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Last Night: Vetiver at Great American Music Hall

VetiverWednesday, April 8, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: There's a fine line these days between jam bands and folk-leaning rock bands with guitar riffs that linger like the scent of patchouli. Vetiver loosens the reins without awakening the Dead too much.There's a new lightness to Veti ... More >>

Magic Concept Ride

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Please don't hate Andrew Bird

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Cruising the bargain bins with Vetiver’s Andy Cabic

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Justin Time

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Reggae, raw funk, and Afro-Latin grooves are "Hella Tight"

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 14.

Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

Best Rock n Roll Band

Naked Barbies

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For the Sake of the Song | Our Mother the Mountain

House of Tudor

Dusty-voiced troubadours, corporeality explorers, cotton candy jazz, and animalistic toga parties

Wander Lore

Folk singer David Dondero finds his songs the old-fashioned way -- by roaming the country's highways and byways

Jon Dee Graham

Hooray for the Moon (New West)

Change of Heart

M. Ward's new album is damn fine folk -- from a guy who used to ignore folk music

Lucinda Williams

Essence (Lost Highway)

Star Gazing

For Stars ditch the lo-fi ghetto for a big rock opus. But will their fans follow?

Grievous Angels

The Court and Spark might be the Bay Area's best new country band, if only it played country music

Wedding Albums

Buddy and Julie Miller are virtual unknowns in the Nashville scene they now call home. So why are country artists lining up to cover their songs?

Riff Raff

Singing a New Tune, What's in a Name?, Back in Business, and Spin Control

Dark Stars

For Stars' slow and steady trip up the coast to San Francisco inspired a life in somber, beatific pop

Magic and Loss

From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Reviews

From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Year of the Elephant

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

The House of Tudor

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

'Sticks and Stones

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Recordings

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Recordings

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Pools Together Roots Music Enthusiasts

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Tiny Vipers' uneasy listening

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Listomania: Top Americana Picks For 2009

We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

The Strange Boys write another rough masterpiece

We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

Experiencing Sandanista! While Stoned and Walking San Francisco

​ Listen to this while high: Sandinista! by The Clash​Behind the buzz: In the most literal sense, Sandinista! is the dopest punk album of all time. The Clash's fourth studio LP is a six-sided monstrosity alternately damned upon its 1980 release by purists as a sellout of punk verities, and damne ... More >>

Saturday at Hardly Strictly: Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson Become the Great HSB Unifiers

Christopher VictorioMerle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass​ Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson A.A. Bondy Robyn Hitchcock Hugh Laurie October 1, 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Better than: Seeing Neil Young after he released Greendale, that's for sure. A man dresse ... More >>