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Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

Live Review, 2/21/12: The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Leads a Good, Depressing Time at Bottom of the Hill

Craig Finn Sad Baby Wolf Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bottom of the Hill / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Seeing The Hold Steady. Ask a local, or a bring a notebook with you to a show, and they'll tell you: Noise Pop is as much about discovering new music as it is about venue-hopp ... More >>

Ten Albums We Dug That Didn't Get Their Due in 2010

A proposition: Finding gems of underdogs far down in the CD pile is way more fun than picking the best of anything. Look around at most Top 10 Albums lists this year, and you'll likely be bored by the (admittedly warranted) sameness. Glaze over at our Top 10 soon (there will be some surprises!) but ... More >>

Music-based dating site Tastebuds doesn't work for the iPod generation

A proposition: Finding gems of underdogs far down in the CD pile is way more fun than picking the best of anything. Look around at most Top 10 Albums lists this year, and you'll likely be bored by the (admittedly warranted) sameness. Glaze over at our Top 10 soon (there will be some surprises!) but ... More >>

Adam Stephens of Two Gallants finally plays himself

A proposition: Finding gems of underdogs far down in the CD pile is way more fun than picking the best of anything. Look around at most Top 10 Albums lists this year, and you'll likely be bored by the (admittedly warranted) sameness. Glaze over at our Top 10 soon (there will be some surprises!) but ... More >>

Rooney, The Young Veins and Black Gold at Slim's Last Night

Taylor FriedmanRobert Schwartzman, Rooney​RooneyThe Young VeinsBlack GoldJune 22, 2010@Slim'sBetter than: Random! punctuationFor the price of seeing Rooney and two opening acts, the audience at Slim's was also treated to half a Panic! at the Disco concert. Black Gold's Eric Ronick and Than Luu wer ... More >>

Noise Pop Preview: Q&A w/ A B & The Sea

Helena Price​Guitarists Joe Spargur and Koley O'Brien of the new indie-pop quintet A B & The Sea moved out to San Francisco from Winneconne, Wisconsin at the end of 2008. They came at the suggestion of the Morning Benders to take a serious stab at the music business. It seems to be paying off. ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Helena Price​Guitarists Joe Spargur and Koley O'Brien of the new indie-pop quintet A B & The Sea moved out to San Francisco from Winneconne, Wisconsin at the end of 2008. They came at the suggestion of the Morning Benders to take a serious stab at the music business. It seems to be paying off. ... More >>

The New Pornographers' Feel Good Rush

Pleasure-centered pop singles

Bearly Legal

Pleasure-centered pop singles

Pretty Ponies

Band of Horses makes a run for college rock

A&R Q&A

Never mind the guys in Wolf Parade, here's an interview with their A&R guy

Rogue Wave

A grown-up indie-pop band emerges with a stunning sophomore album

Private Parts

Intelligent Design meets masturbation at the Lone Palm

Da Da

Down at Da Corner, Bouncer gets her crunk on, coins term "muff muffle."

A Portrait of Hope

On the eve of the A's big loss, we learn why the Oakland team is to baseball as indie rock is to mainstream music

Ay dios!

Boasting sharply written tunes and a fan in Morrissey, dios is converting the hordes with its indie rock

Pinup Energy

Sweet and sexy, the New Pornographers make pop that sticks

Notes From the Underground

The Cave-ins' indie rock debut sounds mighty familiar -- but in a good way