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South by Southwest Festival

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Australian DJ Anna Lunoe on Moving to L.A., S.F.'s Dirtybird Label, and Laying Down Vocals

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Music

    April 18, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Music

    March 28, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Q&A: Waters on Alaskan Fishing Boats, Norwegian Inspiration, and Why San Francisco Is the Best

    When local folk-rock outfit Port O'Brien disbanded in 2010 after years of relentless touring, frontman Van Pierszalowski needed to clear his head. So, naturally, he headed to Norway, which promised both the isolation necessary to reboot, and the budding romance necessary to write a batch of compelli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Reminder: Crazy Punks OFF! Rouse the Eagle Tavern Tonight

    This -- but in a leather bar.​In under two years, OFF! -- the cantankerous L.A. punk group that features members of the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Rocket From the Crypt -- has gone from newbie status to national phenomenon, reminding a generation of happy-go-lucky sellouts what punk ideals real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Saturday Night: Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, and Glitter Wizard Rattle Thee Parkside

    Romana MachadoGlitter Wizard​Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, Glitter WizardMarch 19, 2011 @Thee Parkside Marginally better than: Listening to Billy Joel records in a Seattle parking garage. It's SXSW season, and few things are longer than the faces of Facebook non-attendees this year. My ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Sure, Chickens Get Sad ― Maybe Because We're Eating So Many of Them?

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Scientists just discovered that chickens show empathy. To science I say, NO DOY. But also: Way to come around, better late than never. I remember when I discovered that eating too fast gave me pain in the chest ... More >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2011

    S.F. at SXSW: Six Bay Area Artists to See in Austin

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Scientists just discovered that chickens show empathy. To science I say, NO DOY. But also: Way to come around, better late than never. I remember when I discovered that eating too fast gave me pain in the chest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Thursday's Pick: Hypernova at Thee Parkside

    Jeffrey GrossmanHypernova​The Action DesignHypernovaThe Yellow DogsThee Parkside9 p.m., $8Indie rock has become so washed out in recent years that it's a challenge just to stay awake through many songs, never mind whole albums. Through the Chaos, the full-length debut by Hypernova, is a thrilling ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2010

    Iran's Hypernova braves cultural repression to rock out

    Jeffrey GrossmanHypernova​The Action DesignHypernovaThe Yellow DogsThee Parkside9 p.m., $8Indie rock has become so washed out in recent years that it's a challenge just to stay awake through many songs, never mind whole albums. Through the Chaos, the full-length debut by Hypernova, is a thrilling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Hole to Headline BFD 2010 (along with Deftones, Silversun Pickups, More)

    photo by Stacy Schwartz for City Pages Courtney Love fills the Hole once more​Live 105 just announced its 2010 lineup for its big summer fest, BFD, and the band on the bill most folks will be talking about--for better or for worse--is Hole. Yup, Courtney Love and Co. will be one of the headliners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    AT&T Fail: Coachella Has an iPhone App But No Actual iPhone Service

    Image via Sean Osteen/Flickr​ There's a reason we prefer to be chained to our computers. While complaints about AT&T service are a dime a dozen, we hear the situation is particularly dire at this year's Coachella music festival, where attendees are reporting text message delays up to six hour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Video of the Day: Sonny and the Sunsets Live on an Airplane

    Sonny and the Sunsets - Heart of Sadness from Yours Truly on Vimeo. We're pretty damn excited about Sonny's Smith's "100 Records" project, where the jack-of-all-arts-trades created fictional bands and had real artists create the album covers (and real local acts help him record the songs). To get t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Mexican Music Fest Roundup: MtyMx Festival of Arts & Music

    Gretchen Robinette ​MtyMx All Ages Festival of Arts & Music March 20-22 2010 Monterrey, Mexico NY buzz show-promoter Todd P's MtyMx All Ages Festival of Arts & Music, a three-day event in Monterrey, Mexico was scheduled to feature over 80 bands on two stages on the Autocinema Las Tor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Who Were the Big SXSW Hits? Next Big Sound Has the Stats

    One of the fun games to play while you're in Austin for SXSW is trying to figure out who's going to be the breakout act of the festival. Some years it's obvious--I remember seeing Peaches and At the Drive In in tiny rooms where word spread so fast it was almost like those acts got famous by the time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Track of the Day: Surf City, A Post-SXSW Favorite

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2010

    Photo: But What About Our Motherfucking Uniques?

    Photo by Ekai via Robert Scoble​ A remarkably vituperative sign in front of Austin's Beerland Bar, captured during SXSW by Ustream's Eddie Codel. How much do you want to bet the sign's creator has still got debt from some fancy J-School? Follow us on Twitter at @alexiat and @sfweekly.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    SXSW Roundup Thursday PM Pt. 2: Surf City NZ

    Levi's took over the east side of Austin for all of SXSW, creating a semi-private world of tight pants and tall beers, a denim labyrinth where the 45-minute line to grab a wristband was made slightly more entertaining by a DJ who loved Michael Jackson. Loved him so much he told the crowd repeatedly, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    SXSW Friday PM: Village Voice Day Party w/ Surfer Blood, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Superchunk, The xx

    At an hour when most folks were still sleeping off last night's music benders, indie rock fans started lining up around the block at La Zona Rosa, where the whole Village Voice operation was hunkered down for our afternoon of acts both on the rise (Surfer Blood, The xx, Pains of Being Pure at Heart) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    SXSW Roundup: Thursday AM, RIP Alex Chilton

    I spent most of SXSW's opening day en route (or, I should say, en airport....) but the big news on Wednesday wasn't about any specific show, but about a performer who would no longer be in Austin this week. It seems the sad news of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton's death spread fast here, not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    "SXSW Interactive is a Wrap!" Declares Larry Chiang

    Ok, ok... Larry Chiang, Duck9.com founder and Business Week editor, didn't actually declare SXSWi a wrap last night, but this photo of him (taken at approximately 9 p.m. at #theParty on the roof of the Speakeasy) speaks louder than words. After a week of extreme networking, packed parties, many high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    The Driskill Hotel Yell: "Get Off My Lawn!!!"

