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X-Ray Spex

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    DJ Shawn Ryan on How He Was Forced into DJing and His Dollar Bin Jams Blog

    Developing a feverish obsession with record collecting at a young age, DJ and producer Shawn Ryan traveled the world record hunting and only began DJing when friends demanded to hear his extensive collection. While early on, his primary interests were punk and hip-hop, he later moved on to collect d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 4, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    R.I.P. Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex Singer and Punk Pioneer

    Fabrizio RamoneR.I.P. Poly Styrene​ Legendary punk pioneer and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, born Marianne Elliott Said, passed away last night from breast cancer at the age of 53. In an unfortunate coincidence with the passing last week of TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith, her new solo al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Oh Cancer, Up Yours: Appreciating Poly Styrene

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    The Slits continue giving wild women a place in punk

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Paul Costuros a.k.a. Special Lord B.

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Rebel Girl's DJ China G

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Music

    November 1, 2006

    Jazz legends Alice and Ravi Coltrane hit SF Jazz Fest

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Film

    September 29, 2004

    Reps Etc.

    ​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    16 Horsepower; Le Tigre; Wammies

  • Music

    February 17, 1999

    Riff Raff

    16 Horsepower; Le Tigre; Wammies

  • Music

    July 22, 1998

    When Rock 'n' Roll Forgets

    S.F.'s Richie Unterberger writes about the greatest musicians you've never heard of

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1997

    Night+Day

    S.F.'s Richie Unterberger writes about the greatest musicians you've never heard of

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