant rules

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Into Thin Air

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Richie's Rich

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Crystallized Psych

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Fall Theater Events

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Colin Meloy’s heartfelt approach is Donovan-esque

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Coachella, Mortified confessions, Ascended Master and the Golding Collection of Rock Art - Your Monday Morning Hangover

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Black Mountain's Psychedelic Sprawl Needs a Roadmap

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

Cornelius at the Fillmore Concert Review : LastNight

​What I assume is the cover of the new Scissor Sisters record, Night Work, visible on the group's Web site, is pretty awesome. Who doesn't love a close up photo of a tight ass in sweatpants? No one, that's who. The album comes out June 28, and the first single, "Invisible Light" continue ... More >>

The Warlocks

Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records)

Will Paris' Bike-Share Program Work in S.F.?

Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records)

Rich Unterberger brings rare rock flicks to the Haight

Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records)

TV Eye

The Summer of Love's dismissed boob tube connection

Giving the Indies a Spin

Small outposts rule online MP3 sales

Bright Bursts

Conor Oberst succeeds despite the flaws

Ben Goldberg Group|Ukelele night|Peter Walker|Ladyhawk

Conor Oberst succeeds despite the flaws

These Girls Don't Do Diva

Scissor Sisters aim for dancefloor transcendence

Misc. Reviews

Beverly Hills' dark underbelly

Putting the cock in rock and hip-hop

Beverly Hills' dark underbelly

Roger Waters

Ça Ira

Vegging Out

Shopping for nightshades

Hear This

Native sons Two Gallants bring their blustery Americana to the Great American Music Hall; Thievery Corporation chills out the Warfield

Hear This

Flashback to the '80s with shows from the New York Dolls and Trashcan Sinatras

Macha

Forget Tomorrow

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Forget Tomorrow

Various Artists

Shanti Project Collection 3

Low Flying Owls

Elixir Vitae

The Church

Forget Yourself

Radar Bros.

And the Surrounding Mountains (Merge)

Boards of Canada

Geogaddi (Warp)

Tears of a Clown

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

House Of Tudor

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Night + Day

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Albums

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997