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May 25, 2012
Duets Premieres on ABC: a Timeline of the Mediocrity
And here it is. The vocal talent show that America neither needed nor wanted. The only talent involved that we actually wanted to watch (Lionel Ritchie) is no longer part of the show, but we're ready to suffer through this nonsense regardless. 0.00.3: A ridiculous plethora of dancers throw sha ... More >>
Music
May 16, 2012
Best Coast Finds Its Right Place, the Second Time Around
And here it is. The vocal talent show that America neither needed nor wanted. The only talent involved that we actually wanted to watch (Lionel Ritchie) is no longer part of the show, but we're ready to suffer through this nonsense regardless. 0.00.3: A ridiculous plethora of dancers throw sha ... More >>
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May 9, 2012
In Her Right Place
Forget about the cat — Best Coast's gorgeous second album is much more interesting.
Blogs
March 23, 2012
The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Five Things You Need to Know
As you may have gathered from all the relentless hype and advertising and media anticipation, The Hunger Games movie is finally out today. And, yes, despite our vaguely dismissive tone, we're actually thoroughly excited about the whole thing. Especially since Rolling Stone just told us to "relax" ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
The Grammys: A Timeline of Madness and Misery
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards happened yesterday. Which we're sure you know already. If you missed it, however, you may have missed some of the weirdest details. So here, for your convenience, is a timeline of events. Get comfortable, 'cause this thing was a three-and-a-half-hour carnival of absurdi ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012
Awkward! The Top Five Most Uncomfortable Grammy Moments
This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of the show last minute, due to Brown having beaten the crap out of Ri-Ri on their way over. We kno ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Eight Taylor Swift Lyrics as Good as Any in Country Music
Smart people I know have argued that Taylor Swift is not a country singer. That argument demonstrates little understanding of country music or of Taylor Swift. It's rooted, I suspect, in a belief commonly held by smart people who don't care for country music: That country music should sound more l ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
A Good Start to the End of the World
Smart people I know have argued that Taylor Swift is not a country singer. That argument demonstrates little understanding of country music or of Taylor Swift. It's rooted, I suspect, in a belief commonly held by smart people who don't care for country music: That country music should sound more l ... More >>
Music
December 14, 2011
Assessing Metallica After 30 Years and Four Nights at the Fillmore
Smart people I know have argued that Taylor Swift is not a country singer. That argument demonstrates little understanding of country music or of Taylor Swift. It's rooted, I suspect, in a belief commonly held by smart people who don't care for country music: That country music should sound more l ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2011
In Print: Assessing Metallica After 30 Years and Four Nights at the Fillmore, and More
From SF Weekly's latest print music section: Metallica at the FillmoreMetallica at 30: Text messages like the one I got from a friend before the third Metallica show last week -- "You are dead to me" -- were exactly the reason I decided to go to all four of the Bay Area metal band's 30th ann ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Live Review: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Gets Revenge for the Nerds at the Fox Theater
Jamie Soja"Weird" Al Yankovic at the Fox Theater on Sunday. "Weird Al" Yankovic Nov. 6, 2011 Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Being a nerd in high school. First, "Weird Al" Yankovic turned Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" into a pop-skewering polka. Then, he ribbed Taylor Swift with a song called ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2011
Dear Kanye West, Please Leave Amy Winehouse's Music Alone
Dear Kanye West,Congratulations. You are officially the most bemusing man in music. We say this because it's been seven years since The College Dropout and we still can't figure out if you're a sly genius or a blinkered buffoon.
Blogs
May 5, 2011
Tyler, the Creator's Goblin: A First Listen
Last year, Tyler, the Creator's arresting album Bastard won the then 19-year-old rapper and his vast, motley Odd Future collective attention and praise from sources including Pitchfork andBillboard. His second solo album, Goblin drops next week, the first physical product anyone from this gr ... More >>
Music
May 4, 2011
Why You Should Love Ke$ha
Last year, Tyler, the Creator's arresting album Bastard won the then 19-year-old rapper and his vast, motley Odd Future collective attention and praise from sources including Pitchfork andBillboard. His second solo album, Goblin drops next week, the first physical product anyone from this gr ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
In Which We Solemnly Vow to Never Use the Word "Hipster" Again
You see yourself in here somewhere, hipster. Via YesButNoButYes.Chain-smoking. Chronic masturbation. Leaving the toilet seat up. There comes a time in life when we must all break our bad habits, readers, and today, that time has come for use of the word "hipster." Once a slur aimed at the alleged ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
The Top 6 Most Ridiculous Examples Of Lyrical Censorship
Fact: it is impossible to fight crazy. So what the hell are the radio stations of Malaysia thinking, going up against Lady Gaga? Apparently they've taken her new LGBT-empowerment anthem, "Born This Way" and removed all the, uh, LGBT content. Way to miss the whole point of the song, Malaysia! Gaga ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Lil B Swags Kanye, Kanye-Style, at the mtvU Woodie Awards
While we wait for someone to upload a higher-quality video than the below (it ain't no fun when Viacom ain't having none), be advised of the following Lil B-related news: last night at the mtvU Woodie Awards, held in Austin -- because God forbid we should try to post about anything other than Lil B ... More >>
Music
February 23, 2011
Pomplamoose Calls the Tune
No record deal? No CDs? No problem. How Pomplamoose is modifying the music industry.
