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May 3, 2012
See The Tower of Pork and Other Delights at Chris Cosentino's Los Angeles Eatery PIGG
While Southern California's Umami Burger opened its first Bay Area location in San Francisco in 2011 and has signed a lease on a second spot in Oakland, it has also developed a new and broader concept called Umamicatessen, which debuted in downtown Los Angeles in March. The showpiece of the Umami Re ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
Honor Roll Crew Singer 1 O.A.K. on His Debut Solo Album, Studio Mischief, and Covering Wham!
"We'll be taking a lot of shots tonight!" 1 O.A.K. is about to head out and celebrate his brother's 21st birthday by hitting up a few local bars -- but the Oakland-based singer and producer has good reason to indulge in some reveling with his debut solo album, Special Request, having dropped last we ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Digitalism Excites a Sold-Out Mezzanine Crowd
Take us into the light Digitalism Data Romance Anna Lunoe Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 2011 Mezzanine Better than: Sitting in a plastic rocket and pretending to go to the moon. While a typical midweek party at Mezzanine might see the opening DJs playing an indulgent set to a small group of friend ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
10 Actually Good Songs on Metallica's Despised Load and Reload Albums
It's not that bad. Really. As we celebrate Metallica's 30th Anniversary, it's time to reexamine a popular mindset among critics and fans of the most enduringly popular band in metal history: Many believe that that all four of Metallica's 1980s albums were unimpeachable classics, and that afte ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Vex Your Mind with Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EP
Listen to this while high: Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EPBehind the buzz: Vex Ruffin is the next whiz kid out of L.A.'s celebrated Stones Throw Records, signed after an unsolicited demo and now being touted as a split of the considerable difference between Ruff Ryders and The Cure. Such flacker ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Amazing Local Video Alert: Jascha Hoffman's Dreamily Illustrated "Some Hungry Guy"
Stills from the "Some Hungry Guy" video. Experimental animation is always ripe territory for a music video, as S.F. indie-pop songwriter Jascha Hoffman demonstrates with his new clip for "Some Hungry Guy." The video, directed by Benjamin Ahr Harrison, uses art from the Winsor McCay's century- ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
All Shook Down: Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., and Maus Haus Rile up the Regency
Joseph SchellCrystal Castles at the All Shook Down Music Fest SF Weekly's All Shook Down Fest featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., Maus Haus, and more August 6, 2011 Regency Ballroom [See Part I of our ASD Fest roundup, featuring Battlehooch, Richie Cunning, and Con Brio] Better than: Y ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
All Shook Down Isn't Your Average Music Fest
Joseph SchellCrystal Castles at the All Shook Down Music Fest SF Weekly's All Shook Down Fest featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., Maus Haus, and more August 6, 2011 Regency Ballroom [See Part I of our ASD Fest roundup, featuring Battlehooch, Richie Cunning, and Con Brio] Better than: Y ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
In Print: Kreayshawn, Lil B, and the New Generation of Bay Area Hip-Hop; Our All Shook Down Fest; and More
From SF Weekly's latest print issue: Insurgent Hip-Hop: Adam Giacomini remembers the very first time he heard Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci." Giacomini, known to listeners of Bay Area radio station KMEL as DJ Amen, was eating lunch one day this spring with a local hip-hop manager at Original Buf ... More >>
Music
July 27, 2011
Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music
From SF Weekly's latest print issue: Insurgent Hip-Hop: Adam Giacomini remembers the very first time he heard Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci." Giacomini, known to listeners of Bay Area radio station KMEL as DJ Amen, was eating lunch one day this spring with a local hip-hop manager at Original Buf ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Bela Lugosi's Not Dead: SF's Darkwave Scene Is Still Going Strong (and Weird)
A typical crowd at the Dancing Ghosts darkwave party.If you like Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, or Kanye West, you probably shouldn't go to the Dancing Ghosts party at the Cat Club tomorrow night. If you normally wear lots of bright colors when you're out on the town, or if you like to spend tim ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Mick Jagger Forms Supergroup "Super Heavy," We're Super Embarrassed