    Shannon CottrellMaya Baratz and Alexia Tsotsis at The Driskill​There comes a time during every party hopping night when you want to stop hopping, but keep your juices flowing along with the champagne and wine. The unofficial designated venue for this practice last night was Austin's historic hotel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Ladies Get Love in Tech: Meet the Fempire of SXSW Interactive

    Taylor DavidsonSarah Evans, Shauna Causey and Sloane Berrent​The old adage that ladies get no love in tech is a thing of the past, at least here in Austin, TX. On Saturday March 13, a group of 90 wave-making women gathered at the top of Frost Bank Tower (the building that looks like a giant nose h ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

    Taylor DavidsonSarah Evans, Shauna Causey and Sloane Berrent​The old adage that ladies get no love in tech is a thing of the past, at least here in Austin, TX. On Saturday March 13, a group of 90 wave-making women gathered at the top of Frost Bank Tower (the building that looks like a giant nose h ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2010

    Noise Pop matches orchestras with pop acts and art with sound

    Taylor DavidsonSarah Evans, Shauna Causey and Sloane Berrent​The old adage that ladies get no love in tech is a thing of the past, at least here in Austin, TX. On Saturday March 13, a group of 90 wave-making women gathered at the top of Frost Bank Tower (the building that looks like a giant nose h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    More San Francisco Parties @ SXSW

    The Fresh & Onlys on the night they kicked the cat outta the band​If you're headed down to Austin in March for the big music industry party SXSW, there are a bunch of locals hosting great acts throughout that week. We told you about our big bash on Friday, March 19 with Superchunk, the xx, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Web 2.0 Expo: 'Less is More' Is More at Social Web Tech Conference

    While we thank our lucky stars that rumors of a rampant April Fools converge virus turned out to be just that, we feel even luckier to be in San Francisco learning the ins and outs of the social Web at O'Reilly Media's Web 2.0 conference. Coining the term in 2005, Tim O'Reilly's Web 2.0 has been aro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    WireTap Releases Covers Album by Local Bands

    Last week, WireTap Music celebrated its one-year anniversary by announcing the April release of a novel concept album--12 original songs by 12 local bands also covered by 12 other local bands (that's 24 songs by 24 bands total, if you're keeping score). Artists include Little Teeth, Tartufi, 60 Watt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Good News For Girls

    San Francisco's feedback-laden pop outfit, Girls, threw some good news out this week via a MySpace bulletin. The band, which plays five shows at SXSW over the next three days, announced they're forming a label imprint under the new U.K. label Turnstile Records. They should be able to spread the word ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Bay Area Hip-Hop Prepares to Invade SXSW

    Texicali Roads: Keelay & Zaire We're still checking whether it's possible to ghost-ride a tumbleweed (we'll get back to you on that), but here's one thing we do know: Bay Area hip hop will be in the, er, prairie, at SXSW. MYX label artists Keelay & Zaire perform at four--count 'em--showcase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    M. Ward, Gomez, Cursive, Crystal Antlers, Bear Hands to Play Village Voice Media's SXSW Party

    The tentative show schedule for our company SXSW party at La Zona Rosa is up: 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Bear Hands 1:45pm - 2:15pm: Crystal Antlers 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Cursive 3:15pm - 3:55pm: Gomez 4:15pm - 5:00pm: M. Ward

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Yo! Majesty ... And Then There Was One

    Two years ago at SXSW, dynamic lesbian hip-hop group Yo! Majesty blew away everyone crammed around them at the Beauty Bar. They were fierce on the mike, sharp with the insults, funny with the comebacks, and unafraid to slap a dude trying to cop a feel of their flesh. My gut was that these ladies wer ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2008

    Punk Family Values

    Meet the Rosenthals: two generations of art stars in one six-story warehouse.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Last Night: David Karsten Daniels at the Hemlock

    Meet the Rosenthals: two generations of art stars in one six-story warehouse.

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    Surf Rock Safari: The Cuban Cowboys

    Meet the Rosenthals: two generations of art stars in one six-story warehouse.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Last Night Quentin Tarantino Downed Jim Beam, Got Sweaty at Zeitgeist

    Meet the Rosenthals: two generations of art stars in one six-story warehouse.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    Why? Covers The Cure in Free MP3

    Meet the Rosenthals: two generations of art stars in one six-story warehouse.

  • Film

    March 29, 2006

    Ch-Ch-Check It Out

    The Beasties' live music is Awesome, if not a little discombobulating

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    Putting the cock in rock and hip-hop

    The Beasties' live music is Awesome, if not a little discombobulating

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Nu Shooz

    Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

  • Music

    October 19, 2005

    What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

    Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

  • Film

    May 14, 2003

    The King of Comedy

    Local sightings of a no-budget comedy about cutthroat pet-supply salesmen

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    Peaches

    The Teaches of Peaches (Kitty-Yo)

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    The New Pornographers

    Mass Romantic (Mint)

  • Music

    May 17, 1995

    Samples

    Mass Romantic (Mint)

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