Rod Stewart

LastNight: Modest Mouse, Spoon and Thievery Corp at Treasure Island Music Festival

Top 10 Cockblocking Songs of V-Day

Freight and Salvage Begins Year-Long Multi-Million Upgrade

Halou Releases Digital EP Feb. 12

Fandemonium

Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

Night+Day

Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

Usher

Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

Osama Hunter Greg Shade Captured on IndieFest Doc American Hero

Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

The Big Bang

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

Catching Fire with Comets Side Projects

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

Barry Manilow

The Greatest Songs of the Fifties

Worldly beats abound in S.F. this week: Halou, Gilles Peterson, One Block Radius, and the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie

The Greatest Songs of the Fifties

I Ain't No Holocaust Girl

Shuffleboard at the El Rio and why calling your boss a Nazi is passé

Caught in a Mosh

System of a Down's Fillmore show was the bee's knees. The proof was in the mosh pit.

Imposter Impersonator

Things get ugly when Infiltrator is unmasked at a celebrity impersonator convention, but all ends well when fake Arnold Schwarzenegger marries faux Shania Twain

BeatBox

Diplo teaches dancefloors new Hollertron-icks; the EndUp turns 31; rapper Nas makes a rare live appearance

Vote El Vez

The Mexican Elvis Presley impersonator wants to be El Prez

OK Then

How to make Rod Stewart answer real questions: Have mom ask them.

Music Highlights

From Mahler to Morrissey, the Bay Area has it all this summer.

Prick

Don't hate me because I'm corporate

Prick

Don't hate me because I'm corporate

House of Tudor

Lowe maintenance, boat rocking, howling agony, and a garden ablaze

Various Artists

Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

House Of Tudor

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

San Francisco International Airpork

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

Night & Day

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

The House of Tudor

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

Jonathan Demme's First Talking Heads Interview

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

The Fortress on the Hill

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Riff Raff

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Mush Never Sleeps

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Night + Day

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Reviews

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Reviews

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Reviews

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Slap Shots

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Hear This

Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

Just As Long As Alice Doesn't Show Up in a Tube Top

Fruit forward: Lynch's upcoming CD.​It promises to be a multi-dimensional Boomer blowout when a founding member of Berkeley's Delicious Revolution goes all blues rocker. On Wednesday, October 7, at the Great American Music Hall, wine import maverick and a hobbyist musician/tunesmith Kermit Lyn ... More >>

Don’t try the pineapple truffles

Fruit forward: Lynch's upcoming CD.​It promises to be a multi-dimensional Boomer blowout when a founding member of Berkeley's Delicious Revolution goes all blues rocker. On Wednesday, October 7, at the Great American Music Hall, wine import maverick and a hobbyist musician/tunesmith Kermit Lyn ... More >>

A Burger Worth Crowing About: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallThe beautiful South.​Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Ever had a burger in Sydney? It can skew wack, what with add-ons like beetroot slices and fried egg. Almost as disturbing as creepy-surfer Aussie TV chef Curtis Stone, the guy with the Rod Stewart rooster shag. Fortunately for us, S ... More >>

Bouncer: Jovial times at the unsigned Geary Club

J. BirdsallThe beautiful South.​Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Ever had a burger in Sydney? It can skew wack, what with add-ons like beetroot slices and fried egg. Almost as disturbing as creepy-surfer Aussie TV chef Curtis Stone, the guy with the Rod Stewart rooster shag. Fortunately for us, S ... More >>

Metallica Plans New Record That's Not Actually a New Metallica Record

​The latest less-than-clear-message from the Metallica camp: Cigar aficionado/lead guitarist Kirk Hammet has let slip that the band is planning to head back into the studio in May -- but not exactly to record a new Metallica record. Hammet said the new project will only take the band two weeks -- ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last week in S.F. music

​The latest less-than-clear-message from the Metallica camp: Cigar aficionado/lead guitarist Kirk Hammet has let slip that the band is planning to head back into the studio in May -- but not exactly to record a new Metallica record. Hammet said the new project will only take the band two weeks -- ... More >>

Six Songs That Really Should Have Been Nominated For an Oscar

It's Oscar week! Woo! And in the spirit of these prestigious awards, we'd like to present some past soundtrack moments that also deserve to have a light shined on them for enhancing moments of true cinematic genius. We've selected only the finest -- songs of strength, purpose, guts and, above all, a ... 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 >>

Dear Dr. Dre, Please Stop Trying to Sell Us Things Other Than Detox

Coming soon to your dad's new car.​Is it greed? Does he need the money? Or does Dr. Dre really not know that the world would much rather receive Detox -- the album he's been promising us since 2004 -- than his endorsement of the speakers in luxurious new Chrysler sedans?For those of you new to Dre ... More >>

Drink Oakland Wine at the Urban Wine Xperience

Michelle Locke/Palate PressUrban Legend Cellars is one of more than 20 wineries that make wine in Oakland​East Bay Vintners' Alliance 6th Annual Urban Wine Xperience Where: Jack London Pavilion, 1 Broadway, Oakland When: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $40 A lot of wine is consumed in San Fr ... More >>

David Lindley: Show Preview

Michelle Locke/Palate PressUrban Legend Cellars is one of more than 20 wineries that make wine in Oakland​East Bay Vintners' Alliance 6th Annual Urban Wine Xperience Where: Jack London Pavilion, 1 Broadway, Oakland When: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $40 A lot of wine is consumed in San Fr ... More >>

Live Review, 1/22/12: The Walkmen Celebrate 10 Years at the Independent

The Walkmen at the Independent on Friday.​ The Walkmen The Independent Friday, Jan. 22, 2012 Better than: The Walkmen playing at a sunny outdoor festival. The Walkmen played the first of two sold out shows at the Independent on a very rainy Friday night, in celebration of the band's 10th An ... More >>