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Summer Fest Onslaught Continutes with Download

JAMC , Gang of Four at Download Festival

Buckethead, YouTube Live! and Eddie Money: Your Weekend Hitlist

By Melissa Baron The sun finally came back out and with Thanksgiving on the way it's best to enjoy this weekend before inevitable family drama ensues. Here's what's going on: Friday night Sunlandic dance explosion Of Montreal play the Regency Center Grand Ballroom. For those of you who haven't s ... More >>

SXSW highlights: David Banner, Bon Iva, MGMT, Clockcleaner, and Dark Meat

By Melissa Baron The sun finally came back out and with Thanksgiving on the way it's best to enjoy this weekend before inevitable family drama ensues. Here's what's going on: Friday night Sunlandic dance explosion Of Montreal play the Regency Center Grand Ballroom. For those of you who haven't s ... More >>

Yeasayer: riding the blog buzz on inventive pop

By Melissa Baron The sun finally came back out and with Thanksgiving on the way it's best to enjoy this weekend before inevitable family drama ensues. Here's what's going on: Friday night Sunlandic dance explosion Of Montreal play the Regency Center Grand Ballroom. For those of you who haven't s ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Jonathan Toubin

 San Francisco's got nothin' but soul--lots and lots of soul nights, soul record stores, and plain ol' soul aficionados.New York's also got a lotta soul--thanks, in part, to DJ Jonathan Toubin, who believes all good tunes can be traced back to punk and soul. He's the conductor of New York Night ... More >>

Friday Night: Simian Mobile Disco at Mezzanine

​Simian Mobile Disco November 27, 2009 Mezzanine Better Than: "Stronger" by Kanye West, or Daft Punk's original for that matter Simian Mobile Disco unpacked its particular brand of electronic fugue Friday at Mezzanine. The British duo of James Ford and Jas Shaw programmed an arrangement of accum ... More >>

Phil Collins: Indie Hipsters' Non-Guilty Pleasure

Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>

Openers: Five Bands to Show up Early For This Week

Micachu and the Shapes​Openers has spring fever this week -- with so many so many excellent opening bands performing, we can't possibly pick one to recommend. Instead, here's a great opener for each night this week. Some of these shows are already sold out -- it's pre-Coachella insanity here -- an ... More >>

Yeasayer pushes into new weird pop

Micachu and the Shapes​Openers has spring fever this week -- with so many so many excellent opening bands performing, we can't possibly pick one to recommend. Instead, here's a great opener for each night this week. Some of these shows are already sold out -- it's pre-Coachella insanity here -- an ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Hipster Hate and Buffy Love

​Emily Jane White and many others will play a tribute to social-minded, Native American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie this Sunday. [The Bay Bridged]  How to succeed as a street musician in SF. [The Bold Italic]  Garage fav Ty Segall has a new album, Melted, out on Goner records ... More >>

Best Albums of 2010: We Roundup the Lists

Jason NocitoBeach House tops many critics' Best of 2010 lists​Music publications love to compile their personal (though not always eclectic) tastes into easily digestible lists of loves, hates, bests, and worsts, and that's largely because music fans love reading them. While some tastemakers wait ... More >>

Grab A Bat-Ass Beat Tape From SF Producer Edison at 900Bats

What's new in the Bat Area -- excuse me, the Bay Area -- right now? Enclosed find some new sounds for the weekend courtesy of Frisco beatsmith Edison, who peddles grimy skip-hop jams made from a monome done up like a lunchbox. Here he/it is in action: Not that Edison needs any particular reason t ... More >>

The Tenderlions on Signing Boobs, Misspelling Their Original Name, and DJing Vs. Performing

The Tenderlions​When someone pictures a tender lion, they probably imagine a cuddly creature licking its paw, or even Simba from the Lion King, with his huge doe eyes and innocent face. Well, we can attest that S.F. duo Tenderlions have pretty much the same characteristics, except they know how to ... More >>

'Fuck Zoe Deschanel': 10 Great Quotes From SXSW 2011

Jim Jones wants those fucking transistors out of his amplifier.​ No surprise that SXSW -- a four-day confab of cool kids, corporate sleaze, would-be famous people, and free booze -- leads to some pretty outrageous jaw-flapping. Here, 10 of the most memorable quotes we heard at SXSW this year."I im ... More >>

Yeasayer Provide A Memorable Departure From Indie Rock Monotony, Smith Westerns, Not So Much

Joseph SchellChris Keating of Yeasayer​Yeasayer Smith Westerns May 26, 2011 @ The Fillmore Better Than: Every other afternoon set at the Pitchfork Music Festival Indie rock bands like Yeasayer are a dime a dozen on the modern touring circuit. Feel like augmenting the typical guitar, bass and ... More >>

Photos From Last Night: Yeasayer at the Fillmore

Joseph Schell​Yeasayer May 26, 2011 @ The Fillmore Brooklyn indie rockers and most blogged about band of 2010 took the stage at the Fillmore last night. Joseph Schell has the pictures -- for more photos, see our full slideshow from last night.