Silver Jews

Last Night: Silver Jews at the Fillmore

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Tussle

New Doc on Big Sur (((folkYEAH!))) Fests

One of my favorite local(-ish, he's based in Monterrey) promoters is (((folkYEAH!))). Under that name, music fan Britt Govea has brought a host of freak folk, heavy drone, psych rock, and the like to the Fernwood and the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur -- as well as concerts in the Santa Cruz Mounta ... More >>

Leonard Cohen dwells where the scars run deep

One of my favorite local(-ish, he's based in Monterrey) promoters is (((folkYEAH!))). Under that name, music fan Britt Govea has brought a host of freak folk, heavy drone, psych rock, and the like to the Fernwood and the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur -- as well as concerts in the Santa Cruz Mounta ... More >>

Silver Jews

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Offers Hope for Old Punks

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

Uneasy Rider

On the road with the Silver Jews

Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow

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Silver Jews

Tanglewood Numbers

Sound Off

Activating the Medium's good vibrations

Continuous Peasant

Exile in Babyville

Take Ral of Me

Tracking down the mysteries behind Ral Partha Vogelbacher's cinematic break-up album

Two States

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Recordings

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Track of the Day: Josiah Wolf of WHY?

​Josiah Wolf has found inspiration in a couple different Jews as it were during his musical coming of age. His dad was a rabbi who encouraged he and his brother Yoni (his cohort in the local artsy abstract hip-hop trio WHY?) to pick up an instrument, in Josiah's case a drum kit that'd help with hi ... More >>

Pavement's Promise

Why Malkmus and Co. still need their seminal band