Mick Jagger threw his name into the running for what may become the biggest supergroup of 2011, joining Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, and A.R. Rahman, composer of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for what promises to be an eclectic (and hopefully not too terr ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
The Top Ten Hip-Hop Drinking Anthems
Hip-hop's reliance on marijuana as a creative conduit and lifestyle accessory is well documented. But beyond the genre's top tokers, there's also a bubbling batch of rappers who've rhymed about not so much getting a little tipsy as daily dalliances with the dark world of being black-out drunk ... More >>
Music
March 23, 2011
Janice Whaley Reimagines the Smiths Catalog A Cappella
Hip-hop's reliance on marijuana as a creative conduit and lifestyle accessory is well documented. But beyond the genre's top tokers, there's also a bubbling batch of rappers who've rhymed about not so much getting a little tipsy as daily dalliances with the dark world of being black-out drunk ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Destroyer, Nine Albums In, Remains A Singular Band, Plays Monday at Great American Music Hall
Ted BoisThe answer, my friend, is blowing in my hair In the past ten years or so, there's been a proliferation of "bands" that are essentially one person, and whoever accompanies him or her on an album/tour. Perhaps it's a way for performers to "distance" themselves from being pigeonholed by a ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
"Take Me Home Tonight": Coke-Fueled '80s Nostalgia
Ted BoisThe answer, my friend, is blowing in my hair In the past ten years or so, there's been a proliferation of "bands" that are essentially one person, and whoever accompanies him or her on an album/tour. Perhaps it's a way for performers to "distance" themselves from being pigeonholed by a ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Noise Pop: Film School Makes Itself Known at Cafe du Nord
Apex ManorFilm School Apex Manor Gregory and the Hawk Melted Toys @ Cafe du Nord Thursday, February 24, 2011 Better than: A rainy night at the beach. I tumbled down the stairs to Cafe du Nord last night to find the stage being cleared, rather unceremoniously, of various music-making devices. I ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Sunday Night: The Black Crowes Begin Their Last Stand at the Fillmore
Calibree PhotographyThe Black Crowes at the Fillmore last night.The Black Crowes December 12, 2010 @ The Fillmore Better than: That thing Martin Scorsese lugged a camera to. To an Appalachian hillbilly transplant shivering through his first winter in the Bay Area, hearing that durable Southern ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
SantaCon, Noise Pop Holiday Shop, Midnite Snaxxx, Menorah Lighting, Violent Anime, and More
Chrissy PiperTim Kerr plays Needles Pens this FridayCan you feel it? The holidays are coming. Well, the oily latke meals of Chanukah are already in full swing, and Christmas decorations began to sparkle throughout the city last week. Want a fine way to celebrate this chilly first weekend of Decem ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Phantom Kicks, the Actors, and Sunbeam Rd. at Rickshaw Stop
The Actors. All photos by Romana MachadoPhantom Kicks The Actors Sunbeam Rd. December 1, 2010 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: I expected. Wednesday night live music has traditionally so little to commend itself that acts thank people just for showing up -- even if it's raining barrels, and ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard Gets Straight Up Avuncular on the Warfield's Ass
Pollard with smoke and beverage in hand.Guided by VoicesTimes New VikingOctober 5, 2010@ the WarfieldBetter than: 1,039 smoothed out slappy hours For the record, Robert Pollard still has hops. The Guided by Voices frontman and creative "Hot Freak" in fact has most of the move ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Wild Nothing: Show Preview
Pollard with smoke and beverage in hand.Guided by VoicesTimes New VikingOctober 5, 2010@ the WarfieldBetter than: 1,039 smoothed out slappy hours For the record, Robert Pollard still has hops. The Guided by Voices frontman and creative "Hot Freak" in fact has most of the move ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
The Crazies Will Destroy You -- Spiritually, Sexually, and While Singing About Carnitas
