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Ho Ho Ho Bang, Black X-Mass, Radioactive's Holiday Extravaganza, Free Jewish Museum and More

Hanna QuevedoThis Saturday marks the 13th annual Black X-Mass with Karla LaVey at the Elbo Room.​Can't stand another minute of the eye-drooping boredom of this whole holiday family time thing? Or are you stuck in town due to circumstances beyond your control? Either way, to fix the problem, here's ... More >>

Sub Swara, Renegade Craft Fair, Todd Rundgren Tribute, Agent Ribbons, HoliGay Buffet, and More

Christopher Fairman Agent Ribbons plays the Crescent Hotel this Friday​San Francisco spoils you. It really does. There are so many free or dirt-cheap shows this weekend, you'll have your choice of genre and neighborhood. We hope you feel blessed to live in such an music-friendly city. Here's our l ... More >>

In Print: Oneohtrix Point Never, Marlena Shaw, and KMEL's Summer Jam

Oneohtrix Point Never​Behind the "abrasive, frightening introduction" to Oneohtrix Point Never's new album, Returnal, lies another bewildering set of tracks from a Brooklyn electronic artist whose style straddles the line between noise and pop. As Reyan Ali writes in our print edition this week, O ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Arash ArfazadehJinder headlines the Triple Crown​Why did we spend so much money at Esty over  the holidays? Not for all the relatives, mind you, but for ourself? Now we have three different sets of vintage Japanese coffee mugs and the cabinet space for half that amount. And we're broke. But E ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

Roots Roadblock Returns

VoltageMusic.comDJ Tomas aka Dub ID​ Dancehall music may be the popularized, more commercial aspect of reggae, yet roots reggae is still holding firm. Witness Roots Roadblock, the First Thursdays monthly at Koko Cocktails presided over by DJ Tomas. The Umoja soundsystem selecta, Voltage mus ... More >>

Kickin’ Brass

VoltageMusic.comDJ Tomas aka Dub ID​ Dancehall music may be the popularized, more commercial aspect of reggae, yet roots reggae is still holding firm. Witness Roots Roadblock, the First Thursdays monthly at Koko Cocktails presided over by DJ Tomas. The Umoja soundsystem selecta, Voltage mus ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Gang Gang Dance

SF Weekly writer Ron Nachmann called them "the future of electronic dance music." Time Out NY called them the "g-spot of the universe." You can make up your own frothing at the mouth term for New York's eclectic electronic experimentalists, Gang Gang Dance, tonight when the group performs at Bimbo ... More >>

Till You Drop

A little night shopping

Love Dolls

Nicolas Caesar's creepy pals

Digitized Dance

When computers meet choreography

Sound Off

Activating the Medium's good vibrations

Extreme Stunts

Thrills on wheels at Supercross

Crossing Over

East Bay ballet

Dark and Handsome

When good bands happen to sad songs

Technolust

Gallery goes game-crazy

Blue Year's Eve

Reaves-Phillips breaks it down

Just Plain Loony

Spend the holidays in Chelm

BeatBox

Cheap Red Stripe and great reggae make Wednesdays at Nickie's BBQ "Crucial"; Sing "Happy Birthday" to SF's beloved Toph One during Red Wine's 12th Annual Holiday Bash.

Idle Threat

A Python wag goes it alone

Elf Me!

Walking in a hellish Santaland

Beat Box

What's what and where it's at in the S.F. club scene