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

The Dodos, Two Gallants' Adam Stephens to Play Adobe Books Benefit at Public Works

San Francisco gets more expensive. Landlords jack up rents on residential apartments and businesses in popular neighborhoods. Old business models don't support the new costs. Alternative means of supporting local businesses have to be found. Such is the case with Adobe Books, the 16th Street bookse ... More >>

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

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The 10 Best San Francisco Indie Rock Records of 2012

Well, it was another solid year for loud guitar music from the Bay Area. And out of the dozens of worthy releases this year, we've culled these 10 picks for the best rock albums from San Francisco in 2012. Here they are, in no particular order: Two Gallants The Bloom and the Blight [ATO] After a br ... More >>

Street Beats

S.F.'s Two Gallants: Back After a Long Break, and Better Than Ever

Here's an argument for bands taking their time between releases: For the last four or so years, instead of putting out a new album, Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel of S.F. blues-rock outfit Two Gallants did all kinds of other things. They hung out with their girlfriends. They each made a solo record. ... More >>

What to See at Outside Lands: Nine Artists

Outside Lands 2012 Set Times Are Out: Here's a Look at the Conflicts

Scheduling a festival like Outside Lands is never easy -- there's always going to be some fans who want to see two acts that happen to be playing at the same time. But judging by the set times released today, festival organizers have done a pretty decent job of minimizing the conflicts. As we wrote ... More >>

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

Live Review, 2/23/12: Two Gallants and White Cloud Get Dreamy and Sad at Edinburgh Castle

​Two Gallants White Cloud Greg Ashley Feb. 24, 2012 The Edinburgh Castle Better than: Taking a catnap after daytime drinking in the park. A night of Noise Pop at the cozy Edinburgh Castle put the audience in waves of sleep-like cycles, leaving spectators in a dreamy state. The first one-man ban ... More >>

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

Noise Pop 2012 Lineup: The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Bob Mould, and More Added

The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also played Noise Pop in '98, just before finding a second run of success with The Soft Bulletin, the album the ... More >>

Music Links: The Night 20 Years Ago That Bill Graham Died, Tim Armstrong Working with Jimmy Cliff, and More

Ken ReganBill Graham​ A chilling first-person account of the night, 20 years ago, that Bay Area concert promoter Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash. [SF Gate] Rancid's Tim Armstrong is producing the next Jimmy Cliff EP. [SF Examiner]

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

Saturday: Two Gallants Make a Poignant Homecoming at the Independent

Two Gallants at the Independent Saturday night. ​ Two Gallants Sept. 24, 2011 The Independent Better than: Holing up in a cheap motel with a fifth of Old Crow and a shotgun. San Francisco hometown heroes Two Gallants wrapped up a massive summer tour that took the duo all the way to Madrid by ... More >>

Seaweed Sway's Jessie Woletz on Seven Years of Putting on S.F. Shows

Promoter Jessie Woletz​Local promoter and show booker Jessie Woletz is sort of an oxymoron. She's a powerhouse hippie. She's both constantly in motion -- booking, presenting, and promoting two to eight eclectic new weird folk shows a month at various San Francisco venues. Yet she's also peace ... More >>

Buxter Hoot'n Pre-Release Third Frisco-Americana Album Tomorrow at Cafe du Nord

​We know what you're thinking: there's no way a band could be solemn or dignified with a name like Buxter Hoot'n. Well, if you're not yet acquainted with the San Francisco quintet, prepare to be... well, wrong. All it takes is thirty seconds or so with their third album, a self-titled affair due ... More >>

In Print: Adam Stephens' Near-Catastrophe, and the Soulful Holiday Sounds of Grillade

​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:Broken, Not Shattered: Adam Haworth Stephens awoke to shouts. His drummer, Omar Cuellar, was at the helm of their tour van, yelling that the vehicle carrying Stephens' band and its gear was sliding out of control on ice and snow somewhere on Inters ... More >>

After Van Crash, Adam Haworth Stephens Needs Your Help

Adam Haworth Stephens' tour van, after the Wyoming crash.​We told you last week about the horrible, horrible tour van crash in a Wyoming snowstorm that dislocated S.F. troubadour Adam Haworth Stephens' shoulder, and broke some of bandmate Omar Cuellar's vetebrae, along with his hand.Well, there's ... More >>

Adam Stephens of Two Gallants finally plays himself

In Print: What Warren Hellman Pays for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Adam Stephens' Solo Debut

Adam Stephens​In SF Weekly's print music section this week:Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder (and banjo picker) Warren Hellman tell us what his 10-year-old free festival really costs, why it didn't end up moving to Oakland, and what the annual shindig means to him: "I wonder sometimes how the comm ... More >>

Friday's Pick: Devotionals, Sean Hayes, Kacey Johansing

​DevotionalsSean HayesKacey JohansingBottom of the Hill9 p.m., $10Two Gallants frontman Adam Stephens has been performing his solo material live for a while now -- his debut, We Live on Cliffs, is out Sept. 28 -- but Tyson Vogel has quietly snuck past his bandmate in getting new music on record sh ... More >>

Links: Jerry Garcia Biopic Won't Be Able To Use His Songs

Phish​Jerry Garcia Biopic won't be able to use his actual songs. [NY Times]Check out this One Night Music video session with Devotionals, the new project from Two Gallants' Tyson Vogel and the Patzner brothers from Judgement Day. [The Bay Bridged]Tickets for the sold-out Phish shows at the Greek T ... More >>

Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Adam Stephens

Dan Monick​Adam Stephens is the singing and guitar-playing half of successful San Francisco duo Two Gallants (Tyson Vogel is the drumming and backing vocals half). Signed to Saddle Creek records since 2005, they've toured incessantly in support of their three full-length albums and have finally ta ... More >>

What's Up With Adam Stephens? A New Solo Record (and Free Tix)

Dan Monick​Adam Stephens, the singing/guitar-playing half of Two Gallants, has been working on his solo debut recently. He's been recording down in Los Angeles with producer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Shins, White Stripes), with MMJ's Patrick Hallahan on drums, and a couple other nota ... More >>

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Two Gallants, Q-Bert and Laughing Squid's Unholiday Party: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Weekend recap by Janine KahnWe're shaking ourselves out of holiday lethargy here on All Shook Down, and we'll be alive-alert-awake-enthusiastic (OK, maybe "sober" is a more accurate term) through Wednesday afternoon. We've a lot planned for New Year's Eve, but before we get ahead of ourselves, here' ... More >>

Friday Night: Two Gallants at the Fillmore

Two Gallants December 26, 2008 The Fillmore Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: Banging heroin while watching "It's a Wonderful Life" for the 7th time in a row. Christmas came one day late for the Bay Area's homegrown lo-fi heroes Two Gallants. Like most native sons, guitarist-singer ... More >>

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Native sons Two Gallants bring their blustery Americana to the Great American Music Hall; Thievery Corporation chills out the Warfield

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The squirlly Full Moon Partisans square off against the folky Two Gallants; puppets give the cat the hatchet