The Rolling Stones

"Season of the Witch": The Turbulent Growth of S.F. Values

Outside Lands Brain-Burner: Fire on the Bayou by the Meters

​ Listen to this while high: Fire on the Bayou, by the Original Meters.Behind the buzz: Buried w-a-a-ay deep on the bill at this weekend's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival are The Original Meters, the slickest karass of funketeers ever to lurch out of New Orleans. Groomed for superstardo ... More >>

Kill, or Rather Own, 'Em All: Metallica Monopoly Is Coming Next Week

Consequence of SoundIt can be yours next week, crappy cartoons and all!​ Hit the lights, 'cause we're about to do some damaging incorporation: Bay Area metal megalith Metallica is following the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and, uh, Kiss next week and releasing its own Monopoly boa ... More >>

Sugar Sugar

Consequence of SoundIt can be yours next week, crappy cartoons and all!​ Hit the lights, 'cause we're about to do some damaging incorporation: Bay Area metal megalith Metallica is following the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and, uh, Kiss next week and releasing its own Monopoly boa ... More >>

Show preview: Stone Foxes

Consequence of SoundIt can be yours next week, crappy cartoons and all!​ Hit the lights, 'cause we're about to do some damaging incorporation: Bay Area metal megalith Metallica is following the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and, uh, Kiss next week and releasing its own Monopoly boa ... More >>

Bettye Reign O’er Me

Consequence of SoundIt can be yours next week, crappy cartoons and all!​ Hit the lights, 'cause we're about to do some damaging incorporation: Bay Area metal megalith Metallica is following the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and, uh, Kiss next week and releasing its own Monopoly boa ... More >>

Show preview: The Donkeys

Consequence of SoundIt can be yours next week, crappy cartoons and all!​ Hit the lights, 'cause we're about to do some damaging incorporation: Bay Area metal megalith Metallica is following the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and, uh, Kiss next week and releasing its own Monopoly boa ... More >>

For Next 17 Years, Call Backstreet Boys A 'Man Band'

​For all you doubters: Backstreet's back, alright? Next week the Boys are heading west to perform at San Francisco Pride and the Warfield Theater. If you asked the guys, though, they'd tell you they were "Never Gone" and "Unbreakable." (Yes, we're reading straight from some of their recent album ... More >>

The Strange Boys write another rough masterpiece

​For all you doubters: Backstreet's back, alright? Next week the Boys are heading west to perform at San Francisco Pride and the Warfield Theater. If you asked the guys, though, they'd tell you they were "Never Gone" and "Unbreakable." (Yes, we're reading straight from some of their recent album ... More >>

Thank you, Godfather

​For all you doubters: Backstreet's back, alright? Next week the Boys are heading west to perform at San Francisco Pride and the Warfield Theater. If you asked the guys, though, they'd tell you they were "Never Gone" and "Unbreakable." (Yes, we're reading straight from some of their recent album ... More >>

5 Things I'd Rather Hear About Than More Michael Jackson Coverage

Amadou & Maryam Believe it or not folks, there are other things happening in the entertainment world besides the seemingly endless Michael Jackson media feeding frenzy - which should have concluded with his memorial service and BET tribute. Here are a few: 5. Amadou & Mariam opening for Co ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: J-Boogie

Angelica GardeJ-Boogie is a world class San Francisco DJ/producer with a long history rooted in the local music community. Committed KUSF listeners know he started on that station way back in the day, moving on up from the radio dial and house parties to Lower Haight clubs to, well, football stadium ... More >>

Richie Rich

Angelica GardeJ-Boogie is a world class San Francisco DJ/producer with a long history rooted in the local music community. Committed KUSF listeners know he started on that station way back in the day, moving on up from the radio dial and house parties to Lower Haight clubs to, well, football stadium ... More >>

Like a Complete Unknown

Angelica GardeJ-Boogie is a world class San Francisco DJ/producer with a long history rooted in the local music community. Committed KUSF listeners know he started on that station way back in the day, moving on up from the radio dial and house parties to Lower Haight clubs to, well, football stadium ... More >>

Bouncer's Friends Help Her Get the Led Out

Angelica GardeJ-Boogie is a world class San Francisco DJ/producer with a long history rooted in the local music community. Committed KUSF listeners know he started on that station way back in the day, moving on up from the radio dial and house parties to Lower Haight clubs to, well, football stadium ... More >>

CD Review: Kanye West -- Graduation

Angelica GardeJ-Boogie is a world class San Francisco DJ/producer with a long history rooted in the local music community. Committed KUSF listeners know he started on that station way back in the day, moving on up from the radio dial and house parties to Lower Haight clubs to, well, football stadium ... More >>

Kanye West

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Laurie Anderson goes for the jugular

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Our top DVD picks for the week of October 17:

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Various Artists

Tiny Idols

Solomon Burke

Make Do With What You Got

Son, Ambulance

Key

Hear This

Brother Danielson plays quirky spirituals, and dresses as a tree; the Supersuckers blow through town with three nights of country-fried rawk

The Wrens

The Meadowlands

Best Jukebox

The Ha-Ra

House of Tudor

A "Dark Kabaret," Buy Nothing Day, synth love, and the ever-fierce Marianne Faithfull

No Sleep Till Indio

Road trip to Coachella

Hear This

The Supersuckers perfect the drunken rock-country shotgun marriage

Good Things

The Starvations; Blind Boys of Alabama; Dum Dum Project

Big Boys Don't Cry

Pete Miller is a rock 'n' roll legend -- or at least he should be

Listen to the Movie

Almost Famous rings in your ears -- and heart -- long after it's over

The Bagmen Cometh

Go The Way of the Gun, and you shall be rewarded

House Of Tudor

Master Musicians of Jajouka, OtherStarPeople, "Musical Atrocities and Eccentrics, 1926-52," and New Music on the Mountain

The Red Menace

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

The House of Tudor

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Reviews

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Riff Raff

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Say It Loud

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Sound Ideas

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

Week 2 of the 41st S.F. International Film Festival

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

Night + Day

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

Riff Raff

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

Riff Raff

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

riff raff

Take a Really Deep Breath

Stalemate

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Riff Raff

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Suspicious Minds

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Recordings

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Samples

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Surf's up

A selective guide to music on the Net