The Undertones

Django Django's Future Rock: The Six Accidents That Led to This Exciting U.K. Band

Today marks the U.S. release of the debut album from Django Django, a Scottish foursome with one of the most interesting sounds in indie rock. Like a collision between the pastoral and the futuristic, Django Django's songs blend clean, pared-down guitars and acoustic percussion with digital producti ... More >>

A Halloween Show We Can Get Behind: Nobunny, Ty Segall, Uzi Rash, and More to Play as Long-Gone Greats This Friday

Nobunny and Ty Segall play as garage greats this Friday.​On Friday, Brick and Mortar Music Hall will present a Halloween show that we're truly excited about. Naturally, it consists of some of our favorite local artists -- Nobunny and Ty Segall among them -- but given the time of the year, ther ... More >>

The Undertones Blow Out The Amps At SF Popfest 2011

Romana MachadoThe Undertones​SF Popfest: The Undertones The Mantles Melted Toys The Smittens May 27th, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Sitting at home on a cold May night with your Raspberries mp3s and all the Debby Boone albums you can burn. Ricki Lee Jones was playing at Davies Hall, whic ... More >>

SF Popfest Fills the Long Weekend With Sweaters, Guitars, and Indiepop

SF Popfest continues all weekend long, celebrating all things indiepop, and by extension, twee, sweaterpunk, cutie, beardo, shambling, sadmuffin, or whatever else you want to call music involving people (boys and girls, please), guitars (fuzzy, jangly, angular, or poorly-played will do), doing-it-yo ... More >>

Juke Hunt Finale: The Best Jukeboxes in San Francisco

You saw it coming...​Over the past few months, we've found treasures and trash in San Francisco bars: Old school jukeboxes with surprisingly sincere music picks, and sad little boxes we  urge you to skip. It's all come to this: The juke hunt winners distilled into a single list, the best offe ... More >>

S.F. Popfest 2011: Starring the Undertones, 14 Iced Bears, Allo Darlin', More

​Is there a better time for indie-pop than late spring? Clearly not. Sunshine and lovebirds are why S.F. Popfest goes down around Memorial Day; for 2011, the festival is expanding to five days of three-chord whimsy from 25 bands. It's a solid-as-hell lineup, too: the big stunner for us are Ir ... More >>

Urban Girlhood on the Rebound

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Swindled Art

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Crimp your hair and borrow your dad's Chevy: You've been invited to Kunst-Stoff's "The Prom"

House of Tudor

FM Knives' razor-sharp punk, a John Waters Xmas, and black market holiday gifts