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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Springsteen Says Rockers Are Thieves: Five Songs You May Not Know Were Stolen

​Last Thursday, Bruce Springsteen made the keynote speech at South By Southwest. He was funny, he was heartfelt, he was informative and -- dang, Boss! -- he was ridiculously honest. So honest in fact, that he picked up a guitar, played the opening riff from The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of this P ... More >>

Does Rock Music Make People Racist? These Researchers Think So

Today in the department of WTF, we have this: A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota claims that listening to even just a few minutes of rock music like Bruce Springsteen or the White Stripes causes white people to favor their own race to the detriment of others. Meanwhile, lis ... More >>

Glitch Mob: Show Preview

Today in the department of WTF, we have this: A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota claims that listening to even just a few minutes of rock music like Bruce Springsteen or the White Stripes causes white people to favor their own race to the detriment of others. Meanwhile, lis ... More >>

Bouncer Discovers That Coffee Dates Suck -- Especially at the Food Court Peet's

​From this week's Bouncer column: I recently plunged back into the world of online dating. "Plunged" is a good word, because you become immediately immersed, struggle to find your footing, begin to panic and gasp for air, and, if you are lucky, slowly rise to the surface again, relieved to be ... More >>

This Is Noise Pop: What Not to Miss at S.F.'s Signature Indie Music Fest

​From this week's Bouncer column: I recently plunged back into the world of online dating. "Plunged" is a good word, because you become immediately immersed, struggle to find your footing, begin to panic and gasp for air, and, if you are lucky, slowly rise to the surface again, relieved to be ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

​From this week's Bouncer column: I recently plunged back into the world of online dating. "Plunged" is a good word, because you become immediately immersed, struggle to find your footing, begin to panic and gasp for air, and, if you are lucky, slowly rise to the surface again, relieved to be ... More >>

New Strokes Single, 'Under Cover of Darkness,' Soon To Be Uncovered and Illuminated

Where's the money, Leboffski?​Has the breakup of the White Stripes left you jonesing for some new simple, monosyllabic early-aughts post-garage rock? If so, never fear: The Strokes are hear to pat your hand and whisper soothing secrets in your ear.

The Top 5 Most Politically Incorrect Music Videos

Since yesterday's Super Bowl Half Time Show was so sorely lacking in wardrobe malfunctions -- frankly, we found the Black Eyed Peas' outfits a billion times more offensive than Janet Jackson's silver-plated nipple, but whatever -- we decided to provide a bit of dirt today, so you can all get over th ... More >>

R.I.P. The White Stripes, 1997-2011: An Appreciation

R.I.P., guy and gal.​More than just a band ended today, with the White Stripes' announcement that they are formally ceasing to record, perform, exist. (They hadn't done anything for a long while, anyway.) Easily the best of a cohort that might loosely be known as the "The" bands -- the Strokes, th ... More >>

KUSF DJs and Board of Supervisors Rally To Stop Radio Station Sale

Making music outside city hall ​DJs and supporters wearing "Save KUSF" T-shirts joined Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi for a rally in front of City Hall this afternoon, chanting "Whose station? Our station!" and "Shame on USF!" Afterward, Mirkarimi headed into the board chambers, where he introduced a r ... More >>

How to Succeed in Indie Music? Five Formulas For a Blog-Worthy Band

Maybe you won't admit it -- at least to your would-be fans -- but we all know it's the truth. No matter how stunning your lack of ambition may be, no matter how much you say you like sharing a one-bedroom with four guys and perfecting lattes for corporate assholes to pay the rent, you want that indi ... More >>

Put Away the Cameras and Watch the Show, Music Fans

​In a recent interview with Spinner, White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather mastermind Jack White explained why he doesn't allow fans to shoot photos and video during shows at Third Man Records:When we have concerts [at Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville], we don't allow people to film and ... More >>

Eight Christmas Songs Worth Saving From the Fire (by The White Stripes, The Fall, Kurtis Blow, & more)

Like clockwork, the waning of each year brings another slew of Christmas songs. Even Dylan has gotten in on the act. The vast majority of the seasonal crop is either nostalgic rehashings or sentimental cash-ins, but there are always a choice few that far outshine the rest. Below are eight season-app ... More >>

Jay Reatard: In the NY Times Last Sun., At Amoeba This Sat.

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Barrel House’s secret formula: Cool shows, free admission

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Delicate Cutting

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Kork Agency goes L.A.

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Brit Blues

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Q&A: Death Cab for Cutie

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Vanilla Ice Tells SFWeekly His Top Nine Records of '07

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Kartoon Korner

​Jay Reatard is 2009's White Stripes: the kid from the garage rock world who has been selected by the mainstream press to receive tons of (well-earned) cred. It's been almost 10 years since the big dailies have paid attention to the raw underground, so I guess the buzz cycle is coming around right ... More >>

Let's Get Killed

Oakland's Story Club hosts Budget Rock. Awesome ridiculous!

iPhone: It Never Fucks Its Life Coach

Oakland's Story Club hosts Budget Rock. Awesome ridiculous!

White Stripes Cancel Show: Meg's Anxiety Cited

Oakland's Story Club hosts Budget Rock. Awesome ridiculous!

Cold War Kids Back for ColdWinterSF

Oakland's Story Club hosts Budget Rock. Awesome ridiculous!

The Lovemakers

Misery Loves Company (Fuzz Artists)

White Stripes

Icky Thump (Third Man/ Warner Brothers)

Quit Bitching: Friday Night Picks

Icky Thump (Third Man/ Warner Brothers)

Hand It to Him

Icky Thump (Third Man/ Warner Brothers)

Oneida vs. Raconteurs: one big riff deserves another

Icky Thump (Third Man/ Warner Brothers)

The Raconteurs

Broken Boy Soldiers

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Show Your Bones

Band Advice

How to get all the blow jobs and cash you can handle, in eight easy steps

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Pelican exhibits why it's joined Chicago's post-rock pantheon; the Greenhornes open for the White Stripes, and maybe show them up

Bluegrass Alfresco

Hello Emmylou, goodbye heart

Too Sexy for Their Rock

Fashionable retro rock has jumped the shark. Here's why.

The Hives

Tyrannosaurus Hives

Pants on Fire

Brooklyn's Liars have blown it with their sophomore album. And that's a good thing.

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Dead Meadow

Shivering King and Others

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not

a pejorative

The White Stripes

Elephant

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Detroit's Electric Six fuses state-of-the-'80s funk-wave moves with garage-rock braggadocio

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Detroit's Electric Six fuses state-of-the-'80s funk-wave moves with garage-rock braggadocio

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The sloshing, vitriolic musical madness of the Hunches

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Detroit's Soledad Brothers set off badass blues explosions

Andrew WK

I Get Wet (Island)

Noise Pop Tip Sheet

Noise Pop Festival; Pound-SF club opening

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