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Lost in the Night: 12 Hours of New Year's Eve Partying

Still Going, Manik, Justin Vandervolgen, Matrixxman Public Works, Monarch 12/31/12 Better than: Normal business hours. The clock projected on the wall read 11:59. It was almost midnight on New Year's Eve and we were deadcenter on a packed dancefloor at Public Works. The round organ stabs of Bicep ... More >>

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What the Flug?

My Baby Does the Aged Hanky Panky at Jasper's

Remember that really bad Tommy James and the Shondells song? This has nothing to do with it. A few months ago, Jasper's began offering cocktails on tap, starting with a Negroni. Made in a large batch and placed in a keg, the bar is able to pour consistent glasses of the spectacular Campari cocktail ... More >>

Deftones Inspire Sweaty Mayhem at the Warfield, 10/10/12

Deftones Scars on Broadway Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Nü-metal Deftones don't get enough credit. They created a unique brand of hybrid metal that survived the '90s and '00s without hopping on the reunion train. They weathered the rise and fall of nü-metal without the vouc ... More >>

Best of Coachella Weekend Two: Friday, April 20

The first weekend of Coachella: cold, damp, and wet. The second weekend of Coachella: hot, sultry, and steamy. Here are our scribes' picks for the best of what they saw on Friday, April 20 at Coachella.

Bouncer Discovers a Crafty Illusion Behind Cervecería MateVeza

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Live Review, 3/1/12: The Red Bull Thre3style DJ Contest Comes to Ruby Skye

​The Red Bull Thre3style Contest, featuring Miles Medina, John Beaver, DJ Zita, DJ Playtime, DJ Theory, King Most, DJ Just, Four Color Zack Thursday, March 1, 2012 Ruby Skye Better than: Being in an orgy of DJs. One of the world's preeminent DJ competitions, Red Bull's Thre3style DJ Battle made ... More >>

The Cool Kids: Cool with Recording for Mountain Dew

In Print: The Cool Kids Are Happy to Record for Mountain Dew, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: The Cool Kids​The Cool Kids: Chuck Inglish, one half of Chicago's retro-styled rappers the Cool Kids, is speaking about releasing the duo's new album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, through a quasirecord label funded by Mountain Dew, the lurid-colored so ... More >>

Open Bike

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

The RedBull DJ Contest Takes Over DNA Lounge

Red Bull contest winner Goldenchyld ​The Red Bull DJ Contest, featuring Solomon, Max Kane, Natalie Nuxx, DJ Dials, Platurn, Eric Sharp, Goldenchyld, and Jeffrey Paradise February 24, 2011 @ DNA Lounge Better than: Throwing your hands up in the air because Fatman Scoop says so In a city ... More >>

Watch Wallpaper Perform 'Indian Summer' -- While Driving Through Nevada

Eric Frederic, singin' in the van.​People think being in a band is glamorous. And while it may be for a few brief moments of stage-diving and bathing in applause, being in a band also means countless hours of driving from show to show, far away from your friends and your family and your home.While ... More >>

Saturday Night: Mary Anne Hobbs, Mount Kimbie, and NastyNasty Pack the New Public Works

​Mount KimbieMary Anne HobbsNastyNasty(and more)September 25, 2010@ Public WorksBetter than: messing around with Reason yourself.A thousand years in the future, when live instruments are a thing of the past and music is strictly made by robots with nothing but wires and laptops, I wouldn't be ... More >>

Bomb Squad Rushes to College Campus, Finds Red Bull

Not seen leaving the scene, incidentally...​In an episode that started out as a suspected act of terrorism and ended up as bizarre product placement, bomb squad members rushed to the U.C. Davis campus yesterday. After a person was spotted leaving a "suspicious package" near the entrance of a libra ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Fear and Loathing at the Fryolator

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Fried and glazed: At the Bold Italic, Ethan Kanat shows up at 3 a.m. to do a piece of vital reportage: Following Dynamo Donuts' Sara Spearin around the kitchen as she muscles through batch after batch of sinkers. Kanat is as about as funny as you could exp ... More >>

Manny Mania and Del in the Haight Tomorrow

Del tha Funky Homosapien  No, Manny Mania isn't a fan club dedicated to Filipino boxer Manny Paquiao, it's an amateur skateboarding competition featuring "skaters from all corners of the U.S. showing off their best manual combos and two-wheel trickery." Sponsored by Red Bull, Manny Mania take ... More >>

Last Night: A-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks

Angela BoatwrightA-TrakA-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks July 16th, 2009 The Independent Review by Noah Sanders Better than: Actually attending a rave in the early '90s. Last night's A-Trak show at The Independent seemed pieced together with a lingering adoration of the e ... More >>

Eight Drinks That Give You the Energy of a Rapper

Janine KahnClick here for a full rapper energy drink slideshow.Even with all the vibrant energy contained in hip-hop, sometimes people need an extra little kick in order to take in the multitude of offerings the culture has to give. That's why rap-branded energy drinks are a good synergy of lifestyl ... More >>

Tastes So Good Straight From the Hood: Bay Area Rap Energy Drinks Pt. 1 (the Mac Dre Battle)

There is vibrant life beyond Red Bull in the energy drink market, and the Bay Area rap music scene in particular has inspired several of these beverages. In fact, two local brands offer cans inspired by the same beloved rapper, the late Mac Dre of Vallejo, whose life was tragically cut short in a ... More >>

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

Last Night: Thrasher 2008 Skater of the Year Party featuring Too $hort

Thrasher 2008 Skater of the Year Party Great American Music Hall December 12, 2008 Review and Photos by Eric K. Arnold The t-shirted, sneakered, baseball-capped hordes descended upon the Great American Music Hall Friday night for Thrasher magazine's "Skater of the Year" party. Despite at least one ... More >>

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Blue Angels, Broken Eardrums

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Jondi & Spesh, a substandard album, and the best weekly dance party in town

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Van Helsing explodes monster movie legends with hip upgrades

Hard Gore

The avant-garde all-stars of Fantômas push the bounds of music -- and good taste

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