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Live Review 4/24/12: tUnE-yArDs and St. Vincent Explode Minds and Corneas at the Fox

St. Vincent tUnE-yArDs Tuesday, April 24, 2012 The Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Tim Burton meets Bobby McFerrin meets Slash meets strobe-induced seizure. Whereas Monday night's live score by tUnE-yArDs at the Castro Theatre was somewhat restrained, front woman Merrill Garbus let loose for her ... More >>

Live Review 4/23/2012: tUnE-yArDs Gives New Life to Silent Buster Keaton Shorts at the Castro Theatre

tUnE-yArDs Monday, April 23, 2012 The Castro Theatre Better than: Silent films without a score (and tUnE-yArDs without a guitarist). "You get to look at our behinds," tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus said as the five musicians onstage turned their backs on the audience to face the screen. Seco ... More >>

The Top Five Most Bizarre Superbowl Halftime Shows

​Oh, the hallowed and hyped Superbowl halftime show. This Sunday, we will bear witness to the unholy alliance of Madonna, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj performing together, which will be -- well, beyond interesting, we're not quite sure. Sometimes, though, the stars align and something truly magical hap ... More >>

10 Actually Good Songs on Metallica's Despised Load and Reload Albums

It's not that bad. Really.​ As we celebrate Metallica's 30th Anniversary, it's time to reexamine a popular mindset among critics and fans of the most enduringly popular band in metal history: Many believe that that all four of Metallica's 1980s albums were unimpeachable classics, and that afte ... More >>

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 10 Bands to See for Free

It's not that bad. Really.​ As we celebrate Metallica's 30th Anniversary, it's time to reexamine a popular mindset among critics and fans of the most enduringly popular band in metal history: Many believe that that all four of Metallica's 1980s albums were unimpeachable classics, and that afte ... More >>

Jane's Addiction to Release New Album, World Covers Ears in Anticipation

There's a funny thing that happens to a lot of old rock stars. Maybe it's because they're surrounded by sycophants who never say no. Or because all that fan adoration goes to their heads. Or because too much critical acclaim can irreversibly inflate the ego. Whatever it is, quite frequently they jus ... More >>

The Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl Halftime Show: Awful Awful or Just Regular Awful?

Well, it was terrible, of course; the question is really whether yesterday's Super Bowl Halftime show was inappropriately awful or expectedly so. To help you sort through it, we've divided up the goings-on based on whether they met or exceeded our minimal expectations for crumminess. Feel free to di ... More >>

Get Your Leather and Chains Ready: It's Motorhead Week in S.F.

​Ladies, gentlemen, and heathens, it is Motorhead week here in San Francisco.It is Motorhead week because the trio itself (consisting, as it long has, of bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister and a rotating set of guitarists and drummers), is playing the Warfield tomorrow night. This is a chance to see o ... More >>

10 Signs the Band You Are About to See is Going to Suck

Fuckthatband.com​Sometimes at a show you have a feeling -- a hunch, a gut instinct, a fucking prejudice -- and the feeling is right. "This show is going to suck," you think, when some greasy waif takes the stage wearing rhinestone-studded shades and a turquoise-sequined cumberbund, then yanks a po ... More >>

R.I.P. Les Paul (1915-2009)

The Legend: One of Gibson's signature Les Paul guitars​ The Associated Press has reported  that guitar innovator Les Paul  died today at the age of 94, from pneumonia-related complications. Paul helped to popularize the electric guitar in the 1940s, and his use of multitracking, overd ... More >>

Pay for Play

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Anvil: Heavy metal's obscure teddy bears

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Velvet Revolver Boots Scott Weiland

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Dr. Pepper Promises Soda Pop For All...If Guns 'N Roses Get Their Shit Together

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Guitar Hero III Easily the Best Entry in the Franchise

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Flying Vs and fake cocaine at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Repaired Social Club

Is Annie's Social Club the 19th Cheese of bars? And what the hell is the 19th Cheese anyway?

OK Then, Music Awards!

The biggest party thrown in celebration of local music all year

OK Then, Music Awards!

The biggest party thrown in celebration of local music all year

Headbanging for Jesus!

Infiltrator gets booked on a Christian talk show

Plushy

And now we present a boring interview with a big-time rock star: Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver

City of Rock

SF's Starship said "We built this city on rock 'n' roll." Apparently the band was right.

Crushed Velvet: Velvet Revolver

Contraband

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped,

the Folksmen turn it

way down from 11

Steel Pole Bath Tub

Unlistenable

After School Special

Jon Bernson's DJ Club gets kids off the streets -- and onto the turntables

The Old New Media Blues

The singer-songwriter hasn't died. He's just gone online.

Veterans' Affairs

Imperial Teen has shrugged off its Bay Area rock past, a potentially disastrous tour with Marilyn Manson, and mastered the art of the pat answer

Reel World

Imperial Teen has shrugged off its Bay Area rock past, a potentially disastrous tour with Marilyn Manson, and mastered the art of the pat answer

Night + Day

Imperial Teen has shrugged off its Bay Area rock past, a potentially disastrous tour with Marilyn Manson, and mastered the art of the pat answer

Night + Day

Imperial Teen has shrugged off its Bay Area rock past, a potentially disastrous tour with Marilyn Manson, and mastered the art of the pat answer

Samples

Imperial Teen has shrugged off its Bay Area rock past, a potentially disastrous tour with Marilyn Manson, and mastered the art of the pat answer

Signed, Sealed and Misdelivered

The Rise and Fall of Bay Area Bands