The Clash (Band)

Related Search

News Home The Snitch Blog Ask a Mexican Archives Search SF Weekly Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home All Shook Down Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Bouncer Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile Music Ads

Restaurants Home SFoodie Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home The Exhibitionist Blog Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Alternative Healing

MMJ Home MMJ News Dispensary Guide MMJ Newsletter

Blogs
April 9, 2012
The 8 Most Infuriating Quotes From the Worst Music Listicle of All Time
The worst music listicle of all time was published Sunday, April 8, 2012, on the conservative website Breitbart.com and penned by one Ben Shaprio. Headlined "Top 10 Overrated Songs of All Time," the piece attempts to savage the work of 10 pop music greats. That it does so stupidly, and with no sense ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
In Which Three Young Boys Weigh in on the Best Songs of 2011
Not an actual photo of any of the children subjected to WU LYF for this article.The year is drawing to a close, which means it's time for us music writers to puff out our chests -- those chests emblazoned with big red "C's" for "critic" -- and be extra insular, bombastic, and pissy. In our ye ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto: A First Listen
The No. 1 album in the country this week is by the biggest band on Earth. All is right with the world? Well, hold that thought. Unlike textural forbears U2 and Radiohead, much less the Clash or Nirvana, most people even willing to concede that Coldplay is a relevant force do not think it has ... More >>
Music
October 26, 2011
S.F.'s Extra Classic Tastefully Updates Dub and Reggae Sounds
The No. 1 album in the country this week is by the biggest band on Earth. All is right with the world? Well, hold that thought. Unlike textural forbears U2 and Radiohead, much less the Clash or Nirvana, most people even willing to concede that Coldplay is a relevant force do not think it has ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
The Top 50 Songs To Get High To
As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
The Flatlanders: A Beginner's Guide to Joe Ely
This is the first of a two-part series of explorations of the long, bewildering discographies of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, who will be preforming together as The Flatlanders this Saturday at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The Flatlanders are the only must-see band wh ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2011
An Albany Kid Reflects on Hometown Punks Rancid: "That's My America"
Rachel TejadaRancid It's probably no coincidence that it began two years ago, when I was living in New York and constantly homesick for the West Coast. Someone would put a Rancid song, generally "Roots Radicals" or "Time Bomb," on the odd punk-heavy bar jukebox, and a wave of pure, adolescent ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Saturday's 10th Annual Joe Strummer Tribute Doubles as a Save KUSF Benefit
The Clash City SirensA 10th annual tribute to the late great Clash frontman Joe Strummer takes place this Saturday, Aug. 13, at S.F.'s Bottom of the Hill. While it's always a benefit for Strummerville (The Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music), this year the event doubles as a fundraiser for ... More >>
Film
July 13, 2011
Azazel Jacobs, Director of "Terri," Breaks Free of the Labels
The Clash City SirensA 10th annual tribute to the late great Clash frontman Joe Strummer takes place this Saturday, Aug. 13, at S.F.'s Bottom of the Hill. While it's always a benefit for Strummerville (The Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music), this year the event doubles as a fundraiser for ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
America Sucks: Six Great Songs Complaining About the USA
So it's almost the Fourth of July -- a day when we are all obligated to find a barbeque, pretend it's sunny, get drunker than we probably should in the middle of the day, and complain about British people. As is the case with so many national holidays, this whole deal is a pain in the ass for the ... More >>
Music
May 18, 2011
James Blake's Lonely Beginnings
So it's almost the Fourth of July -- a day when we are all obligated to find a barbeque, pretend it's sunny, get drunker than we probably should in the middle of the day, and complain about British people. As is the case with so many national holidays, this whole deal is a pain in the ass for the ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Juke Hunt Finale: The Best Jukeboxes in San Francisco
You saw it coming...Over the past few months, we've found treasures and trash in San Francisco bars: Old school jukeboxes with surprisingly sincere music picks, and sad little boxes we urge you to skip. It's all come to this: The juke hunt winners distilled into a single list, the best offe ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Helpful Advice: How to Survive NOT Going to Coachella
