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Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Sigur Ros Premieres New Film at Mezzanine 11/19

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Iceland Airwaves Festival: Notes from Bjork Island

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Too Jaded for Gay Pride? Get Over It!

A queer guide to Pride events

The Icelander Cometh

For a few years, Emiliana Torrini wasn't sure she'd ever make music again. Then the phone started ringing.

Reps Etc.

For a few years, Emiliana Torrini wasn't sure she'd ever make music again. Then the phone started ringing.

Shorties

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth taking note of.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth taking note of.

Your Right to Party

A queer road map to Pride events.

To the Lighthouse

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Title Any Day Now

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Running Around San Francisco for an Education

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Oedipus Vexed

A mama's boy deals with misguided love and boredom in 101 Reykjavik

Dog Bites

Dance away the energy blues, then worship at Sunset’s gardening headquarters