Blogs
January 21, 2011
A Critic Whines About Pazz & Jop: Why Does Consensus Feel So Shitty?
Let's get this over with as quickly as possible: The results of the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll were released this week, and, to no one's surprise, it turned out that Kanye West released the most praise-winning album of 2010. Almost as expected was the conclusion that Cee-L ... More >>
Music
January 5, 2011
A Postcard from the Future
Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.
Blogs
December 28, 2010
My Top 10 Tracks of 2010, Apparently a Good Year in S.F. Rock
All hail the Fresh & Onlys, local proprietors of one of my favorite songs of 2010.No, this isn't some not-so-sly effort at hometown boosterism. Three of my favorite songs from this year just happen to come from artists who nominally call S.F. home. Seriously. Anyway, some of the others on her ... More >>
Music
September 22, 2010
Sound and Vision: Take the Bruise Cruise
All hail the Fresh & Onlys, local proprietors of one of my favorite songs of 2010.No, this isn't some not-so-sly effort at hometown boosterism. Three of my favorite songs from this year just happen to come from artists who nominally call S.F. home. Seriously. Anyway, some of the others on her ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Kanye West on Twitter: Top 8 Things We Want Kanye's Buying Advice On
Kanye and his crew looking ready to dispense some buying advice.Dear Kanye,In the approximately thirty-four days, five hours and seventeen minutes since you joined Twitter, you have taught the world great deal -- about yourself, about life, and even sometimes about music. But the rarest wisdom ye ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Why Kanye West and Twitter Are Meant To Be
via Kanye West's TwitterKanye West was late to join the social media party, but he was caught up to speed immediately upon stepping into Twitter headquarters here in San Francisco earlier this week. At one point, he was gaining 80 followers a second. Where did we learn this? Kanye's Twitter, of c ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2010
What Apple's Big Announcement Means for Music Fans
How will this pretty little thing shake up the music world?Yeah, yeah, the new iPhone 4 is slick and skinny and sports two video cameras. But will today's news shake up the music world as Apple developments have in the past? Our thoughts below:Mobile music videos: Get ready for a world of iPhone- ... More >>
Film
February 10, 2010
Valentine's Day: So many stars, so many story lines
How will this pretty little thing shake up the music world?Yeah, yeah, the new iPhone 4 is slick and skinny and sports two video cameras. But will today's news shake up the music world as Apple developments have in the past? Our thoughts below:Mobile music videos: Get ready for a world of iPhone- ... More >>
Music
October 14, 2009
Music Awards: Jukebox Roundtable by Dan Strachota
How will this pretty little thing shake up the music world?Yeah, yeah, the new iPhone 4 is slick and skinny and sports two video cameras. But will today's news shake up the music world as Apple developments have in the past? Our thoughts below:Mobile music videos: Get ready for a world of iPhone- ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
Dry Off with Crumpets: A SFoodie Lunch Planner
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 First storm of the season. You had to fish out your grotty anorak, and smell the funky wet cardigan on the guy next to you on Muni. You need comforting, the kind that comes from clotted cream, the flickering flames of a TV fireplace, and a room as intensively girly ... More >>
News
January 21, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 First storm of the season. You had to fish out your grotty anorak, and smell the funky wet cardigan on the guy next to you on Muni. You need comforting, the kind that comes from clotted cream, the flickering flames of a TV fireplace, and a room as intensively girly ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2009
Top 10 Country Records of 2008
By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2008
Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers
By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>
Music
November 26, 2008
Lost albums that should remain lost
By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>
Music
December 20, 2006
It Was a Year Of ...
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