The time is almost upon us. This week, tens of thousands of beautiful indie kids will descend on a patch of desert in Indio, Calif., and bear witness to some of the finest music the modern world has to offer at the 13th annual Coachella Festival.For those of you who didn't manage to get a ti ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
Experiencing Sandanista! While Stoned and Walking San Francisco
Listen to this while high: Sandinista! by The ClashBehind the buzz: In the most literal sense, Sandinista! is the dopest punk album of all time. The Clash's fourth studio LP is a six-sided monstrosity alternately damned upon its 1980 release by purists as a sellout of punk verities, and damne ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Everlast Talks Run D.M.C., Rapping While White, and the House of Pain Reunion Tour
House of Pain's Danny Boy and Everlast are at the Fillmore tonight.More than a decade after its last "Jump Around," the indelible white rap group House of Pain -- featuring original members Everlast and Danny Boy -- is back out on the road for a reunion tour that kicks off tonight at the Fillmore ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Haight
The juke at Aub Zam ZamThe heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Friday Night: Phenomenauts Lead a Locally Grown Geek-Punk Freakshow at Rickshaw Stop
Phenomenauts at Rickshaw on Friday. Pics by Chris Trenchard.PhenomenautsTornado RiderManzanitaBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggetsJanuary 7, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Middle Earth's music scene.The upshot of the live music malaise in early January is without a doubt the spotlight inh ... More >>
Music
December 22, 2010
Broken, Not Shattered: Adam Stephens and his band celebrate life after a tour accident
Phenomenauts at Rickshaw on Friday. Pics by Chris Trenchard.PhenomenautsTornado RiderManzanitaBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggetsJanuary 7, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Middle Earth's music scene.The upshot of the live music malaise in early January is without a doubt the spotlight inh ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Saturday Night: Gorillaz Drag Out De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, and More for a Cartoonishly Fun Halloween
Calibree PhotographyGorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Folsom Street Fair, Tour De Fat, Springsteen Tribute, Jared Mees & Grown Children, Arts Expo and More
Jared Mees & the Grown Children play The Hemlock this Sunday There are so many awesome events this warm weekend in September, the problem won't be what to do, but how to pack it all in. Make the best use of your time, map out a proper schedule and get to it. Here's this week's list of ten th ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2010
The Jim Jones Revue Tells Us the Secret Behind 'The Best Damn Rock'n' Roll Band on the Planet'
The Jim Jones Revue has been called "The best damn rock 'n' roll band on the planet" by Mojo magazine -- a classic bit of British music press hyperbole that this time has a kernel of truth to it. This Sunday (September 19), the frenetic London five-piece will bring its superheated, piano-driven r ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
The Lion Sleeps Tonight: A Musical Tribute to the Berkeley Mountain Lion
This too shall passThe Berkeley Police Department shot and killed an errant mountain lion early yesterday morning. In the minor controversy that has ensued over whether they should have made more of an effort to tranquilize her before pulling out the patrol shotgun, we've already lost sight of th ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Rancid Bassist Matt Freeman Talks Devil's Brigade Project, Kids Songs, and Op Ivy Reunion
Matt Freeman has been a force in East Bay punk for more than two decades.Just when it seemed like almost everyone in the big-time East Bay punk band Rancid has had a side project of their own except for bassist Matt Freeman, the 44-year-old bassist is today releasing Devil's Brigade, a long-in-th ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
They Might Be Giants, Street Food Fest, Rock Make, Booty Bassment and More
They Might Be Giants play Stern Grove for free this SundayCelebrate San Francisco this weekend. We have awesome bands, awesome fests and awesome non-summer summers. Check out our list of top ten things to do for less than a cocktail costs at some fancy-pants L.A. club. Locals only: Alamo Square ... More >>
Calendar
August 18, 2010
Love Doesn't Actually Kill
They Might Be Giants play Stern Grove for free this SundayCelebrate San Francisco this weekend. We have awesome bands, awesome fests and awesome non-summer summers. Check out our list of top ten things to do for less than a cocktail costs at some fancy-pants L.A. club. Locals only: Alamo Square ... More >>
Music
May 19, 2010
M.I.A.'s diluted politics
They Might Be Giants play Stern Grove for free this SundayCelebrate San Francisco this weekend. We have awesome bands, awesome fests and awesome non-summer summers. Check out our list of top ten things to do for less than a cocktail costs at some fancy-pants L.A. club. Locals only: Alamo Square ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
