San Francisco band Wallpaper made their national TV debut last week, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, with their totally fun song "Best Song Everr." They'll be playing at the Rickshaw on March 23, and you might want to go after listening to it. [via The Bay Bridged] more ›

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Three night shows were announced this week, all happening at The Independent, featuring three acts who are performing at the Treasure Island Music Festival. The tickets just went on sale at noon, and you can still grab a ticket for Rogue Wave, who are playing the tiny venue on Saturday October 16 at 10 p.m. ($15) prior to their set on Sunday on Treasure Island. Also, there are night shows by Dan Black and Die Antwoord on Thursday and Friday, respectively. more ›

Obviously, we couldn't be everywhere at once at this year's Outside Lands. So now, a couple days after the fact, we give you this awesome new collection of photos from blogger Kata Rokkar of both days of the fest, including the amazing and still very spritely Al Green. See just a few here. more ›

We didn't make it to everything at this year's Outside Lands, but you know what? We had a good time! Especially yesterday, when the sun came out and shined on Chromeo's set in the Speedway Meadow — and right as that gang of industrious youths scaled the double fences and crashed into the show. Even with three times as many people yesterday as there were on Saturday, it remains the most civilized, large-scale fest around (Treasure Island, with its two compact stages, is obviously civilized, but smaller), especially with all that wine and fine food going around. more ›

We'll have some photos for you in a bit, but for now, please enjoy this little clip from 7x7 of the amazing Janelle Monae, who by many accounts was one of the major highlights of this year's festival, despite going on late and doing only a handful of songs. The girl's got talent. more ›

Due to popular demand, the Flaming Lips have added a second show to their weekend at the Fox, on Saturday, October 2nd. Pre-sale tickets go up tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. (password=summer), and above, their performance of Pink Floyd's "Eclipse," from KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, recorded last fall -- all part of the Lips' recent revisiting of Dark Side of the Moon, an album which Wayne Coyne calls "a meticulously crafted production." more ›

A huge week of live shows with rising local shoegaze quintet Young Prisms at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, the previously profiled Maus Haus at Milk Thursday and the jam-packed All Shook Down Festival with SFist favorites Neon Indian, Ty Segall, Grass Widow and more Sunday. more ›

Yet another packed week of shows with the previously profiled Ty Segall and Weekend at Milk Thursday, South Africa's tongue-in-cheek "rap-rave" trio Die Antwoord at Rickshaw Stop Friday and Ganglians, Fresh and Onlys, Grass Widow and more at the Mission Creek Festival's free all-ages rager at McLaren Park Saturday afternoon. more ›

The lineup for this year's Treasure Island Music Fest was just announced, and once again it looks pretty good! This cozy little fest in the middle of the bay has been touted by many as extremely "well organized," but we think what makes it so special and swell is that there are only two stages, they're right next to each other, and the acts don't overlap. It makes for some very calm, and not so exhausting concert-going, especially for those of us no longer in our twenties. more ›

For all those of you who don't want to spring for the full weekend We just figured out that these shows are only available to Outside Lands ticket holders... you need a password emailed to you after you've already bought a ticket but maybe you want to see one special band in a tiny venue? (Tokyo Police Club, perhaps? That's them pictured.) So this should come as excellent news: the off-site night shows have been announced for the weekend of Outside Lands in August, and the lineup includes Hercules and Love Affair doing a set at Mighty, Jimmy Cliff at Mezzanine, and a kickoff party of sorts at Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences on Thursday August 12th, with some sort of (DJ?) lineup to be announced. Tickets for these night shows, with prices starting at $12, go on sale at 10 a.m. on July 21, and you can find them here. See the full list after the jump. more ›

Several solid shows to get you through the short work week with Liar's proteges Fol Chen at Bottom of the Hill Wednesday, Oakland-based art-rock legends Deerhoof at Bottom of the Hill Thursday and rising local favorites Magic Bullets at Amnesia Friday. more ›

