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Serge Gainsbourg

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Before Iggy Pop: Five Artists' Memorable And/Or Awful Attempts to Sing in French

    On May 9th, Iggy Pop is releasing his latest album. Woo-hoo! But wait. Simmer down. The record is called Après and it will be comprised mostly of French cover versions -- Edith Piaf and Serge Gainsbourg songs included. We applaud Iggy's ongoing enthusiasm for multi-culturalism and bilingual experim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    S.F.'s Eux Autres: '60s Pop-Rock with Love to France

    By J POET For most of the past 20 years, indie bands pretended the '60s never happened. Today the sounds of the Summer of Love are back in a big way, albeit with a modern spin that will keep old hippies from getting too wistful. San Francisco trio Eux Autres (say ooz-oh-tra) has been playing retro- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Live Review, 1/21/12: The Theophilus London Variety Show Comes to Mezzanine

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Film

    November 16, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings November 16-22

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Film

    November 9, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings November 9-15

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings November 2-8

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 26, 2011

    Serge, Mon Amour

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    R.I.P. Trish Keenan

    Steve DrewKeenan performing with Broadcast​Trish Keenan, lead singer of the influential electronic-psych band Broadcast, passed away this morning from severe complications from pneumonia. She was 42. Several news outlets reported recently that the singer had contracted the H1N1 virus and had been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2010

    Last Night: Charlotte Gainsbourg at Palace of Fine Arts

    Gretchen Robinette ​Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jogger, AMSaturday, April 17, 2010Palace of the Fine Arts Better Than: Carla Bruni Last night, the offspring of France's greatest contribution to pop music brought out an expat French community and fellow Francophiles in droves. Charlotte Gains ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Daddy Dearest

    Gretchen Robinette ​Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jogger, AMSaturday, April 17, 2010Palace of the Fine Arts Better Than: Carla Bruni Last night, the offspring of France's greatest contribution to pop music brought out an expat French community and fellow Francophiles in droves. Charlotte Gains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Prince Paul Plays PST

    Prince Paul Legendary producer Prince Paul (De La Soul/Gravediggaz/Handsome Boy Modeling School/Stetsasonic) drops through 330 Ritch's "PST" tonight for a rare DJ set.In case you don't know, PP is the guy who basically invented the alt.rap genre with his wacky, bugged-out production work on De La's ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    Serge Gainsbourg

    Histoire de Melody Nelson (Light in the Attic)

  • Music

    April 15, 2009

    Sébastien Tellier

    Histoire de Melody Nelson (Light in the Attic)

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Délicieuse Dissard

    Histoire de Melody Nelson (Light in the Attic)

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Giving the French Soul on the 21st

    San Francisco loves its old soul nights--but next weekend (Feb. 21 to be exact) there's party that offers two stories of nostalgia (or whatever the word is when you miss something you weren't old enough to live through in the first place) in one club with Sugar Shack. Upstairs at the Paradise you've ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2008

    Sebastien Tellier: France’s top pop chanteur

    San Francisco loves its old soul nights--but next weekend (Feb. 21 to be exact) there's party that offers two stories of nostalgia (or whatever the word is when you miss something you weren't old enough to live through in the first place) in one club with Sugar Shack. Upstairs at the Paradise you've ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    Kiss and Tellier

    Hail France’s top pop chanteur.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Free French Holiday DJ party

    So you like French stuff? And you like free stuff? And you're looking to book your December datebook with as many holiday soirees as possible? Then here's one for the calendar: Rickshaw Stop is hosting Bardot a Go Go's "Holiday a Go Go," a free shindig where DJs spin "French Pop, Northern Soul, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    Famed Chef Cooks Up Beats, Not Eats, at Ruby Skye

    So you like French stuff? And you like free stuff? And you're looking to book your December datebook with as many holiday soirees as possible? Then here's one for the calendar: Rickshaw Stop is hosting Bardot a Go Go's "Holiday a Go Go," a free shindig where DJs spin "French Pop, Northern Soul, S ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2008

    Flight of the Conchords tap into music career comedy

    So you like French stuff? And you like free stuff? And you're looking to book your December datebook with as many holiday soirees as possible? Then here's one for the calendar: Rickshaw Stop is hosting Bardot a Go Go's "Holiday a Go Go," a free shindig where DJs spin "French Pop, Northern Soul, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2007

    Emo Phillips, Phillips and Bassprov, RoboGames, Jeff Capri, Jason Hart, Duck Soup -- Night and Day: Saturday 6/16

    So you like French stuff? And you like free stuff? And you're looking to book your December datebook with as many holiday soirees as possible? Then here's one for the calendar: Rickshaw Stop is hosting Bardot a Go Go's "Holiday a Go Go," a free shindig where DJs spin "French Pop, Northern Soul, S ... More >>

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    The Italian Job

    Local imprint offers prog-rock masterworks from Italia's other Renaissance

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Wonder Woman

    The multifarious music of the multilingual, multiracial, multitalented Keren Ann

  • Film

    October 19, 2005

    Repertory Theaters

    The multifarious music of the multilingual, multiracial, multitalented Keren Ann

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    All Together Now

    Devendra Banhart's latest indicates his neo-folk movement may just be hitting its stride

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Devendra Banhart's latest indicates his neo-folk movement may just be hitting its stride

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2004

    What Came Before

    Music and dance older than Jim Crow

  • Music

    May 12, 2004

    The Real Tuesday Weld

    I, Lucifer

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    House of Tudor

    Celebrate the Holy Fool at the St. Stupid's Day Parade, and foolishness with Les Sans Culottes

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    House of Tudor

    Bobby Conn serves up Serge Gainsbourg by way of Motörhead, all while chastising Dubya

  • Music

    January 21, 2004

    DVD TNT

    Oxbow's Eugene Robinson chokes both his chicken and his fans in this new documentary about one of the city's coolest bands

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Oxbow's Eugene Robinson chokes both his chicken and his fans in this new documentary about one of the city's coolest bands

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    House of Tudor

    A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

  • Music

    May 1, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Compulsive Numbers, retro-refracted Flaming Stars, and filmmaker Peter Sempel

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Sweet Musette

    The Baguette Quartette keeps French accordion music alive -- with a little help from Gypsies, tramps, and thieves

  • Music

    September 26, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Damned; Money Mark Nishita; Cousteau; Nigel Peppercock

  • Music

    February 7, 2001

    Ulan Bator

    Ego: Echo (Young God)

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Calendar

    January 27, 1999

    Night Crawler

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    October 21, 1998

    House of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    October 7, 1998

    House of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    July 29, 1998

    Hear This

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    House of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    February 18, 1998

    Hear This

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Night Crawler

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    Reviews

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    March 19, 1997

    Recordings

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

  • Music

    March 27, 1996

    Recordings

    "Alloy Orchestra," "Bardot a Go-Go"

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