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Ben Gibbard Brings Out the Hits at Palace of Fine Arts, 11/13/12

Ben Gibbard Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Palace of Fine Arts Better than: Listening to Death Cab records after 1 a.m. as a college kid. It's hard to determine what the Palace of Fine Arts feels most like: late evening at a coffee shop, an MTV Unplugged performance, or some symphonic concert hall (okay, ... More >>

Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss: A First Listen

Normally I do these things on Radiohead or Bruce or Madonna, but my editor cleared one for Carly Rae Jepsen, who was a complete unknown a year ago. That's how big the biggest hit of the year is. Problem is, it's that mass-mass appeal that I think keeps me from all the way enjoying it. It's a cute so ... More >>

Treasure Island Day Two: St. Vincent, Beach House, and Explosions in the Sky Successfully Suspend Reality

Christopher VictorioSt. Vincent​ Death Cab for Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, the Hold Steady, St. Vincent, Beach House, Friendly Fires, Wild Beasts, Warpaint, the Antlers, Weekend, Thee Oh Sees October 16, 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival Better than: The other typical yuppie Sunday activi ... More >>

Dntel: Show Preview

Christopher VictorioSt. Vincent​ Death Cab for Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, the Hold Steady, St. Vincent, Beach House, Friendly Fires, Wild Beasts, Warpaint, the Antlers, Weekend, Thee Oh Sees October 16, 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival Better than: The other typical yuppie Sunday activi ... More >>

All Shook Down Music Fest: A Guide to the Artists

Christopher VictorioSt. Vincent​ Death Cab for Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, the Hold Steady, St. Vincent, Beach House, Friendly Fires, Wild Beasts, Warpaint, the Antlers, Weekend, Thee Oh Sees October 16, 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival Better than: The other typical yuppie Sunday activi ... More >>

Five More Ben Gibbard Benders

Ben Gibbard, now off the sauce.​For more than a decade, Ben Gibbard has been a wildly successful musician. He's fronted for Death Cab for Cutie, was one-half of the iconic indie-electro outfit The Postal Service, and, oh yeah, married Zooey Deschanel. But during all that, he harbored a dark secret ... More >>

Friday Night: Freelance Whales Bring On Make-Out Time at the Rickshaw Stop

Freelance Whales at the Rickshaw Stop Friday night​Freelance Whales Miniature TigersPepper Rabbit November 19, 2010 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Going to the zoo to see whales, tigers, and rabbits. For those of you who weren't quite satisfied by the output of one-album-and-done bedroom electro p ... More >>

Toro Y Moi: Show Preview

Freelance Whales at the Rickshaw Stop Friday night​Freelance Whales Miniature TigersPepper Rabbit November 19, 2010 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Going to the zoo to see whales, tigers, and rabbits. For those of you who weren't quite satisfied by the output of one-album-and-done bedroom electro p ... More >>

Exclusive: NastyNasty's 'Lazer Soul' DJ Mini-Mix

Luba RonissNastyNasty​Jasper Reeder is San Francisco lazer-bass aficionado NastyNasty, a vital asset to our city's increasingly vibrant electronic music landscape. He contributes his speaker-wobbling tracks to a handful of labels, including local institution Frite Nite, and can be seen regularly r ... More >>

CD Review: Baths' 'Cerulean'

Baths' 'Cerulean'​You've got to be thankful for the hopeless romantics. Without their uninhibited dedication to all things joyous, uplifting, and love-soaked, music wouldn't be anything like it is today. Somehow, these uncynical musicians and producers can turn some of the most jaded, oversexed, p ... More >>

Phil Collins: Indie Hipsters' Non-Guilty Pleasure

Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>

Treasure Island: The Limousines crack dancefloor codes

Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>