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    March 14, 2012

    Michael Gira on Performing Solo and the Time He Wanted to Murder Some Hipsters

    Since reestablishing Swans in 2010 with the release of My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky, Michael Gira has been exploring a stylistic middle ground between the sonic abrasiveness of early Swans recordings and his acoustic-based, crypto-folk collective, Angels of Light. There is a tendency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Noise Pop and GraffEats Offer A Culinary Tribute to the Art of the Cover Song

    courtesy of Noise Pop Industries Music and gourmet eats: together at last ​ There's a shared culture between musicians and chefs, says Noise Pop Industries marketing manager Dawson Ludwig, ticking off concrete examples, like getting off work at 2 a.m., and the more esoteric shared sense of undergr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Last Night: MGMT at the Fillmore

    Gretchen Robinette ​MGMTMonday, April 12, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Watching a band that's stuck making formulaic radio (or blogger) hits.MGMT had barely taken the stage at 8:15 last night, and a female party train was already whoo-whooing its way to the front, girls a half-dozen deep cong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Moomaw

    Jenni Anne​The word "psychedelic" has been used far too loosely lately for just about anything that sounds out of the ordinary. San Francisco folk singer and sometimes band Moomaw actually fits that tag, though. Moomaw is solo artist Nathan Moomaw and a collection of friends and collaborators who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Last Night: Trashcan Sinatras at Cafe du Nord

    Action Jackson​Trashcan Sinatras Thursday, July 30, 2009 Café Du Nord Better Than: Any other Scottish band on a wet weeknight in San Francisco The Trashcan Sinatras are one of pop's--and Scotland's--best-kept secrets. They've been around for two decades, winning fans via extensive college rad ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2009

    A Long, Strange Trip

    An originator of acid rock in the '60s, Tommy Hall used LSD to expand his consciousness. He’s still psychedelic.

  • Music

    August 8, 2007

    Disquiet Storm

    Jennifer Gentle tweaks psych rock in cinematic ways

  • Summer Guide

    June 27, 2007

    Sixties Flashback

    Sounds of the Summer of Love echo through today

  • Music

    June 13, 2007

    Home Alone

    Jana Hunter's intimate sketches

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    The Italian Job

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

  • Music

    May 10, 2006

    Indie Dim Sum

    The Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival offers tasty treats from the underground

  • Music

    November 9, 2005
  • Music Awards

    October 19, 2005

    Award Show Guide

    Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  • Music

    July 6, 2005

    From Here to Eternity

    Figuring out Built to Spill's place in the world, and maybe mine, too

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Voodoo Chile

    Through his solo work and new band the Gris Gris, Oakland's Greg Ashley explores the freaky side of '60s psychedelia

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    Karmic Chameleon

    Kelley Stoltz's Antique Glow shines with a voice both familiar and unique

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Kelley Stoltz's Antique Glow shines with a voice both familiar and unique

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    The Littlest Songbird

    Jolie Holland sings the prettiest tunes -- informed by ghosts, bayous, and a whole lot of traveling

  • Music

    January 22, 2003

    Always Be Drunk

    Mellow Drunk's Leigh Gregory gets wasted on poetry and the apocalypse

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Man of La Mantra

    The psychedelic folk of wandering minstrel Devendra Banhart

  • Music

    December 6, 2000

    Tears of a Clown

    With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

  • Music

    November 1, 2000

    Hear This

    Damon & Naomi with Ghost

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Happier Campers

    Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

  • Music

    August 25, 1999

    Out of Their Heads

    What is the Brian Jonestown Massacre doing in L.A.? Same thing they were in San Francisco -- causing trouble.

  • Music

    April 15, 1998

    Woodstick

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    August 6, 1997

    Reviews

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    July 3, 1996

    Tusk

    The lo-fi psychedelia of Elephant 6

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