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Events
Friday, October 10 2008
By Thomas Hauner
Whether disco is cerebral music or not becomes entirely arbitrary when a 2,500 capacity crowd, on a Sunday night no less, is shaking the building’s foundation -- an eventuality that repeated itself over and over with Cut Copy at the helm.
Thursday, October 9 2008
By Greg M. Schwartz
It’s the season for political benefit shows, so it’s no surprise when the famously liberal Bay Area comes up with an evening of musical entertainment -- including headliners Hot Buttered Rum -- to raise funds for Barack Obama.
Wednesday, October 8 2008
By Vijith Assar
It's tempting to dismiss Staind as marketable one-dimensional depression, which is true, but that in itself is not a crippling flaw -- in this corner of the rock world, bands like Rage Against The Machine and A Perfect Circle have established themselves as perpetual sourpusses without making it this excruciating.
Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Sara Hayes
Polished by the California sun and worn smooth by ocean breezes, The Donkeys’ music captures the past and makes it sound shiny and new.
Monday, October 6 2008
By Joseph Carver
After a prolonged introductory applause John Prine leaned into the microphone and said, “This is my first time here. I think I’ll stay awhile.” He did.
Friday, October 3 2008
By Jennifer Kelly
Thurston Moore revisits his 1995 solo album Psychic Hearts with Steve Shelley, Chris Brokaw, and a bass player called Mutilator along for the ride.
Thursday, October 2 2008
By Spencer Tricker
Who cares about art or style when you’re six drinks into your night and the guitar player’s starting to thrash around like an airborne river trout on ecstasy?
Wednesday, October 1 2008
By Shain Shapiro
The Constantines may never again play a smaller room. And if they do, they probably will never play it so well.
Tuesday, September 30 2008
By Greg M. Schwartz
Michael Franti & Spearhead’s 10th annual Power to the Peaceful Festival blended groove-oriented music with socially conscious messages.
Monday, September 29 2008
By Cole Stryker
As the rain poured down, Bestival’s “30,000 Freaks Under the Sea” theme seemed entirely apt.
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Friday, August 29 2008
By Wilson McBee
Sandwiched between Lil Wayne’s lyrical wizardry and Kanye West’s globetrotting techno-populism, Bob Dylan gave one of the festival’s rare encores on a day when nearly every band deserved one.
Thursday, August 28 2008
By Wilson McBee
With a line-up that read like a quick scroll through an FM radio dial, the Virgin Mobile Festival attempted to please every faction of the musical market and had more successes (Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sharon Jones, Wilco) than shortcomings (The Offspring).
Friday, August 8 2008
By Jenna Humphrey
The surfeit of noise in the modern world demands a genre of music that can match it, squall for squall. Humphrey reports on San Francisco's noise music scene.
Tuesday, September 2 2008
By Ben Rubenstein
Enthusiasm at sporting events and concerts is great. But when your spirited dancing turns into a one-man mosh pit, it's a damned annoying distraction.
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Monday, July 28 2008
By Ben Rubenstein
Yes, communing with thousands of music fans at summer festivals is fun...for a while. But then it becomes a group of people whom you really didn't plan on spending your weekend with, unless you typically hang out with stoned 16-year olds.
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Thursday, August 10 2006
By Michael Buening
Chalk it up to the same societal impulse that produced such it-sounded-good-at-the time pop cultural ephemera as "The Macarena" and bicycle shorts.
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