M.I.A.'s Shock Tactics Dilute Her Politics
Image Courtesy of: Grant Gilliland M.I.A. thrives on misinterpretation. Her debut album, Arular, was named after her Tamil Tiger dad and released in the midst of the War on Terror with a lead track taunting, "I've got the bombs to make you blow." Her antagonistic resolve arrived at a time when ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
CD Review: LCD Soundsystem's "This Is Happening"
Third albums come with a lot of pressure. They're typically treated as a chance for a rising band to secure its place in the halls of greatness (see Radiohead's OK Computer or The Clash's London Calling). While some acts face the challenge by letting loose with experimentation, others stick to th ... More >>
Music
April 14, 2010
Major Lazer introduces electro dancehall fans to animated moves
Third albums come with a lot of pressure. They're typically treated as a chance for a rising band to secure its place in the halls of greatness (see Radiohead's OK Computer or The Clash's London Calling). While some acts face the challenge by letting loose with experimentation, others stick to th ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2010
Vinyl's Hidden Messages Unmasked
Photo by Qsysue for Public CollectorsPublic Collectors is working on a really cool project that spotlights a small detail of what's being lost amongst so many invisible MP3s. The site is making a list of the messages bands have "pressed into the matrix of their vinyl" over the years. Apparently t ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2010
JEFF the Brotherhood Think Our Burritos Are Weird
Garage rock is not a fad. It's been percolating for over half a century, in one form or another, and shows no sign of letting up. JEFF the Brotherhood is the kind of band that explains why. Nashville brothers Jamin and Jake Orrall are out to extract as much fun as possible from a growling guitar, ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
Local Frequency: As A People
If variety is your thing then As A People may be what you're looking for. Songs on the band's 2008 release Carpet Bomb Ballet vary drastically from post-rock, to metal, and punk. While so many genres in one place would usually come across as scatterbrained, the album is held together by singer A ... More >>
Music
December 9, 2009
The Slits continue giving wild women a place in punk
If variety is your thing then As A People may be what you're looking for. Songs on the band's 2008 release Carpet Bomb Ballet vary drastically from post-rock, to metal, and punk. While so many genres in one place would usually come across as scatterbrained, the album is held together by singer A ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Last Night: Saul Williams, Earl Greyhound, and American Fangs at the Independent
Saul Williams's facepaint resembled a dolphin crossed with the Star Trek logoSaul Williams, Earl Greyhound, American Fangs November 10, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Gym Class Heroes, or 2009 David Bowie With a head full of feathers and his face painted like a glittering Star Trek dolphin, ... More >>
Culture
October 28, 2009
Also Playing
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
October 21, 2009
Also Playing
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
October 14, 2009
Also Playing
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Last Night: The Pogues at The Warfield
Joseph SchellThe Pogues The WarfieldOctober 13, 2009Better Than: Finding a four leaf clover ... and then sobering up and realizing it's just a three leaf clover.There were two kinds of Pogues fans last night at The Warfield: the fans that wound up at the center of the dance floor, and everyone el ... More >>
Culture
October 7, 2009
Also Playing
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Calendar
July 15, 2009
Very Post-Punk
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Calendar
June 3, 2009
You Brut!
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Music
July 9, 2008
Rachid the Casbah
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Music
August 29, 2007
Hear This
Angelina Jolie's ex, Mr. Billy Bob Thornton, shifts from the big screen to Slim's stage
Calendar
August 8, 2007
Career Opportunities
Angelina Jolie's ex, Mr. Billy Bob Thornton, shifts from the big screen to Slim's stage
Music
April 10, 1996
Samples
Angelina Jolie's ex, Mr. Billy Bob Thornton, shifts from the big screen to Slim's stage
Music
September 27, 1995
Crash Worship
The good-time ska of Berkeley's Dance Hall Crashers
Music
June 7, 1995
Revolting Cocks
The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll by Simon Reynolds and Joy Press

Browse Voice Nation

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Film

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Culture

Culture

Culture

Blogs

Culture

Calendar

Calendar

Music

Music

Calendar

Music

Music

Music

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This