The Coup (Musical Group)

Tom Morello and Boots Riley rage as one in Street Sweeper

Last Night: The Coup Live Show Review at Mezzanine

Boots Riley's CoupTV Makes Revolution Come Quicker

Radioactive Clout

Local genre-tweakers Mushroom meld with jazz giant Eddie Gale

Regional Rhyme Scheme

MassLine Media takes Seattle's hip-hop hopes on the road

Live Wires

The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Unagi emerges from the local hip hop underground

SF Weekly Music Awards: Winner's Circle

Hip Hop 101: the Underdogs/Alt-Rock 101: the Secret of Their Overseas Success/ DJ Culture 101: the Critical Mash Honors Club

Various Artists

Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

Weapons of Mass Construction

Oakland's Coup takes political rap to the next level

> Activist hip hop act the Coup previews its upcoming album; Hawtin homie John Acquaviva brings his techno to Ruby Skye

BeatBox

Ten 15 hosts "Elementary" my dear hip-hoppers; "Full of Flava: Tropical Edition" is ground zero for reggaeton in S.F.

The Paminator

DJ "I rule the school"

BeatBox

Ursula 1000 touches down at "Joypad"; MC Kool Keith brings his 1,000 personalities to the Independent

All Is Full of Luck

On Anú, DJ Polywog, and finding new year luck where you least expect it

Hear This

The Dresden Dolls bring their Brechtian cabaret to the Great American Music Hall

Hear This

Quirky lo-fi pop is On the Speakers; the Roots, the Coup, and more show up for the We the Planet Festival

BeatBox

"Turntables on the Hudson" brings a New York feel to 111 Minna; "The Big Payback" does just that with its stellar DJ line-up

R.I.P. JMJ

A hip hop happening in honor of the late, lamented Jam Master Jay

SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

Sonic Dissidents

Stop Bush! Stop the Republicans! Slackers unite: It's time, once again, to "Rock the Vote."

We Are the Concert

Big huge music/activism fest

Back from -- and with -- the dead

Kimo's and the Dead Kennedys return

And the Winners Were ...

If you missed this year's SF Weekly Music Awards ... well, what can we say? You screwed up big time, bucko.

SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

Dial 510-Hip-Hop

The Cali Comm tour brings the region's best hip hop talent under one roof

Holiday Highlights 2001

Holiday Event Lisitngs

Sweet Musette

The Baguette Quartette keeps French accordion music alive -- with a little help from Gypsies, tramps, and thieves

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Pop Philosophy

Street closing; not enough coffee, man

Pop Philosophy

A milder Coup; an Xstatic Web site

A League of Its Own

The Justice League built its reputation by booking local hip hop acts -- now, in the face of an increasingly white-bread city, can the club survive?

Riff Raff

Goodbye to All That; Punk, Love, and Understanding; He Shall Be Released

Personality Crisis

As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

Black Rage

The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

Riff Raff

SF Weekly's Wammies '98

Night Crawler

Albums

Letters

Night+Day

Night+Day

What's Killing Hip Hop?

From the Western Addition to the East Bay, police and wary club owners have all but banished hip hop. Have the cops overreacted? Are the clubs at fault? Or have a few well-armed fans hijacked the positive vibe of the hip-hop nation?