Posted on 25 April 2011. Tags: Damn Handsome and the Birthday Suits, Decapitate the People for the Governmen
Rob Barrett is probably the biggest Bay Area legend you have never heard of.
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Posted on 21 March 2011. Tags: Casbah, Idiot Flesh, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Independent, Troubador
Oakland's most beautiful nightmare comes to end.
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Posted on 18 February 2011. Tags: Radiohead, the king of limbs
Radiohead's eighth studio release dropped as quietly as it plays.
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Posted on 10 January 2011. Tags: Flaming Lips, Maynard James Keenan, Steven Drozd, The Heart is a Drum Machine
Flaming Lips guitarist Steven Drozd tries his hand at soundtrack composing for the 2009 documentary "The Heart is a Drum Machine."
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Posted on 20 December 2010. Tags: corn mo, duckmandu, Jason Webley, monsters of accordion tour, renee de le prade, Slims, the petrojvic blasting company
The accordion: Not the most glamorous instrument of the century but certainly one that is underestimated in its emotiveness and its ability to transform people from drunken individuals into twirling, swirling drunken masses. This is in fact what every Jason Webley performance does.
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Posted on 15 September 2010. Tags: everything in between, no age, nouns, sub pop records
Often, comparing two sequential albums of any band is a little dangerous but in this case, Everything In Between is not grossly out-shined by its predecessor.
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Posted on 30 June 2010. Tags: All Shall Perish, Danzig, Regency Ballroom, Toxic Holocaust
Punk legend Glenn Danzig and company rock SF on the final night of Pride.
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Posted on 14 June 2010. Tags: Bay Area Shows, Dusty Fingers, Electric Sister, Paranoids, Spectre Folk
Here are a few interesting bands who will be gracing our stages this week.
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Posted on 27 May 2010. Tags: Bottom of the Hill, Devendra Banhart, The Mumlers, Vetiver
SF's Bottom of the Hill is one of those venues that seems to change shape to embody every band that graces its stage. From math metal acts like Dillinger Escape Plan to much more mellow bands like the two featured Wednesday night, Vetiver and The Mumlers.
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Posted on 26 May 2010. Tags: albums of 2000, At The Drive In, Marilyn Manson, modest mouse, Radiohead, Sleater-Kinney
Ten years later, we look back at the classic albums that turned the century. —by Briana Hernandez
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Posted on 17 May 2010. Tags: Black Sabbath, Dio, Dio dies, Ronnie James Dio
Metal icon is remembered for bands Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio.
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Posted on 17 May 2010. Tags: blues rock, Sea Of Cowards, The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather's sophomore release ups the ante for the blues-rock outfit.
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Posted on 12 May 2010. Tags: Australia, IFC, Operator Please, Yes Yes Vindictive
In 2007, I saw a late-night music video on IFC, and convinced myself I was dreaming.
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Posted on 12 May 2010. Tags: Circus Devils, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix
Keep an eye on these up-and-comers. We've had their tracks rolling around our brains for days.
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Posted on 02 August 2009. Tags: Deerhoof, Great American Music Hall
Talk about growing up fast. Deerhoof certainly strapped on their big-boy pants for a sock-rocking show at SF’s Great American Music Hall this Sunday. Gimmick and slight shock value may have been what paved the way for Deerhoof to rocket right out of the Bay Area and into the national spotlight. Rewind to the year [...]
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