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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

    December 30, 2011

    The 10 Best Underground Rock Reissues of 2011

    With the back catalogs of classic artists seeing rerelease with crucial bonus material, and boutique labels specializing in reissues of obscurities for niche consumers, 2011 was a superb year for reissues. There was such a wealth of substantive reissues that it was necessary to exclude some of the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Friends of Friends Taps Shlohmo for a Healthy Dose of 'Pretty Boy Swag'

    ​L.A. label Friends of Friends has quietly been rising over the last couple of years as a notable player in the experimental electronic scene. Now, just in time for the holidays, it's dropped Pop Massacre, a new label comp featuring interpretations of wonderfully low- and middlebrow pop from a hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Hip-O

    ​L.A. label Friends of Friends has quietly been rising over the last couple of years as a notable player in the experimental electronic scene. Now, just in time for the holidays, it's dropped Pop Massacre, a new label comp featuring interpretations of wonderfully low- and middlebrow pop from a hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Watch A Geek Beatdown For A Good Cause Tonight at the Rock It Room

    Anthony Ha, Anthony Ha. Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun​If you're anything like me, all this talk of online competition and antitrust legislation and techno-corporate hierarchies has really whetted your taste for blood. Well, we're in luck tonight, thanks to the Tech Beat Up: a charity ev ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Apples in Stereo: Show Preview

    Anthony Ha, Anthony Ha. Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun​If you're anything like me, all this talk of online competition and antitrust legislation and techno-corporate hierarchies has really whetted your taste for blood. Well, we're in luck tonight, thanks to the Tech Beat Up: a charity ev ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

    Anthony Ha, Anthony Ha. Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun​If you're anything like me, all this talk of online competition and antitrust legislation and techno-corporate hierarchies has really whetted your taste for blood. Well, we're in luck tonight, thanks to the Tech Beat Up: a charity ev ... More >>

  • Film

    November 11, 2009

    Pirate Radio gets a tame U.S. release, but we still love rock 'n' roll

    Anthony Ha, Anthony Ha. Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun​If you're anything like me, all this talk of online competition and antitrust legislation and techno-corporate hierarchies has really whetted your taste for blood. Well, we're in luck tonight, thanks to the Tech Beat Up: a charity ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Will Payne Was Hungry for Radio Food Talk, So He Created Sound Bites

    FacebookPayne: Feeding the unmet appetite.​These days, radio is a medium often relegated to background noise -- buzzing through the kitchen, perhaps, as you prepare dinner. That's why it's so nice of Will Payne of Pirate Cat Radio to host Sound Bites, a fine, filling radio show about food you ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    Messrs. Gorgeous

    FacebookPayne: Feeding the unmet appetite.​These days, radio is a medium often relegated to background noise -- buzzing through the kitchen, perhaps, as you prepare dinner. That's why it's so nice of Will Payne of Pirate Cat Radio to host Sound Bites, a fine, filling radio show about food you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Moore Brothers Strike Mellow Gold

    Gimme Moore: the Moore BrothersYou wouldn't know it from listening to all the AutoTuner-enhanced commercial pap, er, rap on today's "Hot Urban" stations, nor will you catch a gander from classic crock, er, rock outlets, but the American music world is in the midst of an acoustic folk-pop renai ... More >>

  • Music

    February 25, 2009

    Wavves

    Wavvves (Fat Possum)

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Animal Collective

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Girls

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    Beachwood Boys

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Music

    April 30, 2008
  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008
  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    Bay Area Picks for SXSW

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Music

    December 26, 2007
  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    "I'm Still Kicking Ass"

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Ballet Has Come a Long Way

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    Hear This

    Alejandro Escovedo offers San Francisco keen narrative detail

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    Freaks, noiseniks, and beach bums

    Alejandro Escovedo offers San Francisco keen narrative detail

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    California Psychedelia

    Andrew Douglas Rothbard channels classics through his laptop

  • Culture

    November 15, 2006

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Dance of the Penguin

    That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Bang your head on the Mall

    That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • Culture

    January 18, 2006

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    Record Dork

    Delving deeper than you ever wanted to go. This week: cult leaders and their tunes, starring G.I. Gurdjieff.

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Delving deeper than you ever wanted to go. This week: cult leaders and their tunes, starring G.I. Gurdjieff.

  • Music

    May 14, 2003

    Amy Rigby

    Til the Wheels Fall Off

  • Music

    October 23, 2002

    Tipsy

    Remix Party! (Asphodel)

  • Film

    December 19, 2001

    Royal's Screwups

    Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

  • Dining

    November 28, 2001

    Chopped Down

    One gent commented,"It's barely noon and I'm already trashed."

  • Music

    July 18, 2001

    Teenage Fanclub

    Howdy! (Sony Columbia UK)

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    Young Fresh Fellows vs. The Minus 5; Soft Boys

    Because We Hate You / Let The War Against Music Begin (Mammoth); Underwater Moonlight (Matador)

  • Music

    March 21, 2001

    Margo Guryan

    Take a Picture (Oglio)

  • Music

    September 13, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Welcome to Brutal Planet

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Night Crawler

    The Art of Surfing

  • Music

    April 5, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Beausoleil, The Dwarves, Bobby Conn

  • Music

    February 16, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    "Man's Ruin Showcase," Beachwood Sparks, Vue, Cave Catt Sammy, Out of the Gate: Heyday Records Bay Area Sampler

  • Music

    December 22, 1999

    Riff Raff

    From the "Can We Please Get the Millennium Over With Now?" Desk and Happy [Expletive Deleted] Holidays

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    Hip Pocket

    In Austin, Texas, it's a neck-and-neck race between art and commerce at South by Southwest

  • Music

    August 12, 1998

    Industrial Sun

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    Local Yokels

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Music

    April 30, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Music

    February 19, 1997

    Recordings

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Music

    January 29, 1997

    Hear This

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Calendar

    August 7, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

  • Music

    May 17, 1995

    Recordings

    Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

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