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  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Mungo's Hi-Fi on the Scottish Reggae Scene, Recording with Sugar Minott, and Playing Croatia

    SpuddMungo's Hi-Fi​ Tartan and bagpipes. Celtic and Rangers. Reggae and dubstep? Yes, add another thing Scotland can claim for its own, thanks to Glasgow's Mungo's Hi-Fi crew, a three-man sound system and production team that's swiftly put its stamp on bass-driven music. Whether it's playing v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Helpful Advice: How To Survive NOT Going To SXSW

    This week, thousands of music lovers, wayward drunks, and music industry folk have descended upon Austin, Texas, for the 2011 South By Southwest music "conference" (yeah, right). If you're still here at home in the Bay Area, the reality that you're missing five days of non-stop free music/beer/b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    SF Winter Music Fest: Four Shows Worth Catching at This Year's Festival

    Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter Music Fest​San Francisco's Indiefest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter Music Fest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Titan Ups Launch a Rocksteady Dance Party at Cafe Du Nord

    Titan Ups at Cafe Du Nord last night. Crappy photos by Ian.​Titan Ups Wicked MerciesFranco NeroDJ Dr. ScottJanuary 6, 2011@ Cafe Du NordBetter than: What the uninitiated think reggae sounds like.There are times when musical innovation is the last thing needed, and last night at Cafe Du Nord - ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    Love Doesn't Actually Kill

    Titan Ups at Cafe Du Nord last night. Crappy photos by Ian.​Titan Ups Wicked MerciesFranco NeroDJ Dr. ScottJanuary 6, 2011@ Cafe Du NordBetter than: What the uninitiated think reggae sounds like.There are times when musical innovation is the last thing needed, and last night at Cafe Du Nord - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    R.I.P. Sugar Minott, Dancehall/Reggae Godfather

    Sugar Minott, a godfather of Jamaica's Dancehall/Reggae sounds and a soulful singer, died Saturday evening at the age of 54.Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25 1956, Minott basically founded the dancehall style of reggae in the '70s. With his keen sense of rhythm and smo ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Rupa and the April Fishes’ global style mashes

    Sugar Minott, a godfather of Jamaica's Dancehall/Reggae sounds and a soulful singer, died Saturday evening at the age of 54.Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25 1956, Minott basically founded the dancehall style of reggae in the '70s. With his keen sense of rhythm and smo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Juan Son makes quirky Mexican pop

    Sugar Minott, a godfather of Jamaica's Dancehall/Reggae sounds and a soulful singer, died Saturday evening at the age of 54.Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25 1956, Minott basically founded the dancehall style of reggae in the '70s. With his keen sense of rhythm and smo ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    Our picks for Spectrum, the weekend’s big dance party

    Sugar Minott, a godfather of Jamaica's Dancehall/Reggae sounds and a soulful singer, died Saturday evening at the age of 54.Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25 1956, Minott basically founded the dancehall style of reggae in the '70s. With his keen sense of rhythm and smo ... More >>

  • Music

    August 13, 2008

    Pretty in Pink

    Sugar Minott, a godfather of Jamaica's Dancehall/Reggae sounds and a soulful singer, died Saturday evening at the age of 54.Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25 1956, Minott basically founded the dancehall style of reggae in the '70s. With his keen sense of rhythm and smo ... More >>

  • Music

    September 5, 2007

    Drastic Elastic

    Devendra Banhart's latest bends and stretches, but doesn't break his spell

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2007

    Peter Case, Richie Furay Band, La Plebe -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Sunday, August 19

    Devendra Banhart's latest bends and stretches, but doesn't break his spell

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2007

    The Blahg: La Plebe, the Impalers and 'Why Faggots Are So Afraid of Faggots'

    Devendra Banhart's latest bends and stretches, but doesn't break his spell

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    Manu Chao, last night at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

    Devendra Banhart's latest bends and stretches, but doesn't break his spell

  • Music

    October 11, 2006

    Lass Call

    Lily Allen speaks, the kids blog, and the rest just listen

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    Tullycraft

    Disenchanted Hearts Unite

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Disenchanted Hearts Unite

  • Music

    January 19, 2005

    BeatBox

    Ursula 1000 touches down at "Joypad"; MC Kool Keith brings his 1,000 personalities to the Independent

  • Music Awards

    October 20, 2004

    Music Awards Nominees

    Ursula 1000 touches down at "Joypad"; MC Kool Keith brings his 1,000 personalities to the Independent

  • Holiday

    November 19, 2003

    Holiday Guide

    Ursula 1000 touches down at "Joypad"; MC Kool Keith brings his 1,000 personalities to the Independent

  • Music

    July 23, 2003

    In the Board Room

    Lookout! Records has come a long way from its bedroom-label beginnings. And maybe that's not such a bad thing.

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    A Band of Bees

    Sunshine Hit Me

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Sounds of Silence

    Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    SF Music Awards 2001

    An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

  • Music

    September 12, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Bubblegum pop, robot rock, fretless harping, and destitute redemption

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    Review

    DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid's Subliminal Minded -- The EP

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    March 4, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    November 26, 1997

    Night Crawler

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    August 6, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    June 19, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

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