Via the 'Gate today we learn that Another Planet Entertainment, the folks who do all the programming for the Fox in Oakland, Outside Lands, and Treasure Island, have just signed a deal with the City to take over the enormous Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at Civic Center. more ›

Plenty of pre-holiday live music options this week with Austin-based garage rock outfit Harlem at the Independent Tuesday, Oakland's trippy one-man act Psychic Handbook at Submission Wednesday and Stones Throw affiliated funk ambassador Dam-Funk at Mezzanine Thursday. more ›

It's a little on the long side, but please enjoy this video from hometown boys Girls, as they tour around, go bowling, and play Coachella. [via The Bay Bridged] more ›

We got over our trauma of getting there and getting in, and started enjoying ourselves more by Day 2, when several of our favorite acts came on, including SF's own Girls and Faith No More, Australia's Temper Trap, Gossip, Tokyo Police Club, Beach House, the xx, and MGMT. We had to get out of there a little early, as the throngs arriving for Muse started giving us flashbacks to Day 1 and we needed to rest our feet. more ›

Just prior to their appearance at Coachella this weekend, hipster wunderkinds MGMT unveiled music from their second album, Congratulations, last night at the Fillmore. NBC Bay Area's Ben Russo draws comparisons to T. Rex and the Zombies, and says, "While Congratulations is a stronger album as a whole, its lack of a certified dance pop hit may lose the majority of audiences." That's one way of putting it... We just heard people grumbling that it sucked. [NBC Bay Area] more ›

Yet another packed week of live music with lo-fi punk outfit Dadfag at El Rio tonight, noisy local psychedelic trio Late Young at The Knockout Thursday and the previously profiled Thee Oh Sees at Oakland's Uptown Saturday. more ›

Another stacked week of shows with Pitchfork darlings The Morning Benders at The Independent Tuesday (sadly sold out), rising locals Man/Miracle at the free epicsauce.com party at Milk Thursday and the always enigmatic Nobunny at The New Parish Sunday. more ›

This week's jam packed concert roster includes punk legend Mike Watt at Bottom of the Hill Tuesday, local garage-rock favorites Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall at El Rio Wednesday and a free epicsauce.com sponsored party with French Miami at Milk Thursday. more ›

While we are admittedly a bit exhausted after a long week of Noise Pop shows, there is still plenty to look forward to this week with electro-pop duo Phantogram at The Rickshaw Stop Wednesday, the ever so enigmatic Nobunny at Thee Parkside Friday and indie-approved hip hop act The Cool Kids at 330 Ritch Saturday. more ›

We had a chance to catch up with Dayve Hawk earlier this month, in advance of Saturday's show at Bottom of the Hill, and we had a lengthy discussion about his love of small shows, his desire to be a distinctly blue collar musician, his approach to remixes and much, much more. And guess what -- it turns out Dayve Hawk isn't quite the enigma people thought he was after all. more ›

Kevin Meenan provides a guide to all the non-sold-out options for SF's own indie music fest. more ›

The 18th annual Noise Pop Festival begins with a bang tonight, with local legends Deerhoof opening for the star-studded Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band at The Fox Theater. We had a chance to catch up with Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier via email last week, where we discussed his love for Yoko Ono's live show, Deerhoof's difficulty jamming, the group's love/hate relationship with Kortrijk, Belgium and much more. more ›

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While we were partially tempted to take a Waitmate and hibernate until next week's jam packed Noise Pop Festival, this week is actually shaping up quite nicely with local psych-chillers White Cloud at Rickshaw Stop Wednesday, the previously profiled Clipd Beaks at 21 Grand Thursday and Bay Area based noise-pop trio Nodzzz at Grace Cathedral (yes, that Grace Cathedral) Saturday. more ›

We had a chance to catch up with the 24-year-old beat maker before his show last week, where we discussed his hip hop fundamentals, LA's infamous DIY venue The Smell, his beta stage visually synced show and much more. more ›

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Post-punk heavyweights Tempo No Tempo hit Bottom of the Hill on Wednesday, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down are at Great American Friday, and L.A.'s Nosaj Thing hits Mighty on Saturday. more ›

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