The exemplary Texas post-rock band This Will Destroy You is playing tonight at the Great American Music Hall. Meanwhile, the raucous, carousing and altogether less pigeonholeable San Francisco band The Crazies Will Destroy You is playing tonight at the Red Devil Lounge, headlining a benefit for m ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
In the Rough
The exemplary Texas post-rock band This Will Destroy You is playing tonight at the Great American Music Hall. Meanwhile, the raucous, carousing and altogether less pigeonholeable San Francisco band The Crazies Will Destroy You is playing tonight at the Red Devil Lounge, headlining a benefit for m ... More >>
Music
June 23, 2010
Pavement's Promise
Why Malkmus and Co. still need their seminal band
Music
May 5, 2010
The Honor Roll Crew is the West Coast's Wu-Tang Clan
Why Malkmus and Co. still need their seminal band
Blogs
May 5, 2010
The Honor Roll Crew's Top Dancers, Players & Pleasures
Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise). ... More >>
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March 2, 2010
SF's Veil Veil Vanish Celebrate CD Release at Popscene
If your band traffics in '80s-indebted post-punk, it doesn't get much better than receiving a thumbs up from goth's godfather. That's what happened when local quintet Veil Veil Vanish contributed a cover of "The Upstairs Room" to the 2008 Cure tribute record Perfect As Cats. "We chose 'The Upstai ... More >>
Film
December 30, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for December 30, 2009-January 5, 2010
If your band traffics in '80s-indebted post-punk, it doesn't get much better than receiving a thumbs up from goth's godfather. That's what happened when local quintet Veil Veil Vanish contributed a cover of "The Upstairs Room" to the 2008 Cure tribute record Perfect As Cats. "We chose 'The Upstai ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
The Lady Organist and the Tramp
If your band traffics in '80s-indebted post-punk, it doesn't get much better than receiving a thumbs up from goth's godfather. That's what happened when local quintet Veil Veil Vanish contributed a cover of "The Upstairs Room" to the 2008 Cure tribute record Perfect As Cats. "We chose 'The Upstai ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Last Night: Weezer's 'Secret Show' at the Regency
Joseph Schell WeezerWednesday, Oct. 21, 2009The RegencyBetter than: Seeing an arena rock band in an arena.Just to be clear, there was a lot of screaming going on at the Regency last night for Weezer's free "secret" show. Fans screamed when the line they were standing in outside the venue--a line ... More >>
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July 17, 2009
Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Nathan Rapport
DJ and promoter Nathan Rapport's ears have been spoiled. He lived in Detroit long enough to enjoy the riches of techno's epicenter, and now when he hits a gay club, the dude does not want to hear ten million variations on the Kylie remix. Back in the Motor City he threw queer parties called SASS wit ... More >>
Music
July 8, 2009
Zen and the Art of Nose Maintenance
DJ and promoter Nathan Rapport's ears have been spoiled. He lived in Detroit long enough to enjoy the riches of techno's epicenter, and now when he hits a gay club, the dude does not want to hear ten million variations on the Kylie remix. Back in the Motor City he threw queer parties called SASS wit ... More >>
News
May 20, 2009
Web Extra — Bonus Best Of
DJ and promoter Nathan Rapport's ears have been spoiled. He lived in Detroit long enough to enjoy the riches of techno's epicenter, and now when he hits a gay club, the dude does not want to hear ten million variations on the Kylie remix. Back in the Motor City he threw queer parties called SASS wit ... More >>
Music
May 20, 2009
Lady Sovereign
Jigsaw (Midget/ EMI)
Music
December 10, 2008
Return of the Art Bitches
Jigsaw (Midget/ EMI)
Culture
August 20, 2008
Emo the Musical
Finally, mopey hipsters have their own musical
Music
May 28, 2008
Boys don't cry, except when it's with the Cure
Finally, mopey hipsters have their own musical
Music
October 3, 2007
Love Like Fire
An Ocean in the Air (Black Ludella)
Music
October 3, 2007
Finntroll; Download Festival; Bill Callahan; Black Crowes; the Go-Gos
An Ocean in the Air (Black Ludella)
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July 18, 2007
Doing It Her Way
An Ocean in the Air (Black Ludella)
Music
August 21, 2002
Immigrant Songs
The Skyflakes -- and the piNoisepop Festival -- put Filipino-American indie music on the map
Music
May 22, 1996
Elemental Pee
Short and fast and complicated and not cuddlecore
Film
April 19, 1995
Tears R Us
Middlebrow formula dilutes The Cure
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April 19, 1995
Night+Day
Middlebrow formula dilutes The Cure

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