Counting Crows The Wallflowers July 18, 2013 America's Cup Pavilion Better than: The Smashmouth/Sugar Ray/other mid-90s nostalgia-fest that's touring this summer. Sorry, Gin Blossoms, but no question. It was the fall of 1997, and my friend S and ...
We've made it. We're past that gaudy, synthy summer hump. It's time to settle back into the tasty peculiarities of post-"Summer Music" summer music. Like any July worth remembering, these selections are decidedly non-line-graphable. They vary from th...
The three albums Big Star cut in the early '70s at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee were resounding commercial failures, but the rock group's output nonetheless infiltrated independent music over the next two decades. Big Star albums were trade...
TheMotherHips turn 20 this year and, while the band members may be older and wiser, the core of their music still rests on the sparkling interaction between bandleaders and guitarists Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono. The music they were playing when t...
Trap City parties, DJ Napsty has spent the past year booking acts and playing jams that make the club percolate. The Indianapolis native got his musical start in 2000 DJing a handful of local spots, but soon made his way to San Francisco and added...
Summer in San Francisco -- what's not to love? The weather's perfect, spirits are high, and the city's clubs are humming with activity. There's a lot going on, so to help you get better acquainted with the local nightlife, we've got you covered with ...
So Noise Pop is doing another food- and music-pairing party this year (anyone remember Noisette last year?) but with a few twists: This time it'll be an outdoor block party on 20th Street ; the bands performing are Two Gallants, Mac DeMarco, and...
In the latest print edition of SF Weekly , we talk to Boots Riley -- leader of radical Oakland hip-hop outfit The Coup, erstwhile figurehead of the Occupy Oakland movement, and underrated philosopher -- for his views on art, music, politics, and w...
Seasons of Your Day, will be out September 24. But, as excited as we are about it, we couldn't help but reminisce about all those other dreamy, lady-fronted indie bands from the '90s that made high school almost bearable. Here are five we'd like to ...
Semi-Sweet is an exquisitely apropos name for Tijuana Panthers ' second and latest record. First, the sugary: The Los Angeles-based trio generates surfy garage-pop that's heavy on the tender melodies and doe-eyed, doo-woppy charms -- enough to ma...
That there's a band named Cattle Decapitation on the bill should indicate of the level of musical brutality involved. The Summer Slaughter Tour will be taking no prisoners this Friday, thanks to a lineup that promises a pretty much relentless brai...
The story of early '70s Memphis rock group Big Star is fraught with loss and conflict, but the group left three albums of shimmering pop and gut-wrenching anguish that rockers like Michael Stipe and Paul Westerberg later championed. A commercial fai...
If you've ever listened to the thiopiques collection -- compilations of Ethiopian pop from the scene's late '60s to early '70s heyday -- then the worthiness of the concept behind Debo Band should be self-evident. Since you probably haven't, let u...
The Coup is an anomaly in the small world of socially conscious hip-hop. This radical Oakland group, led by the activist and rapper Boots Riley, makes music that is both politically charged and fun. The Coup is dead serious about its desire for r...
Sizzle ? We got some sweet photos from Phono Del Sol , where Thee Oh Sees invited everyone onstage and acts like YACHT and Marnie Stern played for chilled-out masses on the lawn. Did you know its possible to crowd surf even when people are...
Hope you still-unticketed Outside Lands fans are ridin' the gravy train, 'cause you aren't getting in for cheap: General admission tickets are all gone as of today, including three-day passes and single-day tickets. The only way in from here on out...
Thizzler.com convenes a panel of local industry experts, DJs, established artists, and others to sort through the tall stacks of young rap hopefuls and find the 10 most promising. Since beginning the Freshmen 10 list in 2010, the project has snuffed...
Deafheaven Marriages Monuments Collapse July 15, 2013 Bottom of the Hill Better than: What most of your friends were doing on the grayest, coolest Monday night of the summer so far. It's only fitting that we should find San Francisco return to its...
Fang Saturday, July 12, 2013 East Bay Rats clubhouse, Oakland Better than: Waterboarding. With its misanthropic lyrics and thuggish attitude, Fang was one of the East Bay's most notorious 1980s punk bands. The infamy only intensified after vocal...
Thee Oh Sees at Phono Del Sol. All photos by Christopher Victorio Phono Del Sol Saturday, July 13, 2013 Potrero Del Sol Park Last Saturday, your local music-loving masses gathered at Potrero Del Sol Park for Phono Del Sol, an annual one-day mus...
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