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Live Review, 2/25/12: Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox Encounters His Younger Self at Bimbo's

Christopher VictorioAtlas Sound's Bradford Cox at Bimbo's on Saturday.​ Atlas Sound Electric Flower Seventeen Evergreen Carnivores Frank Broyles Feb. 25, 2012 Bimbo's 365 Club Better than: Honestly, I've never seen anything like this. Tonight, and likely at all other Atlas Sound sets, some c ... More >>

Lana Del Rey's Disappeared Full-Length Debut: A First Listen

Lana Del Rey, aka Lizzy Grant​ Lana Del Rey, aka Lizzy Grant, might have had last year's then-obscure album as Lizzy Grant off the market after it floundered on iTunes for two months, but sure enough, it has resurfaced. And the record puts a lot more body under the myth and the controversy tha ... More >>

R.I.P. Bert Jansch, 1943-2011

After battling lung cancer for the last couple of years, Scottish folksinger and guitarist Bert Jansch passed away this morning at age 67. Jansch was one of the pioneers of a picking-oriented, depressive folk style that influenced such fellow cult musicians and luminaries as Donovan and Nick Drake ... More >>

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 >>

Bradford Cox Says 'Janelle Monae is the New Bowie'

There's still plenty of juice left in the "Janelle Monae is the new [amazing artist here]" meme -- Lady Gaga comparisons are so earlier-this-week -- and lotsa big names that have yet to weigh in on which of their androgynous musical heroes the Atlanta songstress most closely resembles.  Enter D ... More >>

Music Awards: Jukebox Roundtable by Dan Strachota

El Guincho’s global beats take flight

Hear This

Daniel Johnston brings DIY pop bliss to an imperfect world

The Italian Job

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

Cheers for Veirs

Songwriting cheerleader Laura Veirs and her quietly beautiful Year of Meteors

A Fanclub's Notes

Once hyped as a supergroup, Teenage Fanclub may have to settle for midlevel stardom, and that may be just fine

From Mountains to Music Criticism

How does a month spent alone in the Sierra Nevadas stack up to spending a night with four local bands?

Look Inward Voyager

L.A. buzz-band Midnight Movies stands out from the pack with its love of '60s rock and spiritual themes

Pop Goes the Mouse

Germany's Mouse on Mars turns years of crafting abstract electronica into pop gold with Radical Connector

Hear This

A bite-sized installment of the large (and no doubt geek-laden) celebration of synth

Shops and Gifts

Arthur Verocai

Arthur Verocai

House of Tudor

Pete Krebs & the Gossamer Wings

I Know It By Heart

SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

Sondre Lerche

Faces Down (Astralwerks)

Same Old Brand-New

Blame Rock River Communications -- and hipster Jeff Daniel -- for those cheesy store-branded music compilations

Daft Punk

Meet the self-proclaimed No. 1 face in hip hop -- a former punk gone gold

Redemption Song

Twenty-seven years ago, Shuggie Otis released one amazing record. Maybe now it'll get its due.

Growing Up Is Hard to Do

With its second album, Oranger leaves its playful past behind

The Whee Design

Call and Response updates the West Coast sound for the new millennium

Personal Best

What the world needs now is a wholly subjective, occasionally snarky awards ceremony

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