Royal Trux

Papa M

Blues Control’s sonic hypnosis

Track(s) of the Day: Wooden Shjips' Mixtape

Local dronesters Wooden Shjips like you so much, San Francisco, they've made you a mix tape. They want to impress their love and commitment to you in a compilation (for Too Cool to Die) focused on under-appreciated artists who lived here or passed through SF to do some legendary recordings. Check ou ... More >>

The Golden Road

Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

Erratic behavior makes the heart grow fonder

Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Some of My Best Friends Are Records

SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

Howling with Hagerty; Scottish indie-pop gets brawny

SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

Notes From the Underground

The Cave-ins' indie rock debut sounds mighty familiar -- but in a good way

Trans Am

Red Line (Thrill Jockey)

Hear This

White Stripes

Those Who Dared

Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

House of Tudor

Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Recordings

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Albums

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Recordings

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Letters

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Let It Bleed

Royal Trux crafts noisy anti-rock that stinks of death and decay

Recordings

Royal Trux crafts noisy anti-rock that stinks of death and decay