Building on their semi-official Oakland city holiday, the famous hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics crosses the Bay for a show at the Midway this Saturday, June 1.
Damon Albarn ended his virtual band’s set with two peace signs raised high in the air, but how he got there was complicated.
Live hip-hop is by definition a risky endeavor — it's really hard to get the mixing and the timing right — and live hip-hop…
It's a weekday afternoon, and Del the Funky Homosapien's mom has just left his house. She was passing through to pick up an iPod…
Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala), Zion I and the Grouch, and the powerhouse duo…
Rapper Lateef the Truthspeaker was born and raised in Oakland, but that shouldn't surprise anyone. His new song, “Oakland,” is a tough-love ode to…
From SF Weekly's latest print music section: On tUnE-yArDs: Welcome to the edge of experimental pop in 2011. Garbus has just seen the release…