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    February 28, 2012

    S.F.'s Eux Autres: '60s Pop-Rock with Love to France

    By J POET For most of the past 20 years, indie bands pretended the '60s never happened. Today the sounds of the Summer of Love are back in a big way, albeit with a modern spin that will keep old hippies from getting too wistful. San Francisco trio Eux Autres (say ooz-oh-tra) has been playing retro- ... More >>

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    February 27, 2012

    Live Review, 2/24/12: Bob Mould Blasts Through Copper Blue at Bottom of the Hill

    Iann IvyBob Mould at Bottom of the Hill on Friday​ Bob Mould Fake Your Own Death Distortion Vir Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Bottom of the Hill Better than: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the best-selling album of 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All. On a night that was all about reliving me ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Kevin Arnold's Top Five Noise Pop Memories

    Iann IvyBob Mould at Bottom of the Hill on Friday​ Bob Mould Fake Your Own Death Distortion Vir Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Bottom of the Hill Better than: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the best-selling album of 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All. On a night that was all about reliving me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Yuck Leads a Roadtrip to Nostalgia at the Independent

    ​ Yuck Unknown Mortal Orchestra July 26, 2011 @ The Independent Better than: Listening to Yo La Tengo records and wishing you were 16 again. Barely post-adolescent British kids Yuck released a self-titled debut album this year on Fat Possum, and holy shit, do I love it, and holy shit, does i ... More >>

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    April 27, 2011

    Symbiotic Scores

    ​ Yuck Unknown Mortal Orchestra July 26, 2011 @ The Independent Better than: Listening to Yo La Tengo records and wishing you were 16 again. Barely post-adolescent British kids Yuck released a self-titled debut album this year on Fat Possum, and holy shit, do I love it, and holy shit, does i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Three Minutes and Fourteen Seconds:A Musical Tribute to Pi Day

    Mykl Roventine​As you probably already know, today is Pi Day, meaning March fourteenth is the closest we come on the American calendar to approximating 3.1415926&c. (Technically you should have been reading this at around 3:30 in the morning for maximum pi-precision, but like us you were proba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Treasure Island Day 2: Belle & Sebastian and the National Turn Wet Misery into Rock-Out Joy

    Christopher VictorioBroken Social Scene's Kevin Drew crowd-surfs at the end of his set.​Treasure Island Music Festival, Day TwoOctober 17, 2010Better than: Listening to '90s alt-rock on your Walkman during a damp walk to school.Well, it rained. But other than that wet little nod from Mother N ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    Sonic Booty

    Six sets worth plundering at this year's Treasure Island Music Festival.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch Loves S.F., and Why a Music-Based Dating Site Doesn't Work

    Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian​In SF Weekly's print edition this week: A look at the impressive lineup for this weekend's Treasure Island Music Festival.My exclusive interview with Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch:  "He didn't know then that this city would shape the course of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    LCD Soundsystem, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Broken Social Scene Top Treasure Island Lineup

    Christopher VictorioJack White with the Raconteurs at Treasure Island 2008​The lineup for the 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival was unveiled earlier today, and it's every bit as drool-worthy as we had hoped. First: the rumors were right, and Belle & Sebastian is headlining the second day's s ... 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

    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

    February 1, 2010

    Our SXSW Party: Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Surfer Blood

    Ian S. PortThe xx at the Independent in November​If  you're heading down to Austin for the big SXSW music blowout in March, mark this party on your calendar. SF Weekly, together with our parent company Village Voice and our sister publications, will be hosting a show with Superchunk, the xx, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Plan Kerouac Tribute Show in S.F.

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    A.C. Newman

    Get Guilty (Matador)

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    November 9, 2005
  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Hear This

    Billy Idol's rebel yell, Seu Jorge's Brazilian croon, and Portastatic's maudlin moan

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Classic Music Venues

    Billy Idol's rebel yell, Seu Jorge's Brazilian croon, and Portastatic's maudlin moan

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Independent Thinking

    Two new high-class local venues. Bruce Springsteen concerts. Sounds like the work of Clear Channel. But it's not.

  • Music

    December 10, 2003

    Portastatic

    The Summer of the Shark & Autumn Was a Lark

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Shin Music

    Their debut's genius stemmed from their frontman's high anxieties. Now that he's mellowed out, can the Shins follow it up?

  • Music

    April 17, 2002

    Here's to shutting up

    Superchunk has a score to settle

  • Music

    March 6, 2002

    Evolutionary Times

    Oakland's Lunchbox rises from the primordial soup of its indie rock past

  • Music

    February 20, 2002

    Desaparecidos

    Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    Their Noise

    After 10 years, Superchunk and Merge Records are still working, albeit quietly

  • Music

    June 3, 1998

    Cheap Glamour

    Blue Canary and the art of thrift-store cabaret

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    June 4, 1997

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    March 12, 1997

    Du Me

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    February 26, 1997

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    August 16, 1995

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    May 17, 1995

    Brown Bag Lunch

    Davis' Knapsack brings sincerity and simplicity back to indie rock with Silver Sweepstakes

  • Music

    May 3, 1995

    Recordings

    Davis' Knapsack brings sincerity and simplicity back to indie rock with Silver Sweepstakes

  • Music

    March 8, 1995

    Recordings

    Davis' Knapsack brings sincerity and simplicity back to indie rock with Silver Sweepstakes

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