Rufus Wainwright

Sean Lennon Interview

Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon Change World

Birdmonster sign to Fader mag's record label

Birdmonster Announce New Album on Fader Label

Philip Glass' Progeny

So Pretty

From Russia with Love: Auktyon's avant-rock

Rufus Wainwright

Release the Stars (Geffen)

The Pipettes doll up pop in polka dots

Release the Stars (Geffen)

Dear Trannyshack: Thank you for being a friend

Release the Stars (Geffen)

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

The Hidden Cameras

Awoo (Arts & Crafts)

Drinking pints with flying saucers

Awoo (Arts & Crafts)

The Dance Front

Moving for social change

I Ain't No Holocaust Girl

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

Music Highlights

Bands reunited, sock-stuffing legends, and chanteuses from Charo to Chaka? It could only mean summer sounds in the Bay Area!

Keeping Up With the Johnsons

What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

Hear This

Local musicmakers remake Brian Eno's masterpiece; Rachel Yamagata's not-so-sunshiney torch songs

The No-Sin Zone

Kaskade's Mormon faith doesn't prevent him from being one of the most in-demand house DJs around

Boys' Band

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

Night & Day

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

1998: The Year in Lists

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

Sad

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

All Day

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

What To Do? Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

We Love You Rufus, Oh Yes We Do

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

More Theater Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

More Theater Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Beautiful Child- The Music of Rufus Wainwright

​The A.C.T. Young Conservatory once staged Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. We attended only because we were piqued that some kids were taking a swing at maybe the world's best novel. We went to see them fail, so we could be righteously pissy over our post-theater cocktail. We were sev ... More >>

Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall

​The A.C.T. Young Conservatory once staged Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. We attended only because we were piqued that some kids were taking a swing at maybe the world's best novel. We went to see them fail, so we could be righteously pissy over our post-theater cocktail. We were sev ... More >>

No Relation to Ian, Far's We Know

​The A.C.T. Young Conservatory once staged Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. We attended only because we were piqued that some kids were taking a swing at maybe the world's best novel. We went to see them fail, so we could be righteously pissy over our post-theater cocktail. We were sev ... More >>

Friday Night: Rufus Wainwright Does Shakespeare at Davies Symphony Hall

Rufus Wainwright​Five Shakespeare Sonnets  Rufus Wainwright and the San Francisco Symphony November 13, 2010 @ Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Rufus Wainwright sings Dante's Interno. All right, I'll just say it: most of my knowledge of classical music comes from honking "Flight of ... More >>

Conversing on Choreography

Rufus Wainwright​Five Shakespeare Sonnets  Rufus Wainwright and the San Francisco Symphony November 13, 2010 @ Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Rufus Wainwright sings Dante's Interno. All right, I'll just say it: most of my knowledge of classical music comes from honking "Flight of ... More >>

A Twist on Holiday Tunes

Rufus Wainwright​Five Shakespeare Sonnets  Rufus Wainwright and the San Francisco Symphony November 13, 2010 @ Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Rufus Wainwright sings Dante's Interno. All right, I'll just say it: most of my knowledge of classical music comes from honking "Flight of ... More >>